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Keep Hoping Machine Running ([personal profile] thefourthvine) wrote2006-09-27 09:56 pm
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Poll and Miscellany

Three things, almost entirely content free. (But one of them is a poll! There will be clicking, and that's always fun, right?)

I swear I will have actual content in this LJ again. Eventually. In the meantime -
  1. Remember the poll? Um, this one? Thanks to everyone who took it, by the way, and I am slowly working my way through the comments, because they are meaty and thought-filled and fun. And I'm knee-deep in meta about it, but it's taken a strange turn. So I'm hoping that some of you will do my a favor, and run a poll like this one:

    [Poll #831564]

    Basically, I want you to ask your friends what archetype they think you are. (I've alphabetized the archetypes to make finding them easier.) And while you're here, please do pick mine; I'm truly curious to see if there's a difference between how I see myself and how others see me. (In this sense only. I'm not crazy.)

    Sadly, I don't have bribes to offer. But if you do run a poll like this, and you also drop me a link in the comments here, I will be forever grateful. And you will be furthering the cause of meta. (I know, I know, it's not precisely ever fan's dream, but - stay with me, here, okay?)

  2. This is driving me insane, so - okay. I collect what I call genderswapped songs. Although, really, I should call them ungenderswapped songs - the song is covered by a singer of a different sex than the original one, but no gendered element of the song is changed. I have one song by Cam Clarke, from Inside Out, which is a whole CD of songs just like this. (The one I have is Son of a Preacher Man.) And I cannot find the whole CD anywhere. Does anyone have a copy of this? Or know where I can get a copy of this? I am experiencing the anguish of the thwarted collector, and it is not pretty.

  3. This is more of a bonus item; I found it interesting. If any of you watch AMVs - and if you don't, why not? - you might want to take a look at this AMV-related survey.

[identity profile] retrofit88.livejournal.com 2006-09-28 04:31 pm (UTC)(link)
I am SO enjoying the way the comments on this post have turned into a "gender issues" songfest. I have a couple of cool ones to contribute, but they're apparently not on my MP3 player right now. I'll try to look up some contributions of my own when I get home where most of my music is.

I'm not posting your poll on my journal, because I don't think it'd get any responses. Nobody knows me. And I'm fine with that. :)

[identity profile] retrofit88.livejournal.com 2006-09-28 11:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Grrh. Turns out I don't have the Lyle Lovett cover of "Stand By Your Man" anywhere rippable.

Sounds like you're looking for songs that are gendered in the lyrics and being sung by someone who is not the same gender as the original artist. What I have is a little different - it's "Jesus Christ Superstar (A Resurrection)", with Amy Ray of the Indigo Girls singing Jesus (a full octave lower than the original-broadway-cast guy.)

Here's two of the songs, one that are mostly Jesus singing - could share more if you're interested.
"Poor Jerusalem" - www.sendspace.com/file/hoex1n
"Gethsemane" - www.sendspace.com/file/6cpl55

[identity profile] thefourthvine.livejournal.com 2006-09-30 04:06 am (UTC)(link)
Turns out I don't have the Lyle Lovett cover of "Stand By Your Man" anywhere rippable.

Darn. I must find this, because that is just a fantastic concept.

What I have is a little different - it's "Jesus Christ Superstar (A Resurrection)", with Amy Ray of the Indigo Girls singing Jesus (a full octave lower than the original-broadway-cast guy.)

OMG. Thank you so much. And - does this mean there was actually a production of JCS with Amy Ray playing Jesus? Because that would be too wonderful for words.

[identity profile] retrofit88.livejournal.com 2006-09-30 05:48 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't think there was an actual production of JCS with Amy Ray - it was an Atlanta-music-community project I think in the mid-to-late nineties. Emily Saliers is Mary Magdalene, and the other musicians are less big names, but very good. There's a new song added that's a sort of funky-jazzy-rap that starts "Jesus is back... in the nineties... with a new funk!" I really enjoy it - though the reviews on amazon are startlingly bad! :)
(http://www.amazon.com/Jesus-Christ-Superstar-Resurrection-Studio/dp/B0000018CA/ref=sr_11_1/002-7589525-4172003?ie=UTF8)

The Replacements did a love song that you might enjoy - it's not exactly genderswapped, but it's called "Anadrogynous" (it was misspelled on the original release). Includes such great lines as:
"Now, something meets Boy, and something meets Girl
They both look the same
They're overjoyed in this world"
and the chorus:
"Closer than you know, love each other so
Androgynous"

I do have it in digital format. If you want it, let me know.

[identity profile] ken-more.livejournal.com 2006-10-02 10:51 am (UTC)(link)
Coming into this a little late, but I uploaded the Lyle Lovett song for you: http://www.sendspace.com/file/4r7prm