I didn’t think that this needed to be specified, but since anon is talking about men’s love for women, we’re looking for love songs written by women about men here. Sorry, but Sappho doesn’t count.
Name one fucking song that anyone would recognize. Something like Bon Jovi’s Always or Meat Loaf’s I Would Do Anything For Love, Aerosmith’s I Don’t Want to Miss A Thing, or Elvis Presley’s I Can’t Help Falling In Love With You. Just one gut-wrenching, tear duct triggering love song written by a woman.
Literally anything by Violeta Parra. Lhasa de Sela is another favorite. You gotta break out of only English-language songs. (But also people are just giving you some basic-ass examples.)
Who are these people? Guy asked you for legendary and you went niche. There are plenty of talented women that have written and performed legendary songs that you could have chosen.
But I am sorry for defending him. He seems like an incel himself and kind of a dick.
I submit, for your consideration, ‘I will always love you’ by Dolly Parton, as one example; the many works of Emily Dickinson; and probably a non-zero number of works attributed to men (Such as the Brönte Sisters) since women have not been socially allowed to benefit from the arts until reletively recently.
How many women have written a legendary love song?
Someone quoted Sappho earlier, love poetry written by a woman that has lasted 2500 years, and you shat on that.
There’s plenty of work written by women using male pseudonyms because women were forbidden to write.
There’s a lot of other writing by women that was simply suppressed for the same reason.
I didn’t think that this needed to be specified, but since anon is talking about men’s love for women, we’re looking for love songs written by women about men here. Sorry, but Sappho doesn’t count.
Also, Beyoncé Taylor Swift Joan Baez Stevie Nicks Joni Mitchell Carole King Dolly Parton
I could list more but it seems clear from your comments you don’t actually want an answer to the question.
Name one fucking song that anyone would recognize. Something like Bon Jovi’s Always or Meat Loaf’s I Would Do Anything For Love, Aerosmith’s I Don’t Want to Miss A Thing, or Elvis Presley’s I Can’t Help Falling In Love With You. Just one gut-wrenching, tear duct triggering love song written by a woman.
Literally anything by Violeta Parra. Lhasa de Sela is another favorite. You gotta break out of only English-language songs. (But also people are just giving you some basic-ass examples.)
Who are these people? Guy asked you for legendary and you went niche. There are plenty of talented women that have written and performed legendary songs that you could have chosen.
But I am sorry for defending him. He seems like an incel himself and kind of a dick.
Those are not songs, those are just names. And I’ve never heard of them before.
ahem Call Me Maybe?
Whitney Houston was right there, man
Well she is every woman…
That was Ashford and Simpson, who wrote it for Chaka Khan. One of whom is a man.
Co-written with a man, sadly.
Always preferred Guitar String from CRJ.
I submit, for your consideration, ‘I will always love you’ by Dolly Parton, as one example; the many works of Emily Dickinson; and probably a non-zero number of works attributed to men (Such as the Brönte Sisters) since women have not been socially allowed to benefit from the arts until reletively recently.
Edit: see below comment, updated with Dolly.
At Last was written by two men and originally performed by a man.
You got me. Fortunately, I don’t need to look very hard to find a replacement.
Imo, Bad Romance is pretty fuckin legendary.
Co-written by a man. Also, do I really need to explain what’s wrong with it?
What? That it’s too much of a banger?
Ra, ra, ah-ah-ah Roma, roma-ma Gaga, ooh-la-la
Need I say more?
This is a love song a cockroach would write to bait.
Someone isn’t getting enough leather-studded kisses in the sand 😘
Hayley Williams (Frontwoman of Paramore)
I couldn’t name one of their songs if my life depended on it.
Among others
Which of these is supposed to be a love song?
All of them
Tswift?
I thought she made breakup songs
Breakup songs are love songs
I assumed if you make enough breakup songs eventually you got to make one about the “love” part of a relationship
Same