"City of New Orleans" is still my favorite song by a long way and always helps me settle down. But Gran has been singing "I Feel Pretty" to me lately and it's starting to get stuck in my head. I'll have to ask daddy to let me watch West Side Story so I can understand the context. We went on line to find a video of the song and found this version:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loWrI1FneSM
So then we searched again for Maria singing "I Feel Pretty" and got this version.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8FAwMpR6D4 I like it becuase I feel it really understands the essence of being Sophie. It emphasizes the feminist power of the song: a beautiful woman who is celebrated for her appearance but is also a powerful and successful person in her own right. The fact that this version promotes mommy and daddy's dreams of having a scholarship athlete doesn't hurt either.
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Sophie Maia House
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2 comments:
Wow this is an exciting day so many new Sophie blogs! Ada is beside herself with excitement! I also like "I Feel Pretty" it is an affirming song.
However another Sophie empowerment song is
"Thank Heaven for Little Girls" with a feminist twist!
Thank heaven for little girls
for little girls get smarter every day!
Thank heaven for little girls
they grow up to be strong and delightful in every way!
Those little eyes so helpless and appealing will one day run our country and crash the neo-cons through the ceiling...
Thank heaven for little girls
thank heaven for them all,
no matter where no matter who
for without them, what would the world do!
Thank heaven... thank heaven...
Thank heaven for little girls!
Songs for Sophie- sounds like a new song- I will think about it. I like the second version of "I feel Pretty", also, and for the same reasons your parents like it. You are so interesting and very beautiful- I am so thrilled to start to know you- as with Harper and Laura, too- I feel so happy to have three grand daughters- what a lucky Gran I am. Love, Gran
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