Infuriated girls

These are times of changing roles for both men and women. Traditional, patriarchal models aren't valid any more, and neither are the ones feminist activists proposed two decades ago. The all-hearted, all-feeling, all-lesbian and all-new-world-maker woman of the 70's has been replaced by the confused but determined, sexually male-oriented but actively demanding, establishment-accepting but economically independent, grrl of the 90's (if you want to know how they feel and what they write you can visit the very good online magazine RiotGrrl). Sometimes, these grrls get furious, and they make beautiful songs out of their anger.

"Are you thinking of me when you fuck her?"

I want you to know that I'm happy for you

I wish nothing but the best for you both

An older version of me

Is she perverted like me

Would she go down on you in a theatre

Does she speak eloquently

And would she have your baby

I'm sure she'd make a really excellent mother

'Cause the love that you gave that we made

wasn't able to make it enough for you to be open wide, no

And every time you speak her name

does she know how you told me you'd hold me

until you died, 'til you died

But you're still alive

And I'm here to remind you

of the mess you left when you went away

It's not fair to deny me

of the cross I bear that you gave to me

You, you, you ougtha know

You seem very well, things look peaceful

I'm not quite as well, I thought you should know

Did you forget about me Mr. Duplicity

I hate to bug you in the middle of dinner

It was a slap in the face how quickly I was replaced

Are you thinking of me when you fuck her?

'Cause the joke that you laid in the bed that was me

And I'm not gonna fade

As soon as you close your eyes and you know it

And every time I scratch my nails down someone else's back

I hope you feel it... well can you feel it

Alanis Morissette, You oughta know

"Yo no he sido amiga de Andy Warhol y tampoco leo a Shakespeare en inglés pero pego algún que otro puñetazo que vuelve la cara del revés"

Voy a darle de comer al gato

voy a ver si hay carta en el buzón

y es que ya se aburren hasta mis zapatos

ya sólo me calienta el camisón

Mientras yo tocaba la guitarra

él jugaba solo al ajedrez

apuntando quien iba ganando en su pizarra

y felicitándose cada vez

Que me parta un rayo

si me quedo aquí

Yo no soy tu ángel

Dice que se traga mi veneno

dice que soy demasiado cruel

dice que comprende todo porque es bueno

y coge el trozo grande del pastel

Yo no he sido amiga de Andy Warhol

y tampoco leo a Shakespeare en inglés

pero pego algún que otro puñetazo

que vuelve la cara del revés

Que te parta un rayo

olvídate de mi

Yo no soy tu ángel

Esta noche me voy de paseo

con mis zapatitos de tacón

a ver si me busco un buen jaleo

que me desempolve la pasión

Que nos parta un rayo

y que te parta más a ti

Yo no soy tu ángel

Christina y los subterraneos, Yo no soy tu angel

"I stumble hard but I'm not sleeping in your bed"

Prick of a pin

No blood on me

I've been tested

Total wasted

In too deep

To the zone

I retreat

What doesn't kill you

Makes you strong eventually

Lay to my skin

Blurring the edge

Seven doves are waiting for me up ahead

I just breathe in

I just breathe out

I've taken every hairpin curve by now

I may crack

But I'll never shatter

I may crack

But it doesn't matter

I may crack

But I'll never shatter

I may crack

Promise the world

Dropped in a pool

Was it fun

Did you enjoy acting so cruel

Well here's the thing Still have my head

I stumble hard but I'm not sleeping in your bed

Saved by the sun

No shame on me

Come out screaming it's the only time we're free

I just breathe out

I just breathe in

I ride the wave until I come again

I may crack

But I'll never shatter

Cause I still have a secret

In the dark I keep it close

I still have a secret no one knows

I may crack, but I'll never shatter

Just erased it over and over

I may crack, but it doesn't matter

In the darkness, I'll never shatter

Shake down

Twisted in time

It's amusing that I'm feelin' fine

I just breathe in, I just breathe out

I ride the wave until I come again

But I'll never shatter

Cause I still have a secret

In the dark I keep it close

I still have a secret no one knows

Meredith Brooks, Shatter

"and the people all over, doin' crack"

I'm looking outside of my window

the view that I see

is a child and mamma

and the child is begging for money

tell me why, tell me why

the woman is blind is she so broke

the kid's dealing crime

it's such a beautiful city

but the world is burning it down

yea yea yea yea yea yea ...

it's such a beautiful city

but the world is burning it down

I go to my room to turn to turn on the T.V.

I sit myself down

and I start laughing hard

'cause this man he's asking for money

he says "if you send me lots of cash I'll send you

stuff to make you rich fast"

It's such a wonderful country

but the man he's burning it down

yea yea yea yea yea yea...

and it's burning down

and it's called the U.S. of A.

one day I'm going to have lots of money

but I'll have to give it up

for this rich society

oh please Mr. President will you lend me a future

'cause you'll just get it back

from the little blind woman

with the kid on the corner

and the people all over, doin' crack

[...]

I'm walking outside on a sunny day

with no one around

and I wonder what's wrong

then I hear this loud piercing siren

oh my God the bomb has just dropped

and everybody climbed right on top

screaming, what a wonderful country

but the man he's burning it down

he's burning it down

yea yea yea yea yea yea...

and it's called the U.S. of A.

4 Non Blondes, Dear Mr. President

"Quiero ver la cara que él va a poner cuando vuelva a cenar y vea que ya no está su preciosa casita, ni su mujercita "

Escucha amigo esta historia tan triste y tan real

Escucha en qué se puede convertir un dulce hogar

Y es que el amor no tiene nada que ver

con la sartén, la aspiradora y el mantel

Y ahora suena el despertador y me quiero morir

cualquier día de estos te juro que lo tiro por fin

y este maldito café, que sabe a yo que sé

pero ya basta de hablar, hay que ponerse a trabajar

Pero ya tengo un plan

para escapar

Me largaré por la puerta de atrás

Dejaré un souvenir muy especial

Que bonito será verlo todo estallar

Pero cuidado que viene el tirano con ganas de gritar

está hambriento como un león y tal vez quiera algo más

(el postrecito especial)

Pues ahí está la tortilla y déjame en paz

no quiero ver tus sucias manos en mi piel

Así que escucha mi amigo el consejo de esta pobre infeliz

este contrato es un timo y tu aún estás a tiempo de huir

Cuando te vayan a hacer esa proposición

echa a volar y no te pares hasta Madagascarrrrrrr

Quiero ver la cara que él va a poner

cuando vuelva a cenar y vea que ya no está

su preciosa casita, ni su mujercita

que con la dinamita se lo ha cargado todo

Alex y Christina, El postrecito especial

There are lots of websites dedicated to Alanis Morissette. This one lets you hear and download some sound clips of her songs (http://www.yokam.com)

Do you know any other beautiful angry song that would fit in here? If so, please tell me, and I'll add it to the list! Just send an email telling me (click here to do it).

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