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| From | Daryll Collins <daryll@daryllcollins.com> |
| Subject | Re: Shake Some Action |
| Date | Thu, 3 Jan 2008 16:50:39 -0500 |
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If what you say is true, that very few women are involved in creating
this type of music, I don't know how you could
fault the author for not including them. Should selections be made
based on merit or gender? I'd say it would be more of an insult to
place token selections just
because this list doesn't have enough female artists. That's like
saying, "This list of greatest linebackers in NFL history makes it
seem that women don't exist."
Of the three titles you listed I don't feel like it was an incredible
oversight that none were included.
Just don't feel that anyone was trying to make it a No Girls Allowed
club.
On Jan 3, 2008, at 2:59 PM, Aaron Milenski wrote:
>
> I am enjoying the book very much and I think it is wonderfully done.
>
> That said, I will levy my usual criticism against the entire pop/
> powerpop fanatic cult, which is that once again it's pretty much as
> if women don't even exist. In the top 200, only 4 albums are by
> bands/artists with female singers or songwriters (two of which are
> the same woman), and only one in the top 100. There's very very
> little representation elsewhere, as well.
>
> I know part of the problem is that so few women play this type of
> music, and it's awfully hard to truly define the term "power pop,"
> but I can't imagine how albums like Expresos' PROMISES AND TIES or
> Jale's SO WOUND or the Muffs' BLONDER AND BLONDER could be snubbed.
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