Ah, I’ll play, although it says more about the quirkiness of the shuffle function of the iPod than it does about my favorite female artists.
Merrie Amsterburg “Patchwork” (not my favorite song on the album)
Steeleye Span “Lovely on the Water”
Aimee Mann “Fifty Years After the Fair”
The Roches “Beautiful Love of God”
Allison Krauss “The Road is a Lover”
Somewhere in the top five is the debatable “Sons of the Never Wrong” (2 out of three members are female, but the particular song has the male on lead.
Merrie Amsterberg is the only surprising one there – based on number of songs in the library, I would have guessed Kirsty MacColl or the Nields would have shown up.
I don’t have an IPod and Sansa doesn’t track things that way, but my top 5 female artists currently are:
Aretha Franklin
Gladys Knight
Mary Chapin Carpenter
Sara Bereilles
Whitney Houston
Top songs are probably:
Drown in My Own Tears, Aretha Franklin
If I Were Your Woman, Gladys Knight
Good Times, Aretha Franklin
I Feel Lucky, Mary Chapin Carpenter
A Change is Gonna Come, Aretha Franklin
Bonus: Many the Miles, Sara Bereilles
I have been seriously into early Aretha Franklin these days.
Well, I have one woman in my top 25 – k.d. lang is number 24. I listen to a lot of audiobooks and full albums, so most of Joshua Tree and Queen’s Greatest Hits are in there.
I guess after that there would be Enya, Steeleye Span, Tori Amos, and then maybe The Mamas and the Papas? Apparently I don’t listen to much women’s stuff, but Pandora has introduced me to Aine Minogue, so that may change.
Psychobabble - Frou Frou
Clear the Area - Imogen Heap (yeah, she’s in slots one and two.)
Personal Thing - Lorraine A’ Malena
Possession - Sarah MacLachlan
Police and the Private - Metric
So… I like creepy stalkerish songs with titles beginning with P, apparently. Ani DiFranco makes spot number six, and I’m surprised Tori Amos isn’t in there, as I was listening to The Beekeeper (the whole album, not the one song) incessantly for a while.
Um…
Janis Joplin
At the moment, I have one album of hers on my iPod (I think… I only have the one album in my iTunes!). I don’t think I’ve even listened to it.
My iPod is very NIN and Mars Volta heavy at the moment… I also don’t apparently listen to many female vocalists at all. I can’t think of a single one that I’d seek out to listen to, though we do have Nora Jones in the dining room as dinner music. I think it plays right before Audioslave! Apparently, the female voice doesn’t appeal to me musically… I barely seek new stuff out anymore, though, so I doubt I’m going to change my habits
Apparently I like female singin’ - my top five (not just top five with females):
“03.45: No Sleep” - The Cardigans
“Communication” - The Cardigans
“Wise Up” - Aimee Mann
“Feathers and Down” - The Cardigans
“Rise Up With Fists!!” - Jenny Lewis and the Watson Twins
Top five female bands/singers overall are The Cardigans, Aimee Mann, Jenny Lewis, Rilo Kiley, and Tori Amos.
BTW Miller did you get Aimee’s new one? Do you think it’s super great or just regular great?
“Carpet of the Sun” by Renaissance
“White Flag” by Dido
“Going Down to Liverpool” by the Bangles
“The Longboatss” by Enya
“The Bug” (Dire Straits cover) by Mary Chapin Carpenter
“A New England” - Kirsty Maccoll
“Jealous Dogs” - The Pretenders
“Get Out of this House” - Shawn Colvin
“Am I Getting Through” - Sheryl Crow
“Spellbound” - Siouxsie and the Banshees
“Ladyfingers” - Luscious Jackson
“Destiny” - Zero 7 (Sia)
“Teardrop” - Massive Attack (Liz Frazer)
“Sanvean” - Dead Can Dance (Lisa Gerard)
“Does He Love You” - Rilo Kiley (Jenny Lewis)
“Don’t Forget Me” - Way Out West (Omi)
Portishead - Mysterons
(tracks 30, 32, 66, 68 and 72 respectively, and there are no other tracks by a female lead vocalist in my top 100)
I wouldn’t have predicted any of those artists or tracks.
Last.FM says:
Portishead - Glory Box
Dido - Thank You
The Superjesus - Down Again
Norah Jones - I Think It’s Going To Rain Today
Sarah McLachlan - Angel
Again, a surprise. Not the Norah Jones song I’d have predicted, and I’m mystified by the presence of The Superjesus on both lists. I’m not that into that song.
Norah Jones, Dido, Sarah McLachlan, Portishead and Little Birdy are my top five female artists according to Last.
