THOSE SHOES
DON: One of my favorites. At that time, all the girls were wearing Charles Jourdan shows — the ones with the little ankle straps. They’d become very popular and we were big fans [laughs]. And so, we said, “Well, it’s not enough just to write about that; we have to turn it into a metaphor for women standing on their own two feet, so to speak, and taking responsibility for their own lives, their own losses.” That was our intent. The lyric “Once you’ve started wearing those shoes” meant “Once you’ve started being your own woman and taking responsibility for your own life; once you’ve decided not to be just decoration — an appendage to some guy — then this is all the crap you’re going to have to put up with in conjunction with that.” Anyone who decided to become the master of his or her own destiny always has to put up with a lot of crap. On the surface the song was about the singles scene: the beautiful, young women seemingly unaware of the sharks waiting in the shallows… sharks that sometimes included us. It was also a great, great beat. It gave Felder a chance to strap on the talkbox, a device which Joe Walsh pioneered on “Rocky Mountain Way” — and the two of them soloed together…

GLENN: As far as I know, it’s the only double-talkbox solo in existence. That’s Felder and Walsh on talkbox at the end singing “Butt out…butt out….”

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What other songs are interesting from a MGTOW point of view.

Para noir

Cochise – Audioslave
Go on and save yourself
And take it out on me

Wonderfully biting song that sounds like a guy trying to move on from his toxic “I can do better than you can” girlfriend and is getting sick of her darting off, failing, then trying to crawl back to him. Blue pill transitioning to red. Also great guitar riff.

Gold Dust Woman – Fleetwood mac
Rock on, gold dust woman
Take your silver spoon, dig your grave
….
Rulers make bad lovers
You better put your kingdom up for sale, up for sale

There’s lots of MGTOW worthy songs in the Rumors album (hey- it was fueled by Cocaine and infidelity!) but here’s one most people don’t talk about. It seems like the anthem for the modern hypergamy women calling them out for what they are: lousy lovers, just predators.

You Don’t Have to be Old to Be Wise – Judas Priest
I’ve had enough of bein’ programmed
And told what I ought to do
Let’s get one thing straight, I’ll choose my fate
And it’s got nothin’ to do with you

Practically the MGTOW anthem if not a close contender. There’s tons of great songs to consider from this artist. What can we say- he’s a man writing men’s music for men! Here’s a short list of other songs that might be of interest: Steeler, You’ve Got Another Thing Coming, Diamonds and Rust, Hell is Home, Jekyll and Hyde, Heading Out To the Highway… and there’s more where those came from scattered among themes of war, motorcycles, and dystopian science fiction.

It’s in german but here is a translation if you want to know what they sing:

Big Punisher – Laughing At You

The Guess Who – No Time

Lord Finesse – Save That S~~~

The Ambassadors – Ain’t Got The Love Of One Girl (On My Mind)

Isaac Hayes – Walk On By

Slick Rick – Treat Her Like A Prostitute

The Mad Lads – No Strings Attached

The Mad Lads – Get Out Of My Life, Woman