The Big Show #4: Women Who Rock
The Big Show #3 was called “Girls, Girls, Girls!” This week’s edition is “Women Who Rock,” a show devoted entirely to songs fronted by — and sometimes consisting entirely of — women.
Some of the sets are “themed.”
There is a set of quintessentially American rockin’ pop songs fronted by females.
There is a set of quintessentially British rockin’ pop songs fronted by females.
There is a set of “sass,” starting with two old-school put-down tracks (Blondie’s “Rip Her To Shreds” and Holly & The Italians‘ “Tell That Girl To Shut-Up”) and concluding with a more recent sassy song of empowerment (The Dollyrots’ “Because I’m Awesome”).
There is a set of “Bay Area” songs, one by a band out of France (The Leeds), one by a band out of Australia (Jane vs. The World) and one by a Bay Area-based band (The Corner Laughers).
It all ends with a bit of West Coast Pop about summer, and dreaming of summer, by Laurie Biagini.
You can hear it below by clicking on the photo of a pioneering rockin’ woman, Bonnie “Guitar” Buckingham, which also appears at the top of this page. The complete track list follows.
Track List:
1. The Masticators, “Pop Sound”
2. The Go-Go’s, “Skidmarks On My Heart”
3. The Bangs, “Getting Out Of Hand”
4. The Primitives, “Crash”
5. Lush, “Ladykillers”
6. Spacemaid, “Taxi”
7. The Launderettes, “Red River”
8. The Pandoras, “In And Out Of My Life (In A Day)”
9. honeychain, “Lucky One”
10. Blondie, “Rip Her To Shreds”
11. Holly & The Italians, “Tell That Girl To Shut-Up”
12. The Dollyrots, “Because I’m Awesome”
13. The Shivers, “Teen Line”
14. The Zippers, “He’s A Rebel”
15. The Leeds, “Anything”
16. Jane vs. The World, “The Subterraneans”
17. The Corner Laughers, “Transamerica Pyramid”
18. Kostars, “Red Umbrella”
19. Sam Phillips, “Same Rain”
20. Laurie Biagini, “Run To The Sun”
Pop That Goes Crunch! 