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| The great Ronettes in the big-haired 1960s |
The news is scary for everyone, and it's always comforting to go back to nostalgia land and dredge up the music you heard when you were a kid, before you were aware of how awful the world can be.
Anybody can do this, and it's therapeutic. Try it.
It doesn't matter which era of music you had when you were five or 10 years old. Could be 1950s rock and roll, 1990s grunge, 1940s Big Band, 1970s disco or pop hits of the 2000s.
I retreated down memory lane with nice, strong female singers in the 1960s.
You really should check out the several videos below, because I think anybody of any age would like this music. And it's fun checking out the, uh, intersting big hair styles, and the kitschy productions and sketches in the videos.
First, let's go "Downtown" wth Petula Clark:
Here's the VERY great Dusty Springfield. Hard to choose which song of hers is best, but this tie I went with "I Only Wanna Be With You"
Next, let's bring in the Ronettes in these conservative looking business dresses, but oh! that teased hair! It's just perfect. How'd you like to carry that weight on your shoulders.
Still, "Be My Baby" is a wonderful classic:
This next one might be my favorite of the bunch. This is early feminism, it's Lesley Gore asserting herself, being her own person. This song was a total breakthrough. They're still using the song
in car ads today, of all things. But I still adore the son. Here is "You Don't Own Me."
We can't ignore country music, either, no siree! And there's a lot of great feminism here, too.
This next one is classic, and that intentional tackiness of the video, and the intentional tackiness of the small mindedness of some of small town America circa the late 60s is just perfect.
Here's Jeannie C. Riley with "Harper Valley PTA"
Then we have our cry in your beer country song from the great Tammy Wynette:
Finally, Lynn Anderson never promised us a rose garden, but she did give us some great songs like this one:
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