Toxic by Britney Spears. Absolute fucking banger. Musically interesting for an American pop song. Each chorus has the chords walk down, which is pretty cool, but then on the next bar something really interesting happens. Instead of walking down from the second of the four chords, there are back to back tritone substitutions! So fucking cool!
I... I agree...
Yeah, that’s exactly what I was thinking too….
I have an entire playlist that's just covers of Toxic. It's too good of a song.
Try the versions by Solence and Calvin Arsenia.
My favourite is when hardcore bands cover pop songs because the songs are often structured the same, so good.
If you want to hear a surf rock instrumental cover that is actually phenomenal check out The Surfrajettes. Also amazing name.
(I actually like White Houses more)
Call Me Maybe, such a banger
I'm the same way, but mine is "Toxic" also by Brittany.
Pretty much everything by Avril Lavigne.
Have you heard the recent album with the Blink 182 guys? Travis Barker drums with Avril's vocals are great.
Oh wow. Yeah I have it but didn't realise the Blink 182 guys were involved till now.
“Kiss Me” by Sixpence None The Richer
love to know how people interpret a “girl” song. my mind is all over the place atm trying to classify songs and artists. like, is Taylor Swift the bakery of girl songs? does boss bitch / bad bitch energy count within the realm of girl songs? etc.
Attributing gender to someone's song preferences has to be the strangest example of mental gymnastics I've seen for a while.
Are you new to the whole “human” thing? We gender absolutely everything.
Meh, there's a ton of songs written strictly from female perspectives or with a female audience in mind. From Peggy Lee to the Spice Girls and so on.
I feel like they apply as "Girl Songs".
Not how I personally interpreted the question, but that's a fair point.
Even if that's the case though, I don't see why anyone would have to keep it a secret. To quote a favourite 'girl song' of mine..."Why'd you have to go and make things so complicated?"
Being insecure isn't teenager exclusive, I guess.
I think OP is just asking the age-old question of "what is you guilty pleasure pop-song". Just very poorly worded. I'm not gonna hold that against 'em.
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I'm a Barbie Girl.
it's more interesting to me you think Britney Spears wasn't marketed towards men.
Every so often I listen to Lady Gaga. I really like a few of her earlier songs but haven't listened to most of her discography.
I hate that music and gender are somehow connected, but unfortunately that's the world we live in. Anyone who gives me crap for listening to/doing/etc. "girly" things is a person I don't want in my life.
How has nobody mentioned Girls Just Wanna Have Fun yet? That bubbly energy is a great pick-me-up whenever you need it most.
It's not a secret. I am a cishet male 90s girl. I love Sarah McLachlan, Tori Amos and to a lesser extent the Indigo Girls, Jewel, Dido (though she came a little later).
I normally listen to heavy metal, rock maybe nerdcore rap. The other night, I was alternating between the albums of Natalie Imbruglia and Melanie Chisholm. There's some good stuff in there.
Speaking of Heavy Metal and Natalie Imbruglia. I really liked Steve Welsh's "If Korn wrote Torn"
I don't know of any particular song but I like a lot of female pop artists that as a guy I am not supposed to like. I like Taylor Swift and Ariana Grande and all the rest of them as well as genie in a bottle by Christina Aguilera and some Britney Spears. Quite frankly, I don't give a fuck what other people think about me. If you don't like me, then it's probably best that we not talk with each other anyway.
"That as a guy I am not supposed to like."
Right in the feels, man.
Avril Lavigne - Girlfriend
Cant get over it from Burnout Paradise on the PS3.
Max Martin is the genius working behind most of the artists mentioned in this thread. The dude is a total hit parade machine and the fact that no one said his name tells me a lot about how music is perceived in the mainstream.
Lovefool by The Cardigans
These boots were made for walking
It's raining men
Man! I feel like a woman!
Tons of great "girl" songs that I'll belt when they come on. Besides all the Broadway and show tunes that I love.
Music is music. A good song transcends girl or boy.
My wife got me into Rihanna, and Lana Del Ray.
Songs by Pink! They normally got a good drive to them and sound great!
I guess a good bit of Emilie Autumn could fall into that class if I where to put tags on it.
This may not exactly answer your question, but I saw a question the other day on another platform "Men, what song that is sung by a female vocalist do you sing with all your heart?" Below was my answer to that question.
Love Story - Tayler Swift
Fast Car - Tracy Chapman
Ashes - Celine Dion
Waterfalls - TLC
Jolene - Dolly Parton
Fucking Perfect - Pink!
Hello - Adele
Higher Love - Whitney Houston
Beyond The Burning Skies - Battle Beast
I Get Off - Lizzy Hale
Pretty much anything by Marina and the Diamonds. Specifically Pimadonna Girl, though.
Hold my hand by Lady Gaga.
Destiny Child (as a whole their music kicks)
Pussycat dolls another good band. I know you asked about songs but... Here we are lol
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