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Originally Posted by blackdragon123
When my parents would listen to Tracy Chapman when I was young...I always assumed she was a man...due to her muscular tones....and when I found out she was a woman...I said "oh right"....true story.
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^ This also happens with me and a bunch of other female vocalists when they have lower voices, although I knew right away that Tracy Chapman was female because I had seen her image.
When I was younger, I tended to like songs by both males and females and listened to both.
But in the last several years I've found myself definitely gravitating toward female vocalists. I feel more fascinated by popular singers who are female (Katy Perry and Pink being examples) and enjoy their music more than songs by males. I also enjoy their voices more than male voices.
I think what's going on is that my sense of kinship with women has increased with time as I've become a mom and developed more friendships with women going through life's changes alongside me. I've become more attuned to women's perspectives on life, and I find they offer me a more personal perspective through music that I can relate to.
I now find that songs by women are more likely to reach me emotionally than many songs by men.
For example, currently I'm relistening to songs by Tracy Chapman and am finding their sweet sadness very compelling, even more so than when I first heard them without having as much life experience:
Tracy Chapman - "Baby Can I Hold You"
A beautiful song.