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| From | "Stewart Mason" <craigtorso@verizon.net> |
| Subject | Re: School Me, Too (was RE: Somebody school me) |
| Date | Wed, 29 Dec 2004 19:11:50 -0500 |
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From: "Craig Leve" <CraigL@ori.org>
> But for me - this has been a real and disappointing issue over the
> years. Why is some music championed in the Lilith Fair and "Women's
> Music" world, while other great music is ignored: Tori Amos is
> heralded
> while Kate Bush is largely ignored. We get Indigo Girls, Sara
> McLachlan,
> Ferron, etc., but no Rickie Lee Jones, no Damone, no Nico,
> Cardigans,
> Bobbie Gentry, Kirsty MacColl and on and on. So I guess for me, the
> problem isn't just guys who are fascinated only by sexual
> orientation,
> but so-called "women's music" that seems more preoccupied with
> sexual
> politics (and political correctness) than with music in the first
> place.
>
> Ok, maybe that's a can of worms, I realize - but it's something that
> has
> really bugged me over the years. So even if you set me straight, I'm
> probably gonna feel better about this when it's over.
This seems like a question best asked of a lesbian who self-identifies
as a proponent of "Women's Music." Let us know what she says.
As I'm neither, I can't answer you, but my suspicion is that you're
gonna get the same answer you'd get if you asked a bunch of males (gay
or straight), "Hey! There's all this music made by people with
penises! How come you're not into it?" -- the gender and orientation
of the listener doesn't necessarily have to coincide with the gender
and orientation of the artist. Hell, the lesbian I'm closest to is my
cousin Liz, and she utterly worships John Coltrane, despite not being
black, straight, a heroin addict or dead.
S
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