Wednesday, August 15, 2018

A NEW ANTHEM

I must thank Mr. Y.P., also known as Mr. Pudding, from the blog Yorkshire Pudding for making me aware of Imelda May.

She is a wonderful Irish singer and a song she released last year may be the song of the ages for our New Age.

Here it is.



11 comments:

  1. Cool video. Good voice. But I take exception to someone else taking care of her other than herself. What's that all about? I can hardly believe that is a valid refrain in a song today. A young, talented woman says 'it should have been you'? Yikes. Have we gone decades backwards?

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  2. Well, old boy, not sure what to make of this. She's a great singer and the tune has juice. The video is excellent and does a wonderful job of portraying women in all manner of diversity. That is strong. The women in the video remind me of the marches I have participated in with my daughters and grand daughter and Lana. That same kind of vibe and diversity. But the lyric of the song Who is going to take care of me? It should have been you. On one level maybe it is indeed an anthem IF directed at a government and a male dominant government at that, but it has an edge that makes it also feel like a tune of anger-one woman to one other person-presumably a man, but it wouldn't have to be if it is meant to be a personal relationship song. So how are you proposing this--as an anthem of Women, in general, to a government, in general?

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  3. The government doesn't take care of you either. Unless you live in Norway!

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  4. Here's what Imelda May says: “I wanted to ask the question, ‘Who takes care of us?’ We are 50 percent of the world and it’s the people in power’s responsibility to take care of women as well. I wrote ‘Should’ve Been You’ as a personal story of heartbreak, regret and eventual empowerment but when making this video I wanted it to reflect current feelings of solidarity amongst lots of women worldwide in response to events unfolding around us, such as the Trump administration’s approach to affordable health and maternity issues. It still seems like it’s a man’s world and in 2017 that’s shocking. And I have young daughter, which changes your perception of how you want things to be. You want to leave her a better world, you think ahead that way.”

    I take it as a song about true equality between the sexes. As she sings, she takes care of her man but he refused to do his part so she's asking "who takes care of me?" It is time (long past) that men do their part in a relationship, in enacting laws, in governing; and it's long past time for women to be running things. They certainly can't do any worse than men have.

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  5. I was asked in Basic, “ You take care of everyone, who takes care of you?”

    I answered, “ Nobody.” And realized this was wrong, but nothing I could do.

    Then I met Dylan. We take care of each other.

    We all need to have someone watching our back. Thank you.

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  6. She has a great voice no matter what the message.
    I'm thinking the event you were at on the Islands was at the Royal Canadian Yacht Club which is a very premier private club with a place on the Islands and a place downtown too. Very chi-chi or so I have heard.Try googling RCYC Toronto Islands.

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  7. I believe you are correct. It was a Radio-TV News Directors convention back in the days before it was revealed to be a sin for companies to entertain us with food, booze and entertainers. I think a large motor company (Ford or GM or some other) had rented the place for the night. Great fun.

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  8. I think that I will have to find some of her other recordings; I like her voice.

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  9. I am glad I showed you the way
    To the artist Imelda May.

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  10. Q. Who'll take care of you Imelda?
    A. A certain resident of Arizona - originally from the Dakotas.

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