Topic: Great "Rock Chick" Tracks - What are you Favourites? (Read 11750 times)

jmone · « **on:** June 01, 2013, 07:37:33 am »

Great "Rock Chick" Tracks - What are you Favourites? I'm putting together a playlist and so far have added only the following (in no particular order) so I'm looking for other suggestions?

Anastacia (I'm Outta Love)
Kim Wile (Cambodia)
Alannah Myles (Black Velvet)
Joan Jett (I Love Rock 'N Roll)
Evanescence (Lithium).... this one is a stretch for "rock"
Blondie (Call Me)
Divinyls (I Touch Myself)
Alanis Morisset (You Oughta Know)
Eurythmics (Sweet Dreams)
Amy Winehouse (Rehab)

marko · « **Reply #1 on:** June 01, 2013, 09:03:54 am »

* marko is listeng to: 'Rooms on Fire' by 'Stevie Nicks' from the album 'Driving Rock Ballads' [Duration: 4:21 | 166 kbps mp3 (5.2 MB) | rated 5/5 | played 18 times ~ last played 327.3 days ago (09/07/12)

* marko is listeng to: 'Love Is a Battlefield' by 'Pat Benatar' from the album 'Assorted Tracks' [Duration: 5:23 | 192 kbps mp3 (7.5 MB) | rated 4/5 | played 7 times ~ last played 3.01 years ago (31/05/10)

"Put another dime in the jukebox, baby" Love it

With that list, you gotta be the wrong side of 45 along with me

How about a bit of Wendy James....

* marko is listeng to: 'Baby I Don't Care' by 'Transvision Vamp' from the album 'Velveteen' [Duration: 4:39 | 1007 kbps flac (33.6 MB) | rated 4/5 | played 31 times ~ last played 16.4 days ago (16/05/13)

Heavily panned, but I really like this album :-| (I paid to see Transvision Vamp live back then... was mediocre, but always worth a chuckle admitting I was there)

DarkPenguin · « **Reply #2 on:** June 01, 2013, 12:07:34 pm »

What? No Pretenders, Heart or PJ Harvey?

BernhardS · « **Reply #3 on:** June 01, 2013, 02:40:36 pm »

yes to all +

P!nk - Fingers / Humble Neighborhoods / Get The Party Started and Steve Nicks - Sourcerer / Planets Of The Universe

jmone · « **Reply #4 on:** June 01, 2013, 06:46:01 pm »

Thanks - added a bunch of these but I'm a bit torn with the artists like P!nk, Gaga, etc.... may slap together a different Playlist for these "Pop Chicks" / "Modern Rock Chicks?"

JimH · « **Reply #5 on:** June 01, 2013, 06:52:41 pm »

All of this chick talk makes me nervous.

jmone · « **Reply #6 on:** June 01, 2013, 07:10:49 pm »

Quote from: JimH on June 01, 2013, 06:52:41 pm

All of this chick talk makes me nervous.

I just laughed out loud! (Only a few days to go)

JimH · « **Reply #7 on:** June 01, 2013, 07:33:56 pm »

Oh crap.

jmone · « **Reply #8 on:** June 01, 2013, 07:36:15 pm »

When does the intern start?

JimH · « **Reply #9 on:** June 01, 2013, 07:39:27 pm »

Adam can program, so he's too valuable. Matt's in charge now, so he won't do it. I'm afraid it's going to be me. I plan to turn them loose in the back of the building and hope for the best.

astromo · « **Reply #10 on:** June 01, 2013, 07:55:57 pm »

I'd add:

Pat Benatar - "Hit Me With Your Best Shot"
Suzi Quattro - "Devil Gate Drive" or "Can the Can" (your choice)
Courtney Love (w/- Hole) - "Celebrity Skin"
Wendy James (w/- Transvision Vamp) - "I Want Your Love"

OK .. Wendy James might be on the edge but you've gotta love the line, "I don't want your money honey, I want your love". Can't get much more rock chick than that ..

jmone · « **Reply #11 on:** June 01, 2013, 10:43:29 pm »

So I've now got:

You Oughta Know (Alanis Morissette)
Black Velvet (Alannah Myles)
Rehab (Amy Winehouse)
I'm Outta Love (Anastacia)
Call Me (Blondie)
I Touch Myself (Divinyls)
Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) (Eurythmics)
Lithium (Evanescence)
What About Love (Heart)
Celebrity Skin (Hole)
I Love Rock 'N Roll (Joan Jett)
Cambodia (Kim Wilde)
Love Is A Battlefield (Pat Benatar)
Hit Me With Your Best Shot (Pat Benatar)
Stop Dragin' My Heart Around (Stevie Nicks)
Devil Gate Drive (Suzi Quatro)
Cherry Bomb (The Runaways)
Baby I Don't Care (Transvision Vamp)
I Want Your Love (Transvision Vamp)

jmone · « **Reply #12 on:** June 01, 2013, 10:44:54 pm »

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With that list, you gotta be the wrong side of 45 along with me

Disturbingly accurate guess!

jmone · « **Reply #13 on:** June 01, 2013, 10:45:55 pm »

Quote from: JimH on June 01, 2013, 07:39:27 pm

Adam can program, so he's too valuable. Matt's in charge now, so he won't do it. I'm afraid it's going to be me. I plan to turn them loose in the back of the building and hope for the best.

Eggcelent! Grandpa Jim and his chicks! Looking forward to the Paintings

astromo · « **Reply #14 on:** June 02, 2013, 01:36:51 am »

Quote from: DarkPenguin on June 01, 2013, 12:07:34 pm

What? No Pretenders, Heart or PJ Harvey?

I see Heart got themselves a showing but their iconic song for me was, "Barracuda".

I love Annie Lennox but I don't immediately associate her as a Rock Chick .. after all she was classically trained (even though it was the flute) at the Royal Academy no less.

Your list jmone but if you've got a nice girl end, that's where I'd give Annie top billing.

jmone · « **Reply #15 on:** June 02, 2013, 02:51:52 am »

Your probably right. I've just been going through the back collection and grabbing tracks (and typically so far only one per artist). So I'll have to flesh out the more tracks for the same artist and make sure they all fit the "I would not take her home to met Mum/Mom" category!

DarkPenguin · « **Reply #16 on:** June 02, 2013, 09:46:40 am »

Quote from: astromo on June 02, 2013, 01:36:51 am

I see Heart got themselves a showing but their iconic song for me was, "Barracuda".

I love Annie Lennox but I don't immediately associate her as a Rock Chick .. after all she was classically trained (even though it was the flute) at the Royal Academy no less.

Your list jmone but if you've got a nice girl end, that's where I'd give Annie top billing.

A few suggestions...

Crazy on You is Hearts great song, IMHO. I owned Barracuda as a "45" back in the day.
Pretenders - Night in my Viens or Middle of the Road.
PJ Harvey - Long Snake Moan

Some others ...

Eurythmics - Missionary Man.
Throwing Muses - Bright Yellow Gun.
Elastica - Stutter
Pat Benatar - Heartbreaker
The Cardigans - My Favorite Game
Veruca Salt - Seether
Liz Phair - Supernova
Patti Smith - Summer Cannibals
Sheryl Crow - Steve McQueen

MusicBringer · « **Reply #17 on:** June 03, 2013, 02:24:46 pm »

All About Eve [Julianne Regan]
Amanda Marshall
Ana Popovic
Annette Funicello
Björk
Bonnie Raitt
Des'ree
Elkie Brooks
Gail Ann Dorsey
Janis Joplin
Joanna Connor
Julie Driscoll
Lene Lovich
Lulu
Lynsey De Paul

bob · « **Reply #18 on:** June 03, 2013, 03:11:01 pm »

Gold dust woman

marko · « **Reply #19 on:** June 04, 2013, 01:22:26 am »

Patti Smith - Because The Night
Souxie & The Banshees - Dear Prudence

InflatableMouse · « **Reply #20 on:** June 04, 2013, 02:09:04 am »

Anouk of course! But I'm not proud of her Eurosong Festival song or performance though

Dolores O'Riordan (The Cranberries) - not a big fan but they got a couple of cool songs
Marianne Faithfull
Melissa Etheridge

Blend in some blues:
Dana Fuchs
Susan Tedeschi

A bit of a stretch from rock:
Tori Amos
Abra Moore
Kate Bush
Jennifer Warnes
Aimee Mann
Suzanne Vega

Not rock at all but one of my favorite ~~female~~ artists of all time:
Laurie Anderson (in case you don't know her, listen to the song Gravity's Angel).

marko · « **Reply #21 on:** June 04, 2013, 02:20:53 am »

* marko is listeng to: 'Gravity's Angel' by 'Laurie Anderson' from the album 'Mister Heartbreak' [Duration: 6:02 | 192 kbps mp3 (8.3 MB) | rated 3/5 | played 11 times ~ last played 9.6 days ago (25/05/13)

Laurie Anderson is completely nuts! I love her too.

InflatableMouse · « **Reply #22 on:** June 04, 2013, 03:37:28 am »

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rated 3/5

I'll assume that's a typo

astromo · « **Reply #23 on:** June 04, 2013, 05:16:46 am »

Just did a quick interweb trawl and apparently this is how you spot a rock chick:
http://totl.net/Southampton/rock-chick.html
.. some interesting criteria that would knock out a few options presented but the criteria can always be debated.

And (I love how poor this attempt is) here's a list of the 10 sexiest rock chicks:
http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/entertainment/ug_top_10_sexiest_rock_chicks.html
.. obviously, no standards at play when the 1st cab off the rank doesn't even make it as a rock chick by the editor's own estimation.

I'll stick with the jmone JRiver goodness ..

InflatableMouse · « **Reply #24 on:** June 04, 2013, 05:33:26 am »

rofl - The Number 1 - Dee Snider.

Should I be ashamed that I hardly know any of them?

astromo · « **Reply #25 on:** June 04, 2013, 06:09:53 am »

Quote from: InflatableMouse on June 04, 2013, 05:33:26 am

rofl - The Number 1 - Dee Snider.

Should I be ashamed that I hardly know any of them?

No worries, Monsieur Mouse, I'll proudly share your "shame". As I said, "no standards" and I'd add, "no idea"....

SpeedD408 · « **Reply #26 on:** June 04, 2013, 03:30:09 pm »

How about 99 Luftballons (Red Balloons) by Nena (German version naturally).

John Gateley · « **Reply #27 on:** June 04, 2013, 06:38:42 pm »

Someone already mentioned Annie Lennox/The Eurythmics - I'll add the video for Love is a Stranger.

Missing Persons: Mental Hopscotch and a few others (vocals by Dale Bozio)

kstuart · « **Reply #28 on:** June 04, 2013, 10:18:12 pm »

Quote from: John Gateley on June 04, 2013, 06:38:42 pm

Missing Persons: Mental Hopscotch and a few others (vocals by Dale Bozio)

Oooh.... If all of the above in the thread were in one room, I would probably only notice Dale Bozio !

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Of course, the Original Rock Chick was Janis Joplin.

kstuart · « **Reply #29 on:** June 04, 2013, 10:26:48 pm »

Here is "Best Jazz Chick Who Is Not A Vocalist":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgQegqw9IrI

stevemac · « **Reply #30 on:** June 05, 2013, 08:40:42 am »

I like this thread. Good mix of artists. My additions

Mainstream (ish)
Concrete Blonde (Johnette Napolitano) - Bloodletting
Fleetwood Mac (Stevie Nicks, Christine McVie) - Sisters of the Moon, Isn't it Midnight
The Cranberries (Dolores O'Riordan) - Zombie
P!ink - U + Ur Hand (Live) & excellent covers of Highway to Hell (AC/DC) & Babe I'm Going to Leave you (Led Zeppelin)

Oz
The Clouds (Trish Young / Jodi Phillis) - Immorta (Live), Baby, Bower of Bliss (& for those in the US try their version of Wichita Lineman)
Divinyls (Chrissie Amphlett) - Boys In Town, Pleasure and Pain, Back to the Wall

Steve

astromo · « **Reply #31 on:** June 05, 2013, 04:26:35 pm »

What about a bit of Tina Turner?

Check a dance floor when Nutbush gets pumped out and the formation Madison dancing that follows.

Don't forget Kate Pierson and Cindy Wilson from the B-52's. Their lyrical screaming is a signature and even though they back Fred Schneider on Rock Lobster, don't you think they upstage him in the process?

stevemac · « **Reply #32 on:** June 06, 2013, 06:39:58 am »

+
Baby Animals (Suze DeMarchi) - Early Warning
Blondie (Debbie Harry) - Atomic

RSleith · « **Reply #33 on:** June 06, 2013, 01:03:15 pm »

Quote from: stevemac on June 06, 2013, 06:39:58 am

Blondie (Debbie Harry) - Atomic

Huh, never realized that was a Blondie song...I've always loved the version on the Trainspotting soundtrack.

Interesting note in the Sleeper wikipedia entry

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Sleeper recorded a cover of the Blondie song "Atomic", which was used in the film Trainspotting, after Blondie refused to allow the use of the original version.

astromo · « **Reply #34 on:** June 06, 2013, 11:51:12 pm »

Quote from: RSleith on June 06, 2013, 01:03:15 pm

Huh, never realized that was a Blondie song...I've always loved the version on the Trainspotting soundtrack.

Interesting note in the Sleeper wikipedia entry

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_(song)

Well, 1980 was 33 years ago. Time does pass.

jmone · « **Reply #35 on:** June 07, 2013, 02:41:27 am »

Great Stuff - Looks like I have some listening to do this weekend in compiling an updated playlist.

RSleith · « **Reply #36 on:** June 07, 2013, 12:10:01 pm »

This one's out of left field, but...I was watching part of the Pulse DVD last night and I Gotta Give it up to the Girls on The Great Gig in the Sky!

kstuart · « **Reply #37 on:** June 07, 2013, 07:34:59 pm »

Hmmm.... there's gotta be a way to merge the "Egg Factories" and "Rock Chick" threads....

imugli · « **Reply #38 on:** June 08, 2013, 08:58:20 pm »

Too many to mention...

Debbie Harry - I want that man.
Heart - Anything.
The Sweet - Ballroom Blitz
Tina Turner - Private Dancer, We don't need another hero, The Best
Concrete Blonde - Joey
Fiona Apple - I'm not an addict
Janet Jackson - Black cat
Alanis - Anything from Jagged Little Pill
The Baby Animals - Early Warning, Rush You, Painless, One Word
Transvision Vamp have a couple
Stevie Nicks is a goddess.
The Superjesus - Gravity
Eurythmics - Take your pick.
Pretenders - Hymn to her, I'll stand by you, Chain gang

not quite "Rock Chick"

but Wendy Matthews - I don't wanna be with nobody but you, The Day You Went Away

Among others...

astromo · « **Reply #39 on:** June 09, 2013, 06:33:58 pm »

Quote from: imugli on June 08, 2013, 08:58:20 pm

Too many to mention...

The Sweet - Ballroom Blitz

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_sweet

Ahh, I know these guys had long hair and a ringing falsetto but they might get offended if you called them rock chicks. ?

I notice some Australian influence, so how would you rate Ella Hooper from Killing Heidi with either "Mascara" or "Superman/Supergirl"?

stevemac · « **Reply #40 on:** June 10, 2013, 07:19:57 pm »

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I notice some Australian influence, so how would you rate Ella Hooper from Killing Heidi with either "Mascara" or "Superman/Supergirl"?

Like both of these - also like "I am"

This thread has made me review my library & have pulled out a lot of songs I haven't listed to for a long time - thanks jmone

Also rate Garbage (Shirley Manson) - I think I'm Paranoid, Queer, Stupid Girl

imugli · « **Reply #41 on:** June 10, 2013, 08:12:12 pm »

Quote from: astromo on June 09, 2013, 06:33:58 pm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_sweet

Ahh, I know these guys had long hair and a ringing falsetto but they might get offended if you called them rock chicks. ?

I notice some Australian influence, so how would you rate Ella Hooper from Killing Heidi with either "Mascara" or "Superman/Supergirl"?

Ha ha, well there you go

TBH I'm not so much a fan of Killing Heidi. Can appreciate their stuff, just not a massive fan.

jamesecox50 · « **Reply #42 on:** June 19, 2013, 09:18:49 pm »

Chantel Mcgregor <<<< check this out

astromo · « **Reply #43 on:** September 16, 2013, 05:26:59 am »

Quote from: InflatableMouse on June 04, 2013, 02:09:04 am

Melissa Etheridge

Totally .. my fave:

Bring Me Some Water

.. beer, preferably ..

KingSparta · « **Reply #44 on:** September 16, 2013, 06:35:27 am »

Listening to: 'Crazy on You' from 'Dreamboat Annie' by 'Heart' with JRiver Media Center 19

many days\hours playing this group back in the 70's

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