14 Valentines: Day Five
Today's essay is on Sexuality.
Today I've got music for you. Music that taken together sort of forms the musical picture of what I think about when I think about the concept of Woman. Grandmothers, mothers, sisters, daughters. Friends, enemies. Lovers. Fighters. Depression. Joy. Loss. Love. Introvert, extrovert. Extraordinary, ordinary.
MUSIC
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1. Circus (TONAL remix) - Britney Spears
I'm a put on a show kind of girl
2. After All - Dar Williams
And it felt like a winter machine
That you go through and then
You catch your breath and winter starts again
And everyone else is spring bound
3. When I Was A Boy - Dar Williams
When I was a boy, See that picture? That was me
Grass-stained shirt and dusty knees
4. Comfortably Numb - Dar Williams
The child is grown,
The dream is gone.
I have become comfortably numb.
5. City Hall - Vienna Teng
my baby's lookin' so damned pretty
with those anxious eyes
rain-speckled hair
and my ring to wear
6. Grandmother Song - Vienna Teng
But the one thing they can't take away from you
is your mind and the education you've been through
7. Recessional - Vienna Teng
And she dreams through the noise, her weight against me,
Face pressed into the corduroy grooves.
8. A Better Son/Daughter - Rilo Kiley
But the lows are so extreme
That the good seems fucking cheap
9. Rise Up With Fists - Jenny Lewis
But you can wake up younger under the knife;
and you can wake up sounder if you get analyzed.
And I'd better wake up.
There but for the grace of god go I.
10. Please Don't Leave Me - Pink
I can be so mean when I wanna be
I am capable of really anything
I can cut you into pieces
When my heart is....broken
11. This Girl is Taking Bets - Thea Gilmore
This girl's the resurrection, she's the comeback
She's the absinthe in whiskey she is poetry and Prozac
12. That Time - Regina Spektor
Hey remember that time when my favorite colors were pink and green
Hey remember that month when I only ate boxes of tangerines
So cheap and juicy, tangerines
13. I Need Some Fine Wine And You Need to be Nicer - Cardigans
Sometimes we talk over dinner like old friends
Till I go and kill the bottle,
I go off over any old thing,
Break your heart
and raise a glass or ten
14. Samson and Delilah - Shirley Manson
Delilah she climbed up
On Samson's knee
Said tell me where
Your strength lies
If you please
Then she spoke so kind
And she talked so fair
Til Samson said
Delilah
Cut off my hair
15. Not Ready To Make Nice - Dixie Chicks
I'm not ready to make nice
I'm not ready to back down
I'm still mad as hell and I don't have time
To go round and round and round
16. Someone's Daughter - Beth Orton
I wanna shout about it
But I keep quiet about it
Wanna laugh about it
But I don't joke about it
Wanna live without it
But I can't do without it
17. Wunderkind - Alanis Morissette
I am a princess on the way to my throne
18. When I Was a Young Girl - Rasputina
It was a primp primp this-a-way
Primp primp that-a-way
Primp primp this-a-way then, oh then
19. This Could Take All Night - Amanda Marshall
I'll make you glad it's in the stars you're mine
20. I Ain't Goin' to Play No Second Fiddle - Bessie Smith
I'm used to playing lead
21. One Girl Revolution (Battlemix) - Superchick
Some people see the revolution but most only see the girl
22. Waiting for the Kill - Elizabeth and the Catapult
Just a good, good girl with a troubled mind
23. Kiss With A Fist - Florence and the Machine
you hit me once
i hit you back
you gave a kick
i gave a slap
you smashed a plate
over my head
then i set fire to our bed
24. A Wish for Something More - Amy McDonald
Oh, I love you like a friend but let's not pretend
How I wish for something, wish for something more
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25. Lean on me by Alice Ripley, Orfeh, Idina Menzel, and Daphne Rubin-Vega
Lean on me when you're not strong and
I'll be your friend
I'll help you carry on
For it won't be long till I'm gonna need
Somebody to lean on
Today I've got music for you. Music that taken together sort of forms the musical picture of what I think about when I think about the concept of Woman. Grandmothers, mothers, sisters, daughters. Friends, enemies. Lovers. Fighters. Depression. Joy. Loss. Love. Introvert, extrovert. Extraordinary, ordinary.
MUSIC
Folder link
1. Circus (TONAL remix) - Britney Spears
I'm a put on a show kind of girl
2. After All - Dar Williams
And it felt like a winter machine
That you go through and then
You catch your breath and winter starts again
And everyone else is spring bound
3. When I Was A Boy - Dar Williams
When I was a boy, See that picture? That was me
Grass-stained shirt and dusty knees
4. Comfortably Numb - Dar Williams
The child is grown,
The dream is gone.
I have become comfortably numb.
5. City Hall - Vienna Teng
my baby's lookin' so damned pretty
with those anxious eyes
rain-speckled hair
and my ring to wear
6. Grandmother Song - Vienna Teng
But the one thing they can't take away from you
is your mind and the education you've been through
7. Recessional - Vienna Teng
And she dreams through the noise, her weight against me,
Face pressed into the corduroy grooves.
8. A Better Son/Daughter - Rilo Kiley
But the lows are so extreme
That the good seems fucking cheap
9. Rise Up With Fists - Jenny Lewis
But you can wake up younger under the knife;
and you can wake up sounder if you get analyzed.
And I'd better wake up.
There but for the grace of god go I.
10. Please Don't Leave Me - Pink
I can be so mean when I wanna be
I am capable of really anything
I can cut you into pieces
When my heart is....broken
11. This Girl is Taking Bets - Thea Gilmore
This girl's the resurrection, she's the comeback
She's the absinthe in whiskey she is poetry and Prozac
12. That Time - Regina Spektor
Hey remember that time when my favorite colors were pink and green
Hey remember that month when I only ate boxes of tangerines
So cheap and juicy, tangerines
13. I Need Some Fine Wine And You Need to be Nicer - Cardigans
Sometimes we talk over dinner like old friends
Till I go and kill the bottle,
I go off over any old thing,
Break your heart
and raise a glass or ten
14. Samson and Delilah - Shirley Manson
Delilah she climbed up
On Samson's knee
Said tell me where
Your strength lies
If you please
Then she spoke so kind
And she talked so fair
Til Samson said
Delilah
Cut off my hair
15. Not Ready To Make Nice - Dixie Chicks
I'm not ready to make nice
I'm not ready to back down
I'm still mad as hell and I don't have time
To go round and round and round
16. Someone's Daughter - Beth Orton
I wanna shout about it
But I keep quiet about it
Wanna laugh about it
But I don't joke about it
Wanna live without it
But I can't do without it
17. Wunderkind - Alanis Morissette
I am a princess on the way to my throne
18. When I Was a Young Girl - Rasputina
It was a primp primp this-a-way
Primp primp that-a-way
Primp primp this-a-way then, oh then
19. This Could Take All Night - Amanda Marshall
I'll make you glad it's in the stars you're mine
20. I Ain't Goin' to Play No Second Fiddle - Bessie Smith
I'm used to playing lead
21. One Girl Revolution (Battlemix) - Superchick
Some people see the revolution but most only see the girl
22. Waiting for the Kill - Elizabeth and the Catapult
Just a good, good girl with a troubled mind
23. Kiss With A Fist - Florence and the Machine
you hit me once
i hit you back
you gave a kick
i gave a slap
you smashed a plate
over my head
then i set fire to our bed
24. A Wish for Something More - Amy McDonald
Oh, I love you like a friend but let's not pretend
How I wish for something, wish for something more
extra:
25. Lean on me by Alice Ripley, Orfeh, Idina Menzel, and Daphne Rubin-Vega
Lean on me when you're not strong and
I'll be your friend
I'll help you carry on
For it won't be long till I'm gonna need
Somebody to lean on