Songs, Anthems, and Music for Women

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Joan Baez and Judy Collins - Oh Had I a Golden Thread
https://youtu.be/wX-VqLa0jvg?si=KLxIZU9zMh_e4XdM
This one because of the lovely harmonies and the reverence for women.

LeAnn Rimes - We Can
https://youtu.be/DchKwe4MH44?si=Uz4pM-HNo66cwrC3
I like that this is from "Legally Blonde," a girl-power movie.

Sara Bareilles - Brave
https://youtu.be/QUQsqBqxoR4?si=JN5gJKuXYMuleUiH

Stand Tall Woman - Lisa Taylor, Dapaul Philips
https://youtu.be/agcD-N-WVD8?si=OYtP1MGsFwKHtbvz

Cyndi Lauper - Try a Little Tenderness (Live at the White House)
https://youtu.be/JK9ls-sct78?si=pe7kVJh8YwlYKy11
I love the way she leads the band, and delivers a powerful sermon on how to treat a loved one.

Brandi Carlile - The Joke
Love this performance, the intensity.

You get discouraged, don't you, girl?
It's your brother's world for a while longer

We gotta dance with the devil...
Call it living the dream, call it kicking the ladder

They come to kick dirt in your face
To call you weak and then displace you
After carrying your baby on your back across the desert

I saw your eyes behind your hair
And you're looking tired, but you don't look scared

Let 'em laugh while they can
Let 'em spin, let 'em scatter in the wind
I have been to the movies, I've seen how it ends
And the joke's on them
https://youtu.be/KJqL1yIm9e0?si=Wbmf7m1FjxxcE3Au

Nihilist anarchist woman's take on things:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_Kx5n689HQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEyWqVfY4vo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wmc8bQoL-J0

Destiny’s Child - Survivor

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qg73_Yt_F2I

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwLRQn61oUY

Demi Lovato - Confident

I used to hold my freak back
Now I'm letting go
I make my own choice
b***h, I run this show
So leave the lights on
No, you can't make me behave

Times have changed a lot in terms of people’s views of divorced women since this song came out 50 years ago…unless you’re in a fundie religion.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVlnhB3xPtY

Loretta Lynn - Rated “X”

Well, if you've been a married woman
And things didn't seem to work out
Divorce is the key to bein' loose and free
So you're gonna be talked about
Everybody knows that you've loved once
They think you'll love again
You can't have a male friend
When you're a has-been or a woman
You're rated X

And if you're rated X, you're some kind of gold
Even men turnin' silver try to make
But I think it's wrong to judge every picture
If a cheap camera makes a mistake
And when your best friend's husband says to you
You've sure started lookin' good
You shoulda known he would, and he would if he could
And he will if you're rated X

Well, nobody knows where you're goin'
But they sure know where you've been
All they're thinkin' of is your experience of love
Oh, their minds eat up with sin
The women all look at you like you're bad
The men all hope you are
But if you go too far, you're gonna wear the scar
Of a woman rated X

And if you're rated X, you're some kind of gold
That even men turnin' silver try to make
But I think it's wrong to judge every picture
If a cheap camera makes a mistake
And when your best friend's husband says to you
You've sure started lookin' good
You shoulda known he would, and he would if he could
And he will if you're rated X

Why, us women don't have a chance
'Cause if you've been married, you can't have no fun at all
No, you're rated X
No matter what you do, they're gonna talk about you
Look down their noses
I, I don't know what to think about it
Just give 'em somethin' to talk about, I guess

As the black sheep in my family, I needed this song when I was younger.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PMbl7wzhY0

Milck - Black Sheep

Black sheep, cryin' those rebel tears
It's a battle to survive these lonely years
Black sheep, you live up to your name
You've been told for way too long that you're the one to blame

You never mean to hurt yourself or anyone around you
But trouble's like a curse, a curse you didn't choose
The house you're in is like a cage, the walls are full o' rage
It's hard to breathe, but hard to leave

, you'll make a home of your own
(Oh) don't let anyone turn your unique into flaws
(Oh) yeah, you know that I love you the way that you are
(Oh) take those sticks and stones (oh) and make a home of your own
(Oh) every warrior grows from her battles and scars
(Oh) yeah, you know that I love you the way that you are

Black sheep, ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
Dear black sheep, ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh

It runs deep, it's insatiable
That hunger to be seen and to be understood
Black sheep, they call me that, too
I've wrestled with the dark, but I made it through
And so will you

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGIWAuVzOt4

Milck - I Don’t Belong to You

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hk8ul2uJA5E

Miley Cyrus - I Can Buy Myself Flowers

No remorse, no regret
I forgive every word you said...
I didn't wanna leave you
I didn't wanna fight
Started to cry, but then remembered I
I can buy myself flowers
Write my name in the sand...
Yeah, I can love me better than
you can.

https://youtu.be/c5fEEX7cGe0?si=eYn0gNJF9tqc7Zw0&t=18

My Love Don't Cost A Thing - J-Lo

Think you gotta keep me iced? You don't.
Think I'm gonna spend your cash? I won't.
Even if you were broke, my love don't cost a thing

Think I wanna drive your Benz? I don't
If I wanna floss, I got my own.
Even if you were broke, my love don't cost a thing.

… When you rolled up in the Escalade
Saw that dub you gave to the valet
Knew that it was game when you looked at me
Pulling up your sleeve so I could see the Rolley bling
Saw you later in the corner booth
Raising up a toast so I would notice you
But your heart's a mess, think you oughta know
Doesn't matter if you're balling out of control

… All that matters is
That you treat me right
Give me things that money can't buy

https://youtu.be/lprIXWFMNgs?si=Ey7aK51_YNeivKf4
With popular music representing women as venal, I like hearing songs that break that mold. This song speaks for the majority of women.

Nice song choices! I was just thinking about posting “Flowers.”



https://youtu.be/GXoZLPSw8U8?si=1djkZthyu2i19O02

Colbie Caillat - Try

This song helped me get through a very dark time.



https://youtu.be/xo1VInw-SKc?si=PK31x9nLBpx_y9Yz

Rachel Platten - Fight Song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36GhNNoYfOU

Tenille Townes - Somebody’s Daughter