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1965, a trending new song by TikTok sensation and country music rebel Jessie
Murph, is prompting heated online conversation about the status of women in the
United States.
A retro sound and kitschy 1960s look mark the song and its confusingly
pornographic (and age-restricted) music video.
1965 is muddled in its
posturing, at turns sarcastic yet simultaneously conveying a wistfulness about
the “simpler nature” of heterosexual romance in the 1960s.
Amid the nods to Lana Del Rey and Amy Winehouse, perhaps the most striking
aspect is Murph’s visual homage to Priscilla Presley, who began dating Elvis in
1959 when she was 14 years old.
1965’s chorus has attracted particular controversy. Murph croons, in a
lilting doo-wop style, about her willingness to “give up a few rights” for a
man’s love and affection.
In the US, where hard-won rights are currently under attack,
1965’s seeming
fetishisation of submission and female powerlessness has angered many
listeners. Murph has claimed the song is “satire” – but a look at the legal and
social status of American women in 1965 highlights how misplaced this attempt
at irony is."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
