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emjay Gender issue in singing (38) RE: Gender issue in singing 10 Nov 06

But there are times when the voice/gender make a huge difference.
When Eric Bogle sings My Youngest Son Came Home Today the impact is great and it is a bitter song.
When Mary Black sings the same song there is also am impact but somehow the song is filled with pathos rather than the bitterness.
It has something to do with the respective voices but, I think, a lot more to do with the gender of the singer.
Neither is right or wrong, and the gender of the singer is not part of the lyrics.
I think there are similar effects when the singer is cross-gender and sometimes the listener hears more when the singer is the "wrong" gender.

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