Various Artists Various Artists It's a little like that old chicken-or-egg conundrum. Independent Woman continues an argument expressed in an earlier Destiny's Child song, Bills, Bills, Bills, which harangues a gentleman for not paying his way in a relationship. Various Artists Various Artists Various Artists Various Artists Various Artists James Brown's dynamic ballad "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" started out as a song written by a woman. Various Artists Various Artists Co-written by producer James Brown and Betty Newsome, "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" b/w the similarly passionate "Is It Yes or Is It No?"

Cyndi Lauper's Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, or Natalie Cole's Wild But in 2001, as Destiny's Child laid down their provocative dancefloor challenge, it was with the air of women who knew they had it all: they were in possession of their own bodies, their own sexuality, their own lives. Original Soundtrack If it is possible to pinpoint the moment that music and feminism truly collided (and, let's face it, it's hard to be precise about these things) we might suppose it was as Destiny's Child solemnly announced: "I don't think you're ready for this jelly" in their barnstorming hymn to the joys of shakeable bottoms, Bootylicious. The impassioned ballad was recorded February 16, 1966, at Bob Gallo's Talentmasters studio in New York with drummer Bernard Purdie; guitarist Billy Butler; pianist Ernie Hayes; and horn players Heywood Henry, Waymom Reed, Dud Bascomb, and Lamarr Wright. Various Artists

Various Artists "I wanna be the one to walk in the sun." The song addresses another woman who is bemoaning her status as "a discontented mother and a regimented wife" (which does sound fairly unappealing). Various Artists Sammy Lowe, who arranged his 1963 number six R&B hit "Prisoner of Love," was enlisted to work his magic on the new version of the song. Various Artists Summation: menopausal ex-globe-trotting crumpet wonders if she shouldn't have settled down in that semi in Swindon, aged 22, after all. Various Artists You might hear people talking a "man's world" to describe any place where the patriarchy is still large and in charge. An injunction was issued in favor of King on the basis that Brown was still signed to King. Various Artists

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)In 1978, Queen posited the theory that it is not gravity but, in fact, the force of amply-posteriored ladies that makes the earth spin on its axis. Various Artists Well, you only have to consider the nights she has spent crying for the "unborn children that might have made me complete" to catch the gist of her argument. Quite right, Lauper, quite right.Parton's heartfelt appeal to an auburn-haired, green-eyed foxtrel not to steal her man "just because you can" is a harsh reminder that not all women (or ladies, Stansfield) subscribe to the Sisterhood. All rights reserved. With the assertion that "She's my man/ And we got all the balls we need" it is, arguably, a little hard to discern whether this is a tribute to a transvestite or a particularly gutsy woman, but in this era of supposed equality and sexual freedom, it is cheering that such confusion arises.A song apparently written by the editorial team of the Daily Mail, I've Never Been to Me tells the tale of a woman who has "been to Paradise" but "never been to me". Various Artists

Various Artists Various Artists Various Artists Various Artists Various Artists Various Artists Various Artists And, at the very least, you have to applaud a song that rallies "Take me to them lardy ladies every time! "Some boys take a beautiful girl,/And hide her away from the rest of the world," she sings. (The bit about Charlie's Angels and Lucy Liu is pretty superfluous and should probably be ignored.
As with "I Got You (I Feel Good)," Brown had to re-record "It's a Man's Man's Man's World." Various Artists Until this moment, feminism's musical manifestations had swung between coded appeals for sexual equality from singers and songwriters as diverse as Big Mama Thornton and Linda Perry, and heartfelt, if faintly vacuous, appeals for a woman to have fun. And, what's more, they really did have "great jelly". G♯m This is a man's man's, man's world.