Comments on: Your Take: Male Artists Vs. Female Artists

By: AJ

AJ — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 16:05:20 +0000

I’m doing research for a speech where I’m comparing man country vs. women country. With the notion that men like different types of country songs men:(drinkin, fishin, women, etc.) and women ( love, relationships, etc.) any help or links to other resources would be great.

By: Ken

Ken — Wed, 06 May 2009 18:28:40 +0000

For country music, I prefer female soloists but male groups.

Contralto (low-voice) female singers tend to be more “earthy” than sopranos.

By: BLL

BLL — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 18:04:25 +0000

I’m more drawn to the type of music rather than the gender of the singer. I like story songs, I like the troubador tradition. I love Patsy Cline, Linda Rondstadt and Trisha Yearwood, but I also love Jim Reeves, Glen Campbell and Garth Brooks.

Garth’s song ‘Rodeo’ was originally called ‘Miss Rodeo’ and he was trying to get Trisha to cut it. She was the one who suggested a couple lyric changes and that he cut it. I’ve heard both versions, and the male viewpoint version is a much stronger lyric.

By: agent713

agent713 — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 17:49:19 +0000

For the longest time my music collection was 99% male singers. It’s still overwhelmingly male but I have a few females in there now. I just generally prefer the sound of mens voices.

By: Lazeras

Lazeras — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 01:46:25 +0000

In my opinion, best female cover of a song originally done by a male voice is the cover of Luna Halo’s “Untouchable” by Taylor Swift. I know most on the 9513 don’t like her for whatever reasons, but thats the good thing about music and the many choices we all have in who we listen to. For me, the way she completely adapts the song and sings it makes it her best performance vocally and interpretively. And before anyone immediately responds with “She can’t sing” and all the other tired statements, if you havn’t heard her sing it, listen with open ears; and if you have heard it or you are going to hate it no matter what because you already have a preconcieved dislike of everything she does, then please refrain from making those aforementioned tired one-line declamations.

By: Steve Harvey

Steve Harvey — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 01:25:14 +0000

I pretty much despise most ‘cute’ music, which is far more prevalent with regards to female vocalists than males. There are plenty of female artists that I love though… Miranda Lambert, Lee Ann Womack, Nina Simone, Amy Winehouse, Lily Allen, Dolly Parton, Joni Mitchell, Kasey Chambers, Catherine Britt, etc.

By: Steve M.

Steve M. — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 20:45:58 +0000

Unless its Emmylou Harris, I prefer men artists, in part because I find today’s women artists, except for Leeanne Womack to be too sappy. (and even then you can see in her early career the producers trying to make her sappy with dreck like “I hope you Dance.”) I have always found that Willie, Merle and Waylon can reach me far more female singers.

By: Erik

Erik — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 19:05:04 +0000

Those who hang at the forum here will probably know my answer. ;)

I’ve always listened to way more females than males. I think my listening is split somewhere around 90/10.

Despite being a male myself, I’ve always felt like I could relate to the women more, and how their not-so-badass songs (save some, like Neko Case and Gretchen Wilson) suit my personality much more.

By: J.R. Journey

J.R. Journey — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 16:00:27 +0000

I usually prefer to listen a female vocal on a song – even if the song has been recorded by a man too. I was drawn to country music by singers like Reba, Wynonna, and Trisha Yearwood, so that may be a factor in who my favorites still are. But to me, the females have always solicited more emotion in their vocals as well as their lyrics.

Heartbreak songs tend to be my favorite, and the women in country music seem to have a better grasp on heartache. I still enjoy a good aching male vocal just the same: Ronnie Dunn can nail you the wall with a song like ‘She Used To Be Mine’ just as well as Reba sings ‘For My Broken Heart’. So it really depends on the singer and the song.

By: Josh

Josh — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 15:58:03 +0000

hmmm…thought-provoking question. Guess I oughta come up with a thought-provoking answer. :P But I remember growing up that I appreciated female voices over male because of their rising soprano/tenor variation that they tend to carry over when you sense the emotions that go with it (although Vince Gill fits nicely in this sentiment as well). I also agree with Reba’s assessment that her voice is purely great to listen to on that front. But lately I’ve been preferring Trisha Yearwood for the time being.
As of right now, I appreciate a lot of the male perspectives (not Toby Keith/Kenny Chesney/Rascal Flatts) because I’m growing into the age of adulthood and tend to need that understanding from where I’m standing.
However, when an artist covers the “opposite” side of a song, I will listen to it and ultimately compare to see which one has it best (meaning male/female than specific artist comparison)…I guess the psychological factor seeps into me too much. Two male artists that I can tell which makes a song emotionally haunting are: Trace Adkins and Josh Turner…I say this because I have listened to a few of their songs (hits and regulars) and feel the emotions come out of me just as much as general female lilting. Maybe the old adage of females having/being more emotional than males carries this stigma well into songs which has me saying this biased statement.