Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Rockin' Guitar Songs by Women

We play a fair amount of Guitar Hero. I love it, except I kind of prefer female artists, and there's just a handful of songs by the ladies on these games. I dream about "Guitar Heroine" - a game full of songs by the gals. What are your top five rockin' guitar songs by women?

Mine:
Bring Me Some Water - Melissa Etheridge
Back on the Chain Gang - The Pretenders
Closer to Fine - Indigo Girls
Extraordinary - Liz Phair
Out of Range - Ani DiFranco

30 comments:

kbmulder said...

In no particular order:

What's Up? - 4 Non Blondes
All I Wanna Do - Sheryl Crow
Miss World - Hole (Courtney Love)
Big Yellow Taxi - Joni Mitchell
Crazy on You - Heart

I think you are on to something, maybe there is a Guitar Herione in the works!

KHM said...

Five? Just five? god. That's going to take some time.

Stabbing in the dark, no particular order :
1. Janis Joplin: Piece of My Heart/Me and Bobby Mcgee (ok, so she's not really the guitar player so we won't count her)
1a. Melissa Etheridge: Same album as K's but give me Chrome Plated Heart. Because K already put Give Me Some Water. Similar Features is also deadly serious girl rockin'.
2.Supervixen, Garbage. But you could just as easily take three or four other tracks from that album.
3.Just a Girl, No Doubt (but Spiderwebs also rocks).
4. Because the Night, Patti Smith.
5. Strong Enough, Sheryl Crow. Though it was really hard to not go with What I Can Do For You. Plus, Hole in my Pocket...

See? Great topic!

KHM said...

doh---I want What's Up on my list, too! And I can't believe I didn't even consider heart---I second Crazy on You!

KHM said...

And Magic Man.

Special K said...

Crazy on You actually is on one of the Guitar Heros - it's fun to play!

kbmulder said...

Oh, I thought that Crazy on You might already be on there. I thought of the song and kind of started to do my guitar moves.

KHM - What's up was the favorite song of me and my girl posse in high school. It has been played at all of our wedding receptions and we "scream from the top of our lungs." Ha! I love Strong Enough too!

Lyman said...

"Kiss Me Deadly" Lita Ford
"Our Lips Are Sealed" Go-Gos
"6'1"" Liz Phair
"Edge of a Broken Heart" Vixen
"Take It Off" The Donnas

KHM said...

the lone male contributor so far definitely goes for a different rock chick vibe...

Special K said...

I don't know any of those songs, L - have to check them out...

Lyman said...

You have to know the Go-Gos tune. Vixen and Lita are metal chicks from the 80's. Good songs though.

And no woman who was associated with Lilith Fair rocks.

(except for Liz Phair)

Special K said...

OMG, I can't believe he just dissed Lilith! Ladies, Unite!

KHM said...

sorry---not a Lilith girl. Can I still play here?

I mean, it must be OK because you don't know Kiss Me Deadly and I still like you.

Special K said...

Oh, Ok, I just listened to Kiss Me Deadly and I remember it - good soon. Although... it didn't seem very guitar-heavy to me...

KHM said...

Sorry---these lists need to include You're No Good, Linda Ronstadt. We'll substitute it for at least one of the Crazy on You citations. OK?

Carrie said...

The girls on A.I. definately agree with you ladies. They rocked out to many of these songs this week- though some rather badly.

Anonymous said...

1) KMFDM - Dogma
2) Elis - no fav song yet, just started grooving lately to this goth metal band.
3) Cramps - Green Door
4) Southern Culture on the Skids (bassist) - Camel walk
5) Veruca Salt - All Hail Me

Anonymous said...

I have to concur with Lyman that nothing associated with Lilith can rock. Not that those artists aren't good: for example, Natalie Merchant is one of my favorite artists, she just doesn't meet the criteria set out for this top five.

Top five rockin' guitar songs by women? I'm sure I can do better, but this is a decent start:

PJ Harvey "50 foot Queenie"

Bikini Kill "Rebel Girl"

Juliette & the Licks "You're speaking my Language"

Sahara Hotnights "Alright Alright"

Kim Lenz "Kiss 'n' Tell, Baby"

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