“Joey” by The Horrible Crowes
I adore Brian Fallon for things like this. He’s the lead singer of The Gaslight Anthem and The Horrible Crowes and he covers songs by female singers without changing any of the lyrics. I think this, along with his cover of Katy Perry’s “Teenage Dream,” Kelly Clarkson’s “I do not hook up,” and Gaslight’s original song, “Here Comes My Man,” Fallon shows that men can speak, sing and write in the female voice in serious, legitimate ways without abasing or degrading themselves because being female is not an insult.
By taking the female perspective in his music with such validity, he is transcending the supposed differences between the genders, showing that female created art is just as significant and beautiful as male created art. He is leveling the playing field by treating the female voice and female music the same way he treats male voiced and male written music.
Not only that, but it is arguable that by covering such female love songs as “Joey,” Fallon could even be giving a queer perspective in music, by virtue of being male singing a love song to another male.
Overall, I just adore him for doing these beautiful covers and not being afraid to consider the female perspective in his artwork.
