Male or female vocals?

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DerpSandwich said:

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DerpSandwich said:
I used to be all about female vocals when I was young and romantic and everything was like, "Oh man, she has the most beauuuutiful voice, she sings like an angel, ooh, blarghleblghrarhalrh..." But then I started to realize that most female vocalists sounds too similar, and it was the guys that could really stretch their range and do interesting things with their voices. Now all my favorites are male. The exception would be chill electronic music, because the female voice is just more soothing.

I'm sure there is just as much music with interesting female singers that have a great range, it's simply a matter of finding it.

There was a time when I might have agreed, but now I'm pretty convinced that there's just less they can do with their voice, and their voices sound so similar to one another.  And believe me, I'm not one of those people that says music sucks because of what's on the radio; I like a lot of different music and I do a lot of digging for it.  And every time I think I hear a woman who sounds cool or interesting, it ends up being a guy.  Guys just have more character and individual differences to me.  In my ears most women sound the same.

Of course different people appreciate different things in a voice.  I like uniqueness, but if someone prefers pitch-perfection or inflection or something else they'll feel differently than I do.

(While we're on the subject, Amanda Palmer is one of the few female singers that I really like.  She can get super deep with her voice, and it's awesome.)

I like uniqueness as well, all that really matters to me is how a voice resonates with me emotionally, but I don't really care about how good someone is in a technical sense. Of course sometimes technical ability helps, it's just not something I specifically need.

What kind of stuff (besides Palmer) do you usually listen to?