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Im all for it, in fact i want to see more girls in music that are not afraid to try something different..
i wanna see more females like Satomi from Deerhoof or Emily Haines from Metric or Fionna apple, Females that embrace their own thing instead of wanting to be the next Taylor swift or form the new pussycat dolls or something like that..
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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.
Remember when we were driving? driving in your car
Speed so fast I felt like I was drunk
City lights lay out before us and your arm felt nice wrapped 'round my shoulder
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Same as with Black Francis' viewpoint, I'd like to see more women get into the music scene such as Lizzy Hale of Halestorm or Amy Lee of Evanescence. I've always seen females as being in much more pop and country genres. I believe it would empower the gender to get involved in the rock scene.
I like the voice of that girl from the Distillers and uuhmm...
I don't know many female fronted bands.
Seriously, most bands I find have male vocals.
There's the Distillers...X....Save Ferris(which I don't like)...That woman in Crass..,Edit: Avengers...and that's all I can think of at the moment out of like, 321 bands.
I don't come across many either, unless I actively look for it.
I've heard a few songs that featured female vocals that were pretty cool though, but I usually don't know who those people are.
I guess the little amount of female fronted bands in the genres I listen to indicates not as many woman listen to those genres?
edit: It also seems like most female 80's punk singers are in Post-Punk or New Wave, not normal punk.
Remember when we were driving? driving in your car
Speed so fast I felt like I was drunk
City lights lay out before us and your arm felt nice wrapped 'round my shoulder
...I have no recollection of this event...what you do in other men's cars is your own private business....you'll be hearing from my lawyer...
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Some do it right, some do not. Just depends on what they're trying to accomplish with their vocals, as well as actual ability to sing/scream/what have you.
I generally prefer male singers on western (countries not style) bands but female singers in Asian bands. Neither is an absolute, but I listen to a lot of Japanese music and rarely enjoy the male singers they have.
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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.
^ 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.
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