# DrDeth is Pitted Again **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 17, 2025, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drdeth-is-pitted-again/1024044 "2025-10-17T03:32:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 171
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2025, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drdeth-is-pitted-again/1024044/171 "2025-12-19T22:04:04Z")
There was this exchange in the [Songs where performer and character are different genders](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-performer-and-character-are-different-genders/1025749) thread: > [@Songs where performer and character are different genders](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-performer-and-character-are-different-genders/1025749/49): > > > [@Songs where performer and character are different genders](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-performer-and-character-are-different-genders/1025749/45): > > > > The Eric Burdon version of my childhood was boy. > > > [@Songs where performer and character are different genders](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-performer-and-character-are-different-genders/1025749/46): > > > > Just about my fave, but the Animals did a good job also. They also sang “boy” IIRC. > > Confused - was there an Eric Burdon version _without_ The Animals? He was told no, and rather than admitting his mistake he says this: > [@Songs where performer and character are different genders](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-performer-and-character-are-different-genders/1025749/53): > > That wasnt a good way to say it, sorry, altho certainly Eric sang a bunch of stuff after the Animals, like with War. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drdeth-is-pitted-again/1024044)._