(07-17-2016, 03:05 PM)micheleFFS Wrote: (07-17-2016, 03:03 PM)micheleFFS Wrote: (07-17-2016, 02:42 PM)micheleFFS Wrote: Here are some favorite songs celebrating women's strength and sexuality. What are your favorites?
Ella Fitzgerald and Frank Sinatra, at the peaks of their form, belt out an incredible Lady is a Tramp. Do not miss the reprise!
Sexy movie clip of a woman happy to be asked on a date: I Enjoy Being a Girl (not bad for crossdressers, either 
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An ode to one of my favorite garments (What does FFS stand for?) Shiny Stockings by Sarah Vaughn
Pay careful attention to the lyrics in these two songs by Bessie Smith, a powerful woman with a powerful voice (and a mean haymaker):
A very strong woman:
Lock & Key
A woman with distinct boundaries:
I've Got What It Takes
LOCK AND KEY
James Price Johnson (m) Henry Creamer (l)
as rec by Bessie Smith w James Price Johnson (piano) Â
April 1st 1927 New York
also rec by George Melly w John Chilton's Feetwarmers '70's
I can see that you and me will have a terrible fallin' out,
No-one at the barbers' ball will know what it's all about!
They'll hear a shot, and see you duck, and when the smoke has cleared away,
Then the band will crawl from behind the stand, and then you'll hear me say;
When I get home I'm gonna change my lock and key,
When you get home you'll find an awful change in me!
If I don't change my mind, another thing you will find;
That your baby maybe has got another baby on the Pullman line!
You did your stuff, so get yourself another home,
I said it long enough, so pack your little trunk and roam!
I used to love you once, but you took and made a fool out o' me,
'Cause when I get home I'm gonna change this old lock and key!
Take off that suit I bought you!
Gimme that hat and that red vest too!
Take off my watch, gimme my ring,
I want them shoes and everything!
You just got to be the latest squeeze,
When let 'em squeeze you in your BVD's!
If you say much I'll shoot them all,
I'll shoot them all if I hear you call!
'Cause when I get home I'm gonna change my lock and key,
When you get home, you'll find place wher home used to be!
And if I don't change my mind, another thing you will find;
That your baby maybe has got another baby, just as good and kind!
You cheated on me, and that's a thing that made me sore,
I'll change that key, I'll get myself another door!
As far as my concern, you're a gypsy, homeless as a flea,
'Cause when I get home I'm gonna change my lock and key,
Believe me!
(Contributed by Peter Akers - May 2009)
Listen while you read!
Oh, stingy Ginny saved up all her pennies
Straight to the bank she would go
The sharks would have their hands around her
But none could get her dough
Ginny's fellow was a slick high yeller
Sent away to jail one day
He cried for bail then turned real pale
When I heard Ginny say
Oh, I've got what it takes
But it breaks my heart to give it away
It's in demand
They wants it every day
I've been saving it up for a long, long time
To give it away would be more than a crime
Your eyes may roll, your teeth may grit
But none of my money will you git
You can look at my bank book
But I'll never let you feel my purse
'Cause I'm a woman, believes in safety first, safety first
Said, if you want my money, here's my plan
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I'm saving it up for a real good man
I've got what it takes
But it breaks my heart to give it away
She said I've got what it takes
But it breaks my heart to give it away
It's in demand
Folks cryin' for it every day
I've been saving it up for a long, long time
To give it away would be more than a crime
Your eyes may roll, your teeth may grit
But none of this small change will you git
You can look at my bank book
But I'll never let you put your hands on my purse
Lord, I'm a woman, believes in safety first, safety first
Say, if you want my money, here's my plan
I'm not savin' it up for no naked man
I've got what it takes
But it breaks my heart to give it away
Read more at
http://www.songlyrics.com/bessie-smith/i...5UuCkCH.99
