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| From | Bill Silvers <wsilvers@earthlink.net> |
| Subject | Re: Thoughts and discussions thread idea |
| Date | Mon, 28 Jan 2008 11:37:36 -0600 (GMT-06:00) |
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michael Adelsheim wrote:
>With regards to your point about it being slightly misogynistic for Mr.
>Lowe to do "Born A Woman" (or how he did it), I noticed a trend for him
>to take the woman's side in many songs over the years. "God's Gift To
>Women" and "All Men Are Liars" just two examples later on. Thus, though
>Nick always claimed - at least in the early days - his songs had no
>meaning, I claim there was at least a bit more sensitivity in the
>"battle of the sexes" than most rockers have had.
>
>(Sure, "Heart of the City" has the line, "checkin' the meat in the heart
>of the city"...I didn't say he was perfect!)
Your points about Mr. Lowe's taking the woman's side (or at least in pointing out the folly of the man's POV) are good ones. I didn't mean to say that I thought he was a misogynist for covering "Born A Woman," but I'll just say that pretty much every time I've ever rocked out to it I've cringed a little while hearing lines like "When you're born a woman, you're born to be hurt, you're born to be stepped on, lied to, cheated on and treated like dirt" and of course the outro chorus "born to be hurt...born to be hurt." That's not necessarily because there's anything about Nick's delivery or anything else that leads me to believe that he feels that way himself. I suspect that if I heard *any* male singer delivering those lyrics, I'd get the same cringe. And maybe it's just me - wouldn't pretend otherwise. And hey, it's still a kick-ass cover. Um, OK, you know what I mean by that, right?
cheers,
b.s.
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