# Songs about a person who is the same sex as the singer **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [March 21, 2022, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-a-person-who-is-the-same-sex-as-the-singer/961405 "2022-03-21T01:51:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2022, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-a-person-who-is-the-same-sex-as-the-singer/961405/61 "2022-04-05T22:46:12Z")
The Bangles cover of Jules Shear’s “If She Knew What She Wants,” originally about the male singer’s girlfriend, didn’t change the gender, but instead made it third-person about the female singer’s female friend’s relationship. Paul Simon had written lots of these (“Richard Cory,” “Late Great Johnny Ace,” “A Most Peculiar Man,” “Under African Skies” and on and on) , even more if you ignore some clearly autobiographical songs (“Crazy Love, Vol II” etc) ---
**Author:** ![ExTank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2022, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-a-person-who-is-the-same-sex-as-the-singer/961405/62 "2022-04-07T08:13:34Z")
Warren Zevon’s _Roland The Headless Thompson Gunner_ ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2022, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-a-person-who-is-the-same-sex-as-the-singer/961405/63 "2022-04-07T13:41:23Z")
> [@SciFiSam](#): > > Bat for Lashes - Laura. Not going by the video, it isn’t. ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2022, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-a-person-who-is-the-same-sex-as-the-singer/961405/64 "2022-04-07T16:25:37Z")
Going by the song, it very much is about a woman, written and sung by a woman. ---
**Author:** ![gre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d78d45/32.png) [@gre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gre)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2022, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-a-person-who-is-the-same-sex-as-the-singer/961405/65 "2022-04-07T17:41:27Z")
The Undertones, My Perfect Cousin The Kinks, Plastic Man ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2022, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-a-person-who-is-the-same-sex-as-the-singer/961405/66 "2022-04-15T22:13:24Z")
The Damned did three on their album _Grave Disorder_ alone : - Would You Be So Hot If You Weren’t Dead (John Lenon) - Neverland (Michael Jackson) - W (George W. Bush) ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2022, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-a-person-who-is-the-same-sex-as-the-singer/961405/67 "2022-04-16T23:12:32Z")
He’s a Whore - Cheap Trick She’s a Ho - Tragic Mulatto Crazy Dan - Scratch Acid John E. Smoke - Buttholes I Am Damo Suzuki - the Fall Craigness - The Fall Bournemouth Runner - the Fall No XMas For John Quays - The Fall Mr. Pharmacist - The Fall (originally by an outfit called The Other Half) Carry Bag Man - the Fall Lonesome Cowboy Dave - Pere Ubu Apple Strudel Man - Jolly Tambourine Man Because Bob McCammon Cared - OTTG (Our Testicles Touch the Ground) Stallvaulter - Peruke Mouthbreather - Jesus Lizard Deep Six - Big Black Dead Billy - Big Black Budd - Rapeman John Wayne Was a Nazi - MDC Bill Scott is Dumb - AxCx Fallen Angel - King Crimson (would 21st Century Schizoid Man count?) Andy - Frank Zappa San Ber’dino - FZ Big Dick - Nomeansno Until Lately - Dream Syndicate We’re Only Making Plans For Nigel - XTC > [@RealityChuck](#): > > “Lucky Man” by Emerson Lake and Palmer Jeremy Bender The Sheriff ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2022, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-a-person-who-is-the-same-sex-as-the-singer/961405/68 "2022-04-16T23:49:07Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > Big Dick - Nomeansno Reminded me of “He’s A Dick” by Golden Smog. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/CikTUKa_xYI/hqdefault.jpg "Golden Smog He's a Dick") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CikTUKa_xYI) ---
**Author:** ![Meurglys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/258eb7/32.png) [@Meurglys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meurglys)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2022, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-a-person-who-is-the-same-sex-as-the-singer/961405/69 "2022-04-22T10:43:35Z")
No, it was another musician, [Keith Ellis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Ellis_(musician)), who was a member of Van der Graaf Generator very early on, who OD’d in 1978 while on tour in Germany with Iron Butterfly! ---
**Author:** ![velomont](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8491ac/32.png) [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2022, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-a-person-who-is-the-same-sex-as-the-singer/961405/70 "2022-04-22T11:51:39Z")
How about: Iron Man - Black Sabbath Rooster - Alice in Chains [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-a-person-who-is-the-same-sex-as-the-singer/961405.md?page=3)