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serious crayons:
We need some women rockers on here! If the selection below seems a little boomery, it's because back in the '60s and '70s, unlike today, "woman rocker" was practically an oxymoron. Seriously. There were hardly any women in rock when I was growing up. As a teenager, it was a bit hard for me to connect, personally, with Eleanor Roosevelt or Helen Keller, to see them as people who had anything to do with my life. But I could relate to rock and roll, and these women were true gutsy pioneers:
Grace Slick. My brother once slammed Jefferson Airplane, something about "Grace Slick howling into the microphone." I loved that, because it's true -- she does howl into the microphone! But that's just what I like about her.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xhYk9PEmXA[/youtube]
Cher, pre-plastic surgery (or at least, mostly) and looking fabulous. The original Sonny and Cher were a bit too early even for me, but I sure remember their variety show, and Cher's perfect four-inch nails:
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lol6Z9rI408[/youtube]
Tina Turner, strong and powerful as always:
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GSKdC05hpA&feature=related[/youtube]
Chrissie Hynde, who I think about at least every third time I put on eyeliner:
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYZh5cY2Gsk&feature=related[/youtube]
Debbie Harry, looking so cute and young (as opposed to now, when she looks cute and middle-aged) I love the little face she makes at about 1:30, with the line "people stop and stare at me."
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95AEzyWZX8I[/youtube]
Of course, we have to have to have a Madonna. I was never a big fan, but I loved this song -- perhaps because when it was popular I was crazy for someone (unwisely, as usual! ;D).
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puQBAprLe9A[/youtube]
Stevie Nicks. This is sort of anachronistic, because unlike the others this isn't from her earlier years -- it was recorded long after the song was a hit. But even though I'm not the hugest Fleetwood Mac fan, I think this version is so poignant. First, because it's more appropriate for her life stage (mine, as well!) and second, because it's a duet with the very person she must mainly be referring to:
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CX6WHvxTYHs[/youtube]
southendmd:
Leave it to Katherine to rock out this thread!
Grace Slick! The Acid Queen! Yeah!
Chrissi Hynde! She is too cool for this world. (I even have her autograph!)
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5pECaW-VMI[/youtube]
"I'll Stand By You": a pure expression of love.
Ellemeno:
--- Quote from: serious crayons on November 14, 2008, 07:15:37 pm ---The first person I thought of was fully nonfictional Louisa May Alcott, after she grew up!
:-*
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I've been reading about Louisa May Alcott recently, and found this nice quote on Wikipedia:
Although the Jo character in Little Women was based on Louisa May Alcott, she, unlike Jo, never married. Alcott explained her "spinsterhood" in an interview with Louise Chandler Moulton, "... because I have fallen in love with so many pretty girls and never once the least bit with any man."[2]'
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Ellemeno on November 21, 2008, 05:01:23 am ---I've been reading about Louisa May Alcott recently, and found this nice quote on Wikipedia:
Although the Jo character in Little Women was based on Louisa May Alcott, she, unlike Jo, never married. Alcott explained her "spinsterhood" in an interview with Louise Chandler Moulton, "... because I have fallen in love with so many pretty girls and never once the least bit with any man."[2]'
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That is interesting, but I find it sad. Makes me think of all the women throughout history who were spinsters because they fell in love with pretty girls instead of men and couldn't do anything about it.
Brown Eyes:
--- Quote from: serious crayons on November 21, 2008, 10:26:41 am ---That is interesting, but I find it sad. Makes me think of all the women throughout history who were spinsters because they fell in love with pretty girls instead of men and couldn't do anything about it.
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Oh, I definitely think that probably many "spinsters" and "old-maids" in history were lesbians, or extremely independent women of any orientation. It's interesting that those terms were meant to be put-downs in their day, but I tend to look at those words as indicating pretty positive things (from a feminist point of view). But, the loneliness and the latentness/ repression implied in those terms are pretty sad at the same time.
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