Shawna

An idea for an article just occurred to me and I need to see if you all can help me "flesh it out" as it were. Who are some women that have appeared in multiple music videos that are not the singers or part of the band, but just women that were in the videos as part of the story line or whatnot? An example would be Alicia Silverstone and Liz Tyler in a few of the Aerosmith videos. Please name some women that were in more than one video only. Thanks for the input!

someone whose music you apparently didn't like. :beady:

and a little bit shmaltzy pop.

Man, I was just listening to this list. Holy Moses, this is the BEST LIST YET. Wait a second...

anything for you, doll.

HAPPY HAPPY JOY JOY. Love ya, sister! I KNOW you're having a good time tonight... now that you've done cleaned out your kitchen of all those annoying breakable plates.

yep, yep. Sounds like Miley Cyrus knows what she's doing! Despite a false interview that made the rounds over the holiday weekend, the 20-year-old singer/actress has stayed mum on her feverishly debated MTV Video Music Awards performance of over one week ago -- until now. The "We Won't Stop" singer actually sat down with MTV three days after her polarizing Aug. 25 moment at Brooklyn's Barclays Center alongside Robin Thicke. MTV.com released a video tease of the chat (part of an upcoming documentary), a poised Cyrus breaks her silence on the twerks seen round the world. "I don't pay attention to the negative because I've seen this play out so many times," she says of her many, many detractors, "How many times have we seen this play out in pop music?" She adds of previous provocative VMAs moments: "Madonna's done it. Britney's done it. Every VMA performance, that's what you're looking for; you're wanting to make history." (A then lesser-known Madonna first had jaws dropping back at the 1984 VMAs, writhing on the floor in a wedding dress to the strains of "Like a Virgin"; her future make-out partner Britney Spears revealed her naughty side -- and a flesh-colored bodysuit -- performance "Oops I Did It Again" and "Satisfaction" at the 2000 show.) And "history" was definitely on Cyrus and Thicke's mind before they hit the stage, she says. "Me and Robin the whole time said, 'You know we're about to make history right now.'" "What's amazing is I think now, we're three days later and people are still talking about it. They're overthinking it," she exclaims. "You're thinking about it more than I thought about it when I did it. Like, I didn't even think about it 'cause that's just me!" Miley Breaks Silence ~ US Magazine

And so it is for exactly this reason that I don't like listening to hip-hop or rap (or sadly just about anything that my son likes) or watching any of those videos. And I can't stand going into clubs. Period. I've actually have to turn my head and look another way when I've seen people dancing like that in a club. Maybe the difference (imo) is that I can choose to watch a video or not, choose to listen to a hip-hop song or not, or choose to go inside a club or not. But when I choose to watch the VMAs (which I didn't, so I don't know why I'm still ranting about this ) and am assaulted with this sort of (unexpected?) performance, I can't change the channel fast enough to not have it seared into my eyeballs.

1. Man On Fire ~ Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros 2. Ho Hey ~ Lumineers 3. King of Anything ~ Sara Bareilles 4. Song for Myla Goldberg ~ Decemberists 5. A Better Son/Daughter ~ Rilo Kiley 6. He's Not A Boy ~ The Like 7. Shake it Out ~ Florence & the Machine 8. Cannonball ~ Damien Rice 9. I've Got Your Number, Son ~ She and Him 10. Thinking About You ~ Radiohead boo-yah! I'm developing a deep and abiding affection for the Decemberists.

Girls have always had self-esteem issues. That's just the way of life. It's exacerbated in this day and age by the ridiculous media coverage and mostly advertisements that force-feed them (us) that we're too fat, we're too skinny, we're neurotic, we're hairy, we're messy, we're uptight, we're don't eat enough, we eat too much, our clothes are too tight, they're too loose, they're too short, they're too long... Barbie is the only "perfect" woman, and she's plastic. However, I will say that in my experience with research (because human behavior fascinates me) it appears that women are the only ones who care what other women do/look like/behave like, etc. Men aren't that picky. And by the same token, ANY male person who feels that the way a girl dresses or dances is a sexual invitation for him to have his way with her, that guy has something twisted where his brain should be. That said, I don't think that Miley is a whore. But she is sending a pretty raunchy message to young girls who are having a pretty tough time already deciding who/what/how they want to be. Much of the time they're not equipped to differentiate between the way they think they should dress and the way they think they should behave. That's my rant. Tim, Ron, simmer down. :beady:

Shake it a like a Polaroid picture I use that one a lot. "Take This Job and Shove It" ~ David Allan Coe/Johnny Paycheck

thanks! the second I saw that picture on his FB I thought "avatar!"

sweet, Edna! Worked like a charm. Thanks.

oh, crikey, there are a million examples of that in country music. They love cliche sentences. Especially Kenny Chesney, who I loathe. Don't have time to look stuff up right now, but maybe someone else can come up with some of those examples...

anybody out there who can shrink a photo for me so I can use it as my avatar?

just buy the book, Sammy. :beady:

yay! I see at least two of the songs I voted for in there. I love these PTTs! Nice list, Phil. And thanks for the great discoveries. That's the best part about these for me.

Congrats, Jenny! It's been wonderful having you... even if you were here before I was. ;-) And now for my announcement: Here ye, Here ye, one of our most esteemed Songplaces writers has written a book that was released just yesterday! It's called "Beyond the Tempest Gate." Here's an excerpt: “The Tempest Gate was visible on the horizon long before Gabriel sailed into it – a black vortex of roiling clouds, pulsing and veined with lightning, churning over the sea like newly erupted volcanic ash. For five hundred years sailors had been changing course at the very sight of that unholy deluge, but Gabriel, Holy Knight of the Church of Dunrabian, headed straight for its very heart. He had come to destroy the demon Elezear sleeping within its elemental walls, and he would complete his quest or die trying.” Sound good? I thought it might! Go to his site to see how to order Author Jeff Suwak, "Beyond the Tempest Gate" Got my copy ordered up already...

been there, done that. :rock:

I didn't even watch it at all. Didn't even know it was on. I got my much regretted eyeful when I clicked on a link. It was all of 30 seconds long - and that was too too much.

I hope she's self-destructed well enough that I never have to accidentally see something like that again. What's the deal with the tongue hanging out? That have something to do with twerking? Or something to do with things kids under 12 should never be exposed to?

I just saw something that can never be unseen, and it was so disturbing: a short (thankfully) video clip of the Miley/Robin Thicke performance at the VMAs. Never in my life have I felt this ill after watching a *music* performance.

This reminded me of my high school days! So I had to look it up and share. Gave me a laugh. No Shirt, No Shoes, No Dice

Can't believe I'm as old as I am and never heard a single one of these songs before. Thanks for the education, Phil! Some really cool stuff here... 1. I Can Only Give You Everything ~ Them 2. The Way I Talk ~ Robert Gordon 3. I Need Love ~ Dave Clark 5 4. Put Your Cat Clothes On ~ Carl Perkins 5. Really Wanted You ~ Emitt Rhodes 6. Leave My Kitten Alone ~ Beatles 7. Funky Street ~ Arthur Conley 8. Six String Down ~ Jimmy Vaughan 9. Let's Stomp ~ Bobby Comstock 10. The Pretty Things ~ Rosalyn

I'm sure 'twas my vote that caused "O Valencia!" to be No. 1.