ALL IN THE FAMILY
Probably the best known of the women’s music artists is Holly Near, although she is even more familiar as a left-wing political activist. Holly Near appeared in several films, including Slaughterhouse Five and The Todd Killings, as well as television shows like All in the Family, The Mod Squad and The Partridge Family.
(January 2014)
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The omission of “Sally Struthers’ Tears” is particularly surprising, since it is one of my favorites by the Gynecologists (along with “Across 110th Street”). After her run on All in the Family, Sally Struthers made a series of commercials for the Christian Children’s Fund charity where she would often be shown crying. Despite the mercilessly mocking tone of the song, Tommy Afterbirth manages to capture the way she would plead for help for these children at a cost of “pennies a day”. (June 2016) |