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Music for "birds" vs. music for "lads"?

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  • 02-05-2010 10:03am
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    ItBeMe
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    I'm a 20 year old guy and I listen to pretty much all types of music you can imagine, from 80's to indie to dance to the charts. A friend of mine is a DJ and he was setting up a playlist yesterday. he put "Run this Town" by Jay-z Rihanna and Kanye on it. I commented and said I like that song. He then said well it's a girls song so it's just something to keep the birds happy.

    Then a while later when I got home I was listening to that song "Good Times" by Roll Deep. Another mate of mine came in and said "Haha listening to birds music are ya"? He then laughed at the fact that I had Florence & The Machine and Rihanna on.

    It confused me, why is it that here in Ireland a song is called a "bird's" song when a girl sings it yet girls and guys can listen to music with a male singer?
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    rcaz
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    Well, both of your mates are full of **** ;)


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    ItBeMe
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4 ✭ItBeMe


    Agreed ;)


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    rovert
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    RnB is for girls


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    rcaz
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    rovert wrote: »
    RnB is for girls

    Music is for people.


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    Kold
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    There is such a thing as feminine music that often I'd only expect to see in the hands of girls or homosexuals. The likes of Girls Aloud and such.

    I don't think there's any music aimed specifically at lads though.


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    Thwip!
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    rovert wrote: »
    RnB is for people who like RnB
    fix'd


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    Dudess
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    I dunno. I think certain types of music are more masculine and feminine than each other - perhaps not intentionally, and I certainly wouldn't be interested in labelling them as such. But e.g. the likes of Joy Division, The Stone Roses and other bands from the north of England, also the likes of Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones... definitely something laddish/blokey about these - and I don't mean that in a derogatory sense, I'm a huge fan of all of them.


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    rovert
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    RnB IS for girls


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    DazMarz
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    I reckon the heavy metal genre is more aimed at blokes than at girls, tho this is a kinda stupid comment from me, as I'll admit that there are squillions of female HM fans out there. But in general, Heavy Metal is seen as a very manly/bloke-ish genre.


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    Dudess
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    I don't think that's a stupid comment though - heavy metal is a genre that is overwhelmingly dominated by males. That's probably all it is - the gender of those who make up the acts that fit into a particular genre.


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    rcaz
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    rovert wrote: »
    RnB IS for girls

    Saying it again doesn't make you any less wrong.


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    Sir Digby Chicken Caesar
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    rnb is for people without any taste in music


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    rovert
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    El Pr0n wrote: »
    Saying it again doesn't make you any less wrong.

    Im not wrong if people cant debunk it.


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    rcaz
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    Sir Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: »
    rnb is for people without any taste in music

    RnB is the foundation of funk, ska, rock and roll, hip hop... How can you say that?

    As for debunking your claim, rovert, I like RnB, and I'm a 'lad'. So what's your point?


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    Kold
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    El Pr0n wrote: »
    RnB is the foundation of funk, ska, rock and roll, hip hop... How can you say that?

    As for debunking your claim, rovert, I like RnB, and I'm a 'lad'. So what's your point?

    It's all working up to a 'coming out' thread I think :D


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    nommm
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    No such thing. I'm a girl and I like most of the music that has been mentioned as 'blokes' music. I know lots of lads that like Rihanna songs and don't like Led Zeppelin.
    Sir Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: »
    rnb is for people without any taste in music
    Wrong.


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    rovert
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    El Pr0n wrote: »
    RnB is the foundation of funk, ska, rock and roll, hip hop... How can you say that?

    Which RnB are you talking about?
    El Pr0n wrote: »
    As for debunking your claim, rovert, I like RnB, and I'm a 'lad'.

    You can like something which is not for you.


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    Rigsby
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    Now and again a thread like this comes along. Sometimes it's "X" music v "Y" music, or "you are a ***** for liking "z" music. :rolleyes: How can people be so naive ?

    Music is music. If people want to put name tags on it, fair enough. Different people interpret music in different ways. It would be a sad old world if we all liked the same music.


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    rcaz
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    rovert wrote: »
    Which RnB are you talking about?

    I'm talking about RnB, Rhythm and Blues.


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    rovert
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    El Pr0n wrote: »
    I'm talking about RnB, Rhythm and Blues.

    Rhythm and Blue is for greasers. :P


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    ItBeMe
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    Rigsby wrote: »
    Now and again a thread like this comes along. Sometimes it's "X" music v "Y" music, or "you are a ***** for liking "z" music. :rolleyes: How can people be so naive ?

    Music is music. If people want to put name tags on it, fair enough. Different people interpret music in different ways. It would be a sad old world if we all liked the same music.

    Agreed, couldn't have said it better myself :p


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