On my mp3 player, nicely settled back to back, I listen to men sing about the wonders that are American women. This got me to thinking, where are the songs about British women, huh? Are we not inspiring men to write songs about us? Are we not interesting enough, pretty enough, cool enough? Or have I just missed them?
The songs in question are Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, American Girl, and Counting Crows, American Girls. There’s also American Woman, which springs to mind, either by Lenny Kravitz or…someone else, depending on your preference (or age). And California Girls. A bit of a Google search shows there are lots more that are similar. For us, you can find some that have obscure references to London, but none spring immediately to mind when I try to think of them, there’s no rousing chorus hiding anywhere in my brain.
Adam Duritz’s American Girls are all weather and noise. Tom Petty’s were raised on promises. What would British Girls be? Would they make reference to our lack of sunlight, our pasty legs, and if written by an American they’d mention our bad teeth I’d bet, (which, sidebar, can’t we get over this now? We have dentists!) or possibly make mention of Cockney rhyming slang. Oh! They could talk about our love of tea! And biscuits. And…er…hmm, even I’m having trouble thinking of something worthwhile about us to stick in a rocking song, so maybe it’s no wonder there haven’t been any.
