Damn you, Bridget! Damn you to Hades! You broke my heart in a million pieces! You made me love you, and then you-- I SHAVED MY BEARD FOR YOU, DEVIL WOMAN!

Monty ,'Trash'


Natter 40: The Nice One  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


§ ita § - Nov 15, 2005 12:01:03 pm PST #4383 of 10006
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I would enjoy that.

You mean the original? By Otis? It sounds off to me, and I guess it's because when it's sung by a woman it's reactionary and trying to tip things towards balance, whereas by a man it's more likely to be status quo.


Daisy Jane - Nov 15, 2005 12:03:04 pm PST #4384 of 10006
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."

Yes.

--God

That should be the new billboard!


kat perez - Nov 15, 2005 12:03:13 pm PST #4385 of 10006
"We have trust issues." Mylar

I love the Otis version. A man needs his propers when he gets home just like a woman does.


Wolfram - Nov 15, 2005 12:05:57 pm PST #4386 of 10006
Visilurking

I'm curious if anyone else has seen this guy, or it's just circulating in my circle of Jews:

Matisyahu

To my untrained ear he sounds pretty good, although watching him brings on a strange sort of sensory dissonance.


erikaj - Nov 15, 2005 12:06:25 pm PST #4387 of 10006
Always Anti-fascist!

I could never really choose, but Aretha's is...iconic for a reason.


Jesse - Nov 15, 2005 12:07:52 pm PST #4388 of 10006
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I've never heard the Otis version, sadly.

It sounds off to me, and I guess it's because when it's sung by a woman it's reactionary and trying to tip things towards balance, whereas by a man it's more likely to be status quo.

Yeah, but I wish it didn't, so therefore I support both men and women in looking for a little respect.


Daisy Jane - Nov 15, 2005 12:08:33 pm PST #4389 of 10006
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."

R-E-S-P-E-C-T as sung by a man vs. as sung by a woman?

Not Jesse, but I think it would kind of depend on who was singing it.


§ ita § - Nov 15, 2005 12:10:31 pm PST #4390 of 10006
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I think it would kind of depend on who was singing it.

Otis v. Aretha.

Of course, my all time "No, gender was important to the meaning" is If I Was Your Girlfriend (see how it comes back to TLC? They jumped my shark with Waterfalls).


sarameg - Nov 15, 2005 12:11:13 pm PST #4391 of 10006

Matisyahu

I've been hearing him on the local indie/folk station (WTMD) for about a month now. Of course, until maybe a week ago, I thought it was "Modest Yahoo" because...well, it sounds awfully close, damnit.


§ ita § - Nov 15, 2005 12:13:15 pm PST #4392 of 10006
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I think the Otis one makes me think "Woman, I pay you too well for you to act this way!" and the Aretha makes me think "After all I do, how can you treat me that way when I get home?"

As I type that, I fully realise that if, say, late-era TLC had sung it, I'd have filed them with Otis (who I love, honest) and not Aretha, probably, so it's not gender -- it's vibe.