Female Songs That Shouldn't Be Sung By Male Singers

1968 Views 16 Replies 12 Participants Last post by Six6VI, May 17, 2010

eleven59

Discussion Starter · May 17, 2010

I've recently realized that certain, very successful songs originally sung by female artists would take on a completely different meaning/feel if sung by a male singer. Some examples (warning, you probably won't like any of these songs, but give the lyrics a chance, and imagine them sung by a guy, some of them are quite hilarious from that perspective):

Taylor Swift - "You Belong With Me" (this one's actually pitch shifted to sound like a guy, which illustrates the point well :lol: )

Sung by a teenage girl, nothing seems wrong about it. Sung from the perspective of a guy, it just sounds creepy, like someone should be getting a restraining order :lol:

Divinyls - "I Touch Myself"

Again, sung by a guy, the mind immediately springs to a creepy guy in a trench coat watching someone from the bushes :lol:

"These Boots Were Made For Walking" (I'm posting the Jessica Simpson version because the video isn't half bad when on mute :lol: )

This one sounds almost offensive from the perspective of a guy :lol:

Any others?

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Randy

· #2 · May 17, 2010

eleven59

Discussion Starter · #3 · May 17, 2010

^ :rofl: Good point.

This would almost be a fun recording project for the forum, everyone pick an innocent sounding song and make it sound as creepy as possible :lol:

Drew

· #4 · May 17, 2010

That kind of is an interesting ideas, but I'd be terrified of other people not in on the joke hearing it. :lol:

Joplin's "Down on Me" is probably only marginally more suggestive sung by a guy than a girl, but, well... :lol:

Rick

· #5 · May 17, 2010

eleven59 said:
This would almost be a fun recording project for the forum, everyone pick an innocent sounding song and make it sound as creepy as possible :lol:

Well, JJ would obviously win that battle. :lol:

146

· #6 · May 17, 2010 (Edited)

eleven59 said:
^ :rofl: Good point.

This would almost be a fun recording project for the forum, everyone pick an innocent sounding song and make it sound as creepy as possible :lol:

Kinda did that here. (I tried to do a bad Italian accent on this one)

Scott

· #7 · May 17, 2010

eleven59 said:
^ :rofl: Good point.

This would almost be a fun recording project for the forum, everyone pick an innocent sounding song and make it sound as creepy as possible :lol:

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(even though I found it pretty cool actually...:lol

MFB

· #8 · May 17, 2010

I don't give two shits what anyone on here says, Aladdin is fucking awesome

Edroz

· #9 · May 17, 2010

DonBot

· #10 · May 17, 2010

edit: Shit! you beat me to it! :lol:

eleven59

Discussion Starter · #11 · May 17, 2010

Scott said:
YouTube - Me Singing A Whole New World Disney's Aladdin Nick Pitera (Cover)

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(even though I found it pretty cool actually...:lol

Alright...now if I could just make my skin stop crawling :lol:

Edroz

· #12 · May 17, 2010

DonBot said:
edit: Shit! you beat me to it! :lol:

:ninja:

oddly enough, i really dig that cover :lol:

eleven59

Discussion Starter · #13 · May 17, 2010

Edroz said:
YouTube - Megadeth These Boots Original

That sounds damn close to Motorhead. Which just makes me wish Lemmy was singing on it, since he's one of those guys who could get away with it :lol:

Randy

· #14 · May 17, 2010

That Aladdin cover made me feel like I need a shower.

Gearwhore20

· #15 · May 17, 2010

how bout that fucking song "My milkshake brings all the boys the yard etc"

yeah, now / thread lol

483

· #16 · May 17, 2010

Can't think of any other song that feels as wrong as this cover...

Six6VI

· #17 · May 17, 2010

Uhh, yeah... take your pick...

or

Though, I suppose if your a gay male it's open season.

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