A long time ago, I went to see a show and the opening act was a songwriter named Jules Shear. Many of you know songs he’s written, and they were sung/made hits by women: All Through the Night by Cyndi Lauper in 1984, If She Knew What She Wants The Bangles in 1986 in the US, and Whispering Your Name by Alison Moyet in 1994 in the UK.
I didn’t like him singing his own songs, and at this show, it was just him on his acoustic guitar. They didn’t sound right for a man to sing, even “If She Knew What She Wants”. I don’t know if it’s because I’m used to how I originally heard them, or if they’re “women’s” songs.