And yes, the last of the songs and videos Im sharing for Rebecca Littmans suggested theme of Whos That Girl? that suggest that maybe that question needs to be Whos That Woman? and yes that means feminist in nature -- what women will think about from time-to-time. Then I promise I will get to some other Music Blasts From the Past that fit this description of the theme that are not quite as feminist in nature. This time we have another song from the supposedly more conservative era of the 1980s, and one that has a featured guest vocalist the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin and teams her up with the British duo of Annie Lennox and David Stewart, better known as The Eurythmics, for an often forgotten Top 40 hit (made it to #18 on Billboard Magazines HOT 100 charts in the fall of 1985) that is a definite inheritor of Helen Reddys 1972 #1 song, I Am Woman for addressing the issue of feminism and less than a year after the first woman to run as Vice President of the U.S., Geraldine Ferraro lost her bid. But as the lyrics are sung by Lennox and Franklin there were other women who were in politics and other fields, as well, at those times and that was nearly 30 years ago from the song, Sisters Are Doin It for Themselves: youtube/watch?v=drGx7JkFSp4
Posted on: Fri, 12 Sep 2014 20:33:59 +0000