Music!

[juliet]

Have been downloading lots of music from assorted female rock/punk types, & some Riot Grrl stuff (specifically: Joan Jett, the Raincoats, L7, Patti Smith, & X-Ray Spex, which admittedly I already had a bit of). It is all rather fine. I fear this has been a Hideous Gap in my musical knowledge (bad feminist! no biscuit!) which I should update forthwith.

Which has led me to think: having just requested book recommendations, I should now request music recommendations. So - recommend me music! One track (or artist, but if possible give a particularly good track) you think I should know but might not.

(particularly pleased to have found both this track & 'Cruel To Be Kind', also by the Raincoats, which are both on the 10 Things I Hate About You soundtrack & I like v much)

Comments

[ijgrieve.livejournal.com]

'Cruel To Be Kind' is originally by Nick Lowe. I've got the female-fronted cover of this song as well, but I've got the artist down as 'Letters To Cleo' instead of the Raincoats. Are there two different versions or is my artist wrong?

[juliet]

A quick Google suggests that Letters to Cleo does the version on the '10 Things I Hate About You' soundtrack (this fits with my recollection of watching the credits to find out the band).

[wanders off to see if she can find the Nick Lowe version]