tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15023065.post4979570232108916652..comments2024-03-27T08:23:33.621-04:00Comments on Go Retro!: Not How It Sounds...Five Songs Whose Singers Fooled MePamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18122952408610512684noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15023065.post-84834220651486000752023-11-26T17:25:49.177-05:002023-11-26T17:25:49.177-05:00Wayne newtons jingle bell rock had me fooled for y...Wayne newtons jingle bell rock had me fooled for yearsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15023065.post-33929090112169211522023-02-14T09:58:25.412-05:002023-02-14T09:58:25.412-05:00You know who has the 'whitest black voice'...You know who has the 'whitest black voice' I've ever heard?<br /><br />Howard Stern's on-air co-anchor, Robin Quivers.<br /><br />Through no intent of my own, I was exposed to a very early episode of the Howard Stern program, back in the early eighties when it was on New York's WNBC(now the FAN), in the afternoons. For you Stern fans born after 1980, it was a very different show, as was Imus's: sure, they both talked a lot, but they still had to play at least a half-dozen records per hour of their time slot. Plus Howard had an actual snare drum and cymbal in studio - it's on YouTube! - that he would puctuate jokes and funny moments with. I miss that, and wish he'd bring that drum back!<br /><br />And I kept hearing what sounded like this white woman interjecting banter with Stern. It wasn't until the announcement of Sterns book "Private Parts" on TV when I saw Quivers talking about the book and the show. Man was I shocked! lol<br /><br />Goes to show you can't pigeon-hole anybody, not then and not nowadays.TheKManRockshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01625948147894708489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15023065.post-64119243507809566352023-02-14T09:50:19.035-05:002023-02-14T09:50:19.035-05:00Dang it Anonymous I'm in that same boat with y...Dang it Anonymous I'm in that same boat with you! Always pre-empting some famous person's passing! Like I'm from the future or something, lol!TheKManRockshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01625948147894708489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15023065.post-30599491541480265422023-02-14T09:47:57.562-05:002023-02-14T09:47:57.562-05:00What were/are y'all listening to these songs o...What were/are y'all listening to these songs on - a paper cup and a piece a string??<br /><br />My perceptions of Bread & Butter were of younger white males, and the original 'Venus' singer, definitely male.<br /><br />Out of all the artists discussed in this blog, the only one you'll have trouble convincing me of is Nick Gilder. Are we sure he didin't just write his most famous song, and some chick didn't sing it?<br /><br />The under thirty crowd where I work swear that's a woman singing "Hot Child". The tonal inflections, the breathing between words, all of it.TheKManRockshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01625948147894708489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15023065.post-58543641332803912762018-10-27T10:19:39.069-04:002018-10-27T10:19:39.069-04:00As a child back in the sixties I loved Dionne Warw...As a child back in the sixties I loved Dionne Warwick's (Do Know the Way to) San Jose. I imagined the singer was a beautiful blond white woman, a real California Girl. My shock upon seeing that Diane Warwick, though quite beautiful, was very much NOT white was comparable to the shock I felt upon learning learning what sex was.Cotton Dreadworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00043062673376422310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15023065.post-12436817681658187602018-09-21T03:30:49.285-04:002018-09-21T03:30:49.285-04:00When I first heard Air Supply I thought it was a w...When I first heard Air Supply I thought it was a womanAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01658526647244958312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15023065.post-72755187781650301632016-08-17T11:11:06.341-04:002016-08-17T11:11:06.341-04:00Until I read this comment, I thought it WAS by Are...Until I read this comment, I thought it WAS by Aretha Franklin!Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03119827816698009731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15023065.post-44164229393504260532016-08-16T21:34:04.959-04:002016-08-16T21:34:04.959-04:00Oddly enough, and don't ask me how, but that w...Oddly enough, and don't ask me how, but that was one song that I knew was sung by a man...but I can totally hear how one would think otherwise.Pamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18122952408610512684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15023065.post-1030558332077801362016-08-16T21:33:20.087-04:002016-08-16T21:33:20.087-04:00Indeed, her voice is a dead ringer for the Queen o...Indeed, her voice is a dead ringer for the Queen of soul's. Pamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18122952408610512684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15023065.post-59233803859860218152016-08-16T03:19:09.449-04:002016-08-16T03:19:09.449-04:00Boy, was I ever off base! I somehow thought Gilder...Boy, was I ever off base! I somehow thought Gilder was dead, but I'm glad to hear otherwise. I guess I just confused him with someone else who kicked the bucket, you know how us old guys are. We can't keep straight who's alive or dead anymore. How embarrassing. <br />I wasn't sure about the Ozark Mountain Daredevils either, when that song was popular. It sure is a great song, though.<br />And I had to have somebody explain Boy George to me, when I was a teenager. <br />That woman from Shocking Blue looked like she was a vampire.<br />M.P.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15023065.post-67636302031148082392016-08-15T21:27:34.093-04:002016-08-15T21:27:34.093-04:00Until this year I thought the band Ozark Mountain ...Until this year I thought the band Ozark Mountain Daredevils was fronted by a woman for the song Jackie Blue. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrbNeOEG0GY Just listen and tell me what you hear!Stonemavenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07379953318010297056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15023065.post-9437412127917965492016-08-15T17:39:27.287-04:002016-08-15T17:39:27.287-04:00There was a hit soul song from the 60s called &quo...There was a hit soul song from the 60s called "Rescue Me" by a woman named Fontella Bass. One listen and you'd swear up and down it was Aretha. Richhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11376065182154885503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15023065.post-19162086135617682272016-08-15T10:59:01.749-04:002016-08-15T10:59:01.749-04:00First time i heard "Never gonna give you up&q...First time i heard "Never gonna give you up" on the radio , i was sure it was a Afro American male. Boy was i wrong.. X & J's dadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08011336668211283583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15023065.post-48132292570776325442016-08-15T10:41:36.091-04:002016-08-15T10:41:36.091-04:00Yeah...I remember seeing the "Karma Chameleon...Yeah...I remember seeing the "Karma Chameleon" video for the first time and it was kind of an assault to my eyes! I love Culture Club.Pamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18122952408610512684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15023065.post-21052993496219526122016-08-15T10:40:12.027-04:002016-08-15T10:40:12.027-04:00I don't think it's being racist at all, an...I don't think it's being racist at all, and I thought of adding the same apology in advance to this post, except I see nothing offensive about it. It is what it is and frankly I think it's a compliment to these singers (except for that Newbeats guy; his falsetto really grates on my nerves, LOL.) We really do live in an ultra sensitive, overly PC world most of the time. By the way, the late Terry Kath of Chicago was often referred to as "the white Ray Charles." <br /><br />By the way M.P., Nick Gilder is still alive. Pamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18122952408610512684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15023065.post-70191246603660864792016-08-15T10:36:18.227-04:002016-08-15T10:36:18.227-04:00Good one, Jeff! The first time I heard that song w...Good one, Jeff! The first time I heard that song was Bananarama's version but I may have thought the same as you when first hearing the original by Shocking Blue. And yes, she was beautiful. Pamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18122952408610512684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15023065.post-5711821221484202802016-08-15T09:33:04.285-04:002016-08-15T09:33:04.285-04:00I both heard and saw Boy George singing "Karm...I both heard and saw Boy George singing "Karma Chameleon" back in the '80's and was convinced he was a girl.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03119827816698009731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15023065.post-38090051480734866732016-08-15T05:26:49.947-04:002016-08-15T05:26:49.947-04:00I remember when I first heard Venus by Shocking Bl...I remember when I first heard Venus by Shocking Blue I thought it was a man singing. It was of course, Mireska Viers, a woman (and a strikingly beautiful one at that).JZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04830586696690222760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15023065.post-1034859698384446392016-08-14T23:05:54.177-04:002016-08-14T23:05:54.177-04:00I thought Nick Gilder was a woman too. In fact, I ...I thought Nick Gilder was a woman too. In fact, I was under that impression until I read his obituary, many years later.<br />I'm the world's biggest Who fan, I've got most of their albums and some great concert DVD's, but when I was a little kid, I thought the singer was a black guy. I don't wanna sound racist here, but in the '70's you had white singers like Seals and Croft, Paul Simon, or Glenn Fry, and then you had blues and soul singers like Wilson Pickett and James Brown, and I guess the raw, rough, gutsy power Roger Daltrey sang with somehow made me picture him as a black dude. Again, I don't mean that in any kind of racist way, it was just my impression.<br />You have to remember, I was a little kid on a farm out in Iowa, and I wasn't privy to much information about the wider world.<br />Steve Winwood, in the '60's and early '70's, could do a pretty good Ray Charles impersonation, but of course there's nobody like the original.<br />M.P.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com