Comments on: HERSTORY - Women in Rock & Soul

HERSTORY - Women in Rock & Soul

carsonb — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 08:38:57 -0800

From Lorrie & Larry Collins - Mercy (1958)
HERSTORY is a YouTube playlist that details the history of women in Rock and Soul music over the course of 50 songs from 1958 to 1981.
To LiLiPUT - Eisiger (1981)

If you can look past the occasional (alright! rather frequent) mooney-eyed posturing in the essays, there's a good bit of information. The montages are well-timed and frequently funny. And, well, the music is not to be missed. Funknroll's other playlists are spottier over all—mainly because many of the videos are no longer available—but may very well contain a number of excellent musical performances.

By: PeterMcDermott

PeterMcDermott — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 09:11:12 -0800

That's an interesting playlist -- although Fanny sucked, as I recall. However, if you're talking influence, then I'd want the most sampled female songs of the last 50 years up there -- not for their samples, but for their sublime greatness. Lyn Collins, Think. Loleatta Holloway, Love Sensation First Choice, Let no man put asunder

By: PeterMcDermott

PeterMcDermott — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 09:16:49 -0800

And why do these playlists never have enough DISCO

By: klangklangston

klangklangston — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 09:43:30 -0800

Please don't use the center tag (I'll go through these links when I get home and can watch video. They look interesting).

By: bullitt 5

bullitt 5 — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 09:52:28 -0800

Seconding the anti center tag sentiments. Interesting link, all the same.

By: kuujjuarapik

kuujjuarapik — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 10:09:34 -0800

Is it Secretary's Day already? Damn thing sneaks up on me every year. (leaves town in a hurry)

By: SoftRain

SoftRain — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 10:17:57 -0800

Secretary's Day? Huh? This is awesome. Jacqueline Taieb is my favourite so far. The montages are kind of meh, but the music is pretty undeniable.

By: languagehat

languagehat — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 11:10:29 -0800

Thanks for this—looks like some great stuff there. Of course, anything that includes the unjustly forgotten Kleenex/LiLiPUT is fine as far as I'm concerned. Fanny sucked, as I recall. They did their share of sucky stuff, but they also did gems like "I've Had It" (1974). (All you could want to know about Fanny here.)

By: nasreddin

nasreddin — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 11:31:53 -0800

anything that includes the unjustly forgotten Kleenex/LiLiPUT is fine as far as I'm concerned. Hey madness! What you want?

By: languagehat

languagehat — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 11:32:42 -0800

Ü!

By: Afroblanco

Afroblanco — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 12:15:37 -0800

centering hurts eyes. admins please fix.

By: carsonb

carsonb — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 13:18:59 -0800

Weenies. If I ever catch any of you begging for the image tag back....

By: mykescipark

mykescipark — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 17:36:28 -0800

And here I thought there was an actual LiLiPUT video I'd never seen. Damn you, getting my hopes up!

By: Kickstart70

Kickstart70 — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 18:22:00 -0800

Am I the only one who cringes whenever I see the pseudo-word "herstory"? It's not named 'history' because it's restricted to men. Billions (trillions?) of women are part of history. Women are in no way excluded from being part of the historic record. Plus, it's ridiculously overused.

By: dreamsign

dreamsign — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 22:45:37 -0800

Am I the only one who cringes whenever I see the pseudo-word "herstory"? No. God no. It's the nudge-nudge-wink-wink of collegial feminism.

By: flapjax at midnite

flapjax at midnite — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 04:58:59 -0800

Thanks for the post, it's a good 'un! Seconding klang on the center tag thing, though.

By: stavrogin

stavrogin — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 00:46:42 -0800

When I saw "LiLiPUT" front and center like that, it made me happy. Thanks a lot.