Love-Hounds-request@GAFFA.MIT.EDU (06/01/90)
Really-From: DMatson%UMASS.BITNET@mitvma.mit.edu
(The Reverend Dave)
Hi Vickie, et al.
My question is this, Vickie:
Have you ever considered playing music that might be considered,
shall we say, slightly more jarring than your normal fare, just to
mix things up? There are plenty of great all women bands out there
making a good deal of noise in varying degrees. Scrawl, Frightwig,
Lunachicks, and Babes in Toyland leap to mind, and I'm sure there
are a whole lot more. One of my personal favorite bands, Tragic
Mulatto is fronted by a woman. Pretty brilliant stuff, I think.
Of course, the obvious and answer is, you "don't want to", or
aren't at all interested in that type of music, which is of course
pefectly valid. Just suggesting that there is a whole lot more out
there than what you have on your often all too soothing playlist,
though I certainly like much of what you play that I am familiar
with. (ack, was that a sentence?)
anyway...
Here's another one for you:
have you ever considered playing a song written and performed
entirely by men, yet sung from the point of few of a woman?
I am thinking ofthe song "suggestion" by fugazi, that deals with
issues of the objectification, harrassment, and rape of women.
a very moving and powerful song. I can send you the lyrics from the
umass lyrics server thing if you are interested, though certainly
the lyrics alone don't do the song justice.
just a few things to think about..
Dave "I like boyz with guitarz (and kate too, of course)" Matson
DMatson%UMass.BITNET@MITVMA.MIT.EDULove-Hounds-request@GAFFA.MIT.EDU (06/01/90)
Really-From: dbk@mimsy.umd.edu (Dan Kozak) From article <900531185915496.AWAN@Mars.UCC.UMass.EDU>, by Love-Hounds-request@GAFFA.MIT.EDU: > Here's another one for you: > have you ever considered playing a song written and performed > entirely by men, yet sung from the point of few of a woman? > I am thinking ofthe song "suggestion" by fugazi, that deals with > issues of the objectification, harrassment, and rape of women. > a very moving and powerful song. I can send you the lyrics from the > umass lyrics server thing if you are interested, though certainly > the lyrics alone don't do the song justice. Besides being an excellent idea, an excellent song by the best band in many a moon, it is also often performed by a woman (Amy Pickering from Fire Party) whenever she's at the show (which is almost always here in Fugazi-town :-) The new LP/CD "Repeater" continues to set my brain on fire . . . go buy all their records now! Other suggestions (no pun intended) of this ilk would be "Woman Town," "Hole In The Wallet" and "It Is Not Enough" by the amazing, inedible Gang of Four, another one of the best bands to stalk the planet in oh, the last decade say (boy I'm just full of opinions today, folks :-). I can't think of a Mission of Burma song from the point of view of a woman (in fact I can't think of a Burma tune that I have any idea of what the subject matter is), but you should play them anyway because they are/were God and human beings will atrophy and die if they don't hear the live version of "Dirt." 'Nuff said. #dan Clever: dbk@mimsy.umd.edu | "For I was rolled in water, Not-so-clever: uunet!mimsy!dbk | I was rolled out past the pier" - MoB -- #dan Clever: dbk@mimsy.umd.edu | "For I was rolled in water, Not-so-clever: uunet!mimsy!dbk | I was rolled out past the pier" - MoB