The Grit and Glamour of Queer LA Subculture

Sleater-Kinney

Sleater-Kinney, comprised of Corin Tucker, Carrie Brownstein, and Janet Weiss, is a prominent band in the riot grrl movement. The band formed in 1994, took a hiatus from 2007-2013, and reunited in 2014. The following song, The Ballad of a Ladyman, was included in their fifth studio album, All Hands on the Bad One, in 2000.

The Ballad of a Ladyman
Eye cream and thigh cream
how 'bout a get high cream?
Nothing I do smoothes out the feelings
of being used
The Ballad of a Ladyman

Freak that I am
Live in Japan
Let's rock with the tough girls
in this part of the world
Take a photograph
Portrait of a Ladyman

Are we holding on to our pride a bit too long
Are we breaking on guitars
Are we breaking you apart

They say I've gone too far
with the image I've got and
they know I'd make a mint
with new plastic skin
and a hit on the radio!
Oh, temptations of a ladyman

I could be demure like
girls who are soft
for boys who are fearful of
getting an earful
but I gotta rock!
I'd rather be a ladyman

Are we holding on to our pride a bit too long
Are we breaking on guitars
Are we breaking you apart

How many times will you decide
how many lives will you define
how much control should we give up of our lives
(You sit at home with an alibi
in case they call and ask you
why all you do is go
"ooh ahh ohh"
you're out of control but saying
"ooh ahh ooh")

Are we holding on to our pride a bit too long
Are we breaking on guitars
Are we breaking you apart

How many times will you decide
how many lives will you define
how much control should we give up of our lives
(You sit at home with an alibi
in case they call and ask you
why all you do is go
"ooh ahh ohh"
you're out of control but saying
"ooh ahh ooh")

Lyrics- https://play.google.com/music/preview/Tnuai4ayj2whlcsmpsi7snn5srm?lyrics=1&utm_source=google&utm_medium=search&utm_campaign=lyrics&pcampaignid=kp-songlyrics

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