"Dress"
PJ Harvey
Dry
1992
The early 90's were absolutely the apex of feminism in rock music. Sonic Youth had a Billboard top ten record with an album that had songs about Anita Hill and the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. Liz Phair channeled her frustration with the indie rock boys' club into maybe the best record of the decade. "Riot grrl" somehow became a thing. And PJ Harvey burst onto the scene, with a debut album that included "Dress', a somewhat lighthearted but still pointed critique of the ways men expect women to suffer for beauty. "It's hard to walk in that dress, it's not easy," she sings, probably about getups like this:
It is difficult not to, um, understand that the singer is ... um. Hold on you guys, did that link really get the point across? Let me try another one.
Hmm. So anyway, like Scarlett Johansson was singing, it is - wait I meant Scarlett Johansson. SHIT, I mean PJ Harvey. So like Scarlett Johansson is ... oh fuck it.
PJ Harvey must be so disappointed in me.
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