MLT Club Member Jürgen
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Great Britain and Ireland
The situation here is the same as in France: a huge selection of fantastic female singers and composers. Only whom to introduce? Kate Bush, Kim Wilde, Bananarama and some others have already been mentioned here. Maybe Sally Oldfield, Maggie Reilly, Bonnie Tyler, Adele, Duffy or these two?
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At this point I would like to take you on a little trip around the world and present every day a different country and the musicians belonging to it. Female artists whose music I know and like, or of which I know that they are popular in the countries presented. I am happy about suggestions or additions.
France
I would like to start with France. I find it hard to make a selection here. There are so many great French musicians. Starting with Edith Piaf up to Indila, who I have presented above.
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A very exciting story, thank you Jung. I did not know that W.A. Mozart had a talented sister and I can well imagine that at that time many hidden talents were never awakened because they belonged to a woman. Unfortunately, this applies not only to music, but to all the arts. I don’t want to know how many female painters or writers were never allowed to become active because they had two X chromosomes and at that time it was not appropriate for a woman to practice an art. A real pity. Some women resorted to male synonyms in order to be accepted in the male world of the time. For example one of the most successful authors of the Victorian age “George Elio” was a woman and her real name was “Mary Ann Evans”. There is much example of this, unfortunately. I would not be surprised if some of Mozart’s works can be traced back to “Nannerl”.
Here is an example of a 19th century French female composer who has walked her rocky path. Really remarkable.
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Thank you Jung for all the background information on Bananarama. I have never perceived the formation in such a differentiated way. In our country they had three very big hits: „Robert de Niro is waiting“, „Cruel Summer“ and „Venus“. Maybe there were more, but these three titles could place themselves at the top of the charts. Venus in particular was a party hit. The song was played in all discotheques and clubs. Since I am a child of the 80s, I like the music very much, of course. „A trick of the night“ was not known to me before. For Banarama an unusual slow/relaxed song, I like it. Anything that sounds like synthesizer, keyboard, drum machine and hard beats: bring it on. My favorite from the 80s is Kim Wilde. At the beginning of her career she always seemed a bit cool and distant, somehow very british, but I saw her live again a few years ago: a nice, sympathetic woman who is a bit out of shape (like many of us) but she still has a great voice. To my knowledge she has produced a total of 9 LP’s / CD’s. Wikipedia claims there were 14. Then I am still missing some….
PS: Shakespeare’s Sister was familiar to me by name. Now that you mention them, I know that I also know some of their songs. Thanks. Again two puzzle pieces in my head that have found each other. I think Shakespeares’s Sister definitely represents a musical evolution compared to Bananarama
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Thank you Michael. I have heard the name Sina several times now. I hope you mean this young lady here. Yes she is doing a really good job. It’s a lot of fun to watch her playing. By the way, I always find it interesting to see how differently men and women play drums: the result always sounds good, but women somehow treat their drums more sensitively than men. I’ve noticed that a lot with Mona, too.
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Hi JP, thanks for your answer. Yes, Kate Bush is an exceptional artist. She seems somehow always slightly eccentric and her music sometimes exotic. But I like to listen to her music very much. Kate Bush should not be missing in this topic in any case.
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Hi Jacki, thanks for the reply, to the reply and the other replies 🙂
And thanks again for the detailed listing. But enough thanks now. Patsy Cline must have been very well known in Canada and the US. She was not so popular with us. Dusty Springfield and Cass Elliot (The Mamas & The Papas) you hear more often on the radio.
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Susanna Hoffs and the Bangles have left me with many beautiful memories and therefore of course a song by her (or them) should not be missing:
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Hi David. Thank you for your favorites. I always find it exciting how many new ideas or suggestions you can get here through the forum. Of course, when I started the topic, I had certain female singers or composers in mind. However, I don’t know some of the ones mentioned so far by name, although I also know many of their songs and it’s fun to just browse through who these artists are exactly and what story they have to tell. Lesley Gore is one of them. “It’s my party” is still played on the radio all the time. If you had asked me who sang it: I would have just shrugged my shoulders.
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Hi Will, I just met Patsy Cline and Merrilee Rush through you. I like both of them, although they sang a little bit before my time. Relaxing and wonderful music. Thanks.
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Hi Jacki, I used the search function before opening this topic. The only thing I found is “Songs with a Woman’s Name in Title…”. There are no entries under the search term “woman music”, for example. After your hint I have now looked at the history of the Topic’s. You are right: on 2020/08/26 you posted the following topic: “Female Musicians…Guitarists Indeed…!!!!. Sorry I didn’t know that. I’m actually concerned with the role of female musicians and composers in general (not just female guitarists, as in your topic).
Thank you for the long list of the many female musicians. But which of them impressed you the most? (and which songs of these) All of them at once?
