Talk:I Am Woman

Second link to the Myspace page is dead, so I'm cutting it out. - RegBarc 06:52, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

Definitely no longer stub-class, removing that designation. But the NOW article says it was founded in 1966, so I'm confused about the 1973 "10th anniversary" mentioned in this article. -Etoile 23:53, 22 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Hmmm, a Google search seems to back that up. I wrote those words; the reference came from one of Friedan's books. I'll check it tomorrow, if I can find it! Grimhim 11:37, 23 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Can't find the book, but I did find some incomplete notes from when I copied the relevant passage from it (while standing in a second-hand book shop). Friedan did say it was a NOW annual convention in the winter of '73; she said there was a celebration of the 10th anniversary of ... something, but I failed to copy out the complete sentence. I've deleted the reference to the 10th anniversary, which is irrelevant anyway. Grimhim 02:24, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

I am grammar
feminism... *facepalm* — Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.47.168.129 (talk) 00:18, 7 November 2011 (UTC)

Jay Senter's recollections of recording session
On Feb 22, 2007 Jay Senter, the producer of "I Am Woman", added his recollections of the recording session. Sadly, because of the Wikipedia policy on original research, these comments cannot remain in the article.

This is very similar to the situation at the Avenging Annie article, at which the performer, Andy Pratt, added comments on the circumstances in which he wrote the song. For the same reason, those comments — valuable and revealing as they are — have been shifted to the talk page for that article.

I have included them below, however. I mean no offence; it seems this is the best way of preserving Jay Senter's comments.

{{cquote|It is not surprising that Helen remembers nothing about that session. I(Jay Senter} produced two tracks, "I Am Woman" and "Don't Mess With a Woman". I had the musicians come at 7pm to Sunwest Recording studios. I told Helen and her manager husband Jeff Wald to come at 9pm. They never knew that I was cutting the track in a key higher than she had ever sung the song in before...We cut both tracks before they arrived. After their arrival at the studio and a verbal confrontation with Jeff, she sang the vocal to both songs.

They wanted me to rush finish the song so they could be paid $15,000 from the movie company if Capitol Records would release it as a single. Mauri Lathower, the VP of A&R who had hired me for the project gave me the freedom to finish the record that I wanted to make..There had been other attempts to produce this song with other producers including Helen an her piano player musical conductor...All had failed. I asked my friend Jim Horn to write the string and horn charts( the first strings arraignments of his illustrious career}..They were brilliant and after the Blossoms were added the vocal that Helen had done was too weak. I wanted it re-sung and in order to get her back in the studio, threatened to erase the 24track tape...A very distasteful experience howver her re-singing won her a Grammy.....I stopped working on the album that I was contracted to make because there was a fight about everything. "Don't Mess With A Woman" appears as a cut on the I AM WOMAN album and was prevented from being a single by the producer of that album....I feel it is appropriate to set the record straight...It warms my heart to know that is the only song she is remembered by and she must sing it every time she perorms!!!.....Jay Senter Producer "I AM WOMAN"}} Grimhim 23:22, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

Source
Can anybody verify the exact date 2003 Sunday Magazine article that this entry references? Is it something you have a physical copy of? I can't find it online. HPNYC —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.120.247.63 (talk) 00:51, 30 December 2007 (UTC)


 * June 15, 2003. Ref added to article. I have the magazine. Sunday Magazine features aren't on the Herald Sun website. Grimhim (talk) 07:06, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for that Grimhim. Also, where was the information and quote about Miss World, 1981 taken from? It's not even mentioned in Helen Reddy's autobiography. HPNYC —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.120.251.239 (talk) 22:43, 18 January 2008 (UTC)


 * That's in Sunday mag as well. Give me a few days and I should be able to come up with a separate source. Grimhim (talk) 00:04, 19 January 2008 (UTC)


 * There you go! Sources – two of them!! – for the Miss World controversy are now in the story. I have the clippings, if you're particularly keen to see them. Grimhim (talk) 00:46, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

Recording Session
It seems to me that there is way too much commentary in this section, and that, as an encyclopedia, this should contain as little subjective material as possible. I suggest a list of session musicians with internal links, and a separate section for other session information. If there are no internal links to musicians available, that is an opportunity for someone to write an article. I'll give time for comment before correcting this myself. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Packergreg (talk • contribs) 02:53, 4 September 2008 (UTC)
 * OK, it may need a little toning down, but the quality and experience of the backing band need stressing, particularly in the wake of Reddy's dismissal of who she was performing with. I don't think a simple list of the musicians would convey that sufficiently. I wrote the section, so I'll have a crack at it again. Grimhim (talk) 05:16, 4 September 2008 (UTC)

Two different years cited for the song going #1
Early in the article the song went number 1 in 1969. In the body a later year is cited. If there is a distinction between 2 achievements, this ought to be explained. As it is, it appears one of the datums is incorrect. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.72.21.164 (talk) 17:26, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

In this section it mentions; '...(i)n recent years a hint of revisionism has crept in, prompted by the discovery that her lyrics had been included in history textbooks in US schools.' What are these revisions, in which US historical textbooks, why, where and when was this done? User:UNOwenNYC 10:39, 5 May 2015 (UTC)

Two versions
I am pretty sure that there are two versions of this song on two different Reddy albums. The song was not very successful when first released, but then when it was rereleased and put on another album, with a different recording of it, it went to #1. I'm 99% certain but not 100% certain. If someone knows for sure this should be mentioned 99.53.171.95 (talk) 05:46, 8 April 2009 (UTC)Theo


 * You're right. And this is clearly discussed in the article. Grimhim (talk) 02:32, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

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Eliminating songs used in TV ads
The retail apocalypse happening in the 2010s is one way to eliminate commercial music. — Preceding unsigned comment added by CodyFinke2019 (talk • contribs) 12:32, 24 June 2019 (UTC)

Lyrics??
Why not publish the lyrics on a page dedicated to a song?? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.146.207.210 (talk) 06:34, 30 September 2020 (UTC)

Flying Lemming
What does the external link to Poems by Flying Lemming have to do with this article? Spam? AMCKen (talk) 20:18, 3 October 2020 (UTC)