The ballad of lucy jordan Continue The ballad about Lucy Jordon Single Dr. Hook and The Medicine ShowB-Side Make It EasyRe1974Length3:53LabelCBSSSongwriter (s) Shel SilversteinProducer (s) Ron HaffkineDr. Hook and Medicine Show Singles Chronology Life Ain't Easy (1973) The Ballad of Lucy Jordon (1974) Millionaire (1975) The Ballad of Lucy Jordan is a song by American poet and songwriter Shel Silverstein. It was originally recorded by Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show, titled Jordon. The song describes the frustration and mental deterioration of a suburban housewife who climbs to the roof when laughter becomes too loud. Marianne Faithfull's version of The Ballad of Lucy JordanSingly Marianne Faithfullfrom Album Broken EnglishB-sideBrain DrainSed 26 October 1979 (1979-10-26)RecordedMay-July 1979Matrix Studios, LondonGenreNew waveLength4:09LabelIslandSongwriter (s) Shel SilversteinProducer (s)Mark Miller MundyMarianne Faithfull singles chronology The Way You Want Me To Be (1978) Ballad of Lucy Jordan (1979) Broken English (1980) The song was recorded by English singer Marianne Faytell for her 1979 English album. This version was released as a single in October 1979 and became one of her highest hits. He appears on the soundtracks for the films Montenegro, Tarnation and Thelma and Louise. Fatell also performed the song during an episode of Donkey from the fourth season of Absolutely Fabulous, in which God (Faithl) sings a song in a dream to the hapless, singing Edin. In 2016, faithfull was featured in the finale of American Horror Story: Hotel. In an interview on ITV's The South Bank Show, Weathered on June 24, 2007, Faithfull said that her interpretation was that Lucy was climbing on the roof, but gets taken away by a man who reached and offered her hand in the ambulance (long white car) to a psychiatric hospital, and that the final row (at the age of thirty-seven she knew she had found forever / As she was driving along through Paris with warm winds in her hair ...) was actually in her imagination in the hospital. Thelma and Louise have a similar fatalistic theme. Charts Charts (1979-80) Pictposingation Australia (ARIA) 3 18 Austria (No3 Austria Top 40) » 4 2 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia) 7 France (SNEP) » 6 17 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) 2 0 South Africa (Springbok Radio SA Top 20) 4 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) 9 5 UK Singles (OCC) » 48 West Germany (Official German Charts) 5 Other cover versions 1975: Johnny Darrell, on his album Water Glass Full Of Whiskey 1976: Lee Hazlewood, on his 20th Century Lee 1980 album: Ruthi Navon 1996: Belinda Carlisle, on her album A Woman and a Man 1996: Barra McNeils, on their album The 2000 Issue: Dennis Locorriere, on his album Out of Darkness (as a singer for Dr. Hook He on the original version of the song) 2000: Andi Sex Gang, on his album Faithful Covers 2004: Patricia O'Callaghan, on his album Naked Beauty 2005: Bobby Bare, on his album The Moon Was Blue 2007: Nicki Gillis, on her album Lucy's Daughter (a remix version appears on her 2011 album Woman of Substance) 2010: Lucinda Williams, on the album Shel Silverstein Twistable Turnable Man 2017: Kikki Danielsson, on her album Portrait of a Painted Lady. Links to The South Bank Show podcast Archived August 14, 2011 in Wayback Machine - Bernie Cook, Thelma and Louise live! Australian-charts.com - Marianne Faitella - The Ballad of Lucy Jordan. ARIA Top 50 singles. Received on April 15, 2016. Austriancharts.at - Marianne Faitella - Ballad of Lucy Jordan (in German). No 3 Austria Top 40. Received on April 15, 2016. Ultratop.be - Marianne Faitella - Ballad of Lucy Jordan (in French). Ultratop 50. Received on April 15, 2016. Lescharts.com - Marianne Faitella - Ballad of Lucy Jordan (in French). Les classement single. Received on April 15, 2016. Nederlandse Top 40 - Marianne Faitelle (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Received on April 15, 2016. Charts.nz - Marianne Faitella - The Ballad of Lucy Jordan. Top 40 singles. Received on April 15, 2016. Swisscharts.com - Marianne Faitella - The Ballad of Lucy Jordan. Swiss singles chart. Received on April 15, 2016. The official Top 100 singles chart. The official charts of the company. Received on April 15, 2016. Offiziellecharts.de - Marianne Faitell - The Ballad of Lucy Jordan. GfK Entertainment Charts. Received on May 21, 2019. Per Magnusson (September 22, 2017). Kikkis sj'lvhj'lpscountry urstark (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. Received on March 31, 2018. Extracted from At the age of thirty-seven she realised she had never been through Paris in a sports car with warm winds in her hair so she let the phone keep ringing, as she sat there quietly singing Pretti's nursery rhymes she remembered in her dad's light chair In the evening sun touched gently in front of Lucy Jordan on the roof where she rose when all the laughter became too loud And she bowed and curtseyed at the man who reached and offered her hand and he led her down to a long white car that was past the waiting crowd At the age of thirty-seven she knew she had found forever as she rode along the Paris. This song draws the harsh reality of being a woman in the modern world. Through her song, Marianne Faithfull tells the story of Lucy Jordan. Lucy Jordan is a stereotypical image of perfection in modern America. She is Caucasian, married, has children and a housewife who lives a beautiful life in a beautiful house. She is thirty-seven years old, she is a mother and a wife. Given all this, she be executed, executed, though she lives in an unwritten happily-all-after tale. Lucy Jordan should be happy, but she's not. Lucy Jordan realizes that her life has passed by in the hazy dream of the perfect North American woman. It's a sad truth that many women will face - the reality that perfect United States make-up isn't the brilliant solution she claims to be. The song describes the female version of the American Dream; and it can be devastating to learn that all this can be a lie. Through this song, Marianne Faithfull makes a strong feminist statement about the sometimes excruciating experience of being an aging woman in America. At the age of thirty-seven she realized that she had never / A trip through Paris in a sports car with a warm wind in her hair / So she let the phone keep ringing as she sat there quietly singing / Pretty childish rhymes she remembered in her dad's light chair. In these texts, Lucy Jordan finally awoke to the truth of her position; that she could not fulfill her dreams because her entire existence was suppressed by her life as a housewife. It is because of this Lucy Jordan suffers from a complete mental disorder, and only able to find peace in fantasy. It cannot change reality, but it can change its perception of reality. She is comforted by her delusion, as only in this way she can cope with her situation. This is shown in the lines: The evening sun touched gently in front of Lucy Jordan / On the roof, where she rose when all the laughter became too loud / And she bowed and curtseyed at the man who reached and offered her a hand / And he led her down to a long white car that was waiting past the crowd / At the age of thirty-seven she knew she had found forever / As she was driving through Paris with the warm wind. For Lucy Jordan, her only happiness is through a sense of reality that has slipped through her fingers. Muse Points What does it mean to be a modern woman in North America today? How has the reality of a woman's life in the United States changed in the last eight years since the song's release? How can stress affect women's daily lives? How are women still oppressed in modern society? Reason Warriors International Alliance of WomenThis organization, founded in 1904, has worked for decades to empower women from different walks of life and identity. The organization pays special attention to education and ensuring that women have access to educational resources. They are also working to address the vital issue of climate change, as well as women's sexual and reproductive rights. Link: s Refugee CommissionThis the organization aims to ensure the rights of women who are refugees as well as children in many cases. Aiming for safety myself and, in some some their children, many refugee women will face incredible chances. The struggle to be a refugee was difficult on the one hand, but the Commission for Refugee Women had undertaken a mission to assist in some of those trials. By supporting this organization, one is to help these refugee women. Link: WorldwideWomankind Worldwide uses its resources to end all forms of violence against women and girls, improve women's economic rights and control over resources, and promote equal influence of women in decision-making and the ability to exercise political power. This organization works especially to support women around the world. This is shown in their slogan Equal Respected Proud. Link: volume: E E E7 Morning Sun touched gently on Lucy Jordan's E eyes in a white suburban bedroom B B7 in a white suburban town. E E7 As it lay there 'neath covers E dreams of a thousand fans of B B7 until the world turned into an orange E E7 and the room went spinning around. A at the age of thirty-seven E she realized that she would never drive around Paris in a sports car B with a wind worm in her hair.