Comments on: Lilith Fair Is Coming to D.C. Is It Going to Suck?

By: Tee

Tee — Mon, 10 May 2010 17:20:08 +0000

Lilith Fair is for hippies and lesbians that don't shave their legs. It's close in comparison to Michigan's Women's Festival! Pathetic, sexist and smells of some serious BO!

By: A Hierarchy of Lilith Fair Artists - The Sexist - Washington City Paper

A Hierarchy of Lilith Fair Artists - The Sexist - Washington City Paper — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:51:29 +0000

[...] that we know some of the artists lined up for Lilith Fair 2010, we may begin to answer the eternal question: Will new Lilith Fair be overly Lilith [...]

By: Barry Southerland

Barry Southerland — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:59:17 +0000

I wrote about the return of Lilith Fair in my blog and am happy to see its return depending on the lineup. A lot of women have recorded and released some awesome recordings since the last Lilith Fair and a lot of them released awesome records during the era of Lilith Fair but weren't included the first time around (PJ Harvey, Portishead) especially in the Rock and Alternative genres.

That's the new version needs is Rock. Women like to rock too. It's not all acoustic guitars. Artists like Karen O of Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Coathangers represent the awesomeness of women who rock. Also, the modern female singer-songwriter has branched far beyond the areas of Jewel and Indigo Girls. Now, there's Rachael Yamagata and Neko Case.

Go with these artists and leave Lady GaGa at home. Sure musicial tastes change but show the young girls of America how to make awesome, credible music not flavor of the week, over-produced, auto-tuned Pop music. I may not be into Indigo Girls but at least they have musical integrity which is something I doubt Miley Cyrus has.

Lilith Fair 2010 can be and should be, for all purposes, really amazing. It just takes a nice, balanced lineup. Given the current landscape for women in music, that should easy...or one would think.

By: Tony Wu

Tony Wu — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 21:19:59 +0000

I realize musical tastes change, but I honestly fail to see what makes Lady Gaga, Miley Cyrus, Taylor Swift, Britney Spears, Colbie Caillat, or any of the top charting female musicians today superior to Sarah McLaughlan, Paula Cole, Meredith Brooks, Joan Osbourne, Natalie Merchant, or Shawn Colvin. Sarah McLaughlin sold 40 million albums in her day. The only difference is that the former group is more contemporary to 2009. Which is a big difference if you want to host a successful concert- but not a reason to needlessly put down the 1997 lineup.

The only reservation I have is what Joseph writes above. It would be more of a breakthrough to see more women acts in mainstream music festivals, than to be ghettoized in one where men "aren't the target audience." It should just be women making good (or at least fun) music.

By: Joseph Kenner

Joseph Kenner — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 07:43:24 +0000

OK. I'm a male, so I'm not in the Litith Fair's target audience, and I won't be going, since I'm not in the D.C. area and don't generally have the time or money to go to concerts that are in my area. However, that said, I have to defend what I know of the Music, which is not much, but some. I had one CD of a two CD set, which I enjoyed. The music was good, the singers were good, and incidentally, the music was non-political. Maybe, since it's supposed to be a feminist thing, you feel that your being told you have to like it. Well, you can share the politics of some of the bands and the organizers, and just ignore it. I agree with the politics of the guys who do South Park, but find the show unfunny, so I don't watch it.

By: Julie Sunday

Julie Sunday — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:40:09 +0000

i went to lilith fair in maybe 1999 at merriweather; i only remember missy elliot. i admit to being a fan of sarah maclachlan back then (i still have one of her albums on my ipod, as i am occasionally reminded w/shuffle) but i bailed before she even came onstage. i can't remember who else played though.
i think that this kind of thing is good for young women, since female acts hardly ever get any presence at most music festivals. i predict norah jones. maybe the gossip, if they're really lucky? CSS? do the bands have to be all female or just have female leadership?

By: Kat

Kat — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:18:25 +0000

Uh whatever, original Lilith Fair was amazing -- I may have gone for the Jewel (I was like 11), but I stayed for the Erykah Badu. My Lilith Fair sampler CDs and experiences (my dad took me twice) actually got me into some really awesome, nonfolksy music, and got me out of listening to the top 40 station, so hopefully they will be able to get some sweet, lady-fronted indie bands on the side stages.

I really really don't want it to suck!

By: Comrade Al Gonzales

Comrade Al Gonzales — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:23:05 +0000

All the other similar fests - Van's, Lolla, Oz fest, etc. - featured men. Lilith was the only one to feature women.

I'd much rather see any of the artists you have above - & thanks for posting the video links - than any of the typical acts at the typical fests featuring men.

& "Lady" Gaga? Please - there's no talent whatsoever in that person.

If you hate folk music, fine, just say that. The approach you take - denigrating folk artists while pumping up acts from other music areas - is duplicitous.

By: Amanda Hess

Amanda Hess — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:35:42 +0000

Ew. please do not imply that I am into Evanescence.

By: JasonM

JasonM — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:33:09 +0000

Amanda Hess wrote:
"The question is whether today’s most exciting female artists will even agree to play at Lilith Fair Are we going to get Lady Gaga, or are we going to get Evanescence?"

Who wants to listen to that shit either? If those are two of "today's most exciting female artists" the world is in trouble.

By: Andrew Beaujon

Andrew Beaujon — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:39:20 +0000

All these songs are really good! ADMIT IT.

By: Amanda Hess

Amanda Hess — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:26:49 +0000

Thanks for the heads up, Valerie. I've updated the post. (My opinion on Sarah McLachlan stands, however).

By: Valerie

Valerie — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:40:03 +0000

you don't know what you are talking about...Sarah McLachlan didn't put out a new "album" called "One Dream." It is a song inspired by the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, her home town. This article sucks.

By: monkeyrotica

monkeyrotica — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:44:09 +0000

It'll be worse than Eva Braun.

By: jules

jules — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:36:47 +0000

oh my god amanda...this musical compilation is what 16-year-old me played on repeat, in my bedroom with a bunch of scented candles writing bad poetry!

yeah i think i'll be skipping this.

By: Former Staffer

Former Staffer — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:33:17 +0000

Wait...isn't an all female music festival inherently sexist? AND "who wants to listen to that shit?"

Amanda, two brilliant quotes in two days. You're awesome.