Oh man, I have a thing for genderswapped covers too. And of course, now that I'm looking for them, I can't remember any of the ones I have that are more than borderline.
One of my favorites is the Fine Young Cannibals version of Love for Sale off of the original Red Hot and Blue compilation. It's not a gendered song, per se, except that by subject matter and tradition it totally is: http://download.yousendit.com/409AB10933F9D255
Also good, but borderline is kd lang's cover of The Joker which I much prefer to the original. In particular the line "I really love your peaches//want to shake your tree" strikes me rather differently when the singer is a woman: http://download.yousendit.com/02BE526D56118286
I also love songwriters who write and perform songs from the perspective of the opposite gender. Richard Shindell does this a lot, some of his best songs are women's stories in first person, from Mary Magdalene to assorted women waiting at home during wartime.
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One of my favorites is the Fine Young Cannibals version of Love for Sale off of the original Red Hot and Blue compilation. It's not a gendered song, per se, except that by subject matter and tradition it totally is: http://download.yousendit.com/409AB10933F9D255
Also good, but borderline is kd lang's cover of The Joker which I much prefer to the original. In particular the line "I really love your peaches//want to shake your tree" strikes me rather differently when the singer is a woman: http://download.yousendit.com/02BE526D56118286
I also love songwriters who write and perform songs from the perspective of the opposite gender. Richard Shindell does this a lot, some of his best songs are women's stories in first person, from Mary Magdalene to assorted women waiting at home during wartime.