Independence Day
The 1994 hit song “Independence Day” by Martina McBride may have become an absolute classic for Fourth of July blasting, but it was about a different kind of freedom. The song is all about a female who, after years of domestic violence, is eventually able to leave her husband. So, instead of just a country gaining freedom and independence, it is a woman who is able to finally escape a terrible situation.
Independence Day
Bad Reputation
“Bad Reputation” by Joan Jett might seem like just another song for the angsty adolescent. They do, nevertheless, talk about the numerous sex roles and shapes that the music business places women in, and also her complete unwillingness to adjust for them (after being rejected by 23 labels!). As per Historian Kathleen Kennedy, “Joan Jett penned these lyrics as a defiant reply to what she understood as the different codes of conduct applied to male and female rock performers.”
Bad Reputation