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Gender confusion with vocalists

wonton [Edit] [Delete] 66 replies 13:52 March 10th, 2013

Inspired by my shock at finding out (through the Pitchfork review) that the lead singer of the band Rhye is actually a man. I suppose listening to it with the knowledge already you may think I was being daft but on first listen I didn't even debate it in my head. So...what other instances of this are there? I seem to remember thinking the vocalist for Azeda Booth was female before I read up on them too..

Rhye: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sng_CdAAw8M
Azeda Booth: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTLpmmcvjF0

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ma0sm | 10 Mar '13, 14:04 | X | ^ This | Reply
Tracy Chapman

ma0sm | 10 Mar '13, 14:05 | X | ^ This | Reply
- :(
  
  I'm going for a drive to calm down.
  
  Tracy_Chapman @ma0sm | 10 Mar '13, 14:17 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  TheKennedyCurse and elspud this'd this
  - In a Fast Car Tracy?
    
    Wooly31 @Tracy_Chapman | 10 Mar '13, 14:56 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - No that would be irresponsible
      
      Tracy_Chapman @Wooly31 | 10 Mar '13, 15:02 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Sorry Trace love
    
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    ma0sm @Tracy_Chapman | 11 Mar '13, 05:06 | X | ^ This | Reply
- I came here to say Tracy Chapman
  
  ThisTemporaryLife @ma0sm | 10 Mar '13, 17:53 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  furio this'd this
  - :(
    
    Tracy_Chapman @ThisTemporaryLife | 10 Mar '13, 18:26 | X | ^ This | Reply
people probs say

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OEtlteAojI

TheKennedyCurse | 10 Mar '13, 14:11 | X | ^ This | Reply
I thought Victoria Legrand was a man when I first heard Beach House

Puds | 10 Mar '13, 14:11 | X | ^ This | Reply

Wooly31, spiritofjazz, Joseph_SP, and Ricky_Ronco this'd this
- Yup, and liked them more
  
  when I found out it was a women.
  
  Joseph_SP @Puds | 11 Mar '13, 13:15 | X | ^ This | Reply
Silversun Pickups

robluvsnic | 10 Mar '13, 14:27 | X | ^ This | Reply

JaguarPirate this'd this
gross magic

jessepinkmanslungs | 10 Mar '13, 14:31 | X | ^ This | Reply
Tune-Yards

Yesiamaduck | 10 Mar '13, 14:36 | X | ^ This | Reply

bruised_blood this'd this
Alabama Shakes

deadonthestairs | 10 Mar '13, 15:03 | X | ^ This | Reply

Anthonyc, Gringo, and aharps this'd this
Antlers on Burst Apart

Antelope | 10 Mar '13, 15:16 | X | ^ This | Reply
Culture Club

There was only one topic of conversation in the playground the day after their first TOTP appearance in 1982.

ThirstyDog | 10 Mar '13, 15:21 | X | ^ This | Reply

LastAstronaut and gagaga this'd this
- Hah hah!
  
  Remember everyone in our house watching that TOTP and the conversation being the same.
  
  TheoGB @ThirstyDog | 11 Mar '13, 08:56 | X | ^ This | Reply
The Paybacks

ThirstyDog | 10 Mar '13, 15:21 | X | ^ This | Reply
used to think it was the guy who sang for Beach House

Severed799 | 10 Mar '13, 15:25 | X | ^ This | Reply

kittensgotclaws, blobcow, cameron12, whynot, justanothersheeldz, and Acquiescence this'd this
When I first heard commander Venus I thought it was a girl singing

Turns out Conor Oberst's voice just hadn't broken yet.

NickDS | 10 Mar '13, 15:33 | X | ^ This | Reply
The two obvious childhood ones from car tapes

Nina Simone and Neil Young

rainmaker | 10 Mar '13, 15:51 | X | ^ This | Reply
Antony & The Johnsons

Pioneer | 10 Mar '13, 17:18 | X | ^ This | Reply

Gringo this'd this
I thought the vocalist from HTRK was male

She has an androgynous voice.

SarahIsPi | 10 Mar '13, 17:18 | X | ^ This | Reply
- !!!!!!!!!!
  
  you mean thats female.been listening to them for years
  
  jessepinkmanslungs @SarahIsPi | 10 Mar '13, 17:54 | X | ^ This | Reply
took me awhile to realise the singer in twinsistermoon was the guy from natural snow buildings and not the girl https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7qrn2ejSoE

ThingsThatFly | 10 Mar '13, 17:20 | X | ^ This | Reply
- need to switch guy and girl around in that post
  
  ThingsThatFly @ThingsThatFly | 10 Mar '13, 17:24 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - no wait you dont, im not with it today
    
    ThingsThatFly @ThingsThatFly | 10 Mar '13, 17:38 | X | ^ This | Reply
Love Azeda Booth

seedler | 10 Mar '13, 17:34 | X | ^ This | Reply
RELATED:

I don't know if it's just Gene Wilder and I, but when I first heard Randy Newman, I thought he was black.

ThisTemporaryLife | 10 Mar '13, 17:55 | X | ^ This | Reply
I thought the guy singing on this track was a women at first, but I had no clue who the band were or anything, just thought the song was nice.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poBL-Z71eKc

iizcallum | 10 Mar '13, 18:17 | X | ^ This | Reply
First time I heard Sufjan Stevens

I wasn't quite sure which gender he was.

huggyjelly | 10 Mar '13, 18:28 | X | ^ This | Reply
I remember reading a Coal Chamber gig review back in the day

Where the reviewer had a go at Dez Fafara for not doing enough to assert her femininity as not many women lead a metal band...don't think he's caused the same level of gender confusion in Devildriver!

badgertastic | 10 Mar '13, 19:14 | X | ^ This | Reply
Lower Dens

Hearing 'Brains' threw me right off.

Hammer15 | 10 Mar '13, 20:32 | X | ^ This | Reply

pichaelmarker and burak this'd this
The Blood Brothers

Comaboy | 10 Mar '13, 21:01 | X | ^ This | Reply
Exitmusic

In a similar way to Beach House, the vocals sound really androgynous. She has an incredible voice tho
http://beatcast.tv/channel/beatcasttv/1077941/exitmusic-the-modern-age-the-hours-beatcast-live-series/

sean | 10 Mar '13, 21:03 | X | ^ This | Reply
Death Vessel

Big time - thought it was a 10-year-old girl.

Shocked about Rhye too!

bokonon | 10 Mar '13, 21:20 | X | ^ This | Reply

ma0sm this'd this
doldrums

19948 | 10 Mar '13, 22:13 | X | ^ This | Reply
The Weeknd

When all I'd heard was 'What You Need' and 'High For This', I didn't even suspect it was a guy and assumed they just blurred gender in the lyrics.

John_Ho | 11 Mar '13, 00:30 | X | ^ This | Reply
Dutch Uncles

Geneva

TheoGB | 11 Mar '13, 08:57 | X | ^ This | Reply
Standard 'thought Brian Molko was a woman' post

First time I heard Beach House I thought it was a guy with a high pitched voice.

Also first time I heard 'California Girls' by Magnetic Fields, I thought that was a man too.

hanshotfirst | 11 Mar '13, 09:20 | X | ^ This | Reply
- he's quite attractive, considering
  
  creakyknees @hanshotfirst | 11 Mar '13, 09:53 | X | ^ This | Reply
UGH, well this thread is embarassing you bunch of bastard binary voice fascists

DanielKelly | 11 Mar '13, 09:29 | X | ^ This | Reply
- I think you've missed the point
  
  wonton @DanielKelly | 11 Mar '13, 10:15 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - ...
    
    DanielKelly @wonton | 11 Mar '13, 12:58 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - Did my sarcasm detector malfunction?
      
      wonton @DanielKelly | 11 Mar '13, 13:04 | X | ^ This | Reply
pretty much looks like a woman to me

creakyknees | 11 Mar '13, 09:34 | X | ^ This | Reply
Green Gartside

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teHqHmnXnhE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-8qE1dF8Dc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMdf1onDkxA

creakyknees | 11 Mar '13, 09:43 | X | ^ This | Reply
When I was a youngster me and my mate went to see Rush

on a whim as we were in London and we were offered cheap tickets by a tout when walking outside Wembley arena. We had no idea who Rush were but it was only a couple of quid so went anyway. We were right at the very back, and this was late 80's so pre-giant screens. We spend the next couple of months convinced Geddy Lee was a women and even when I found out the vocalist was called Geddy and saw pictures of him I still had no idea he was a man

abbathehorse | 11 Mar '13, 10:34 | X | ^ This | Reply
- I wonder if he speaks like an ordinary guy?
  
  bokonon @abbathehorse | 11 Mar '13, 13:47 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - I know him, and he does.
    
    Antelope @bokonon | 11 Mar '13, 13:59 | X | ^ This | Reply
Autolux

Raanraals | 11 Mar '13, 10:57 | X | ^ This | Reply
First time I heard a Puressence record

my mate told me it was Alison Moyet singing and I believed him.

sadpunk | 11 Mar '13, 11:12 | X | ^ This | Reply
The Knife

Thought the bloke was singing then found out it was Karin's vocals pitched down.

Joseph_SP | 11 Mar '13, 13:17 | X | ^ This | Reply

bruised_blood and ma0sm this'd this
Four characters:

JJ72

plank201 | 11 Mar '13, 13:22 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Pretty sure they were a three-piece, actually.
  
  joeymahone @plank201 | 11 Mar '13, 13:31 | X | ^ This | Reply
Planningtorock

U could be whatever you want, I love you anyway, Janine.

cronenberg | 11 Mar '13, 13:33 | X | ^ This | Reply
Doldrums

bruised_blood | 11 Mar '13, 13:34 | X | ^ This | Reply
Beach House

bruised_blood | 11 Mar '13, 13:34 | X | ^ This | Reply
Ooh, 'Big Love' by Fleetwood Mac...

Has Lindsey Buckingham's "love grunts" pitchshifted up to sound like Stevie Nicks!

See also (less convincingly) Morrissey on Bigmouth Strikes Again - wasn't really ever fooled by that though :)

bokonon | 11 Mar '13, 15:55 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Talking of Fleetwood Mac and gender confusion
  
  Took me ages as a kid to compute that Lindsay was the man and Stevie was the woman...
  
  Hammer15 @bokonon | 12 Mar '13, 00:42 | X | ^ This | Reply
I remember thinking that David Ford of Easyworld . . .

. . . was a woman first few times I heard Bleach. May even have bought the album of the back of that to try and rectify the paucity of female artists in my collection at the time.

Lambchops | 11 Mar '13, 16:19 | X | ^ This | Reply
Brian Molko

Hearing Bruise Pristine by Placebo for the first time many years ago, I was convinced he was a woman.

KidKoala84 | 11 Mar '13, 16:36 | X | ^ This | Reply

ma0sm this'd this
Turin Brakes

not necessarily a popular band to be bringing into the discussion, but what the hey

oldshitnewshit | 11 Mar '13, 17:10 | X | ^ This | Reply
I thought Robbie Williams was a woman when he sang No Regrets.

I'm not even making this up, for some reason I thought he was Sharleen Spiteri and he was singing not "No regrets" but "You're insane"

TheTupperwareMuseum | 12 Mar '13, 00:22 | X | ^ This | Reply
I remember accidentally catching the end of The Organ's set at Cardiff Barfly once

I remember being deeply smitten with the singer well before I'd established whether it was a boy or a girl.

automatik | 12 Mar '13, 01:54 | X | ^ This | Reply

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