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nonethefewer) wrote2010-10-07 01:55 pm
nonethefewer) wrote2010-10-07 01:55 pm
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Snippet from yesterday, related to the song "Meet Virginia":
X: I can't stand that song.
J: It's a pretty catchy song, though. *hums*
X: Yeah, but... at some point, I dunno, I just get tired of listening to men singing about women's lives. I'd much rather listen to women singing about their own lives. "I hate you", "I love you", "I'm a lowly worm but with your love I'll shine again", "you fucked me up and now all women suck", blah blah freakin' blah. It's all so objectifying, and on occasion, I'm done with it.
J: Now, I'm sure they have feelings for these women.
X: Oh, yeah, I'm sure they have feelings, I just don't think they're useful.
J: *cracks up*
And for the luvva rancid Kool-Aid, if I never hear lyrics that refer to the man's love interest as a child (hell, to either of them as a child), or that "let me take you by the hand/help you understand" rhyme, ever again, I will be a v. happy kitty indeed. (Like there aren't other rhymes one could make against "hand"/"understand". *eyeroll*)
He wondered whether there was any music with women singing about men in a similar fashion. (a) Yes. I can think of at least two off the top of my head. (b) I don't particularly care.
Although women covering songs originally (or "originally") performed by men pleases me.
I still like rock music. I will still listen to it. I just get really tired of it at times.
Thankfully, I have such awesome folk around me that I don't have to worry about someone accusing me of dismissing the perspectives and contributions of men! Isn't that wonderful? I think so.
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X: I can't stand that song.
J: It's a pretty catchy song, though. *hums*
X: Yeah, but... at some point, I dunno, I just get tired of listening to men singing about women's lives. I'd much rather listen to women singing about their own lives. "I hate you", "I love you", "I'm a lowly worm but with your love I'll shine again", "you fucked me up and now all women suck", blah blah freakin' blah. It's all so objectifying, and on occasion, I'm done with it.
J: Now, I'm sure they have feelings for these women.
X: Oh, yeah, I'm sure they have feelings, I just don't think they're useful.
J: *cracks up*
And for the luvva rancid Kool-Aid, if I never hear lyrics that refer to the man's love interest as a child (hell, to either of them as a child), or that "let me take you by the hand/help you understand" rhyme, ever again, I will be a v. happy kitty indeed. (Like there aren't other rhymes one could make against "hand"/"understand". *eyeroll*)
He wondered whether there was any music with women singing about men in a similar fashion. (a) Yes. I can think of at least two off the top of my head. (b) I don't particularly care.
Although women covering songs originally (or "originally") performed by men pleases me.
I still like rock music. I will still listen to it. I just get really tired of it at times.
Thankfully, I have such awesome folk around me that I don't have to worry about someone accusing me of dismissing the perspectives and contributions of men! Isn't that wonderful? I think so.
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here's one that entertains me periodically, when it comes up on my officemate's streaming music service: "girl from ipanema," which is basically the stream-of-consciousness of a dirty old man vaguely lusting after a young woman he sees every day on the beach... in some female-voiced covers is sung as "boy from ipanema." go gender parity!
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