She was glam. She was complicated. She was underestimated on purpose.
But if you think Marilyn Monroe would be sitting around listening to soft jazz and sipping champagne all day, you clearly haven’t been paying attention.
This playlist imagines a different Marilyn — one who’s walked off the soundstage, burned the script, and thrown on a pair of combat boots. It’s punk. It’s fearless. It’s female-fronted. And it’s exactly the kind of soundtrack she should’ve had blasting while flipping off the cameras and rewriting her own story.
What Would Marilyn Listen To?
Something with teeth.
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- Joan Jett and the Blackhearts – (Make the Music Go) Boom
- Patti Smith – Wing (live)
- Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds – Free to Walk (with Debbie Harry)
- Chrissie Hynde – In the Summertime
- Def Leppard – Kick
- Nina Hagen – Shadrack
- Garbage – There's No Future In Optimism
- Green Day – Dilemma
- Ann Wilson – Greed
- blink-182 – DANCE WITH ME [Clean]
- Suicidal Tendencies – One Finger Salute [Explicit]
- Superchunk – Endless Summer
- Bad Religion – Emancipation Of The Mind
- Bad Brains – Into the Future
- NOFX – Linewleum (feat. Avenged Sevenfold) [Explicit]
- AC DC – Rock or Bust
- Alice Cooper – Our Love Will Change the World
- Metallica – Screaming Suicide
- The Fleshtones – Alex Trebek
- Five Finger Death Punch ft. DMX – This Is The Way
- Janes Addiction – True Love
- Toadies – Deep Deep Water
- Cindy Wilson – Midnight
- Suzi Quatro – Macho Man
- Cyndi Lauper – Hope (Tracy Young Hopeful Mix) (Radio Edit with Intro)
- The Black Keys – Crawling Kingsnake
- Ozzy Osbourne feat. Jeff Beck – Patient Number 9
- Lyle Lovett – Pants Is Overrated
- Pink Floyd – Hey Hey Rise Up (feat. Andriy Khlyvnyuk of Boombox)
- Macy Gray – Buddha