Transexuals in Songs

[Deimos]

those aren't songs about ts/tv persay, but relevant regardless

[giovanni_hotel]

those aren't songs about ts/tv persay, but relevant regardless

Listen to the song.

[Gregor Samsa]

"Androgynous" by The Replacements. Perhaps the most under-appreciated band in America. They thundered out of the American Northwest in the early 80's, with the Punk soul of Cockney guttersnipes and the hooky melodies of a (Sir) Paul McCartney. Imagine...Grunge and Nirvanna--but a full decade before Grunge and Nirvanna.

Here comes Dick, he's wearing a skirt
Here comes Jane, y'know she's sporting a chain
Same hair, revolution
Same build, evolution
Tomorrow who's gonna fuss

And they love each other so
Androgynous
Closer than you know, love each other so
Androgynous

Don't get him wrong and don't get him mad
He might be a father, but he sure ain't a dad
And she don't need advice that'll center her
She's happy with the way she looks
She's happy with her gender

Mirror image, see no damage
See no evil at all
Lyrics www.allthelyrics.com/lyrics/replacements/
Kewpie dolls and urine stalls
Will be laughed at
The way you're laughed at now

Now, something meets Boy, and something meets Girl
They both look the same
They're overjoyed in this world
Same hair, revolution
Unisex, evolution
Tomorrow who's gonna fuss
And tomorrow Dick is wearing pants
And tomorrow Janie's wearing a dress
Future outcasts and they don't last
And today, the people dress the way that they please
The way they tried to do in the last centuries

[Gregor Samsa]

Dude Looks Like A Lady by Aerosmith.

Aerosmith. Hmmm. I once read that the same bigshots who handled Aerosmith were once the same businessmen who saw promise in the New York Dolls (an early androgynous band). These same businessmen, after the demise of the Dolls, then saw the clone-ish/clownish Aerosmith (who cribbed their look from the NY Dolls) as their cash-register.

Aerosmith: to paraphrase Camille Saint-Saens, a band that was both original and good. Unfortunately, what was good about them wasn't original, and what was original wasn't good.

If it is still in print, I recommend "Gender Chameleons: Androgyny in Rock and Roll," by Steven Simels.

[giovanni_hotel]

Using the word 'androgynous' in a tune about the subject is didactic and not really creative IMO.

As for Aerosmith cribbing their look from the NY Dolls, I wasn't aware Aerosmith was known for wearing heavy powder and glam makeup on stage.

I was always thought and had read Aerosmith borrowed more from Led Zeppelin in their look and style than any other group.

[theone1982]

Aerosmith. Hmmm. I once read that the same bigshots who handled Aerosmith were once the same businessmen who saw promise in the New York Dolls (an early androgynous band). These same businessmen, after the demise of the Dolls, then saw the clone-ish/clownish Aerosmith (who cribbed their look from the NY Dolls) as their cash-register.

Aerosmith: to paraphrase Camille Saint-Saens, a band that was both original and good. Unfortunately, what was good about them wasn't original, and what was original wasn't good.

If it is still in print, I recommend "Gender Chameleons: Androgyny in Rock and Roll," by Steven Simels.

I'm not really a big Aerosmith fan either. I always heard "Dude Looks Like a Lady" was about Vince Neil from Motley Crue. Aerosmith ran into them at a bar, and Steven Tyler was going to hit on Vince until he realized he was a heavily glammed up man. Not sure about them ripping off the Dolls. If you really want to see a group that ripped off all those early glam bands, look no further than the corporate brand...errrr...I mean band, KISS.

[robertlouis]

I'm not really a big Aerosmith fan either. I always heard "Dude Looks Like a Lady" was about Vince Neil from Motley Crue. Aerosmith ran into them at a bar, and Steven Tyler was going to hit on Vince until he realized he was a heavily glammed up man. Not sure about them ripping off the Dolls. If you really want to see a group that ripped off all those early glam bands, look no further than the corporate brand...errrr...I mean band, KISS.

When I see or hear bands like these I'm so glad that punk came along when it did.

[giovanni_hotel]

Aerosmith pre-1980 had more in common with The Faces than the hair metal bands that came after.

They 'adapted' to remain relevant and sell LPs, but Aerosmith used to be a bottom line rock band IMO.

[theone1982]

Aerosmith pre-1980 had more in common with The Faces than the hair metal bands that came after.

They 'adapted' to remain relevant and sell LPs, but Aerosmith used to be a bottom line rock band IMO.

True. Hair metal, along with Run DMC, saved Aerosmith from becoming a sad car wreck of a story on Behind the Music.

[Steve-Oh]

Garbage - Cherry Lips (Go Baby Go)
Shirley Manson: just goddamn HOT!