"one thing I find when reading about songs that are written by women or sung by women is, when you step back, an obsession with who the subject matter is in a way I don’t see when it is a man who sings or writes the lyrics."
Agree! Women are pressured to disclose who the subjects are of their lost love. Joni, Carly, Dolly to name so very few. Sundown by Lightfoot, Hallelujah by Cohen... does the music of men often earn the title of "break-up album"?
"one thing I find when reading about songs that are written by women or sung by women is, when you step back, an obsession with who the subject matter is in a way I don’t see when it is a man who sings or writes the lyrics."
Agree! Women are pressured to disclose who the subjects are of their lost love. Joni, Carly, Dolly to name so very few. Sundown by Lightfoot, Hallelujah by Cohen... does the music of men often earn the title of "break-up album"?