It almost seems vulgar to follow up a song as beautiful as "Crazy Love" with a band whose name is Porno for Pyros, but hey... it's an alphabetical list. It's out of my hands, people.Yes, this is another post having to do with Perry Farrell. After the break-up of Jane's Addiction, JA members Farrell and drummer Stephen Perkins formed a new band. While PfP had some good songs on the two albums they released, their work was so similar to Jane's that it left me wondering why they ever broke up!?! PfP kind of came off as a cheap imitation of Jane's, but in the end they still produced some decent work.
"Cursed Female" has a great ominous tone to it. Whenever I hear it, it reminds me of a Saturday night cruising the streets looking for something to do... but usually when your little drive leads to mischief and trouble. It's from those rides when your windows are down and you're leaning on your elbow, head half-cocked to the left as your eyes scan the neighborhoods. The lyrics are more about the sad plight of being a girl. "Cursed to be born beautiful, poor, and female," Farrell sings. "There's none who suffer more." The song goes on to talk about two girls hanging out in alleyways who, after no one shows, "zipped up their clothes and walked back towards home." I guess he's saying that in the poorer parts of the world, girls are forced into selling their bodies and compromising their integrity just to get by. For a guy who wrote about the sacred beauty of women in the leaflet of his last release, Farrell's view here is still respectful, but ultimately quite sad.
"Cursed Female" is from the album "Porno for Pyros." To hear the song, click on the icon in the widget jukebox along the side of the blog.
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