Songs, Anthems, and Music for Women

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I don’t know all that much about Demi Lovato, but I certainly like a couple of her songs.

Some of the songs in this thread I listen to on repeat depending on my headspace. One of these days, I should make a playlist.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbAJp1YarfU

Garfunkel and Oates - Self Esteem

Please forgive the N word. In 1972, the racial slur was still commonly heard. The movie "Legend of n****r Charlie" was released that year.

To me, this is a consciousness-raising song, even though it hurts.
John Lennon, "Woman is the N---- of the World"



https://youtu.be/nrHBaRimrsI?si=3_p5wNtWpRzZh8pX

^ I think it’s an important song, so I’m glad you posted it.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEWk4T1GGyg

Morgan St. Jean - Not All Men

I do have a playlist of girl-power songs, and when I find it, I'm gonna add all the songs in this thread.

This Dolly Parton song is like a triumphant lullaby.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-UK7iNJgNo
https://youtu.be/J-UK7iNJgNo?si=_2aFSNnDUM5cBgdh

Someone already posted "It's Raining Men" and "This Women's Work", but if you cross those two songs, you get...

Donna Summer, She Works Hard for the Money (So you better treat her right!)

https://youtu.be/1GlJ1lFvkK4?si=4AhF-mlZJjyKinFA

More songs like "I Say When." Where the lady calls the shots.

In These Shoes, by Kristy MacColl

I once met a man with a sense of adventure
He was dressed to thrill wherever he went
He said, "let's make love on a mountain top
Under the stars, on a big hard rock"
I said, "In these shoes?
I don't think so
I said, "Honey, let's do it here"

So I'm sitting at a bar in Guadalajara
In walks a guy with a faraway look in his eyes
He said, "I've got a powerful horse outside
Climb on the back, I'll take you for a ride
I know a little place
We can get there 'fore the break of day"
I said "In these shoes?
No way, José"
I said, "Honey, let's stay right here"

No le gusta caminar
No puede montar a caballo
Cómo se puede bailar
Es un escándalo

Then, I met an Englishman
"Oh, " he said
"Won't you walk up and down on my spine?
It makes me feel strangely alive"
I said, "In these shoes?
Oh, I doubt you'd survive"
I said, "Honey, let's do it"
Let's stay right here

One Big Love, by Patty Griffith


Emmylou says:
Wear you shorts and your long hair, Baby. And don't forget the lawn chair.
No sense defending your honor, just go on and kiss him if you want to.

Last edited by Robinism on 26 Apr 2024, 10:53 pm, edited 1 time in total.

More footwear...

"These Boots Are Made for Walkin" by Nancy Sinatra (Looking like Ronan Farrow...)

You keep sayin' you've got somethin' for me
Somethin' you call love but confess
You've been a'messin' where you shouldn't 've been a'messin'
And now someone else is getting all your best

These boots are made for walkin'
And that's just what they'll do
One of these days these boots are gonna walk all over you

You keep lyin' when you oughta be truthin'
And you keep losing when you oughta not bet
You keep samin' when you oughta be a'changin'
Now what's right is right but you ain't been right yet

Are you ready, boots? Start walkin'

Harper Valley PTA

I wanna tell you all a story 'bout
A Harper Valley widowed wife
Who had a teenage daughter
Who attended Harper Valley Junior High
Well, her daughter came home one afternoon
And didn't even stop to play
And she said, "mom, I got a note here from the Harper Valley PTA"

Well, the note said, "Mrs. Johnson
You're wearin' your dresses way too high
It's reported you've been drinking
And a-running 'round with men and goin' wild
And we don't believe you oughta be a-bringin' up
Your little girl this way"
And it was signed by the Secretary
Harper Valley PTA

Well, it happened that the PTA was gonna meet
That very afternoon
And they were sure surprised
When Mrs. Johnson wore her miniskirt into the room
And as she walked up to the blackboard
I can still recall the words she had to say
She said, "I'd like to address this meeting of the Harper Valley PTA

Well, there's Bobby Taylor sittin' there
And seven times he's asked me for a date
And Mrs. Taylor sure seems to use a lotta ice
Whenever he's away
And Mr. Baker can you tell us why
Your secretary had to leave this town?
And shouldn't widow Jones be told to keep
Her window shades all pulled completely down

Well, Mr. Harper couldn't be here
'Cause he stayed too long at Kelly's Bar again
And if you smell Shirley Thompson's breath
You'll find she's had a little nip of gin
And then you have the nerve to tell me
You think that as the mother I'm not fit
Well, this is just a little Peyton Place
And you're all Harper Valley hypocrites"

No, I wouldn't put you on because it really did
It happened just this way
The day my mama socked it to the Harper Valley PTA
The day my mama socked it to the Harper Valley PTA

Anyone for off-the-wall 1978 hippie feminism?

Trigger warning: may weird you out, or otherwise piss you off.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pG8Xv5QZywk

Here's the full album playlist for anybody who liked the above track:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=O ... RGafCweOv8

Another woman who takes charge...

Joah Armatrading, Love and Affection

I am not in love
But I'm open to persuasion

With a friend
I can smile
But with a lover I could hold my head back
And really laugh, Really laugh
Thank you
You took me dancing
'Cross the floor, Cheek to cheek
But with a lover I could really move
Really move
I could really dance, Really dance
Really dance, Really dance
I could really move, Really move
Really move, Really move

Now if I can feel the sun
In my eyes
And the rain on my face
Why can't I
Feel
love
I can really love, Really love
Really love, Really love, Really love
Love love love love
Love love love love

Now I got all
The friends that I want
I may need more
But I shall just stick to those That I have got
With friends I still feel So insecure
Little darling I believe you could Help me a lot
Just take my hand And lead me where you will
No conversation, No wave goodnight

Just make love
With affection
Sing me another love song
But this time With a little dedication, Sing it
You know that's what I like
Once more with feeling
Give me love, Give me love, Give me love
Love
https://youtu.be/oag3I4VRXyM?si=3bNopmJOMgGeK772

They say if you fly to the Wrong Planet, then right and straight on til morning, you get to Barbieland...

"Closer to Fine" by the Indigo Girls

I stopped by the bar at 3 A.M.
To seek solace in a bottle or possibly a friend
And I woke up with a headache like my head against a board
Twice as cloudy as I'd been the night before
And I went in seeking clarity

I went to the doctor, I went to the mountains
I looked to the children, I drank from the fountains
We go to the doctor, we go to the mountains
We look to the children, we drink from the fountain
Yeah, we go to the Bible, we go through the workout
We read up on revival, we stand up for the lookout

There's more than one answer to these questions
Pointing me in a crooked line
And the less I seek my source for some definitive
(The less I seek my source)
Closer I am to fine

https://youtu.be/HUgwM1Ky228?si=s3EHjQVJSKRVokNu

The big-boned girl was proud!

K.D. Lang, "Big Boned Gal"

She was a big boned gal from southern Alberta
You just couldn't call her small
And you can bet every Saturday night
She'd be heading for the legion hall

She put her blue dress on and she curled her hair
Oh, she's been waiting all week
With a bounce in her step and a wiggle in her walk
She'd be swinging down the street

But you could tell she was ready by the look in her eye
As she slipped in through the crowd
She walked with grace as she entered the place
The big boned gal was proud

Now people would come from miles around
Gather there to dance
But when the big boned gal came shufflin' in
She'd hold them in a trance

Hey, hey, the big boned gal
Ain't no doubt she's a natural
Shakin' and a'snakin'
And a'breakin' up across the floor

Reelin' and a'rockin'
Yelling out for more

https://youtu.be/_Knet6FCkRU?si=smH4M6ctuoqcZppb

Someone already posted Leonard Cohen. But here's another deep-voiced Canadian troubadour who, at the right time for the right person, is empowering. Is she empowering for you?

"Girl on a Road" by Ferron

My momma was a waitress,
My daddy a truckdriver.
The thing that kept their power from them
Slowed me down awhile.
I remember the morning
That was the closing of my youth,
When I said goodbye to no one
And in that way faced my truth
And a walk along the river
And a rain a'coming down
And a girl on a road

There's a rhythm to a highway
To match the rhythm of your fears.
My shopping bag possessions scattered
With my splattered tears.
A string of nights in truck stops
And in darkness and in lies
And a man they all called Tigerboy
He just had to show me why.
He just had to give me something
I'd forever understand
As a girl on a road.

Rain upon the water
Makes footprints sunk in sand
Anger upon angry hurt
Take me by the hand
Take me by the heartstrings
And pull me deep inside
And say I'm one with your forgiveness
And separate from my pride

I don't know what it's like for you
But here's what it's like for me...
I wanted to turn beautiful
And serve eternity
And never follow money
Or love with greasy hands,
Or move the earth and waters
Just to make it fit my plans
My eyes would be the harbor,
My words the perfect place
For a girl on a road

I met you in the summer,
I left you in the fall.
In between we did some living
I like to think that's all
But now I see words can be like weapons
No matter that they're small,
I used three tiny words on you
And then beat it down the hall.
Does this road go on forever?
Does this terror know no end
For a girl on a road?

You cannot measure what it takes
To mend a withered heart.
They'll tell you at the onset
Everybody does their part.
I did my best to follow
The calling of my soul.
But, it's like that first guitar I played
At the center is a hole,
At the center is a longing
that I cannot understand
as a girl on a road.

But if music be a boulder,
Let me carry it a long while.
Let it turn into a feather,
Let it brush against my smile.
Let the life be somewhat settled
With the life that song has made.
Let there be nothing I am longing for
In some plan I may have made,
In some story quickly written
During a long forgotten time
As a girl on a road.

Rain upon the water
Makes footprints sunk in sand.
Anger upon angry hurt,
Take me by the hand.
Take me by the heartstrings
And pull me deep inside
And say I'm one with your forgiveness
And separate from my pride

https://youtu.be/WZtv13a_2F0?si=5m9VMG4gimhozlG7

"Middle Age Blues Boogie" by The Uppity Blues Women

Well I was looking round and checking out my very best friends
Seems that they'd all taken up with the young young men...
Seems that when you reach around middle age
You don't want a final chapter, you want to write another page...
I need a young man, to drive away my middle-age blues

Well seems like men my age are all married, boring or tied
You got to find a young man if you want to feel desired...
Now some of my friends is worried 'bout what people may say
I say age ain't nothin' but a number the good lord made it that way...
I need a young man, to drive away my middle-age blues

You know he can get it up and he can get on down
He'll help you do the dishes, take you out on the town...
He'll let you navigate cause he ain't worried 'bout seniority
You can tell him where to put it, keeping you happy is his priority
I need a young, young man, to drive away my middle-age blues

Well I'll forget about my arthritis, my backache, my lumbago
That young man makes me tango at the horizontal disco
I'm cleaning out my closet, I'm no longer sentimental
Forget about experience, I'd rather have potential
A young man to drive away my middle age blues

Well, I don't need no reefer, I don't need no cocaine
All I need is a young man to drive me insane...
I'm throwing away my dustmop, got a brand new vacuum cleaner...
I'm no longer taken for granted, my young man's sexy but sweeter...
A young, young man, to drive away my middle-age blues

An old woman don't yell
An old woman don't tell
An old woman don't swell
An she's grateful as hell
I need a young, young man, to drive away my middle-age blues

Age ain't nothin but a number
And like a rare wine, you don't get older, you just get better...
Give me a young young man...

https://youtu.be/jyqZK_YrRSY?si=vTwi-EdLV85KFWgm
Placing my order...

"Love Me Like a Man" Bonnie Raitt

These men that I've been seeing, baby
Got their soul up on the shelf
You know they could never love me
When they can't even love themselves

But I need someone to love me
Someone to really understand
Who won't put himself above me
Who just loves me like a man

I've never seen such losers, darlin'
Even though I tried to find a man who could take me home
Stead of takin' me for a ride

And I need someone to love me
I know you can
Believe me when I tell you
You can love me like a man

They all want me to rock them
Like my back ain't got no bone
I want a man to rock me like my backbone was his own
Darlin', I know you can
Believe me when I tell you
You can love me like a man

I come home sad and lonely
Feel like I wanna cry
I want a man to hold me, not some fool to ask me why

And I need someone to love me
Darlin', I know you can
Don't you put yourself above me
You just love me like a man
https://youtu.be/pXcTDXgzVfU?si=MHp1Ud2-16FolQx1

Bonnie knows what she wants and speaks up...

Barbra Streisand and Donna Summer- "Enough is Enough"

If you've had enough, don't put up with his stuff, don't you do it
If you've had your fill, get the check pay the bill, you can do it
Tell him to just get out,
Nothing left to talk about
Pack his raincoat show him out
Just look him in the eye and simply shout:

Enough is enough
I can't go on, I can't go on no more no
Enough is enough
I want him out, I want him out that door now

If you've reached the end,
Don't pretend that is right when it's over
If the feeling is gone don't think twice just move on, get it over
Tell him to just get out, say it clearly, spell it out:

Enough is enough is enough
I can't go on, I can't go on no more no
Enough is enough is enough
I want him out, I want him out that door now

https://youtu.be/ghKxaMkYDZE?si=xA5vGKSqMFrEL8g-

Express Yourself - Madonna

Come on, girls!
Do you believe in love?
'Cause I got something to say about it
And it goes something like this

Don't go for second best, baby
Put your love to the test
You know, you know, you've got to
Make him express how he feels
And maybe then you'll know your love is real

You don't need diamond rings
Or eighteen karat gold
Fancy cars that go very fast
You know they never last, no no
What you need is a big strong hand
To lift you to your higher ground
Make you feel like a queen on a throne
Make him love you 'til you can't come down

Don't go for second best, baby
Put your love to the test
You know, you know, you've got to
Make him express how he feels
And maybe then you'll know your love is real

Long stem roses are the way to your heart
But he needs to start with your head
Satin sheets are very romantic
What happens when you're not in bed?
You deserve the best in life
So if the time isn't right, then move on
Second best is never enough
You'll do much better, baby, on your own

Express yourself
You've got to make him express himself
Hey, hey, hey, hey
So if you want it right now, make him show you how
Express what he's got, oh baby, ready or not

https://youtu.be/8YqsrhOehUI?si=tnuwnXsTIZpBHESe