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« Reply #70 on: November 15, 2011, 09:44:15 PM » |
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How about the girl group that did "He Hit Me (And It Felt Like a Kiss)"?
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« Reply #71 on: November 15, 2011, 10:44:40 PM » |
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How about the girl group that did "He Hit Me (And It Felt Like a Kiss)"?
That was the Crystals. I heard it mentioned a lot but I don't believe it ever charted. I hate to say it but I could imagine Rihanna having a hit today with that same title or theme. I noticed that through the 70s it wasn't uncommon for a man to address a woman as "woman" in a song. For example in Free Movement-I've Found Someone Of My Own or ELO-Evil Woman, there are hundreds of other examples. Also you don't hear women refered as "mama" which used to be quite common in songs. |
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« Reply #72 on: November 16, 2011, 10:10:44 AM » |
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How about the girl group that did "He Hit Me (And It Felt Like a Kiss)"?
That was the Crystals. I heard it mentioned a lot but I don't believe it ever charted. I hate to say it but I could imagine Rihanna having a hit today with that same title or theme. I noticed that through the 70s it wasn't uncommon for a man to address a woman as "woman" in a song. For example in Free Movement-I've Found Someone Of My Own or ELO-Evil Woman, there are hundreds of other examples. Also you don't hear women refered as "mama" which used to be quite common in songs. Santana's Black Magic WOMAN, circa 1969, Gary Puckett & The Union Gap's WOMAN, WOMAN, (1967?), Helen Reddy's I Am WOMAN, early 70's... |
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« Reply #73 on: November 16, 2011, 12:23:09 PM » |
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How about the girl group that did "He Hit Me (And It Felt Like a Kiss)"?
That was the Crystals. I heard it mentioned a lot but I don't believe it ever charted. I hate to say it but I could imagine Rihanna having a hit today with that same title or theme. I noticed that through the 70s it wasn't uncommon for a man to address a woman as "woman" in a song. For example in Free Movement-I've Found Someone Of My Own or ELO-Evil Woman, there are hundreds of other examples. Also you don't hear women refered as "mama" which used to be quite common in songs. Santana's Black Magic WOMAN, circa 1969, Gary Puckett & The Union Gap's WOMAN, WOMAN, (1967?), Helen Reddy's I Am WOMAN, early 70's... Of these three songs, only "Evil Woman" really belongs. "I Am Woman" is Reddy singing about all women, "Black Magic Woman" is Santana telling us about one particular woman. Only Puckett is addressing one as simply "Woman," in an accusatory fashion. George McCrae manages to use both "woman" and "mama" in "Rock Your Baby." The "Sexy mama" softly moaned in the intro might be the most memorable part of the song, and the singing part actually begins with a drawn-out "Wooooo-maaaaan." |
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« Reply #74 on: November 16, 2011, 02:30:24 PM » |
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Peter and Gordon had a song called "Woman". I vaguely remember a song (Vogues maybe?) called "Woman Helping Man"...pretty un-PC for today. Then again, "Bobby's Girl" was as anti-feminist as they came and still found its way onto oldies playlists.
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« Reply #75 on: November 16, 2011, 02:32:35 PM » |
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Peter and Gordon had a song called "Woman".
So did John Lennon. And that's one that still gets classic-hits airplay. |
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« Reply #76 on: November 16, 2011, 08:41:09 PM » |
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I don't believe you'll hear "Johnny Get Angry" very often either.
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« Reply #77 on: November 17, 2011, 08:24:06 PM » |
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"Witchi Tai To" (sp?)-Brewer and Shipley
That one gets rotated on KCDX. Lots of deep cuts there and it's about the only place to hear Nick Lowe and Klaatu anymore. |
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« Reply #78 on: November 18, 2011, 08:30:44 AM » |
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Santana's Black Magic WOMAN, circa 1969, Gary Puckett & The Union Gap's WOMAN, WOMAN, (1967?), Helen Reddy's I Am WOMAN, early 70's...
Of these three songs, only "Evil Woman" really belongs. Actually, "Evil Woman" is the only one of the above-mentioned that actually still gets airplay. You can add Cliff Richard's "Devil Woman" for some airplay right around Halloween. |
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« Reply #79 on: November 18, 2011, 10:02:03 AM » |
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Santana's Black Magic WOMAN, circa 1969, Gary Puckett & The Union Gap's WOMAN, WOMAN, (1967?), Helen Reddy's I Am WOMAN, early 70's...
Of these three songs, only "Evil Woman" really belongs. Actually, "Evil Woman" is the only one of the above-mentioned that actually still gets airplay. You can add Cliff Richard's "Devil Woman" for some airplay right around Halloween. "Black Magic Woman" is still in classic hits rotation up this way, as is "Devil Woman" -- and not just around Halloween. Up until last year, when more '80s titles were added (a process that is ongoing), we used to get "Woman, Woman" and several other Puckett hits, but I think all but "Young Girl" are gone now. |
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