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Man Boobz Summer Video Fest 4: Evil Women and Jeff Lynne’s Hair
And we return to the Man Boobz Summer Video Fest. Tonight, something a little different: this classic track from the Electric Light Orchestra. If the Men’s Rights movement were more like this, I would sign up at once. Even aside from the incredibly catchiness of his songs, Jeff Lynne’s hair alone is far more compelling than any MRA I’ve ever run across.
Of course, Lynne also wrote total mangina pussy-begging songs like this:
But the hair – the hair was still MAGNIFICENT!
>Poly Styrene, RIP
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| X-Ray Spex in action. |
Poly Styrene, the legendary lead singer of the punk band X-Ray Spex, has died of cancer; she was 53. Her searing vocals, her feminist politics, and her general take-no-shit attitude helped to inspire and influence several generations of female rockers from Kim Gordon to Kathleen Hanna to Beth Ditto. (The NYT has a nice obit.)
Her most famous song was the band’s first single, “Oh Bondage, Up Yours,” a wailing protest against consumerism and misogyny and other forms of modern bondage. “Some people think little girls should be seen and not heard,” she announced at the start of the song. “But I think” — and here her quiet voice modulated into a shriek — “oh bondage, up yours!” Here’s a video of her performing the song. (NOTE: If you’re having trouble with the video loading properly below, here’s a link to it on YouTube.)
