🎵 Monthly Song Challenge 🎵

[PearlyDewdrops]

Day 22: A song from the seventies.

X-Ray Spex - Germ Free Adolescent

Anglo-Somali Poly Styrene was all about being bold, provocative and inventive. She was colourful and thoughtful and abrasive - a poseur with identity. She was told, "little girls should be seen and not heard." She replied, "Oh bondage! Up yours!"

 

[Awaywego]

Day 22: A song from the 70's

Joan Armatrading: Love and affection

Hosted her on campus 76 or 77, lovely person

 

[Awaywego]

Day 22: A song from the seventies
Disco Anthem....Chic with female leads, Anderson, Martin, and Wright

" Le Freak"

 

[Whiskeyjack]

Day 22: A song from the 70s
1978 - "Ease on Down the Road" - The Wiz (Diana Ross & Michael Jackson)

 

[PrettyLilPussy19]

Day 22: A song from the 70's

Mr Big Stuff - Jean Knight

 

[morelikeasong]

Day 21: A WOC song from the 60s

Etta James - A Sunday Kind Of Love
+1

 

[morelikeasong]

Day 22: A WOC song from the 70s

Roberta Flack - Feel Like Makin’ Love
+1

 

[Cjbdd]

Day 22: A song from the 70's-1976

 

[FreckledSprite]

Day 22: A song from the 70's by a WOC

 

[Wonderer67]

Day 22: A song from the 70's by a WOC

I first heard this song on the Trojan label skinhead reggae compilation. Was instantly hooked.

Phyllis Dillon had the slower more soulful rocksteady voice. Her best stuff IMO was on slower wings, like this one.

Woman of the Ghetto -1972

 

[MissLabelled]

Day 22: A song from the 70's

This track means a lot to me for, at least to those who know me, obvious reasons. But I can only imagine Poly Styrene singing this as a Black woman in the punk movement of the 70's!

"Identity is the crisis, can't you see?
Identity, identity
When you look in the mirror, do you see yourself?"


Poly Styrene and X Ray Spex - Identity

 

[EvaLane]

Day 22: A song from the 70's by a WOC

Street Life - Randy Crawford

“You can run away from time
For a nickel, for a dime
But you better not get old
Or you’re gonna feel the cold.”

 

[DannieB]

Day 21: A song from the 60s
Make Me Yours - Bettye Swann

 

[DannieB]

Day 22: A song from the 70s

Midnight Train to Georgia - Gladys Knight & The Pips

 

[PearlyDewdrops]

Day 22: A song from the 70's

This track means a lot to me for, at least to those who know me, obvious reasons. But I can only imagine Poly Styrene singing this as a Black woman in the punk movement of the 70's!

"Identity is the crisis, can't you see?
Identity, identity
When you look in the mirror, do you see yourself?"


Poly Styrene and X Ray Spex - Identity

When you look in the mirror, do you see yourself?
Do you see yourself on the TV screen?
Do you see yourself in the magazine?
When you see yourself, does it make you scream?

She really did make 12 year-old me think about identity and representation. So very important in that rock against racism, anti-NF era. Formative experiences.

 

[Chloe_Harper]

Day 22: A song from the 70s

Lovin' You - Minnie Ripperton

(WOC +1 = total 2)

 

[SalaciousMonkey22]

Day 22: A song from the 70s

Some music is of its time and place more than others.

Once is never enough

 

[luvzmature]

Day 22: A song from the 70's by a WOC

Tina's intro to this song says everything we need to know about how Ike abused her.
RIP Tina
Tina Turner - Proud Mary - Live from Arnhem

 

[luvzmature]

Day 22: A WOC song from the 70s

Roberta Flack - Feel Like Makin’ Love
+1

My very favorite Roberta Flack song.

 

[curious_slut]

Day 22: A song from the 70's

You kind of have to dance and sing along (badly in my case) when this one comes on the oldies station.

Got to Be Real - Cheryl Lynn
+2

 

[MrMakersMark]

A song from the 70s.
Soul Train video for the win.

 

[aussiegeekygal]

Day 22: A song from the 70's

Labelle - Lady Marmalade

This was gonna be my pick if it wasn't already taken

Great song!

 

[aussiegeekygal]

Day 22: A song from the 70's

Marcia Hines is an Aussie treasure. She arrived on our shores as a 16 year old from Boston and was immediately welcomed and adored as the "Queen of Aussie Pop" in the 1970s.

You - Marcia Hines

(+2)

 

[Bry1313]

Song from the 1970’s WOC
Hey Lit, why don’t you tell me something good

 

[BreukelenAnima]

Day 22: A song from the 70's by a WOC