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I avoid modern pop music in general... But I'm sorry, I will always have a soft spot for "Baby one more time" by Britney.

I would add "I want it that way" but let's be real, every dude secretly likes that song.

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[–] [email protected] 66 points 6 months ago (3 children)

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!

[–] [email protected] 15 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago

Yeah, that’s exactly what I was thinking too….

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] Banana 4 points 6 months ago

My favourite is when hardcore bands cover pop songs because the songs are often structured the same, so good.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

If you want to hear a surf rock instrumental cover that is actually phenomenal check out The Surfrajettes. Also amazing name.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 6 months ago

(I actually like White Houses more)

[–] [email protected] 27 points 6 months ago

Call Me Maybe, such a banger

[–] [email protected] 21 points 6 months ago

I'm the same way, but mine is "Toxic" also by Brittany.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 6 months ago

β€œKiss Me” by Sixpence None The Richer

love to know how people interpret a β€œgirl” 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.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 6 months ago

Would Lights by Ellie Goulding count because that song slaps

[–] [email protected] 17 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Pretty much everything by Avril Lavigne.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Have you heard the recent album with the Blink 182 guys? Travis Barker drums with Avril's vocals are great.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Oh wow. Yeah I have it but didn't realise the Blink 182 guys were involved till now.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

Attributing gender to someone's song preferences has to be the strangest example of mental gymnastics I've seen for a while.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Are you new to the whole β€œhuman” thing? We gender absolutely everything.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 6 months ago

I'm a Barbie Girl.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 months ago (1 children)

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.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)
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[–] funkless_eck 11 points 6 months ago

it's more interesting to me you think Britney Spears wasn't marketed towards men.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 months ago (2 children)

How has nobody mentioned Girls Just Wanna Have Fun yet? That bubbly energy is a great pick-me-up whenever you need it most.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 months ago (3 children)

I don't know what qualifies as "girl" music.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago (3 children)

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).

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Surprised how nobody mentioned "Everytime We Touch" by Cascada

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

Go ahead and just shoot me now..

E.T. - Katy Perry

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

This is a very good one.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago (3 children)
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[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Lover by Taylor Swift. Also Toxic by Brittany

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[–] fin 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

Lovefool by The Cardigans

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

"That as a guy I am not supposed to like."

Right in the feels, man.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago (4 children)

Avril Lavigne - Girlfriend

Cant get over it from Burnout Paradise on the PS3.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Video game OSTs are some of the best nostalgia drugs ever.

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[–] fruitycoder 4 points 6 months ago

Songs by Pink! They normally got a good drive to them and sound great!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

Yael Naim - New Soul

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

My wife got me into Rihanna, and Lana Del Ray.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (4 children)

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.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

senorita. I can feel the lyrics even it's sung by a female. "I love it when you call me senorita, every touch is oh-lala"

http://invidious.duckdns.org/watch?v=ow1QqW0jzTo

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

Wrong Impression - Natalie Imbruglia

Two Become One - Spice Girls

C'est La Vie - B*Witched

Ain't No Mountain High Enough - Diana Ross

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

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

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