Songs, Anthems, and Music for Women

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^ That’s awesome!

A crucial breakup song for me.



https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8v_4O44sf ... J0cw%3D%3D

Don't you know I'm not your ghost anymore
You lost the love I loved the most

I learned to live half alive
Now you want me one more time

Who do you think you are?
Runnin' 'round leaving scars
Collecting your jar of hearts
Tearing love apart
You're gonna catch a cold
From the ice inside your soul
So don't come back for me
Who do you think you are?

I hear you're asking all around
If I am anywhere to be found
But I have grown too strong
To ever fall back in your arms

"Good as Hell" by Lizzo



Go on dust your shoulders off, keep it moving
Come now, come dry your eyes
You know you a star, you can touch the sky
I know that it's hard but you have to try
If you need advice, let me simplify

If he don't love you anymore
Just walk your fine ass out the door
I do my hair toss
Check my nails
Baby how you feelin'?
Feeling good as hell

Woo girl, need to kick off your shoes
Got to take a deep breath, time to focus on you
All the big fights, long nights that you been through
I got a bottle of Tequila I been saving for you
Boss up and change your life
You can have it all, no sacrifice
I know he did you wrong, we can make it right
So go and let it all hang out tonight

'Cause he don't love you anymore
So walk your fine ass out the door
And do your hair toss
Check my nails
Baby how you feelin'?
Feeling good as hell

https://youtu.be/vuq-VAiW9kw?si=kDF61qCePntRMShc

https://youtu.be/A7DTE9VxCC4?si=hOdOWGJsVbQFl1y0

Demi Lovato - Warrior

This is a story that I have never told
I gotta get this off my chest to let it go
I need to take back the light inside you stole
You're a criminal
And you steal like you're a pro'

All the pain and the truth
I wear like a battle wound
So ashamed, so confused
I was broken and bruised

Now I'm a warrior
Now I've got thicker skin
I'm a warrior
I'm stronger than I've ever been
And my armor, is made of steel, you can't get in
I'm a warrior
And you can never hurt me again

Out of the ashes, I'm burning like a fire
You can save your apologies
You're nothing but a liar
I've got shame, I've got scars
But I will never show
I'm a survivor
In more ways than you know

Someone already posted "I Will Survive" and "Respect," but here's another of that vintage.
Jean Knight "Mr. Big Stuff"


https://youtu.be/EJ-4cKFVC34?si=YcApbdjrBx6bcP18

https://youtu.be/cMTAUr3Nm6I?si=3PqaOWg2WHwVouBb

Meghan Trainor - NO

Kind of anthemic...
LeAnne Rimes, Life Goes On



Wish I knew then what I know now
You held all the cards and sold me out
Baby, shame on you, if you fool me once
Shame on me if you fool me twice
You've been a pretty hard case to crack
I should've known better, but I didn't, and I can't go back

Oh life goes on and it's only gonna make me strong
oh it's a fight And I really wanna get it right
where I'm at
It's my life before me
and this feelin' that I can go back

https://youtu.be/-0sPPmD1qjI?si=0Ls1q-be-1NQAML-

Megan Trainor Also, her "This is your Mother Speaking"
Demi Lovato - The same one who did the Dodd decision song? That's range! Sounds like Xtina Aguilara "Beautiful."

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