# 'What do you mean she doesn't sing that...?" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 30, 2016, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-mean-she-doesnt-sing-that/750645 "2016-03-30T16:27:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2016, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-mean-she-doesnt-sing-that/750645/1 "2016-03-30T16:27:29Z")
Have you ever heard a song, maybe just 3 lines of a song, and you instantly lock onto it thinking, “I know that voice! That must be a new song by her. I didn’t know she did that… wow that’s good too…”. Cue 2 hours of useless searching only to find it… and its done by somebody else? Everything fits though… but you were wrong? Well, here’s the place to share. * * * I’ll start. I was flipping through the channels and the closing credits of “Pitch Perfect 2” was on. A song was playing and I instantly thought, 'That’s Katy Perry…! Wow, that’s going to be a hit." I was wrong. The song was “[Heartbreak Dream](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keTxeRP8F60)” by Betty Who. (…and Katy Perry won’t ever sing that song, not even as a request … ☹ ) ---
**Author:** ![justmeetee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@justmeetee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justmeetee)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2016, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-mean-she-doesnt-sing-that/750645/2 "2016-03-30T16:34:26Z")
Can someone tell me how this relates to the election? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2016, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-mean-she-doesnt-sing-that/750645/3 "2016-03-30T16:42:25Z")
Hillary Clinton has noted that, no, she doesn’t do a rendition of Stand By Your Man. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2016, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-mean-she-doesnt-sing-that/750645/4 "2016-03-30T16:44:02Z")
Reported for forum change. ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2016, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-mean-she-doesnt-sing-that/750645/5 "2016-03-30T16:45:51Z")
Every time I hear Black Horse and a Cherry Tree by KT Tunstall, I still think it’s Bonnie Raitt at first. I had heard it probably a half-dozen times before I learned that it wasn’t Bonnie. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2016, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-mean-she-doesnt-sing-that/750645/6 "2016-03-30T16:55:23Z")
_[1985](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K38xNqZvBJI)_-Bowling For Soup. I was _sure_ it was Weird Al. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2016, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-mean-she-doesnt-sing-that/750645/7 "2016-03-30T17:02:11Z")
[The Ballad of Jenny Ledge](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRGMEIX1a5Y) by _Toy Matinee_ sounded and still sounds like Steely Dan. So much so that I almost have to believe it’s intentional. I remember trying to look up the lyrics and not understanding why it was listed on any of their albums :smack: Still a pretty good song though. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2016, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-mean-she-doesnt-sing-that/750645/8 "2016-03-30T17:13:46Z")
For years, I thought this was Annie Lennox: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/wXSTe9YMCKo/hqdefault.jpg "Tanita Tikaram -Twist in my sobriety") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXSTe9YMCKo) ---
**Author:** ![Scougs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scougs/32/3158_2.png) [@Scougs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scougs)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2016, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-mean-she-doesnt-sing-that/750645/9 "2016-03-30T17:20:02Z")
The first time I heard the opening lines of “One Day in Your Life”, I was sure it was a Karen Carpenter song I’d never heard. Especially the “You’ll come back, and you’ll look around…”. It was quite a shock when it turned into Michael Jackson half way through. Apologies for apallingly synched video on YouTube, just shut your eyes and see if you see what I mean: [Michael Jackson - One Day In Your Life ( Legendado português ) - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44_qWFAdjqQ) ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2016, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-mean-she-doesnt-sing-that/750645/10 "2016-03-30T17:23:54Z")
When the Moody Blues’ “[Gemini Dream](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3QLFFVFpp0)” came out, I was certain it was a new ELO song. ---
**Author:** ![DMGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5a626/32.png) [@DMGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMGuy)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2016, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-mean-she-doesnt-sing-that/750645/11 "2016-03-30T17:25:58Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > [The Ballad of Jenny Ledge](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRGMEIX1a5Y) by _Toy Matinee_ sounded and still sounds like Steely Dan. So much so that I almost have to believe it’s intentional. I remember trying to look up the lyrics and not understanding why it was listed on any of their albums :smack: Still a pretty good song though. +1 I have all the Steely Dan albums and am a big fan, and that song absolutely sounds like a lost Steely Dan song. Kevin Gilbert, who founded Toy Matinee was a musical genius who dies far too young (and under bizarre circumstances) ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2016, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-mean-she-doesnt-sing-that/750645/12 "2016-03-30T18:00:10Z")
> [@DMGuy](#): > > +1 > > I have all the Steely Dan albums and am a big fan, and that song absolutely sounds like a lost Steely Dan song. Kevin Gilbert, who founded Toy Matinee was a musical genius who dies far too young (and under bizarre circumstances) I always wondered why they only had the one hit (well, apparently two, but I’ve not heard _The Last Plane Out_). Just read the Wiki entry; what a shame ☹ ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2016, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-mean-she-doesnt-sing-that/750645/13 "2016-03-30T18:26:10Z")
“Find Another Fool” by Quarterflash sounded a lot like Pat Benatar, who was way more popular at the time. ---
**Author:** ![california\_jobcase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@california\_jobcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/california_jobcase)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2016, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-mean-she-doesnt-sing-that/750645/14 "2016-03-30T23:13:42Z")
I remember the Quarterflash song as “Harden my Heart.” When it was new, the local AOR station made sure to always introduce the song, saying it was Quarterflash and not Pat Benatar. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2016, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-mean-she-doesnt-sing-that/750645/15 "2016-03-30T23:46:23Z")
> [@Personal](#): > > Every time I hear Black Horse and a Cherry Tree by KT Tunstall, I still think it’s Bonnie Raitt at first. I had heard it probably a half-dozen times before I learned that it wasn’t Bonnie. I never thought it sounded like Raitt. To me, it sounds like Joan Osborne. ---
**Author:** ![chancetx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cdc98d/32.png) [@chancetx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chancetx)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2016, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-mean-she-doesnt-sing-that/750645/16 "2016-03-30T23:59:45Z")
For 20+ years I thought [this song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4C9AD1oyE30) was by Taylor Dayne, who had a bunch of hits around the same time. Just recently found out it was Kathy Troccoli, a Christian singer going for a crossover career like Amy Grant. ---
**Author:** ![seal\_cleaner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@seal\_cleaner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seal_cleaner)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2016, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-mean-she-doesnt-sing-that/750645/17 "2016-03-31T00:00:18Z")
“The Door is Always Open” - I was _sure_ it was the Kendalls. Actually Porter Wagoner. But not with Dolly. ---
**Author:** ![Backwater\_Under\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ba8739/32.png) [@Backwater\_Under\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Backwater_Under_Duck)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2016, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-mean-she-doesnt-sing-that/750645/18 "2016-03-31T01:21:16Z")
> [@seal\_cleaner](#): > > “The Door is Always Open” - I was _sure_ it was the Kendalls. Actually Porter Wagoner. But not with Dolly. The version that was on the radio as a hit, was by Dave and Sugar. Sounded a little like the Kendalls, but, boy is that a whole other thread. ---
**Author:** ![tenacious\_j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/439d5e/32.png) [@tenacious\_j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tenacious_j)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2016, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-mean-she-doesnt-sing-that/750645/19 "2016-03-31T03:01:09Z")
> [@E-DUB](#): > > “Find Another Fool” by Quarterflash sounded a lot like Pat Benatar, who was way more popular at the time. > [@california\_jobcase](#): > > I remember the Quarterflash song as “Harden my Heart.” When it was new, the local AOR station made sure to always introduce the song, saying it was Quarterflash and not Pat Benatar. 2 different songs. Both sound like Benatar sounded at the time. I swore back then that Joe Jackson’s “Is she really going out with him” was Rick Springfield. Still sounds like it to me. More recently, I thought Kelly Clarkson’s “Invincible” was Katy Perry. I’m so, so sorry, Kelly. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2016, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-mean-she-doesnt-sing-that/750645/20 "2016-03-31T03:55:03Z")
I have trouble accepting that this song, Jessie Ware “[You & I Forever (SG Lewis Remix)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMKg5wm1f6E),” isn’t a song by The XX. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-mean-she-doesnt-sing-that/750645.md?page=2)