# Male music lovers...how much of your playlist is female artists? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [November 20, 2020, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-music-lovers-how-much-of-your-playlist-is-female-artists/926011 "2020-11-20T03:23:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![DorkVader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2020, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-music-lovers-how-much-of-your-playlist-is-female-artists/926011/41 "2020-11-22T14:27:29Z")
Rummaging through my “at work” play list, Several songs from Baby Metal, ABBA, Ivy Levan One song each from Lyn Collins, Grace Jones, Sister Sledge, Anita Ward, Kitten and The Hip, Sam and The Womp, Lipps Inc and Devil’s Daughters And in a special category, I have the english version “The Song of Women” by The HU with Lzzy Hale for the lyrics. No B52s yet but I add stuff every couple of months. Erm, somewhere around 1/4 of the artists in my playlist ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2020, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-music-lovers-how-much-of-your-playlist-is-female-artists/926011/42 "2020-11-22T16:36:54Z")
I had albums from several bands with women performing: Renaissance, It’s a Beautiful Day, Pentangle, the B-52s, Jefferson Airplane, Janis Joplin, Joni Mitchell, Susan Tedeschi, Amanda Palmer. Also, I had some Broadway cast albums, which always had women singing. Most notable were _Anything Goes, The Music Man, Mary Poppins, The Drowsy Chaperone, Annie Get Your Gun_ and _Lullaby of Broadway: the Best of Busby Berkeley at Warner Brothers._ I’m probably well below 50%, though. ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2020, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-music-lovers-how-much-of-your-playlist-is-female-artists/926011/43 "2020-11-22T19:01:12Z")
> [@Crafter\_Man](#): > > I recently discovered [**The Breeders**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Breeders). Love them! I’ve been listening to their first two albums almost nonstop over the past month, and have learned the bass lines to a few songs. Just great stuff. I wish I had discovered them earlier. Hehehe, one of my favorites, and the first time I saw them on the tour for _Pod_ was one of the best shows I’ve ever been to. Their most recent record is good, too. My collection probably runs about 40% of the bands having at least one female member. A quick listing of a few favorites off the top of my head: Cibo Matto Siouxsie and the Banshees Sonic Youth Boredoms The Cramps X St. Vincent Pixies The Breeders The Geraldine Fibbers ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2020, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-music-lovers-how-much-of-your-playlist-is-female-artists/926011/44 "2020-11-22T19:45:43Z")
Where does a band like _The Pretenders_ fit in on this list? Or [The War and Treaty?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j00JKIIjcK4&ab_channel=TheWarAndTreatyVEVO) Even Liz Phair had a predominantly male band when touring. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2020, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-music-lovers-how-much-of-your-playlist-is-female-artists/926011/45 "2020-11-22T21:19:30Z")
> [@Crafter\_Man](#): > > I recently discovered [**The Breeders**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Breeders). Love them! I’ve been listening to their first two albums almost nonstop over the past month, and have learned the bass lines to a few songs. Just great stuff. I wish I had discovered them earlier. Have you found the related _Throwing Muses_ and _Belly_, yet? ---
**Author:** ![Didi44](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@Didi44](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Didi44)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2020, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-music-lovers-how-much-of-your-playlist-is-female-artists/926011/46 "2020-11-22T22:19:22Z")
Casual listening, probably 70% female. 100% for the handful of Kpop and Jpop groups I follow. For serious listening, which is mostly guitar heavy, nearly 100% male artists or groups. ---
**Author:** ![Didi44](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@Didi44](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Didi44)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2020, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-music-lovers-how-much-of-your-playlist-is-female-artists/926011/47 "2020-11-22T22:23:34Z")
For me, Chrissy is the draw of _The Pretenders_ and manages to stay above the playing of the band. One the other hand, while Grace Slick is arguably the draw for Jefferson Airplane/Jefferson Starship, when Jorma and Jack start jamming live, they become the focus. ---
**Author:** ![Didi44](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@Didi44](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Didi44)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2020, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-music-lovers-how-much-of-your-playlist-is-female-artists/926011/48 "2020-11-22T22:39:14Z")
Dang it. Chrissie! ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2020, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-music-lovers-how-much-of-your-playlist-is-female-artists/926011/49 "2020-11-22T23:33:13Z")
I don’t have a playlist, but I listed my ten favorite song performances in the thread [Your Ten Favorite Songs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-ten-favorite-songs/840997). Of the performers of those songs, two are women, none are men, four are groups consisting of just men, two are groups consisting of just women, and two are groups with both men and women. Until just now, I never thought about this question. ---
**Author:** ![Unforgiven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/7bcc69/32.png) [@Unforgiven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unforgiven)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2020, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-music-lovers-how-much-of-your-playlist-is-female-artists/926011/50 "2020-11-23T16:56:52Z")
I definitely prefer female singers to male singers. Not going to count, but I expect well over 50% of my preferred songs are sung by a woman. The only downside I have ever found is the occasional awkward phrase when singing along. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-music-lovers-how-much-of-your-playlist-is-female-artists/926011.md?page=2)