Republicans are pushing government towards a shutdown if they can’t take health care and rights away from women. Today’s theme for the Music Thread is a push back against that, songs about respect for and the strength of women.
Respect -- Aretha Franklin
I Am Woman -- Helen Reddy
Sisters Are Doin’ It For Themselves -- Eurythmics
Woman -- John Lennon
Born This Way -- Lady Gaga
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I forgot Maanam: Whose That Lipstick On The Glass (I couldn’t find the English version I had earlier, but this is the original)
Joni Mitchell--Hejira;
Tori Amos, ft. James Maynard Keenan -- Muhammad, My Friend
Tori Amos -- God
I still can’t believe the statistical improbability that no women here listen to Tori… it’s like the first time that’s ever happened.
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Eurythmics--I Saved The World Today;
Time to step it up a bit. Melissa Etheridge--Like The Way I Do;
Here’s a slightly different Annie Lennox: Bridge Over Troubled Waters
Truth, I like it. She puts the right emotion into that great song.
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Cassandra Wilson--Love Is Blindness;
Laura Nyro--Stoned Soul Picnic;
I’ve run out of suffragett songs, so I’ll just play beautiful songs done by women. Roberta Flack--The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face;
I never understood anything else than to post wonderful songs from or about women…. thanks for reminding me of Roberta Flack. Now I finally found a rap-free version of Killing Me Softly With His song:
Yeah, she has such a great voice, and her songs are beautiful.
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Indeed! Glad you brought her up again – somehow she escaped my attention earlier in life.
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I’m an old romantic.
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Joni--Woman of Heart and Mind;
Laura Nyro--Woman of the World;
Joy of Cooking--Warrior Women;
Joni--Song for Sharon;
Talk about female power!
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Wagner -- Die Walküre Act 3 -- Ride of the Valkyries
You Go Girls!