Loretta Lynn- The Pill
Can we talk about how awesome Loretta Lynn is for a second? I saw her in Nashville this summer, and at age 76, she still puts on a great show. Unfortunately, she didn’t play this song, which is a favorite of mine and one of her biggest hits despite being extremely controversial and banned on many radio stations. For this song and many others such as “Rated X” she should get a lot of credit since she’s one of the only women in popular culture, let alone country music, to express a defiantly feminist outlook, endorsing birth control as a way for women to free themselves at a time when that just wasn’t talked about. Not only does the song have a great message, it’s catchy as hell and features some wonderfully sassy lines delivered with a triumphant and slightly mocking tone in one of Loretta’s most enjoyable vocal performances.
