Sex is all right
I'm in a new internet cafe on Swanston Street (help me!)....trying out the new digs... Seems so good so far. Today's 'Hit' liftout in the Herald Sun contained an article about Shirley Manson and her band 'Garbage'. It included a little part which I found blogworthy.
Sex Is All Right
One track on the Garbage album, 'Sex Is Not The Enemy', is partially inspired by the Janet Jackson Super Bowl incident.
"When Janet Jackson's breast fell out at the Super Bowl, she was on the front cover of USA Today three days in a row, literally. Front cover," Shirley Manson recalls.
"With each successive newspaper she was IN more and more distress until the third cover was Janet Jackson sobbing, begging the American people to forgive her.
"Meanwhile, America was invading another country, men and women and children were being killed in the street, and could I find mention of it in the newspaper? Nothing. But God forbid that woman bringing out her beautiful titty. It was insane.
"Steve's wife invited me to a meeting by Planned Parenthood, who are a huge advocate for women's reproductive rights, and I found it very inspiring.
"I got educated. I did some volunterring in the run-up to the election. I was getting educated in what the Bush Administration was trying to do to women's rights and it was absolutely outrageous.
"The song comes from that and the discrimination against days and refusing to allow them the honour of marrying someone they love and feel connected to. Who are we to judge anyone?
"Why would you want to rob someone of that desire? I really truly see it as persecution, I find it unacceptable. When you say to people, 'This is like the discrimination against blacks in the '50's, they're like, 'No it's not'. Yes, yes it is.
"It makes me crazy. So it's a party anthem song, dealing with something quite serious."
Party on Shirley, party on.
Sex Is All Right
One track on the Garbage album, 'Sex Is Not The Enemy', is partially inspired by the Janet Jackson Super Bowl incident.
"When Janet Jackson's breast fell out at the Super Bowl, she was on the front cover of USA Today three days in a row, literally. Front cover," Shirley Manson recalls.
"With each successive newspaper she was IN more and more distress until the third cover was Janet Jackson sobbing, begging the American people to forgive her.
"Meanwhile, America was invading another country, men and women and children were being killed in the street, and could I find mention of it in the newspaper? Nothing. But God forbid that woman bringing out her beautiful titty. It was insane.
"Steve's wife invited me to a meeting by Planned Parenthood, who are a huge advocate for women's reproductive rights, and I found it very inspiring.
"I got educated. I did some volunterring in the run-up to the election. I was getting educated in what the Bush Administration was trying to do to women's rights and it was absolutely outrageous.
"The song comes from that and the discrimination against days and refusing to allow them the honour of marrying someone they love and feel connected to. Who are we to judge anyone?
"Why would you want to rob someone of that desire? I really truly see it as persecution, I find it unacceptable. When you say to people, 'This is like the discrimination against blacks in the '50's, they're like, 'No it's not'. Yes, yes it is.
"It makes me crazy. So it's a party anthem song, dealing with something quite serious."
Party on Shirley, party on.
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