Corrie was a Scottish MP seeking to limit abortion rights, who in 1978 looked perilously close to getting his way.
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We produced a school magazine named Within These Walls (after a TV drama about a women's prison), set up a young feminist group called College Women's Action Group that lasted four meetings, attended one boring meeting of the Labour Party Young Socialists and went on the Corrie Bill anti-abortion march in London. And me, casually leaving copies of Spare Rib on the school common-room tableĪnd putting up feminist posters ('You start off sinking into his arms, only to end up with your arms in the sink') in the hope that I could convert 200 convent-educated sixth formers to The Cause. Maddy, whimsical yet astute, and her older sister Judith, then a nihilist and the one most openly unimpressed with authority, were both hunt saboteurs and members of the environmental group Friends of the Earth. Into that vacuum leaped The Catholic Girls (before the Frank Zappa song, incidentally).Tina was our Siouxsie Sioux - hair dyed jet black, a member of the Anti-Nazi League, always wearing black when the school uniform was navy blue. Excitement, allure, difference, were all things to be resourcefully manufactured in a recession-hit area where venues had closed down and nightclubs, apart from a second-rate one for divorcees, didn't exist. In the late 1970s Southampton had a culture bypass.
It was never cool or hip to come from Southampton - but maybe that was a blessing, as it became important to invent your own identity. Tm from Southampton' doesn't quite have the same ring as 'I'm a Geordie' or 'I'm from Glasgow'. Ken Russell, the maverick film director, was born there, as was comedian Benny Hill - but like all good So'tonites, they escaped early. Bombed remorselessly during the Second World War, Southampton had a detached, prefabricated air long after the bleak restructuring of the post-war years. It was a town of former glories, with sprawling docks, where cargo ships once unloaded exotic cargo and luxury liners would slide in from abroad. They were from Southampton, a city perched at the top of the Solent, a day's crossing away from Le Havre, France, and home of the QE2. IT ALL BEGAN IN 1979, when a girl gang got together, spurred by the political activism that exploded that year after the Conservative General Election victory. And lastly, a bigYo! to all my girlfriends, the best a girl could wish for. Special thanks to Ann, Naomi and Paul, and Fenton and Randy at World of Wonder for their hospitality when I was in New York, to Soul Coughing for making me laugh, and to Cathy Capozzi in Boston for showing me just how hard girls can rock. I also thank Fred Dellar for his invaluable support and patience, Ann Munday, Charles Shaar Murray, Jools Holland, Neville Farmer, Delilah Jackson and her Black Patti Archive, Paula Shutkever, Gaylene Martin, Pat Baird, David Terrill, Tony Gregory, Victoria Rutherford, Marilyn Botheras, Pennie Smith, Emily Andersen, ValWilmer, Mick Patrick for access to his aweinspiring knowledge of 1960s girl groups, and Lucy Duran, Debbie Golt, Alexa Dalby and Lois Darlington for their help with the Oye Mi Canto chapter.
Many thanks to all the women who were interviewed for this book, and particularly to Tori Amos, Cyndi Lauper (Ms She Bop herself!), Suzanne Vega, Kristin Hersh, Miriam Makeba, Vicki Wickham, Peggy Seeger, Gracie Cole, Adele Bertei, Rosetta Reitz and Regine Moylett for being so helpful. Notes Selected Discography Selected Bibliography Index of Names Index of Albums and Singles THE TRUE STORY OF WOMEN IN RAP AND REGGAE Cheshire Printed and bound in Great Britain by CPD Wales, Ebbw Vale.Īcknowledgements Prologue Introduction 1 Riffin'the ScotchįEMALE SINGER/SONGWRITERS OF THE GRAND HOTELĨ She Wears the Trousers ARTISTRY, ANDROGYNY AND THE LESBIAN QUESTION British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or any information storage or retrieval system, without prior permission in writing from the publishers. New York, NY 10017-6503 First edition published as She Bop in Great Britain by Penguin Books 1995 This edition published by Continuum 2002 © Lucy O'Brien 1995, 2002 All rights reserved. She Bop II The Definitive History of Women in Rock, Pop and SoulĬONTINUUM The Tower Building, 11 York Road, London, SE1 7NX 370 Lexington Avenue.
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