What I mean are songs originally song by a person of one gender with lots of gender specific pronouns that were redone by a person of the other gender without changing the 'she’s to 'he’s and vice versa.
I’m not explaining this well, am I?
Here’s Me’Shell Ndegeocello (hope I spelled that right) doing Who Is He And What Is He To You as an example. Links to youtubes always appreciated.
Not exactly a pronoun, but I head a cover of Leonard Cohen’s Chelsea Hotel a few days ago by a female artist that kept the line “giving me head, on the unmade bed…”.
Joan Jett singing Crimson and Clover?
Great example!
Of course, there’s no internal reason “Crimson & Clover” couldn’t be from a woman to a woman. Rendered by Joan Jett, there’s no external reason either.
On the other hand, even without pronouns, Joan Baez is explicitly singing a male character in “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down.” It always seemed odd.
White Stripes cover of Jolene maybe?
The White Stripes’ cover of Dolly Parton’s Jolene, and I love it for it.
Hehehe…beatcha to it
Yeah, but my link beats your link.
When Relient K covered “Manic Monday”, they didn’t change the “Kissin’ Valentino by a crystal blue Italian stream” line.
Sleater Kinney’s ridiculous cover of CCR’s Fortunate Son.
Melissa Etheridge singing Maggie May. Of course, it makes sense for her.
John Prine singing Angel from Montgomery. Of course, that’s not a cover, he wrote the song in the female voice.
Oh, and there’s that quasi-Indigo Girls recording of the Jesus Christ Superstar soundtrack where Amy Ray sings the part of Jesus.
Wonder if he did that before or after his divorce from Julia Roberts.
Before.
Lizzie West covering Leonard Cohen’s I’m Your Man
Joan Osborne’s cover of Spooky.
Kaki King’s cover of “I Think She Knows”
Anya Marina’s cover of “Whatever You Like” (due to not changing lyrics it’s really weird at the end…)
Linda Eder does the most amazing version of “Man of La Mancha” I’ve ever heard. Prepare to be blown away.
Nothing compares 2 U/Sinead O’Conner.