Women In Music Concerts

Kurt Cobain famously said, “If it is illegal to rock and roll, throw my ass in jail!” And Lady Gaga has said, “Pop music will never be low brow.” There is this tendency in our culture to be a little defensive about a love for pop music, like you know that you could be listening to better stuff but you just can’t help yourself.

     “Every person has the right to choose what they will and will not listen to. If they feel that the music is not of their tastes, and or find it offensive, then they will choose not to listen to it”(1). Most of the people who are offended by certain music genres usually do not listen to that type of music nor do

Women’s music came from radical, grassroots origins in the 1970s thanks to contributions by brave women, mostly lesbians (Mosbacher, 2002). These women used non-violent, peaceful force to forge their own way into the music industry. It was a peaceful yet political revolution of togetherness and liberation. It brought together women of different backgrounds who produced easy-listening, mellow harmonies played with lyrics filled with tumultuous

Charlotte Bunch once said “Sexual, racial, gender, violence, and other forms of discrimination and violence in a culture cannot be eliminated without changing culture.” Our society experiences all of these problems and I would like to focus on the gender perspective in the 21st century and how women have had more of an influence in music than people actually realize. Men have dominated the music industry and business but women have been the underlying reason as for why men and other females have been so successful in the music scene.

Each woman’s experience plays a different note that completes a beautiful melody and through their voice you see the essence of a woman.

This essay will argue that mainstream music reinforces the idea of women as sexual objects in the male gaze. Kitzinger has stated that “the sexual exploitation of women and children has played a key role in the history of the media” (2004) This essay will look at how this sexual exploitation is still relevant in modern mainstream music. This argument will be illustrated by drawing on the song/music video “Girls” by The 1975. (Powell, 2013). The band are of the alternative rock genre and use the video as a tool to emphasizes and critic how popular music portrays women. This will be highlighted by focusing on three main points. The parody to pop music videos; the use of costume and dance to sexualize and the focus on the youthful desire of sex

The reason people sometimes feel defensive about their taste in music might be related to their attitudes and personality

Now, in an era where anyone can use the internet to find free music, live concerts should rely more on talent, not less. Good live concerts are still great experiences. If a singer is actually singing live, fans get to hear his or her raw, unedited performance. The pure power of a singer on stage sets live shows apart from the tuned and tweaked perfection of a recorded track. However, the prevalence of lip-syncing often turns casual music fans away from pop concerts. People are even still more likely to drop money to see old-fashioned rock bands live than current pop singers. Four of the top five best-attended concert tours in the 2010s have been for rock groups. The only exception is Madonna, who has been performing for decades. No Taylor Swift or One Direction here. Instead, older rock acts like U2, Roger Waters, AC/DC, and Bruce Springsteen have the highest attendance for their tours, proving that rock still endures as the most popular genre to see live. These sales illustrate how the quality and authenticity of a performance remain more important for concert-goers than the flashy facades that popstars use to market

Music has become one of the most influential and extensive ways to touch people. From getting a tune stuck in your head to having a certain feeling when listening to it. Music has started to more and more show misogynistic views which is a bad influence on listeners. The question, is were there popular music not like that within the past? If there is a difference in the way women were portrayed should it change. Take two different song from different times period and see the difference in how women are depicted.

In today’s society, many women’s music make the radio but there is still a larger majority of male music being broadcasted. This ratio of female to male music not only impacts people but the culture that those people believe in. Since more male artists have their music broadcasted this shows society that women may not be as talented while makes people change their beliefs about women. A quote from The Washington Post that helps show this is “At the moment, female singers have an extraordinarily tough time breaking through in Nashville, as radio and sales are regularly dominated by male artists, save for rare exceptions like Carrie Underwood and Miranda Lambert”. This quote shows that most female music is covered up by male artists. This also

In today’s world, we see gender biases that still exist in today’s jobs and careers. The music business is one of the few businesses that are still dominated by males and this number isn’t showing any prominent growth

The Secretary of State in the Obama administration and a Presidential hopeful - Hillary Clinton, has composed a personal essay for Billboard regarding the responsibility of women in the music industry.

Women could not create great music because they were too emotional to rationally and outwardly express them in music. As Upton explains, music is not only an art, “but an exact science, and, in its highest form, mercilessly logical and unrelentingly mathematical.” It means that music requires composers to have abilities to use musical instruments, laws of harmony, and counterpoint to express their thoughts and feelings in a logical way. Women were emotional by temperament and nature; composition is a cold-blooded operation. Their emotion prevented them from considering how to logically structure melody, tempo, and tone to reproduce music. Men, however, have highest achievements in music art because of their abilities to control emotion, combining

Born in the late 1950’s, my dad, Robert, has experienced, first hand, the vast changes in the music industry. The first step into the music culture was at the start of middle school when my dad joined the school band. Playing the trumpet and baritone was the bait that caused him to become immersed in music. This initial love of music led to the creation of a garage band with a group of friends adding piano and guitar to the mix. Age 13 signified the second step into the music industry with the purchase of his first record, the Eagles’ “Hotel California”. This catchy tune was my dad’s first record because the lyrics and beat had an appeal most other songs did not have at the time. Five years later, marked the third step into the music industry by attending his first concert, The Who. This concert left a lasting impression on anyone who witnessed it because it was not just the radio anymore, it gave a visual form to the music. Listening to a song on the radio and witnessing the band members perform the song live are two vastly different experiences. That being said, it has been years since my dad has attended a concert. Although the concert was initially an experience that left a lasting impression on my father, it did not turn him into a concert fanatic.

The music industry nowadays is becoming more and more overloaded with songs orientated around, how to charm a man, what it takes to get a man and of course how compete and outshine another female for a man. However whilst being initially happy that Meghan Trainor’s “All About That Bass” became so very popular in receiving praise for encouraging women to celebrate and embrace their curves; the chart topper become an almost ‘girl power’ anthem on a positive body image, which in my opinion is needed and long overdue in times like these. Trainor’s effort stands out, taking the top spot in 27 countries around the world, racking up an impressive 1.6 million views on YouTube.