Comments on: music for girls who hate girls?

Question: music for girls who hate girls?

runincircles — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:24:54 -0800

She's so dull - come on rip her to shreds!

(notterriblynicefilter) Hello.
I'm looking for songs to channel my nightmare-flatmate aggression. What is there about righteous girl-on-girl good straight-forward hatred
- about a particular woman (or non-specified person)

- BY WOMEN

- in and around the genres of punk, (old-fashioned) indie, hiphop and rock

that I can jump around to, so I don't have to jump ON anyone? Not particularly about "you stole my man" but that's good if is more aggresive than Jolene-y.
Other general "ooh I really dont like you too much" tunes, also by blokes, very welcome too!

All i have so far:
Blondie, obviously
Libel - Tilt
Solar Race - Drink my piss
and
John Cooper Clarke - Twat

Cheers!!

By: Guy_Inamonkeysuit

Guy_Inamonkeysuit — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:30:37 -0800

Well, it's guy-on-guy, but... Still There'll Be More by Procol Harum.

By: goo

goo — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:30:58 -0800

L7 - Shitlist

By: Burhanistan

Burhanistan — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:32:16 -0800

Wire were men, but "Mannequin" off of Pink Flag meets some of your criteria: "To interest me, not even curiosity. It's not animosity, it's just you don't interest me"

By: ignignokt

ignignokt — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:34:33 -0800

Ooh, Libel. I haven't heard that in a while.

All I can think of are Donnas songs at the moment:

- Looking for Blood
- Skintight (This one's a "Hey, I'm going to get your man" kind of song.)

By: runincircles

runincircles — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:36:21 -0800

ooh lovely, ta, keep em coming!

By: pdb

pdb — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:37:41 -0800

Germ-Free Adolescents by X-Ray Spex.

By: grumpy

grumpy — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:40:09 -0800

Hole has several songs like that.

By: grumpy

grumpy — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:41:11 -0800

Also, Regina Spektor keeps calling some woman a bitch in "Sailor Song"

By: noloveforned

noloveforned — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:43:13 -0800

evil wiener's "bad manners" is a great one... you can stream it on their myspace page

By: moxiedoll

moxiedoll — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:45:23 -0800

"waitress" by tori amos.

By: scody

scody — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:46:03 -0800

My friend, what you want is the viciously scathing (and, it must be admitted, pretty sexist) "Butterfly Collector" by the Jam (live version from about 1979 here; Paul Weller's acoustic version from last year here). Garbage also covered it, if you'd prefer to hear it sung by a woman (can't find a clip, though.)

There's tarts and whores but you're much more / You're a different kind 'cause you want their minds / And you just don't care 'cause you've got no pride / It's just a face on your pillowcase that thrills you.

And you started looking much older / And your fashion sense is second rate like your perfume / But to you in your own little dream world / You're still the queen of the butterfly collectors...

By: juliplease

juliplease — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:46:34 -0800

This is stretching your genre requirements, but Tori Amos' The Waitress is dark and the chorus is good for a scream-along.

Sample lyrics: So I want to kill this waitress / She's worked here a year longer than I / If I did it fast you know that's an act of kindness / But I believe in peace / I believe in peace Bitch.

By: juliplease

juliplease — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:47:01 -0800

missed it on the preview, moxiedoll

By: TomMelee

TomMelee — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:47:28 -0800

The Donnas...just about anything by The Donnas.

By: Metroid Baby

Metroid Baby — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:50:04 -0800

Big Hello's "Slut Machine" is awesome. They might have a few more good mean-girl songs but I'm drawing a blank. (The band's since turned into The Handcuffs, haven't heard much of their new stuff.)

By: bricoleur

bricoleur — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:50:26 -0800

Stupid Girl, the Rolling Stones

By: bricoleur

bricoleur — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:51:07 -0800

Ooops, I did not read carefully, did I?

By: mygothlaundry

mygothlaundry — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:51:45 -0800

Mary Prankster, Mata Hari.

By: bricoleur

bricoleur — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:52:33 -0800

Oh, but wait.

By: Iteki

Iteki — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:55:08 -0800

Lambretta - Bimbo

Who´s she looking goofy in a Gucci dress
what´s that , I really gotta know
Which bone in her body should I break first
which one, the bimbo´s gotta go
the bimbo´s gotta go

By: koeselitz

koeselitz — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:57:58 -0800

The most menacing song I've ever heard sung by a woman is "Cherry Bomb" by the Runaways. It does not detract from it that the singer was 18 years old and wore lingerie onstage. It's not so "I hate you you bitch," a bit more general than that, but it's an awesome song that captures the sensation you're describing, I think.

By: iminurmefi

iminurmefi — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 14:00:01 -0800

"Stupid Girl" by Garbage:

You pretend youre high
You pretend youre bored
You pretend youre anything
Just to be adored
And what you need
Is what you get

Dont believe in fear
Dont believe in faith
Dont believe in anything
That you cant break

You stupid girl
You stupid girl
All you had you wasted
All you had you wasted

etc etc.

By: mu~ha~ha~ha~har

mu~ha~ha~ha~har — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 14:00:42 -0800

Well... there is a girl in the band??

.../Look at the circle on our calendar/You know that that's the day/When you'll be gone away/We're kicking you right out of here/So time to go, pack your bags, shed a tear/Yeah! You're gone/Yeah! You're gone/...

Hmm??
Chest Hair - Spiderbait.

By: TheWhiteSkull

TheWhiteSkull — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 14:03:44 -0800

Oooh! The Slits: Typical Girls!

By: sageleaf

sageleaf — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 14:07:24 -0800

Paramore's Misery Business?

Lily Allen's Friend of Mine.

By: veronitron

veronitron — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 14:10:37 -0800

that dog - raina ? she made me sick inside...

A guy sings this one, but how about Angry Samoans - Ballad of Jerry Curlan ?

Tha Vandals - Heartbreak Hotel probably isn't exactly what you're looking for, but you'd get to jump around and use the C word a lot.

By: MeetCleaverTheatre

MeetCleaverTheatre — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 14:18:20 -0800

Jesus H. Christ and the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse is a great little obscure band out of NYC that has a lot of girl hate girl music. Vicki is a Pro and Vampire Girls being 2 really spot on titles.

By: camcgee

camcgee — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 14:24:03 -0800

On Top of Your World - Sahara Hotnights [Youtube link] and plenty else by them.

By: wheelieman

wheelieman — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 14:26:09 -0800

Tell That Girl to Shut Up-Transvision Vam

By: Stynxno

Stynxno — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 14:31:33 -0800

Argh. I can't double check but how about stuff from Bikini Kill?

By: misteraitch

misteraitch — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 14:33:05 -0800

Red-Eyed Troll by The Muffs.

By: sageleaf

sageleaf — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 14:38:09 -0800

Lies Are Much More Fun by The Grates has its moments.

By: b33j

b33j — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 14:56:15 -0800

Pink - Hooker
There you are in the club swingin'
And I'm just standin' there, standin' there laughin'
All the things people have you believin'
I feel sorry for your ass is out of season
Maybe you should think of cuttin' down drinkin'
Cause you look like a fat rat sinkin'

Pink - Stupid Girls

By: missmobtown

missmobtown — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 15:11:16 -0800

Heh, I thought the Dresden Dolls might have something to fit the bill:

rotten like a crackwhore/
backing out out the backdoor/
show us what you're good for/
stick it to the noise board/
come on join the bloodsport/
show us some support, still/
working at the drugstore/
is it because you're A FUCKING/

backstabber! hope grabber!

etc...

I'm not sure if this song is directed at a woman, specifically, but Amanda Palmer sure is hating on someone HARD!

By: Eater

Eater — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 15:33:29 -0800

Songs by Splendora such as "Beautiful" and "Bee-Stung Lips" are very satisfyingly rageful.

By: Gucky

Gucky — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 15:35:04 -0800

"Celebrity Skin" by Hole might count, unless of course you think it's just self hatred.

By: martinX's bellbottoms

martinX's bellbottoms — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 15:38:20 -0800

From mefi music.

By: TochterAusElysium

TochterAusElysium — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 15:54:26 -0800

Cake's Nugget is my favorite "I hate everyone" song. (That's not their actual video.)

By: salvia

salvia — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 15:57:11 -0800

All I can recommend is that, for angry women punk songs, you can't beat Hole or the Distillers (I like their 2003 album). Don't have time to skim lyrics for ya at the moment to see if they have a good female-enemy songs. :) Here's a good angry Hole song, but she's hating everyone, not one person.

By: amethysts

amethysts — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 16:19:18 -0800

Tough Guy by the Beastie Boys might be good. It's a fast, loud, hyper, shouty rock song (not rap). It's technically about trying to play basketball with a huge jerk, but you could see playing basketball as a metaphor for trying to live with someone (playing by the rules, letting you do your thing, what-have-you)
Lyrics

By: Gianna

Gianna — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 16:31:04 -0800

"Bitches Don't Know Shit" by Leticia Wolf. Very screamalongable.

By: churl

churl — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 16:39:23 -0800

Head South by Pretty Girls Make Graves is a fantastic piece of girl-furious-with-girl catharsis. Listen to it here; lyrics here.

By: hippugeek

hippugeek — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 16:43:36 -0800

Scum, Penelope Houston

By: Richat

Richat — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 17:40:48 -0800

The Muffs have a couple of great songs along these lines:

From "don't pick on me":
I'm not stupid no but rather you are
Your big mouth is going too far

But I don't care just who you be
Don't pick on me
Don't pick on me
You're not the whole wide world you see
Don't pick on me or I will torture you

Also, "oh Poor You" is somewhat scathing-ish.

Of course, there's always Dylan's "positively 4th street" in a pinch.

By: ethel

ethel — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 17:44:01 -0800

Kleenex!

[I don't know about songs specifically referencing not liking someone or some girl, but this was the first band I thought of]

By: escabeche

escabeche — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 17:46:30 -0800

Dammit, the chance I've been waiting for to tell Ask MeFi about "Tell That Girl To Shut Up," and wheelieman beats me to it. At least I can recommend the original version by Holly and the Italians.

you better tell that girl to shut up
you better tell that girl i'm gonna beat her up

One of the top 10 angry couplets of rock.

By: genmonster

genmonster — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 18:04:49 -0800

you need 'help me mary' by liz phair off of exile in guyville. it even has roommate-appropriate lyrics. awesome song!

By: wreckingball

wreckingball — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 18:34:24 -0800

"my art" by le tigre (from feminist sweepstakes) isn't specifically targeted at another woman, but is an excellent scream-along for those "fuck all y'all" moments.

By: ethel

ethel — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 18:48:11 -0800

Delta 5 - Mind Your Own Business

why don't you mind your own business
why don't you mind your own business

can I interfere in your crisis
- can I have a taste of your ice cream
can I have a taste of your ice cream
- can I lick the crumbs from your table
can I lick the crumbs from your table
- can I interfere in your crisis

By: szechuan

szechuan — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 19:40:59 -0800

Melissa Etheridge's self titled album. A bit on the heartbroken side, but a good scream-along set.

By: moonmilk

moonmilk — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 22:23:17 -0800

The Death of Suzzy Roche by the Roches - youtube, lyrics.

She's got stinky crusty socks
She's got underwear that shocks
O what a pig, she's such a pig
I'd like to stick a turd in her mailbox

Friday Night by Lily Allen - youtube, lyrics.

It's quarter to and we get to the front,
Girl on a guest list dressed like a c***
She asked security to check inside my shoes,
You can play this game with me but you know you're gonna lose.

(Yeah, the recording has those ***s in it)

By: Skyanth

Skyanth — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 02:21:53 -0800

Archive - Fuck U

There's a look on your face I would like to knock out
See the sin in your grin and the shape of your mouth
All I want is to see you in terrible pain
Though we won't ever meet I remember your name
(...)
There's a space kept in hell with your name on the seat
With a spike in the chair just to make it complete
When you look at yourself do you see what I see
If you do why the fuck are you looking at me

Sung by a man, but it's great.

By: SuperSquirrel

SuperSquirrel — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 09:15:09 -0800

Jezebel - Joan Jett

By: phaded

phaded — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 10:58:27 -0800

I'd wager that the Lords of Acid have some stuff like this.

By: klangklangston

klangklangston — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 16:01:54 -0800

Can the Can by Suzi Quatro