Just watched Cher singing her new release on NBC - seriously this should be one of the songs

[malaise]

to fight against the ReTHUGs and their anti-women legislation

[a kennedy]

1. Love it.....

[silverweb]

2. LOVE IT!!!

[HiPointDem]

3. i'd like it better without the pin-up girl video, which suggests the 'woman's world' she speaks of

belongs to nubile scantily-clad 20-somethings.

[malaise]

4. What I learned from Occupy is not to judge the 20something generation

My mother thought I was scantily clad in the minis we wore back then, but Steve Biko, MLK, JFK, Mandela, Fidel and even Helen Reddy (I am woman) woke us up. Youngsters are waking up regardless of their preferred choice of dress. They'll be singing this.

[HiPointDem]

5. i'm judging the video. there's a message there, and i'm judging it. (and actually, i don't think

20-somethings are that into cher).

[malaise]

7. There can be other videos

We'll see re the 20somethings and Cher - she hasn't released anything recently.

[HiPointDem]

14. yeah, there can -- but i understood that one to be the official video. is it not? if not, if it's

just a fan video set to the music, i'll withdraw the criticism, and just say i think the song is lyrically weak & doesn't really make much sense.

[KoKo]

11. See Post #10...I have mixed feelings...

[femmedem]

6. I understand where you're coming from, but I like it because she's sitting on an elephant and --

the Republican war on women includes a battle to control young women's sexuality.

[HiPointDem]

8. did you watch the video? it's not that one image, it's a succession of pin-up girls, all scantily

dressed, buxom, etc. same style of art, different pose, all sexual.

i couldn't watch it all the way through. the song lyrics are dumb (you broke up with me, i feel bad, but i'm strong and it's a woman's world...if you're still young & hot, i guess).

nah, i didn't feel any feminist anthem there, sorry to all those who feel different.

[malaise]

9. Good point

[KoKo]

10. Love Cher!...but had your same misgivings about the "pin ups" chosen..

that are sort of sterotypical even though from 30's kind of ads.

On the Other hand...Malaise downthread makes a point. It's hard to know what catches on today with the 20 Somethings (if that's who she's targeting). Still...the Pin Ups bother me because my generation fought so hard against being seen as "sex objects" and that most young women don't really look like that these days...out there in the rest of America.

But...who knows...it might inspire many.

[HiPointDem]

13. yeah, it may, but in any real way? it's pop sloganeering, there's no thought there, & the pin-ups

are kind of the proof of that.

I think there's a bit more thought, actually, in the James Brown antecedent, as rather than the message "I'm strong, I don't need you" there's at least the claim of male relationship to women & children, even though the 'man the maker' is dated. But man's world, woman's world, it's just pop ephemera and there's no (human) world without both. Dunno, it just seems superficial & trite to me. I'm strong = it's a woman's world = doesn't follow. I like cher, her life is feminist, but her song choices? nah.

This is a mans world
This is a mans world
But it would be nothing,nothing
Without a women or a girl

You see, man made the car
To take us over the road
Man made the train
To carry the heavy load
Man made the electrolight
To take us out of the dark
Man made the boat full of water
Like noah made the arc

This is a mans,mans,mans world
But it would be nothing, nothing
Without a women or a girl

Man thinks about little bit of baby girls and a baby boys
Man make them happy
Cos man make them toys
And after man make everything
Everything he can
You know that man makes money
To buy from other man

This is a mans world
But it would be nothing, nothing
Not one little thing
Without a women or a girl

He's lost in the wilderness
He's lost in bitterness

[KoKo]

16. That's truly one of James Brown's best...and I agree with what you said...

Sadly most young females wouldn't know James Brown...and many wouldn't know or care about Cher.

It will probably be someone new and totally different that catches their interest.
But, if this crap keeps up with Repugs...I hope the new inspiration for them comes quickly! There's NO TIME TO WASTE!

[hfojvt]

17. I liked this song

but the video was really stupid

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[Mojorabbit]

12. Nice! nt

[JohnnyLib2]

15. Cher--in full force!

and who needs videos, anyway?

[RebelOne]

18. Great song. It is the story of my life. n/t

[pacalo]

19. "I'm strong enough to rise above."

Damn straight!

[Honeycombe8]

20. I love Cher. Not crazy about the song, tho.

Guess I don't understand the song. Has a good dance beat, though.