Comment on Anon is feeling romantic

• MacNCheezus@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ 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 ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Jonie Mitchell Case of You

    Emmylou Harris Boulder to Birmingham

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    • MacNCheezus@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Never heard of either, and the second song was co-written by a man, but I’ll say Joni Mitchell counts.

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      • Knoxvomica@lemmy.ca ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Those goalposts are like ten miles from where your started eh?

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      • KokusnussRitter@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        I find it so interesting, that you seem to be under the impression that men are framed as evil by supposed feminists, yet denounce the work of a women if they worked with a man, as if the man being in the picture delegitemises the women’s sincerity and work. Isn’t cooperation regardless of gender what brings equality? Isn’t it unrealistic to expect anyone from never interacting with someone of the male gender in their career? I don’t think we should denounce the work of women for doing that, especially when looking at music from the past century, when women didn’t have the right to choose a career without a man’s permission

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      • RBWells@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Well Emmylou wrote the lyrics to it. And OMG it is a tearjerker so full of emotion.

        I personally wouldn’t argue the main point (men are way more into the trappings of “romance” than women are) because that’s been my experience too. But there have been historical barriers to entry for women in the arts.

        Kacey Muskgraves writes some sweet love songs (also more country like the other 2) .

        Maybe cultural too, Spanish chanteuses sing a lot about love, more than I hear in other American pop music.

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  • TonsilCryptOssuary@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ 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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    • dylanmorgan@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      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.

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    • Geth@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      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.

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    • MacNCheezus@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Those are not songs, those are just names. And I’ve never heard of them before.

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