Comment on Anon is feeling romantic
MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 3 weeks agoHow many women have written a legendary love song?
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.
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.
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.
At Last was written by two men and originally performed by a man.
You got me. Fortunately, I don’t need to look very hard to find a replacement.
Dido, Thank you.
Good song, but made famous by a man. Also co-written by a man.
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.
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.
Jonie Mitchell Case of You
Emmylou Harris Boulder to Birmingham
Never heard of either, and the second song was co-written by a man, but I’ll say Joni Mitchell counts.
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.)
OP doesn’t want to learn, just wants to confirm his preconceived notions. I’m actually pretty sure he’s the anon who composed the green text, and if not he wishes he had. Note his examples are not only exclusively English language but most are from the 80s or later.
Who are these people? Guy asked you for legendary and you went niche. There are plenty of talented women that have written and performed legendary songs that you could have chosen.
Those are not songs, those are just names. And I’ve never heard of them before.
Hayley Williams (Frontwoman of Paramore)
I couldn’t name one of their songs if my life depended on it.
Your ignorance does not make a convincing argument.
It does when it comes down to popularity.
Which of these is supposed to be a love song?
Imo, Bad Romance is pretty fuckin legendary.
Co-written by a man. Also, do I really need to explain what’s wrong with it?
What? That it’s too much of a banger?
Ra, ra, ah-ah-ah Roma, roma-ma Gaga, ooh-la-la
Need I say more?
This is a love song a cockroach would write to bait.
Now playing No Doubt - It’s my life
Love yourself.
Tswift?
I thought she made breakup songs
Breakup songs are love songs
Same
I assumed if you make enough breakup songs eventually you got to make one about the “love” part of a relationship
GasMaskedLunatic@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
ahem Call Me Maybe?
MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 3 weeks ago
Whitney Houston was right there, man
felbane@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Well she is every woman…
funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
That was Ashford and Simpson, who wrote it for Chaka Khan. One of whom is a man.
funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Co-written with a man, sadly.
DahGangalang@infosec.pub 3 weeks ago
Always preferred Guitar String from CRJ.