# "That was a guy singing?!" wrong calls on singers' genders thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 27, 2007, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-was-a-guy-singing-wrong-calls-on-singers-genders-thread/401808 "2007-04-27T00:43:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2007, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-was-a-guy-singing-wrong-calls-on-singers-genders-thread/401808/21 "2007-04-27T04:07:57Z")
[QUOTE=Queen of the Felines] “The Neverending Story” by Limahl. The hair didn’t help either. [/QUOTE] I had problems figuring out Limahl when he was in Kajagoogoo…I could have SWORN “Too Shy” was sung by a woman. ---
**Author:** ![Hunter\_Hawk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/50afbb/32.png) [@Hunter\_Hawk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hunter_Hawk)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2007, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-was-a-guy-singing-wrong-calls-on-singers-genders-thread/401808/22 "2007-04-27T04:13:07Z")
Tom Brosseau on the _Grand Forks_ album. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2007, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-was-a-guy-singing-wrong-calls-on-singers-genders-thread/401808/23 "2007-04-27T04:13:17Z")
In the late Seventies, I was one of many people who heard Bonnie Tyler’s “It’s a Heartache” and thought it was sung by Rod Stewart. ---
**Author:** ![BabaBooey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dfb087/32.png) [@BabaBooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BabaBooey)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2007, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-was-a-guy-singing-wrong-calls-on-singers-genders-thread/401808/24 "2007-04-27T04:17:51Z")
I always thought the chick from Air Supply sounded hot. That ended up kinda awkward. ---
**Author:** ![Ms\_Macphisto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b487fb/32.png) [@Ms\_Macphisto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms_Macphisto)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2007, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-was-a-guy-singing-wrong-calls-on-singers-genders-thread/401808/25 "2007-04-27T04:22:01Z")
A couple of years back, I saw [The Delays](http://www.thedelays.co.uk/) opening for Franz Ferdinand. I didn’t really pay that much attention as they came out on stage, beyond a fairly cursory “Ok, four overly-skinny guys, thrift-store clothes, funny hair cuts, check.” Then they started playing, and I had to look for the woman I’d obviously missed joining them on stage. Nope, no woman, just a guy whose voice I can best describe as sounding like early Sarah McLachlan on certain songs. ---
**Author:** ![installLSC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/54ee81/32.png) [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2007, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-was-a-guy-singing-wrong-calls-on-singers-genders-thread/401808/26 "2007-04-27T04:27:18Z")
Fleetwood Mac’s “Go Your Own Way”. The first couple of years I heard it I swore the lead vocalist was a woman. Only after I really focused on the vocal did I realize it was Lindsay Buckingham. ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2007, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-was-a-guy-singing-wrong-calls-on-singers-genders-thread/401808/27 "2007-04-27T05:48:01Z")
[QUOTE=DoctorJ] I was coming in to mention Tracey Chapman, specifically “Fast Car”. I lost ten bucks to my dad over that one. [/QUOTE] Doh! you beat me to it. Altho I can’t recall how much was the voice, how much was the appearance, and how much was the lyrics. ---
**Author:** ![Revedge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecae2f/32.png) [@Revedge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revedge)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2007, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-was-a-guy-singing-wrong-calls-on-singers-genders-thread/401808/28 "2007-04-27T06:58:55Z")
The Nylons: _Lion Sleeps Tonight_. The soprano aahhs (about 40 seconds in) are a guy- [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m75i68Ob8ko](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m75i68Ob8ko) And _Take Me to Your Heart_. 40 seconds in the high notes by the guy. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Uf4AM1g7qk) ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2007, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-was-a-guy-singing-wrong-calls-on-singers-genders-thread/401808/29 "2007-04-27T07:26:54Z")
The first Jane’s Addiction song I heard was their cover of “Sympathy for the Devil,” in the movie _Alien Nation_ in 1990 or so. I said, “Wow, this cover is awful,” and my friend said, “You’re not gonna believe this, but _that’s a dude singing_!” He was right. I didn’t believe him. Not until I heard _Nothing’s Shocking_, anyway, which became my favorite album for a few years. ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2007, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-was-a-guy-singing-wrong-calls-on-singers-genders-thread/401808/30 "2007-04-27T07:29:47Z")
For a very long time, I thought that _I’m The Only One_ by Melissa Etheridge was actually Journey. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2007, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-was-a-guy-singing-wrong-calls-on-singers-genders-thread/401808/31 "2007-04-27T07:37:45Z")
[QUOTE=installLSC] Fleetwood Mac’s “Go Your Own Way”. The first couple of years I heard it I swore the lead vocalist was a woman. Only after I really focused on the vocal did I realize it was Lindsay Buckingham. [/QUOTE] And if you were explaining this to someone who didn’t know Fleetwood Mac, you’d have to add “…and Lindsay is a _guy_.” ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2007, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-was-a-guy-singing-wrong-calls-on-singers-genders-thread/401808/32 "2007-04-27T07:38:59Z")
[QUOTE=jayjay] I had problems figuring out Limahl when he was in Kajagoogoo…I could have SWORN “Too Shy” was sung by a woman. [/QUOTE] Well…until this thread, I didn’t realize that Neverending Story and Too Shy weren’t sung by a woman. Well, women, as I also didn’t realize they were the same singer. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2007, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-was-a-guy-singing-wrong-calls-on-singers-genders-thread/401808/33 "2007-04-27T07:45:23Z")
[QUOTE=astorian] In the late Seventies, I was one of many people who heard Bonnie Tyler’s “It’s a Heartache” and thought it was sung by Rod Stewart. [/QUOTE] And in an ironic example of the circle of life, Rod Stewart has recorded a [cover album](http://www.amazon.com/Still-Same-Great-Rock-Classics-Time/dp/B000HEVYR2/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-2341862-1202358?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1177659340&sr=8-1) which includes his version of “It’s A Heartache”. Yes, **mobo** , Neil Sedaka not only had recorded his own version of “Love Will Keep Us Together” on his album \*\*[Sedaka’s Back](http://www.amazon.com/Sedakas-Back-Neil-Sedaka/dp/B000009CJV/ref=sr_1_8/104-2341862-1202358?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1177659675&sr=1-8) \*\*, he also co-wrote it. The Captain and Tennille can be heard paying tribute to Sedaka near the end of their own version. (“Sedaka is back”) ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2007, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-was-a-guy-singing-wrong-calls-on-singers-genders-thread/401808/34 "2007-04-27T12:47:58Z")
[QUOTE=Happy Lendervedder] And if you were explaining this to someone who didn’t know Fleetwood Mac, you’d have to add “…and Lindsay is a _guy_.” [/QUOTE] Yes, but Stevie was a _girl_ If Wayne Newton is first, then second has to be Frankie Valli. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2007, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-was-a-guy-singing-wrong-calls-on-singers-genders-thread/401808/35 "2007-04-27T13:01:54Z")
[QUOTE=Johnny Hildo] Wayne Newton’s “Danke Schoen.” Hands down. [/QUOTE] Holy crap! Are you guys kidding me? I know Wayne is known for singing that song but are you telling me that the version they play in Ferris Buellers Day Off is him singing? Oy vey. ---
**Author:** ![Lunar\_Saltlick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/977dab/32.png) [@Lunar\_Saltlick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lunar_Saltlick)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2007, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-was-a-guy-singing-wrong-calls-on-singers-genders-thread/401808/36 "2007-04-27T13:02:43Z")
[QUOTE=installLSC] Fleetwood Mac’s “Go Your Own Way”. The first couple of years I heard it I swore the lead vocalist was a woman. Only after I really focused on the vocal did I realize it was Lindsay Buckingham. [/QUOTE] I have a friend who \*still \* claims that it’s Christine McVie singing the original recording. He’ll make you listen to Songbird (also from Rumours, I think) and then Go Your Own Way and defy you to prove that it’s not the same person singing. ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2007, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-was-a-guy-singing-wrong-calls-on-singers-genders-thread/401808/37 "2007-04-27T13:03:43Z")
[QUOTE=Annie-Xmas] Yes, but Stevie was a _girl_ [/QUOTE] Boy, was she ever! ---
**Author:** ![UntouchedTakeaway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d78d45/32.png) [@UntouchedTakeaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UntouchedTakeaway)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2007, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-was-a-guy-singing-wrong-calls-on-singers-genders-thread/401808/38 "2007-04-27T13:08:36Z")
Ditto! VCNJ~ [QUOTE=installLSC] Fleetwood Mac’s “Go Your Own Way”. The first couple of years I heard it I swore the lead vocalist was a woman. Only after I really focused on the vocal did I realize it was Lindsay Buckingham. [/QUOTE] ---
**Author:** ![xnylder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/bbce88/32.png) [@xnylder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xnylder)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2007, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-was-a-guy-singing-wrong-calls-on-singers-genders-thread/401808/39 "2007-04-27T13:34:04Z")
[QUOTE=Tengu] Well…until this thread, I didn’t realize that Neverending Story and Too Shy weren’t sung by a woman. Well, women, as I also didn’t realize they were the same singer. [/QUOTE] Ditto for me, **Tengu**. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2007, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-was-a-guy-singing-wrong-calls-on-singers-genders-thread/401808/40 "2007-04-27T13:43:00Z")
I used to think \*More Today Than Yesterday \* by **Spiral Starecase** was a woman singing. That dude from **Coheed and Cambria** sounds like a little girl, but looks like an ape from Planet of the Apes. Talk about your cognitive dissonance! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-was-a-guy-singing-wrong-calls-on-singers-genders-thread/401808.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-was-a-guy-singing-wrong-calls-on-singers-genders-thread/401808.md?page=3)