Is that a guy or a girl singing?

[Aschenbach]

Which songs have you got the 'wrong sex' of the singer in your head before seeing the video? It's understandable when it's a male 'falsetto' but the more subtle ones are creepier when you realise you got it wrong.

Bette Davis Eyes - Kim Carnes
Long Time Coming - The Delays
All By Myself (chorus sounds female to me) - Eric Carmen
Alison Moyet
Yes - David McAlmont & Bernard Butler
Eternal Flame (backing vocals very masculine) - The Bangles

[gsr600]

four non blondes got me thinking - way back them

GSR600

http://www.youtube.com/watch?vLiDpMfEeo3Q

four non blondes

[Joeyjake]

Goodbye Horses by Q Lazzarus - for years I thought it was a man singing but it's lady!!

Also when Bronski Beat first came out, I thought Jimmi Somerville was a woman.

[B00]

I remember not being able to suss out Boy George when I first heard his songs, and I was even more confused when I saw him on Top Of The Pops, i was only about 12/13 at the time though.

[Goodsoulette]

not me but my friend thought valentine - delays was a girl. Highly underated band in my opinion.


I cant get over nina simone not being a man every time I hear her.

[Cockney_si]

Automatic - Pointer Sisters
Hi Ho Silver - Jim Diamond
Kiss the Rain - Billie Myers

[tiny e.a]

Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers

and Tracy Chapman when I was a nipper, around the same time (about 6/7yrs old) I also found out Van Morrisson wasn't black and cried for some reason!

[nattyg18]

the first time i heard james blunt, your beautiful on the radio i thought it was a woman =]

[Tigress]

I thought that Bros sounded like a bunch of girls when I first heard them. I just happened to come by "when will I be famous" on the radio and was convinced it was a female voice. No wonder, they were only 17! They're still quite high pitched though!!!

[edgar6532]

This is a bloke singing. Honest!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v8wf80ViipX4

Jackie Blue - Ozark Mountain Daredevils

[DiddlyQuaQua]

JJ72 had me fooled for a while.

[jedimistress]

"It could happend to any of us.....la la la....I made a stupid mistake", by Will Young or Gareth Gates type person. Well I always thought it was a woman. Even though the lyrics were not exactly a woman's lyrics. I should have known it was a man singing about not being able to keep his dick in his pants.

Boo. Had the same thing with Boy George.

[sally1001]

boy george is a woman isnt she?