I thought he/she was black/male/female/white etc..

also, whats with the dudes from System Of A Down - i've heard the singer's from the Lebanon but also from Albania - clarify?

All of System of a Down are Armenian-American. Glendale represent, and all that.

Cher's background is Armenian-American as well, I believe.

Terminator X's mom is German.

Speaking of which, I was never fooled a bit by Third Bass, because I saw the "Gas Face" video before I heard the song. But I know some radio-lovin' friends who were snookered on that one.

hahahahahahahaha.

http://www.vh1.com/shared/media/images/sn_legacy/addict/AMG_images/artists/P08619.JPG

i did not know that

now i'm confused.
the double-neck guitar sportin' David Fiuczynski that i was occasionally staring at -- from the radio booth, doing a live broadcast from a jazz fest in 2000, where D.F. was perfroming with Victor Bailey's group (and wadda a shite group, except for most of Kenny Garrett's contribution) -- well, that guitar man was anything but black...

Once I played Fishbone for my uncle, and about three-quarters-way through the album (it was Truth and Soul) he saw the album cover and was like "No way! These dudes are black?" and I'm like "Have you been listening? Did you miss that song that went 'when you're a fly in the buttermilk, they chase ya all through the night'!?!"

Prediction: This thread will soon turn into a discussion of "what is white anyway?" Which is a good question.

I guess I'm helping it along, aren't I?

and a white one at that! which the singer is not.
i thought the singer for cha cha cohen was a guy, but am only going on the word of my ex who claims it's a girl (never seen a pic).

Frank Zappa? Italian.

(i might be wrong but it seems appropriate.)

thought randy newman was black

I first thought both Babe Ruth and Amon Duul II were fronted by men singing in Plant/Anderson/Lee register.

I thought for the longest time that Sandy Denny's parts in "Battle of Evermore" were a second Plant track, and I still have a bit of difficulty not hearing it that way.

Also like many people, I assumed Nick Gilder was a woman when listening to "Hot Child in the City".

For many years, I thought Irene Cara was white, and while posting this I figured out I've been wrong for many years further in assuming she was black - she's biracial!

I thought for the longest time that Sandy Denny's parts in "Battle of Evermore" were a second Plant track, and I still have a bit of difficulty not hearing it that way.

Haha I think I heard it that way until I read otherwise at 13 or so. It was a little disappointing; I'd been really impressed by how he could just flip into such a pure tone in that register. Conversely, my friend asked "who's the babe?" when Peter Hamill switched to his pure falsetto voice on "A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers" (ironically, first on the line "I am a lonely man").

lol Sund4r ...

xp re kd lang : definitely heteronormativity probably plays a major role in some of this for when we were kids and mis-gendering based on lyrics

None of my friends believe me that “goodbye horses” was sung by a woman.

Conversely, my friend asked "who's the babe?" when Peter Hamill switched to his pure falsetto voice on "A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers" (ironically, first on the line "I am a lonely man").

this part always confounds me too, his falsetto never sounds that uh...pure elsewhere

Peter Hamill switched to his pure falsetto voice

My friend didn't believe that Hammill was doing the high background vocals on "Hemlock".

Keith Jarrett tells a great story of how Ornette Coleman says to him "you just have to be black" and Jarrett replies, "I'm working on it."

― joni mitchell jarre (anagram), Saturday, May 21, 2022 8:43 AM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

holy shit. i have seen many pictures of keith jarrett for many years and STILL thought he was black. i am in serious shock.

I always thought the lead singer on the We Five version of "You Were On My Mind" was a man...but it was Beverly Bivens.

I still hear her voice on that song as "male" somehow.

Been listening a lot to an album by an artist with what seems like a normal woman’s first and last name. Just found out it’s a trio of dudes. The music is still excellent but can we stop doing this?

— clipping. (@clppng) May 22, 2022

That woman’s name: Zeze Topp

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