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Three times a Lady: three versions of Ivor Cutler’s ‘Women Of The World’

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Today being International Women’s Day, here are three very different versions of the song “Women Of The World.”

A moving paen to female empowerment, “Women Of The World” was originally written and recorded by the legendary Scots poet, singer and raconteur Ivor Cutler with Linda Hirst in 1983. However “Women Of The World” is most closely associated with alt-rock scion Jim O’Rourke, who extended Cutler’s rousing folk ditty into a 9-minute epic of shimmering beauty for 1999 album Eureka. By stark contrast, the DFA-signed future-punks Yacht turned in a noisy, electronic thrash-out for their 2007 long player I Believe In You, Your Magic Is Real.

In any of these forms, the power of the song and its sentiment still shines through.

Here’s Ivor Culter and Linda Hirst’s original, and after the jump you will find the Jim O’Rourke and Yacht versions.
 
Ivor Cutler & Linda Hirst “Women Of The World” (1983)
 

 
Happy Women’s Day! 
 
After the jump, versions by Yacht and Jim O’Rourke…
 

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Posted by Niall O'Conghaile
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03.08.2012
09:09 pm
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Jim O’Rourke sings Enka
01.17.2011
12:39 pm
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I echo the sentiment of my friend and label-mate, Shannon Fields when he asks, “Will one of my Japanese friends please tell me what this is all about and what Jim is doing? Thanks!”
O’Rourke is one of the most consistently interesting and talented composers of the last few decades and it’s inspiring to see the way he’s constantly learning and branching into potentially uncomfortable new creative situations. Check out the fluent Japanese on this guy !
 

 
With thanks to Shannon Fields

Posted by Brad Laner
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01.17.2011
12:39 pm
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