Mistaken Vocals

fryup · 11-01-2014 02:37PM #1

For years I always thought it was a woman singing this song

imagine my surprise when i saw the video on youtube just now :eek:

anyone else get the sexes mixed up when listening to tunes??

Banjo String · 11-01-2014 02:48PM

fryup wrote: »

For years I always thought it was a woman singing this song

imagine my surprise when i saw the video on youtube just now :eek:

Bet it wasn't as surprised as my face was this morning.

I was sitting eating my hot buttered toast, with a big mug of tea in my favorite beano mug, when the wife asked me if I was enjoying my toast.

I nodded, smiled at her, and told her it was simply divine.

Then the bomb was dropped. She held up a tub of 'I can't believe it's not butter' instead of butter.

Suddenly my toast seemed to taste like a dog pooh sandwich as the realisation set in that I was eating an impostor.

She's gone to stay with her parents for a few days now. :mad:

dr.bollocko · 11-01-2014 02:50PM

Banjo String wrote: »

She's gone to stay with her parents for a few days now. :mad:

She's been here all morning.

She said butter makes you gassy.

Micky Dolenz · 11-01-2014 02:50PM

Banjo String wrote: »

Bet it wasn't as surprised as my face was this morning.

I was sitting eating my hot buttered toast, with a big mug of tea in my favorite beano mug, when the wife asked me if I was enjoying my toast.

I nodded, smiled at her, and told her it was simply divine.

Then the bomb was dropped. She held up a tub of 'I can't believe it's not butter' instead of butter.

Suddenly my toast seemed to taste like a dog pooh sandwich as the realisation set in that I was eating an impostor.

She's gone to stay with her parents for a few days now. :mad:

Yeah, I hated when your wife did that to me too.

Banjo String · 11-01-2014 02:51PM

Stay gassy Dr B

Daqster · 11-01-2014 02:56PM

Elton John's Tiny Dancer: 'Hold me closer, Tony Danza'.

When I as young, I always thought Huey Lewis was singing,

'Tougher than Diamonds, Pricks like cream' @ 0.52.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NMph943tsw

dr.bollocko · 11-01-2014 03:02PM

Rocket man burning up his shoes with aerosol.

See it makes sense cos it's a song about a rocketman. But you know, rocket fuel is expensive.

PropJoe10 · 11-01-2014 03:03PM

Kiss: I wanna rock and roll all night.....and part of every day.

Teyla Emmagan · 11-01-2014 03:09PM

My eyes hurt after 30 seconds of looking at that video.

snubbleste · 11-01-2014 03:13PM

'I love tacos' - Sophie B Hawkins 90's tune

Vojera · 11-01-2014 03:15PM

I always thought Codes had a female singer. Oops.

poundapunnet · 11-01-2014 03:15PM

Got it into my head that Nina Simone was a man when I was a kid, I guess her voice is pretty androgynous. Consequently thought Nina was a man's name, leading to more confusion over the years. It was a whole big mess.

CFlat · 11-01-2014 03:36PM

I'm always amazed when I hear Castrati singers. The first 2 or 3 minutes will give you an idea where I'm coming from. I hope I got the link right.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5k8_WS9UOVU

spankysue · 11-01-2014 03:40PM

Macy Gray sounds a lot like Rod Stewart to me.

Muise... · 11-01-2014 04:38PM

CFlat wrote: »

I'm always amazed when I hear Castrati singers. The first 2 or 3 minutes will give you an idea where I'm coming from. I hope I got the link right.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5k8_WS9UOVU

Poor little caged birds - they sing so sweetly.

I think the gender ambiguity makes it so much more interesting. I love the chalky timbre of the countertenor or contralto - there's a sense of the pressure on the singer's throat that is almost erotic. Or maybe that's just me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxqwq9BnjT0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4wTylAZhxw

camel jockey · 11-01-2014 05:05PM

fryup wrote: »

For years I always thought it was a woman singing this song

imagine my surprise when i saw the video on youtube just now :eek:

anyone else get the sexes mixed up when listening to tunes??

Thanks, I've been trying to remember this song for a while, couldn't remember the name of the band, the name of the song or even the tune.

I did always know it was a bloke singing though.

ElvisChrist6 · 11-01-2014 05:47PM

Vojera wrote: »

I always thought Codes had a female singer. Oops.

That's exactly what I was going to post. When my now-girlfriend showed me their MySpace and I saw the picture I was really confused and had to ask who the woman was!

e.r · 11-01-2014 05:51PM

The song sweet nothing Calvin Harris ft Florence welch .

Chorus : your giving me such sweet nothing .

I hear : your giving me sexy broadband

J_E · 11-01-2014 05:56PM

MJ23 · 11-01-2014 06:03PM

"Daddy I've fallen for a doctor, he's got a black car"

The_Valeyard · 11-01-2014 06:28PM

Doctor Who

The Death of 10. The song "Vale Decem Farewell"

I was sure it was sung by a woman.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2n-uIj3JWs

Then I saw this on BBC proms, I was very, very surprised....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdeX9vKiekY (3mins, 30secs)

Images in my mind suddenly shattered, sexuality questioned :P

fryup · 11-01-2014 06:58PM

CFlat wrote: »

I'm always amazed when I hear Castrati singers. The first 2 or 3 minutes will give you an idea where I'm coming from. I hope I got the link right.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5k8_WS9UOVU

i presume he was castrated when he reached puberty;)

thats what they did in italy back in the renaissance days, isn't it?

Muise... · 11-01-2014 07:12PM

fryup wrote: »

i presume he was castrated when he reached puberty;)

thats what they did in italy back in the renaissance days, isn't it?

Up till the 19th century. I think the last castrato died in the early 1900s.

fryup · 11-01-2014 07:19PM

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

did they have any choice in the matter??? seems barbaric

pablomakaveli · 11-01-2014 07:41PM

fryup wrote: »

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

did they have any choice in the matter??? seems barbaric

During the time of the Byzantine Empire having a son castrated was considered a good way of ensuring a better chance of a successful life. The sons probably didn't have a choice though.

Anyway back to the OP's question.

Used to think Tracy Chapman was a man when i heard her songs at first.

And the guy who sings that "We don't have to take our clothes off" i thought was a woman.

Muise... · 11-01-2014 07:42PM

fryup wrote: »

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

did they have any choice in the matter??? seems barbaric

It was barbaric - as twisted an aesthetic as foot-binding girls in China. Issues of choice are tricky, given that it was done at such a young age, and fame and fortune awaited a good castrato. There's a good film about a famous castrato, Farinelli, which tells a story of one of the most famous castrati.

I find it both cruel and fascinating. Anthony and the Johnsons' album I Am A Bird Now, has a falsetto vocal which is heartbreakingly perfect for singing about modern gender and trans experiences.

WoollyRedHat · 11-01-2014 07:47PM

Vojera wrote: »

I always thought Codes had a female singer. Oops.

ugh.

Mountainsandh · 11-01-2014 08:08PM

This now fully fledged French artist was discovered in a programme like "The Voice".

http://youtu.be/TP0rV3CuWfo

I'm living here a while (French) so get up to date with pop hits etc... on visits to France every so often. Commented to my sister on how I quite liked the song below, had no clue it was a man singing

. Of course had I been a bit more attentive I would have noted the entire song is about having a double identity.
(warning : pop hit alert

)
http://youtu.be/Xe8QjHpYE1E

Diemos · 11-01-2014 09:44PM

I thought this song was sung by and guy and a girl:

The old Boat Rudder Strange Mountain Trivium video is brilliant, even if it is now out of sync.

bodhrandude · 11-01-2014 09:50PM

I prefer this version of Have a Cigar from the bonus disc alternates than the official version, Gilmour and Water's voices work much better with this than Roy Harper's, although his voice is still used in the Gravy Train chorus.

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