Music Albums To Make You Feel Feminine/Masculine

[Reluctant Kim]

I was reading the thread "Girl songs to help your voice":

https://www.susans.org/forums/index.php/topic,13651.0.html

And someone mentioned Kate Bush.  So I thought I would start this thread because Kate Bush's album "The Kick Inside" is the number one album I like to listen to when I want to feel feminine.  Kate has an unusual voice, but it really grew on me. 



Anyway, this is the one album I feel epitomizes how I feel as a woman inside, what album(s) do you feel express YOUR inner (and now possibly outer) self?

[CC]

Almost anything by Roberta Flack,,,,,Killing Me Softly With His Songs, First Time I Ever Saw His Face, Feel Like Making Love....

If you have not heard of her or these songs, I think it would be worth your time to..

[annajasmine]

I really love the Brandi Carlile self title album I have listen to the album and over but I also like KT Tunstall - Eye to the Telescope and Kelly Clarkson -Breakaway.
I need to get the latest Brandi Carlile when I get my Pepsi points save.

I love to song that Kate Bush did for the movie "she is having a baby" but I don't remember the name.

Anna

[Reluctant Kim]

Maybe "The Kick Inside"?  That's about having a baby, so if I had to guess...

[annajasmine]

I found the song I did a soundtrack search.
Kate Bush - This Womans Work


updated the video to the video from the movie
Anna

[Alexis R]

Anyway, this is the one album I feel epitomizes how I feel as a woman inside, what album(s) do you feel express YOUR inner (and now possibly outer) self?

For me, I prefer anything by Alanis Morissette or Gwen Steffani (whether she's in front of No Doubt or not). Oddly enough, some of Brittany Spears' stuff, particularly "Stronger," evokes feminine feelings.

Others that jump to mind:

"What it Feels Like for a Girl" ~Madonna
Man! I Feel Like a Woman" ~Shania Twain
"Dancing Queen" ~ABBA
"Candyman" ~Christina Aguilera
"I Need a Hero!" ~Bonnie Tyler

Some of the songs on my playlist.

Angela

[krisalyx]

I guess for me if i want to get inspired it's proballly globus,within temptation, & nightwish all three just have STRONG female singers god every time i listen to the tracks i have from them on my mp3 player (& you would not guess what colour it c'mon guess it's well pink a few years ago my mom got it as a joke but suprise the joke was on her) mut the ones i like that i've got are diem ex dei from globus oh and two tracks from apocalyptica & lacuna coil also just a great singer anyway so i guess  my taste is mostly gothic rock i suppose.

[xxaussiexx]

Anyone got any suggestions for making you feel masculine?  Listening to Nickelback (the heavy songs) make me feel a little tougher.  It totally transform when I walk and that.  A real confidence booster at times.  Its odd, but feels good...

[Pica Pica]

Hehe, I'm currently addicted to ->-bleeped-<- bubblegum pop and tiny tim- no idea what sort of gender that makes me feel. Makes me smile though.

[Kaitlyn]

Some of Epica's stuff has a nice feminine feel, as long as you pick tracks without death grunts.  The same goes for Within Temptation & Sirenia.

[tekla]

How 'bout stuff from the Soviet Men's Army Chorus or something like that, pretty manly stuff there.

[Yochanan]

Anything sung by Serj Tankian makes me feel all hardcore and boyish. x] A lot of times, though, guy singers with higher voices make me feel masculine simply because I can hit the notes properly, in ways that I can't with deeper-voiced males or females anymore. This would include Interpol, Motion City Soundtrack, Muse, and Placebo.

To feel feminine I'd probably listen to Lily Allen or Alanis(<3).

[Vexing]

Jonas Brothers make me feel all masculine.
Because hearing them makes me want to F&%$ING KILL THEM.

[Godot]

Listening to Enya makes me feel Androgynous. Maybe because her music reminds me of fantasy stuff and a lot of fantasy characters are Androgynous (like Sheik from Zelda)

[Jay]

I love Alanis.. she explains everything just right. But I am a hip hop rap kinda guy.

But some of my friends listen to Cher and Shania Twain, too.

I like Cher too..

[Kaitlyn]

I can't believe nobody's mentioned The Boss.

[tekla]

Or Hank Williams, or Hank III

[djustdee]

Heya

Anyone got any suggestions for making you feel masculine?  Listening to Nickelback (the heavy songs) make me feel a little tougher.  It totally transform when I walk and that.  A real confidence booster at times.  Its odd, but feels good...

You might want to try a band called Manowar. A friend refers to it as fantasy warrior metal and the description fits. When I was deeply absorbed with being male I used to listen to their music all the time.

You can find several of their songs on youtube.

Dee

[aisha]

hmm for feeling feminine I like the roches, especial their album Keep on Doing they are really good three girl folk harmonies, so perfect

theres also Antony and the Johnsons, Antony the lead singer is a MtF transexual and he sings from that perspective his voice is a interesting mix of both sides, but more definitely more feminine its good for kind of in between serious moods..

haha and as for masculine.. theres this one live show by husker du that always gets me pretty amped

wu-tang clan 36 chambers of death, kid.. word

[tekla]

Or, you could do your research and find out that Antony Hegarty uses both 'he' and 'she' to refer to at least the public persona.  It's part of the schtick, and naming the band after a popular slang term for a penis does not lead to less confusion.

I'm down with Husker Du also, one of the best bands almost no one ever heard of.