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~ Singers who sounded like a member of the opposite sex, when you first heard them

posted 3 years ago by MonStar (13013)
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Ed Sheeran - Bad Habits: First hearing this on the radio, I thought it was a woman. (The video starts in a ladies' beauty parlor and he is a vampire. Props for that.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orJSJGHjBLI

Jackson 5 - I'll Be There. I thought Michael Jackson was a girl or woman when I first heard this on the radio. He was still a kid. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-apaIOOoAo

Post a link to the song, if you think of others.

[–] samoanjoes (57071) 3 years ago

Tracy Chapman.

And not someone from a different sex, but I thought Dusty Springfield was black.

[–] davodikum (6198) 3 years ago

Definitely Tracy Chapman.

[–] MonStar (13013) 3 years ago

Yes on Tracey Chapman.

[–] NotoriousRio (12927) 3 years ago

Not sure if this counts but...
Fleetwood Mac - Big Love
https://youtu.be/4hPv6EuV7dM

The grunting which kicks in at the 1:24 I always imagined belonged to Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks, or Lindsey Buckingham and Christine McVie but no it turns out it was just Lindsey Buckingham using some technical wizardry!

[–] KvlhokVjequs (285) 3 years ago

Hanson - MMMbop
https://youtube.com/watch?v=N53-LxbIizA

[–] actionkamen (23176) 3 years ago

And he looked so pretty!

[–] Kowalski (76346) 3 years ago

THOSE CHICKS WERE HOT...WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THEM?

[–] ColumboKate (5678) 3 years ago

Nina Simone and Tracey Chapman

[–] CrabgrassWilly (1616) 3 years ago

Lemmy Kilmister

[–] Hummusboy1 (473) 3 years ago

I had a middle school bus driver who looked and sounded like Lemmy. She was female, we think.

[–] Kowalski (76346) 3 years ago

MISS CRAPAPPLE OR MRS CRABTREE?

[–] CrabgrassWilly (1616) 3 years ago

SIT DOWN AND SHUT UUUUUUP!

[–] MartyDeniro (4173) 3 years ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERqwe_D7anI

[–] nyctc7 (43723) 3 years ago

This hit No. 1 in the USA (and Canada) in 1978 and I definitely remember it, but I can't recall if I thought the singer was a woman. Certainly sounds like one, very much so.

[–] TheMan18 (13055) 3 years ago

Thomas Anders from Modern Talking, sounded like a woman, no offense, his voice as a singer is naturally like that.

[–] [deleted] 3 years ago

Alec Benjamin - Demons

https://youtu.be/EZjIXmQdGpw

I had it on my new music playlist for about 6 months and assumed it was a female vocal until I saw the video for his next single. I actually love his voice and his soft falsetto.. big fan now.