Comment on Anon is feeling romantic

ryedaft@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  #YES ALL MEN

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• MacNCheezus@lemmy.today ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  How many women have written a legendary love song?

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  • GasMaskedLunatic@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    ahem Call Me Maybe?

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    • MacNCheezus@lemmy.today ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Whitney Houston was right there, man

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      • felbane@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Well she is every woman…

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    • funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Co-written with a man, sadly.

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    • DahGangalang@infosec.pub ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Always preferred Guitar String from CRJ.

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  • dylanmorgan@slrpnk.net ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Someone quoted Sappho earlier, love poetry written by a woman that has lasted 2500 years, and you shat on that.

    There’s plenty of work written by women using male pseudonyms because women were forbidden to write.

    There’s a lot of other writing by women that was simply suppressed for the same reason.

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    • MacNCheezus@lemmy.today ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I didn’t think that this needed to be specified, but since anon is talking about men’s love for women, we’re looking for love songs written by women about men here. Sorry, but Sappho doesn’t count.

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  • Nosavingthrow@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I submit, for your consideration, ‘At Last’ by Etta James, as one example; the many works of Emily Dickinson; and probably a non-zero number of works attributed to men (Such as the Brönte Sisters) since women have not been socially allowed to benefit from the arts until reletively recently.

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    • funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      At Last was written by two men and originally performed by a man.

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      • Nosavingthrow@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        You got me. Fortunately, I don’t need to look very hard to find a replacement.

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  • T4V0@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Dido, Thank you.

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    • MacNCheezus@lemmy.today ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Good song, but made famous by a man. Also co-written by a man.

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  • dylanmorgan@slrpnk.net ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Also, Beyoncé Taylor Swift Joan Baez Stevie Nicks Joni Mitchell Carole King Dolly Parton

    I could list more but it seems clear from your comments you don’t actually want an answer to the question.

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    • MacNCheezus@lemmy.today ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Name one fucking song that anyone would recognize. Something like Bon Jovi’s Always or Meat Loaf’s I Would Do Anything For Love, or Elvis Presley’s I Can’t Help Falling In Love With You. Just one gut-wrenching, tear duct triggering love song written by a woman.

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      • RBWells@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Jonie Mitchell Case of You

        Emmylou Harris Boulder to Birmingham

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      • TonsilCryptOssuary@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Literally anything by Violeta Parra. Lhasa de Sela is another favorite. You gotta break out of only English-language songs. (But also people are just giving you some basic-ass examples.)

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  • lessthanluigi@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Hayley Williams (Frontwoman of Paramore)

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    • MacNCheezus@lemmy.today ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I couldn’t name one of their songs if my life depended on it.

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      • Malfeasant@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Your ignorance does not make a convincing argument.

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      • lessthanluigi@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        • Emergency
        • Pressure
        • Misery Business
          Among others

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  • blarghly@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Imo, Bad Romance is pretty fuckin legendary.

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    • MacNCheezus@lemmy.today ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Co-written by a man. Also, do I really need to explain what’s wrong with it?

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      • blarghly@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        What? That it’s too much of a banger?

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  • Fizz@lemmy.nz ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Tswift?

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    • lessthanluigi@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I thought she made breakup songs

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      • blarghly@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Breakup songs are love songs

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      • MacNCheezus@lemmy.today ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Same

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      • Fizz@lemmy.nz ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I assumed if you make enough breakup songs eventually you got to make one about the “love” part of a relationship

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  • UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Now playing No Doubt - It’s my life

    Love yourself.

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