tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16161528.post7990836263452459551..comments2024-02-13T04:24:09.543-08:00Comments on There Stands the Glass: Hank Crawford, 1934-2009Happy In Baghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03325328547476858000noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16161528.post-63307752809622337442009-02-06T06:13:00.000-08:002009-02-06T06:13:00.000-08:00Thanks, Jon and M.V., for confirming that you shar...Thanks, Jon and M.V., for confirming that you share my discomfort. <BR/><BR/>I intend to purchase Allen's album Tuesday, but it'll be in spite of these unfortunate references. <BR/><BR/>And Jon, I don't disagree with any of your assessments. I'll only add that when Missy Elliott gets dirty, she does it with such a sly sense of humor that it somehow works.Happy In Baghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03325328547476858000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16161528.post-18197641335085139692009-02-06T04:16:00.000-08:002009-02-06T04:16:00.000-08:00I think Lucinda Williams is one of the few contemp...I think Lucinda Williams is one of the few contemporary female artists who writes songs about her sexuality that are comparable in quality to erotic poetry. She doesn't stoop to crude metaphors, and she doesn't portray herself in song as a passive object of male desire. She sings about her own desires and needs, much as Bessie Smith and other female blues artists did. <BR/><BR/>I also think that Shirley Horn's song "The Island" (from her 1997 album Loving You, released when she was 63 years old!) is a paean to the female orgasm that is far more subtle and tender than "I Feel Love". Clearly, I think about these things way too much.jonderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17768659223034248624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16161528.post-51143217687156666162009-02-06T04:09:00.000-08:002009-02-06T04:09:00.000-08:00Lily Allen goes a step further, and I honestly fee...Lily Allen goes a step further, and I honestly feel sorry for her. I think she saw Liz Phair's frank sexuality (and maybe even Alanis Morrisette's) as a career move. Shocking songs about sex get attention. Even Britney Spears knows that.<BR/><BR/>Lily Allen says in the new Blender magazine that the guy who left her "in a wet spot" after she "spent ages giving head" doesn't know that the song's about him. Maybe she should have expressed her sexual dissatisfaction to him more directly, but then she wouldn't have a controversial new song.jonderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17768659223034248624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16161528.post-40802614346392415422009-02-06T04:04:00.000-08:002009-02-06T04:04:00.000-08:00I thought a lot about the Lily Allen question yest...I thought a lot about the Lily Allen question yesterday. I think that we men are OK with female sexuality in music when it's not graphic: euphemisms ranging from the "sugar in my bowl" to the "genie in a bottle" are very popular. Female self-gratification is OK if it is vaguely described, like "She Bop" and "I Touch Myself". Even more explicit female sexuality is tolerated if it's objectified (Foxy Brown, Lil Kim, Khia, etc.) <BR/><BR/>When women complain about men as unsatisfactory (or coercive and abusive) sexual partners, I get uncomfortable. The lyrical content of "Tattooed Love Boys" still bothers me, though I love the song. I like Lucinda Williams' recent song "Come On", but I would hate to be the guy she was telling off.jonderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17768659223034248624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16161528.post-78355601729830444382009-02-03T11:19:00.000-08:002009-02-03T11:19:00.000-08:00I have the same problem with language and sexes: I...I have the same problem with language and sexes: I like George Carlin and other cuss-word using male comedians but can't stand Lisa Lampanelly and other cussing female comedians.kcmeeshahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16640259113083899984noreply@blogger.com