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Post by anarkissed on May 20, 2019 15:01:48 GMT -5
This is an interesting topic for discussion. I generally found that women found Paul personally quite appealing, both as an artist and as a man. It's a stereotype, but I would say most women preferred the less rowdy material. My ex-wife was a pretty big fan. I'd say she liked the ballads and more folk and pop material better, but it's not like she skipped the rockers, either.
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Post by leftofthedial09 on May 21, 2019 20:45:10 GMT -5
My wife is one.
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Post by curmudgeonman on May 22, 2019 8:45:52 GMT -5
Maybe it is the genres I like, but at the concerts and shows I have been at thru the decades, the vast majority of the audiences were male. My wife, who has seen the Mats half dozen times, used to notice all of the "boys" at the shows. Pete Townshend used to lament the fact that The Who drew predominantly a male audience to their concerts. One genre I have seen with more females is country. A friend of mine saw Justin Timberlake recently and she said there were a LOT of women at the show.
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Post by anarkissed on May 22, 2019 12:54:22 GMT -5
Maybe it is the genres I like, but at the concerts and shows I have been at thru the decades, the vast majority of the audiences were male. My wife, who has seen the Mats half dozen times, used to notice all of the "boys" at the shows. Pete Townshend used to lament the fact that The Who drew predominantly a male audience to their concerts. One genre I have seen with more females is country. A friend of mine saw Justin Timberlake recently and she said there were a LOT of women at the show. I once went to see Black Sabbath, with Van Halen opening, in 1978. There might have been a hundred women there. And 9,900 guys...
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Post by sivad on May 24, 2019 9:26:47 GMT -5
This is an interesting topic for discussion. I generally found that women found Paul personally quite appealing, both as an artist and as a man. It's a stereotype, but I would say most women preferred the less rowdy material. My ex-wife was a pretty big fan. I'd say she liked the ballads and more folk and pop material better, but it's not like she skipped the rockers, either. Anarkissed hit in on the head, at least for me as a woman. Of course I find Paul quite attractive but am also drawn to his work. For me its the lyrics, emotional and vulnerable. Not a fan of Sorry Ma or the early punk stuff.
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Post by FreeRider on May 26, 2019 10:07:12 GMT -5
Hmm, maybe there is also a certain kind of male perspective from the band that guys relate and gravitate towards? I dunno. But the interesting thing was Paul's brilliant songwriting, that kind of wearing of these emotions on his sleeves and not being afraid to voice it, that appealed to women as well as the guys. As for women not necessarily liking the thrashing and rowdy material? I remember years ago when I was in my early 20's an older guy and I were talking music, who we liked, our fave bands. And he was telling me to get some Jimmy Buffet and softer rock stuff in my music collection. Why, I asked, what do I want that stuff for? He said, "dude, not every girl you date or hang out with is going to be into your Who or Neil Young and Crazy Horse collection! Just get some Jimmy Buffet stuff...." He was mostly right, but I still didn't buy any Jimmy Buffet!
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Post by brianlux on May 31, 2019 19:42:21 GMT -5
I'll stick my neck out (a little) and say that, in general guys are more into rock and roll than women. And I could be wrong, but it seems a lot of times a male artist's solo work wins over more women than their band counterparts. Paul Westerberg, Eddie Vedder, Tom Petty, Neil Young for example. Yes/no?
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