{"id":2129,"date":"2012-12-01T17:25:39","date_gmt":"2012-12-01T17:25:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cherscholar.com\/cherblog\/womans-world-single-released\/"},"modified":"2023-02-20T08:27:36","modified_gmt":"2023-02-20T15:27:36","slug":"womans-world-single-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cherscholar.com\/cherblog\/2012\/12\/womans-world-single-released\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman’s World Single Released"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\"Womansworld\"<\/a>I spent Thanksgiving weekend in New York City, seeing The Book of Mormon<\/em> on Broadway (totally awesome!) and viewing Katharine Hepburn's costumes in a show at the New York Public Library for Performing Arts (also awesome), visiting my friends (more on meeting Cher-scholar Dishy once I download my photos this weekend), Sarah Lawrence College, the city itself and enjoying some good good food (bagels, pizza, knish, Chinese food for Thanksgiving in Chinatown).<\/p>\n

I'm sitting in the lobby of MOMA on Friday, waiting for Mr. Cher Scholar to find a bathroom, when I see this Billboard.com headline on my iPhone: Cher's 'Woman's World': New Single Gets Early Release<\/a>. It seems the constant leaks of the song somewhat encouraged a hasty release. But dammit! This was not a good time to mosey on over to YouTube<\/a> to hear the official song. That would have to wait until Friday night back at our hotel, the brownstone Chelsea Lodge. <\/p>\n

This was my first Cher release on an iPhone. That was exciting but sadly, neither me nor Mr. Cher Scholar were blown away. In fact, he called it "boring." Ack! I was more troubled by the inane lyrics. Dishy and I commiserated over this the next day. He gave me a printout of the lyrics. At my most generous I want to say the song is a double-play of words (the word "woman" being a nod to both feminists and gay men). Women don't need no stinkin' men. We're strong, love hurts, etc. etc. A pretty empty girl\/gay mantra at the end of the day. After all the smart, poetic imagery found in material on Believe<\/em> and Living Proof<\/em> and the unreleased song "Human" from Stuck on You<\/em>, this fails to get under my skin the way Janelle Monae has been doing. It's also too close to covered ground.<\/p>\n

That said, I didn't like "The Music's No Good Without You." I didn't much like "Just Like Jesse James" or "Half Breed." Hell, I didn't love "Believe." And clearly the masses disagree with me. My favorite songs to date are decidedly non-hits<\/a>. So Cher has nothing to worry about. This may be another cash cow. <\/p>\n

So far, the song has been getting positive feedback out there:<\/p>\n