❌Monthly Song Challenge: Archived🎵

[Azuldrgon]

Day 9: A song that's originally done by a man, but covered by a woman

Ironically, I heard her version before I heard Meatloaf's.
Love her or hate her, she's got a voice.
+1

Currently +7 for the month not counting perfect attendance.

 

[---E---]

Day 9: A song that's originally done by a man, but covered by a woman
Angie - Tori Amos

 

[SalaciousMonkey22]

Day 9: a song originally done by a man but covered by a woman

9+1=10

Recently discovered. Take me home, country roads.

 

[Cogan]

Day 9: A song that’s originally done by a man, but covered by a woman

Joan Jett And The Blackhearts - Crimson and Clover

 

[UnquietDreams]

(+1 = 18)

I was 16 when I first encountered psilocybe cubensis, or ringslätskivling as it's known in Swedish. A non-descript, white-and-brown little mushroom, which grows in the wild pretty much all over the country. A friend of mine had picked a few, dried them, and called me over to try some. I was confused. Why would anyone enjoy dried mushrooms?

Oh, it's not due to their taste, that's for sure.

I don't remember much of that night. She explained to me that they were magic. They'd make us see things. She brought out a history book which detailed their use and history in Scandinavia, with records dating back as far as the viking age. That was about all the information we had to go on, in a time just before the internet had it's big break through.

"How do we...."
"Just... chew, I guess?"

Fuck, they are really, really gross. Then, darkness. The occasional ray of light illuminating my memory. Music nestled its way under our skin. The hairs on our arms danced a timid dance. The wallpaper swirled, and everything shifted to a warmer hue. Hands found hands, forearms, backs, bra clasps. Darkness again.

A beautiful experience. Decades later and we still revisit this land of Dreams from time to time.

Dreams. Music. Pop. Psychedelic pop. Dream pop.

Once, we ground the little buggers up and put them into capsules (dear internet, you are a godsend), and went to a concert in Gothenburg. A new band was playing, Little Dragon, and they played something called Dream Pop. A wonderous, floaty, soft electronica that makes you want to dance and sing and just exist right there, in the moment.

Listening to Little Dragon playing live while the entire world was melting around us is the closest I've ever gotten to a religious experience.
I swear I saw something divine that night.

Little Dragon - Millionaire

Original by André 3000 and Kelis. André has top billing on writing, so I think this one might pass todays theme?
Otherwise, you know where my butt is @morelikeasong

They've also written one of my favorite lines of all time.
Riding a unicorn through your Dalí

My first time with psilocybe cubensis was in a large movie theater, watching Pink Floyd's The Wall when it first came out. An all together different experience...

 

[lifeisgood3976]

"You Got It" by Bonnie Raitt. First recorded by Roy Orbison

 

[vagrantx]

My first time with psilocybe cubensis was in a large movie theater, watching Pink Floyd's The Wall when it first came out. An all together different experience...

That.... Different I don't think does it justice. You say "first" so I guess you came back to them sooner or later, but damn, that must've been an intense maiden voyage. I still don't like movies/moving pictures while traveling, and I'd consider myself an experienced psychonaut by now.

 

[curious_slut]

Day 9: A song that’s originally done by a man, but covered by a woman

I didn't hear the original until I'd already heard Britney's version so I guess I'm biased, but this version is better

 

[morelikeasong]

(+1 = 18)

I was 16 when I first encountered psilocybe cubensis, or ringslätskivling as it's known in Swedish. A non-descript, white-and-brown little mushroom, which grows in the wild pretty much all over the country. A friend of mine had picked a few, dried them, and called me over to try some. I was confused. Why would anyone enjoy dried mushrooms?

Oh, it's not due to their taste, that's for sure.

I don't remember much of that night. She explained to me that they were magic. They'd make us see things. She brought out a history book which detailed their use and history in Scandinavia, with records dating back as far as the viking age. That was about all the information we had to go on, in a time just before the internet had it's big break through.

"How do we...."
"Just... chew, I guess?"

Fuck, they are really, really gross. Then, darkness. The occasional ray of light illuminating my memory. Music nestled its way under our skin. The hairs on our arms danced a timid dance. The wallpaper swirled, and everything shifted to a warmer hue. Hands found hands, forearms, backs, bra clasps. Darkness again.

A beautiful experience. Decades later and we still revisit this land of Dreams from time to time.

Dreams. Music. Pop. Psychedelic pop. Dream pop.

Once, we ground the little buggers up and put them into capsules (dear internet, you are a godsend), and went to a concert in Gothenburg. A new band was playing, Little Dragon, and they played something called Dream Pop. A wonderous, floaty, soft electronica that makes you want to dance and sing and just exist right there, in the moment.

Listening to Little Dragon playing live while the entire world was melting around us is the closest I've ever gotten to a religious experience.
I swear I saw something divine that night.

Little Dragon - Millionaire

Original by André 3000 and Kelis. André has top billing on writing, so I think this one might pass todays theme?
Otherwise, you know where my butt is @morelikeasong

They've also written one of my favorite lines of all time.
Riding a unicorn through your Dalí

Rad story and song, per usual. Grinding and putting in a capsule… yes, that does sound like a better method. Certainly better than in a peanut butter sandwich.

Unfortunately your song choice doesn’t fit today’s theme. That’s a Kelis song, not an Andre 3000 song. You aren’t kicked out of the points challenge because you didn’t break the cardinal rule, but you don’t earn that point today. You’re back at 17.

Now, bend over.

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[hotoldrguy]

 

[UnquietDreams]

That.... Different I don't think does it justice. You say "first" so I guess you came back to them sooner or later, but damn, that must've been an intense maiden voyage. I still don't like movies/moving pictures while traveling, and I'd consider myself an experienced psychonaut by now.

I am old, and experimental, and I have dabbled in about everything. (After my girlfriend dumped me the week before my senior prom, the day of I put on my rented tux, dropped acid, and drove to the beach. Weird day...) I have tried several different hallucinogens, and I enjoyed mushrooms the most, though I no longer partake. Took peyote in a quasi-religious structure after a three-day fast, though I think my cousins were fucking with me on the religious part. (Arapaho didn't do peyote, heh. Found that out after...) But yeah, it was definitely spiritual.

 

[UnquietDreams]

Rad story and song, per usual. Grinding and putting in a capsule… yes, that does sound like a better method. Certainly better than in a peanut butter sandwich.

Unfortunately your song choice doesn’t fit today’s theme. That’s a Kelis song, not an Andre 3000 song. You aren’t kicked out of the points challenge because you didn’t break the cardinal rule, but you don’t earn that point today. You’re back at 17.

Now, bend over.

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Oh, me next! I didn't break a rule, but ME NEXT!

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[vagrantx]

Took peyote in a quasi-religious structure after a three-day fast,

That sounds excruciating! But you've lived, haven't you? Wow. Thank you for sharing!

Certainly better than in a peanut butter sandwich.

Ew! You can't top off a turd with another turd and hope it'll come out not-a-turd!

Unfortunately your song choice doesn’t fit today’s theme.

Darn! It was either this or Heart covering Stairway To Heaven. Would have earned me two, but I've already posted a Heart song...

Now, bend over.

Yes ma'am

 

[UnquietDreams]

Darn! It was either this or Heart covering Stairway To Heaven. Would have earned me two, but I've already posted a Heart song...

Oh, god, that Heart cover of Stairway to Heaven was so fucking good it made Robert Plant cry! And before that, he said he was so burnt out on that song he never wanted to hear it again.

I am so looking forward to seeing Heart again this fall!

 

[BaldAndHorny]

Day 9 - song originally done by a male and covered by a female:

Sheryl Crow covers Led Zepplin's 'Rock and Roll', and absolutely NAILS it - incredible performance (+1)

 

[AmberLGreen]

Day 9: A song that’s originally done by a man, but covered by a woman

This is one of my all time favourite covers. Leona Lewis covering Snow Patrol’s “Run”

 

[PassionatePanther]

Day 9: A song that’s originally done by a man, but covered by a woman

Highwomen by The Highwomen (+2 for a total of 5)

The song was re-written by band members
with Jimmy Webb's blessing. The song tells the story of how women throughout history have often sacrificed themselves for something greater. The four women in the song are an immigrant, a healer, a freedom rider, and a preacher.

 

[aussiegeekygal]

Day 9: A song that’s originally done by a man, but covered by a woman

I'm a huge Depeche Mode fan and recently introduced to Tori Amos by way of a slightly smitten Librarian.

This cover is haunting, beautiful and I adore it.

Enjoy The Silence - Tori Amos

 

[UnquietDreams]

Day 9: A song that’s originally done by a man, but covered by a woman

"Is Your Love Strong Enough?" - How to Destroy Angels (+1)

Another with so many options, it is hard to choose. @vagrantx almost, almost, sent me in another direction. But here we are. The tendency for distaff covers is to slow it down and soften it up. Not this one.

This may be controversial. 1985's Legend. It is a beautiful film, as all of Scott's films are. He has the best eye of his generation. The movie also understands how fairy tales work and, more importantly, feel. That said, like a lot of Scott's work as well, it is a bad movie. The scenes are fantastic, but on a whole, bad. Amazing cast, incredible make-up, absolutely worth seeing, and I love it for what it is, but...bad movie as a complete movie. I have the special edition Blu-ray (I love physical media. So many things that you don't get through streaming.) You have an option for the original orchestral soundtrack, which I like over the Tangerine Dream score (more controversy!). The lushness just fits better. But my favorite part of the original version is the closing track.

Bryan Ferry's gorgeous "Is Your Love Strong Enough?" The first time I saw the film, I sat in the theater a second time just to hear this song again. Part of it was immensely personal: it was a question I had for a woman I was truly in love with, the first woman I fully loved, and it laid it out beautifully. (Spoiler: no. No, it wasn't.) But this is a fantastic song, and Ferry has the perfect warm croon for it. I love this song.

Jump to 2006, and another movie I didn't actually see (the book was meh for me), The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. How to Destroy Angels covered "Is Your Love Strong Enough?" It is stripped down to its bones, and they are lovely bones. How to Destroy Angels is a Trent Reznor side project, but this song belongs to his wife, the amazingly talented Mariqueen Maandig Reznor. But Trent's cliped buzzy vocals are perfect, dropping in when they do. It keeps the same heart, the same soul. I love this version as well.

I could have gone with something for more points, but I couldn't have found something that sings to me as well.

(16+1=17)

 

[vagrantx]

I could have gone with something for more points,

Or you could have foregone the points and joined in for happy-fun-times with me and the thread goddess! Alas...

Beautiful song though! I read the synopsis for Legend, and... whew, no thank you. Scott's made some of the greatest films of all time, but, if they're not god-tier then they are shit-tier, with no middle ground.

 

[UnquietDreams]

Originally by Cream
Covered by Fanny

Discovering Fanny has been one of the highlights of my time on Lit. I missed them when they came out.

 

[aussiegeekygal]

Discovering Fanny has been one of the highlights of my time on Lit. I missed them when they came out.

I came for the "stories" and stayed for the music

 

[UnquietDreams]

Or you could have foregone the points and joined in for happy-fun-times with me and the thread goddess! Alas...

Beautiful song though! I read the synopsis for Legend, and... whew, no thank you. Scott's made some of the greatest films of all time, but, if they're not god-tier then they are shit-tier, with no middle ground.

Honestly, with Legend? I suggest watching it anyway. It is gorgeous. Tim Curry eating the scenery is worth it as well, and he has one of the best villain introduction scenes ever. And the scenes with the fairies, I believe, would resonate for you. The bits are fantastic. (It is a lot like Henson's Labyrinth in that. Amazing scenes, but the story is...less so.) Part of my pop-culture education with my daughter (yes, I have her watch movies, and we discuss the imagery, stories, themes, with what works and what doesn't. I make a teenager do homework at home. I am a bad father!) we went through this one, and she agreed that the feel was fantastic. Understand what it is, but I do suggest watching it.

Watch this and see what I mean, then make up your mind.

 

[RosewoodTulip]

Honestly, with Legend? I suggest watching it anyway. It is gorgeous. Tim Curry eating the scenery is worth it as well, and he has one of the best villain introduction scenes ever. And the scenes with the fairies, I believe, would resonate for you. The bits are fantastic. (It is a lot like Henson's Labyrinth in that. Amazing scenes, but the story is...less so.) Part of my pop-culture education with my daughter (yes, I have her watch movies, and we discuss the imagery, stories, themes, with what works and what doesn't. I make a teenager do homework at home. I am a bad father!) we went through this one, and she agreed that the feel was fantastic. Understand what it is, but I do suggest watching it.

Watch this and see what I mean, then make up your mind.

Completely agree with your take on Legend. It looks and feels like real fairy magic and Tim Curry is glorious in it. But the rewatch factor for me is minimal unless I'm wanting some nostalgia

 

[UnquietDreams]

Day 9: A song that’s originally done by a man, but covered by a woman
Sinead O’Conner made this Prince song way more famous

+1 = 9 and thank you for your generous ruling @morelikeasong

Point of order: Prince didn't cover it until well after Sinaed. It was written by Prince, but originally recorded by one of his protégé projects (and he had a lot of those), The Family. However, the lead was sung by St. Paul Peterson, so it still counts.