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Thread #8362   Message #51631
Posted By: Animaterra
01-Jan-99 - 09:27 AM
Thread Name: Songs about women coping
Subject: RE: Animaterra: Songs about women coping?
Well, right now it's just in the planning stage, but I'm thinking about all the songs that illustrate the various coping mechanisms we all- not just women- use in our lives. There is so much material, showing everything from stoic surrender to lunacy and beyond to power, etc. Here's a sample of the songs I'm considering, and the coping mechanism as I see it:

Anachie Gordan (suicide) The Oak and the Ash (homesick- wants a man to take her home) Liverpool Lullabye & Still I Love Him (Do you love an apple) (codependency!) Hostile Baby Rocking Song (slightly cracked humor) Solvay (violence) Gypsy Rover (or one of its ilk) (defying convention, runn-ing off) When Every Woman (power and hope)

I don't know whether this would be a solo program or whether I'd sing with a friend or two or use it with my chorus. I welcome other suggestions! Happy New Year! Allison