Lift Voice, Carry Water

[omorka]

I have four versions of this song - the original, and three covers. This is the only one in male voice. Oddly enough, it retains the "she might overhear" at the end, rather than gender-reversing it properly, which makes me wonder exactly how much more of a genderbender a song about a man dominating a woman by insisting she become masculinely stoic during their affair can actually get. (That genderbenditude is the only thing preventing the male-voice version from sliding headlong into misogyny . . . )

Comments

[bassfingers.livejournal.com]

You stay out of this. I was asking Jen.

[omorka.livejournal.com]

This happens to be my LJ, and she is welcome to post whatever she wishes in response to whatever and whoever she wants as long as she stays civil. I would appreciate your attempting to be civil, too. If you don't like her responding to a question addressed to someone else, just ignore it.

[bassfingers.livejournal.com]

I apologize. I just now realized that she's speaking as a sexist herself, so I should probably welcome her personal insight as it regards her hatred of men.