Another thing that kind of irritates me in music is "covers" (I know that's an offensive term, I don't know the preferred one) >
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Replying to @BootlegGirl
> where the singer is different gendered from the original singer and changes lyrics to account for this
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If they're trans i somewhat sympathize. But otherwise, why?
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messing with lyrics can be done conservatively or subversively, so I take it case by case
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ironically many "girl power" songs are covers of songs originally performed by men
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"Respect" is the one that springs to mind
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what's also interesting is when the impulse isn't just to switch around pronouns but the POV of the song
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like The Beach Boys turning "And Then He Kissed Me" into "And Then I Kissed Her"
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a TON of dudes who covered Taylor Swift's Blank Space inverted "I can turn the bad boys good for the weekend" completely
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Replying to @arthur_affect @BootlegGirl
into "I can turn the good girls bad for the weekend"
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