Monday, November 1, 2010

I have always had a sneaking suspicion that men sing better than women; this sounds so outrageously disloyal to my kind, ie womankind, that I console myself that the faults of the male species far outweigh this one superior gift of theirs. Initially I used to justify my feeling that men sounded better by saying that being a woman I was attracted by the male voice. But after years of listening to music I feel more and more that men sing with greater finesse, experiment with a variety of nuances and let go of inhibitions and stereotypical singing to a far greater extent than women. The range and power of their voices are definitely superior.For those who don't listen to much music, I would recommend that they listen to the male and female versions of "Katrin mozhi" from the film mozhi and the mohammed rafi and asha's singing of "Abhi na jao chodkar" from the film hum dono. There have been exceptional women singers and exceptionally and universally popular ones but men do seem to sing better than women,

4 comments:

BALA said...

For once you have spoken truth.

Harini Padmanabhan said...

You mean to say appa sings better than you? ;)

Raji said...

Bala and harini, both of you seem to take the post personally, sorry it was a general comment.

BALA said...

Hey hey i have not taken the comment personally. I do agree with you that tenor voice is much pleasing to listen to which the male find themselves mastering successfully.