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Objectified
Shawna Virago
© Copyright-Shawna Virago (884502232875)
Record Label: Shawna Virago
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Time
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Objectified |
4:30
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Dead War Hero |
2:15
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Not Everyday People |
3:49
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Someone Down There Likes Me |
3:35
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Johnny Law |
2:57
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I Like Your Flavor |
3:14
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Transsexual Dominatrix |
3:31
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Million Dollar Day |
3:38
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Butterfly |
2:23
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Meat |
4:28
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Almost Human |
3:34
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You Drive Me Paranoid |
3:56
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Album Notes
“I am ready for my close-up…” begins celebrated transsexual songwriter Shawna Virago’s CD Objectified. “First I better go and throw up” she continues, illustrating perfectly Virago’s bold songwriting style – one part sex, one part politics, two parts poetry.
A longtime favorite in San Francisco’s underground transgender music scene, Shawna Virago is widely celebrated as a gifted lyricist and edgy provocateur. Virago’s debut CD Objectified is a collection of 12 original songs ranging from folk-punk to acoustic glam twang, with a dash of naughty queer Americana – with exceptional lyrics that range from sexy to sarcastic, polemic to political, haunting to heartfelt.
From the rockabilly-inspired romp “Dead War Hero” to the throbbing leather anthem “Transsexual Dominatrix,” to “Objectified” a treatise on the pressure to conform to idealized concepts of female beauty, to the tender and beautiful “Million Dollar Day,” an ode to barroom love, Objectified has a raging sweetness and raw humor that seduces the listener into joining the trans/gender revolution.