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Jolene, and other anti-feminist anthems

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StealthPolarBear · 20/03/2021 20:14

Just to say this is a light-hearted chat thread.
I love jolene, sing it with a minor adaptation every time I'm cleaning the windows. I have no idea about the background, but it must come near the top of the least feminist songs ever!
Another which I've just heard is sheryl crow, strong enough. "lie to me, I promise I'll believe, lie to me, but please don't leave"
Brilliant song, awful lyrics :)
Any others?

OP posts:
MimiDaisy11 · 20/03/2021 22:56

Where Have All The Cowboys gone? / Paula Cole

With such lines as:
"I'll wash the dishes while you go have a beer" amongst others.

piperatthegates · 20/03/2021 22:56

I know him so well from Chess

Wasn't he good oh so good, wasn't he fine oh so fine,
Isn't it madness he won't be mine
But in the end he needs a little bit more than me (more security)
He needs his fantasy and freedom
I know him so well.
It took time to understand him
I know him so well
Wife and ow in competition

hansgrueber · 20/03/2021 22:55

[Chorus]
Young girl
Get out of my mind
My love for you is way out of line
Better run, girl
You're much too young, girl

[Verse 1]
With all the charms of a woman
You've kept the secret of your youth
You led me to believe you're old enough
To give me love
And now it hurts to know the truth

etc

Catabogus · 20/03/2021 22:55

@RaindropsSplashRainbows

The transvision Vamp doing is great because...she doesn't care!
Yes exactly! She doesn’t say she doesn’t mind (wet, subservient) - she says she doesn’t care!
MirandaWestsNewBFF · 20/03/2021 22:53

Dark Horse, which I really like apart from Juicy J’s rap over the top where he threatens to put Katy Perry in a coma.

Not on.

Catabogus · 20/03/2021 22:53

@hansgrueber

'You picked a fine time to leave me Lucille, four hundred children and a crop in the field'

which is how someone I knew used to think it went, rather than 4 hungry children

Four hundred children and a CROC in the field, surely?
SoulofanAggron · 20/03/2021 22:53

I was a massive Prodigy fan as a young teen - Smack My Bitch Up has nothing to do with violence at all, it's about heroin and getting injected

I think maybe it's a play on the ambiguity of the phrase, as apparently there are some implications of violence in the video?

It was well known that Every Breath You Take was written about a stalker - why you'd want to write a song about that is a bit Confused

And 'Don't stand so close to me' is about a teacher who fancies a pupil. I wonder if stuff will come out about Sting- but a lot of music is deliberately controversial I guess.

Ohhh I just remembered the least feminist song ever (maybe?) 'He Hit Me and it Felt Like a Kiss.' Envy

hansgrueber · 20/03/2021 22:53

@Horizons83

Has ‘Thank heaven for little girls’ been mentioned yet?

Angry

Or the Gary Puckett song Young Girl!
thosetalesofunexpected · 20/03/2021 22:52

The Beatles song "Paperback writer"

Its a dirty story of a dirty man,and his clinging wife,doesn't understand ,
His son is working for Daily Mail,
Its a steady job,
but he wants to be a paperback writer etc

Zig4zag · 20/03/2021 22:52

Hate Beyonce single ladies. If you like it you should put a ring on it??? I am neither cattle or a slave. You cannot claim me with a ring.

MerylStropp · 20/03/2021 22:50

When you're in love with a beautiful woman
You watch your friends... cos you're a jealous and controlling git

If she doesn't come baaaaack...
I'll be your substitute, whenever you need me... Hmm

I wanna be Bobby's girl and if I was Bobby's girl
What a faithful, thankful girl I'd be! 🤮

hansgrueber · 20/03/2021 22:50

'You picked a fine time to leave me Lucille, four hundred children and a crop in the field'

which is how someone I knew used to think it went, rather than 4 hungry children

ArabellaScott · 20/03/2021 22:49

@ValancyRedfern

'He Hit Me and it Felt like a kiss' has to be up there.
Oh, for sure.

Also that Florence and the Machine 'Kiss with a fist'

PoleToPole · 20/03/2021 22:49

Yes definitely @changingnames786 I live in the US, and her music seems to very accurately reflect life here, especially small town life.

thosetalesofunexpected · 20/03/2021 22:49

Here it goes
that well known very distinctive quirky Beatles song of 60s

Crabalocker fishwife poronographic priestess
Boy,you've been a naughty girl,
You let your knockers down
etc

Horizons83 · 20/03/2021 22:48

Has ‘Thank heaven for little girls’ been mentioned yet?

Angry
RaindropsSplashRainbows · 20/03/2021 22:48

Song not doing...
I'm giving up now.

RaindropsSplashRainbows · 20/03/2021 22:48

The transvision Vamp doing is great because...she doesn't care!

Ninkanink · 20/03/2021 22:47

Dolly was a young woman when she wrote that song. It’s not a young vs. older thing.

Spidder · 20/03/2021 22:47

I lived with an alcoholic once. Wonderful tonight makes me really pissed off. They go out, he gets pissed, then she has to look after him when they get in.

day101 · 20/03/2021 22:47

Girl, you'll be a woman soon.

Creepy but I love it

ValancyRedfern · 20/03/2021 22:47

'He Hit Me and it Felt like a kiss' has to be up there.

hansgrueber · 20/03/2021 22:46

Don't know if it's on here but 'If I said you had a beautiful body would you hold it against me?', although to be honest it could be sung by a woman too!

changingnames786 · 20/03/2021 22:45

Plus I love the fact KM has a reputation for being a bit of an arse sometimes, she strikes me as someone who doesn't take shit from people and has the confidence to take care of herself.

Horizons83 · 20/03/2021 22:45

Ha ha @VienneseWhirligig so true!