― benoit, Tuesday, 3 May 2005 16:59 (twenty-one years ago)
― PappaWheelie, Tuesday, 3 May 2005 18:55 (twenty-one years ago)
― The Mad Puffin, Tuesday, 3 May 2005 19:07 (twenty-one years ago)
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Tuesday, 3 May 2005 21:10 (twenty-one years ago)
― pdf (Phil Freeman), Tuesday, 3 May 2005 21:18 (twenty-one years ago)
― Austin Still (Austin, Still), Tuesday, 3 May 2005 21:34 (twenty-one years ago)
Or Horace Andy.
― Retrato Em Redd E Blecch (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 19 September 2008 02:12 (seventeen years ago)
I only just realized recently after hearing it at least 100 times that the Robin McNamara who sang "Lay a Little Lovin' on Me" was a dude.
It kinda goes both ways in Zep's "Battle of Evermore"--half the time I can't tell if it's Robert Plant or Sandy Denny singing.
― Hideous Lump, Friday, 19 September 2008 02:33 (seventeen years ago)
― tony orlando and dawng (PappaWheelie V), Friday, 19 September 2008 02:37 (seventeen years ago)
Grazie to RW for the fact-check on "Games People Play." But weirdly, the guy with the handlebar mustache sings the female part in this Soul Train clip:
― Joseph McCombs, Friday, 19 September 2008 02:40 (seventeen years ago)
WHOA!
― tony orlando and dawng (PappaWheelie V), Friday, 19 September 2008 02:41 (seventeen years ago)
That's pretty ridiculous, but I'm pretty sure that like American Bandstand, performers lip-synched to the single on Soul Train.
― Pleasant Plains, Friday, 19 September 2008 02:49 (seventeen years ago)
I had Horace Andy on one time and my mum came in and said "who's this woman you're listening to?" She also thought Nina Simone was a man once.
― chap, Friday, 19 September 2008 15:01 (seventeen years ago)
When I was a kid, I thought "Hello it's Me" was sung by a woman.
― Trip Maker, Friday, 19 September 2008 15:08 (seventeen years ago)
The bassist for the Eagles.
― Bill Magill, Friday, 19 September 2008 16:01 (seventeen years ago)
Vincent GalloBernard Butler
― henry s, Friday, 19 September 2008 16:15 (seventeen years ago)
oh,and Russell Tompkins from the Stylistics...
― henry s, Friday, 19 September 2008 16:18 (seventeen years ago)
what scary ass chick looks like VINCENT GALLO?
― M@tt He1ges0n, Friday, 19 September 2008 16:26 (seventeen years ago)
Death Vessel guy Joel Thibodeau is pretty uncanny.
― briania, Friday, 19 September 2008 17:38 (seventeen years ago)
Add britpop singer of your choice in here.
― Moka, Friday, 19 September 2008 19:01 (seventeen years ago)
Yar. I went to a Books concert where Death Vessel was the opening band and I spent the whole opening song trying to decipher if it was a guy or a girl, both for the voice and the androgynous look.
― Moka, Friday, 19 September 2008 19:03 (seventeen years ago)
I had the opposite problem with "Pump up the Jam". I always thought it was a dude.
― Z S, Friday, 19 September 2008 19:20 (seventeen years ago)
The first time I heard Material Issue was "Kim the Waitress," which I could've sworn was sung by a woman with a husky voice (like Carla Bozulich), and I thought it was a lesbian-crush song.
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― jaymc, Friday, 19 September 2008 19:31 (seventeen years ago)
The first time I heard "Border Song" on the radio when Elton's first record came out I was pretty sure "Elton" was just an unusual name for a woman.
― ellaguru, Friday, 19 September 2008 20:11 (seventeen years ago)
― Lostandfound, Friday, 19 September 2008 20:32 (seventeen years ago)
There are a few as well. Thao Nguyen per example, i kept thinking it was a dude, I had to go to youtube to see the voice actually coming out of her to make sure it was a girl. Not that she has a very masculine voice, maybe all indie rock male singers are effeminate.
Also Courtney Love. I'm too young for Nirvana, so I first heard Hole through some friends and all the time I thought it was a dude singing until I saw a video.
― Moka, Friday, 19 September 2008 21:44 (seventeen years ago)
Lindsey Buckingham sometimes sounds like there are three girls singing in Fleetwood Mac.
― Geir Hongro, Friday, 19 September 2008 21:53 (seventeen years ago)
Frankie Lymon
― john mccain's illegitimate black child (musically), Friday, 19 September 2008 23:15 (seventeen years ago)
Jamiroquai.
― VegemiteGrrrl, Saturday, 20 September 2008 04:24 (seventeen years ago)
i sound like a girl
― Surmounter, Saturday, 20 September 2008 04:26 (seventeen years ago)
but i like girls, so whatever.
Ted Taylor of "(Love Is Like A) Rambling Rose" fame.
― Retrato Em Redd E Blecch (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 20 September 2008 04:28 (seventeen years ago)
When I was a kid, I thought "Hello it's Me" was sung by a woman
named carole king
― tony orlando and dawng (PappaWheelie V), Saturday, 20 September 2008 15:25 (seventeen years ago)
Sonny Charles
― Retrato Em Redd E Blecch (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 13 November 2008 15:45 (seventeen years ago)
Oh Lori by Alessi owns this thread.
― Sven Hassel Schmuck, Thursday, 13 November 2008 15:54 (seventeen years ago)
Ney Matogrosso / Secos & Molhados
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIyvM9Ce7mM&feature=fvw
― Moka, Sunday, 19 September 2010 22:49 (fifteen years ago)
Bobb Trimble, according to Mrs. Redd.
― What's Welsh for Zen Arcade (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 20 June 2011 14:48 (fourteen years ago)
^Bobb has tricked friends of mine, as well.Re: Todd Rundgren's resemblance to Carole King: I heard "I saw the Light" while watching the movie Kingpin last weekend and I immediately started a search for it on the internet assuming that it was a Carole King hit. I guess I'm not the only one.
― Trip Maker, Monday, 20 June 2011 15:23 (fourteen years ago)
the members of The Rock Mafia do not appear in the video for their song "The Big Bang"...i assumed the lead vocalist was female until i saw a male member of the band perform the song on TV this morning.
― The bigman from the glorious 'e street' band (some dude), Monday, 20 June 2011 15:34 (fourteen years ago)
lol i just heard-not-saw that performance here at work, totally assumed it was a woman
― da croupier, Monday, 20 June 2011 15:49 (fourteen years ago)
Rhye is actually Mike Milosh.
― Moka, Monday, 24 December 2012 22:12 (thirteen years ago)
I'd been listening to Budgie for a few years before I found out that Burke Shelley was a man.
― Mike Dixn, Monday, 24 December 2012 22:27 (thirteen years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWbfIuZ5E_k
Frankie "Half Pint" Jaxon, one of the first recorded female impersonators, castrati aside.
― i guess i'd just rather listen to canned heat? (ian), Monday, 24 December 2012 22:49 (thirteen years ago)
Don't know how we missed the vocalist in Jigsaw, all those years ago. A drummer to boothttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyHHM17uzXY
― Albee Thousand (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 5 January 2013 21:15 (thirteen years ago)
Ha, or Eric Carmen.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_LcZhmkg88
― Albee Thousand (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 5 January 2013 21:16 (thirteen years ago)
That one guy from Air Supply. always thought All Outta Love was sung by a woman
― NINO CARTER, Saturday, 5 January 2013 21:16 (thirteen years ago)
Ronaiah Tuiasosopo, apparently.
― Leopard Skin POLL-Box Hat (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 24 January 2013 23:07 (thirteen years ago)