so i am constantly coming up with ideas for various things that i am in no position to really make happen at this point. mostly they just keep my constantly racing mind from being bored. so here is one ...
compliation cd of songs about reproductive rights.
i know, i know. i'm a dork. but it was all inspired by ... myself. i recently finished a song sorta about my experience escorting at the hope clinic in illinois. it fucking rocks too but that's besides the point.
the comp would not be a bullshit rock against bush (actually i like those cds but ..). i'm talking lyrical content about the subject. perhaps it could spawn into a larger comps for change series but that rips of another idea's name i'll talk about later ...
anyway, i think it'd be cool. prooceeds could benefit orgs like naral, planned parenthood, or better yet, abortion access funds.
so in thinking about writting this post i did a little search for pro-choice songs.
my own first thoughts were these:
operation rescue - bad religion
ani difranco - i wasn't sure which song but i was 100% sure she had at least one song about abortion
and that was pretty much it. but here's a list i've compiled. many of the artists i don't even know and some of the songs i'd forgotten about. so here you go - a list of pro-choice songs about abortions:
bodies - the sex pistols
(who definitley DID NOT invent punk rock and are essentially the backstreet boys of punk but ... that doesn't take away from the fact that they wrote a song about abortion ... although due to this song, some douche listed them on a top 50 list of conservative rock songs which is just a bit wierd and laugable. here's the article if you are interested: http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=NzZkNDU5MmViNzVjNzkzMDE3NzNlN2MyZjRjYTk4YjE=)
EDIT: the song is NOT pro-choice. lyrics here. fucking assholes.
brick - ben folds
the lost woman; birmingham - ani difranco
sally's pigeon - cyndi lauper
9 month blues; the judge's chair - peggy seeger
fight back; why oh why - holly near
behind the wall - try chapman
some boys; the boy/girl rap - alix dobkin
breaking silence - janis ian
(incidentally this is also the name of a character in mean girls ... is it sad that i know that? probably ...)
car with no brakes - erica wheeler
testimony - ferron
will the fetus be aborted? - dead kennedys
(oh jello ... how i love you ...)
what's it like - everlast
mary & child - born against
femme fatale - diggable planets
prodigal daughter - michelle shocked
sister, carry on - carolyn mcdad
* note: some of these were marked as "women's issues" so they might not actually be about abortion ... comment, additions, etc welcome.
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