Songs like “sugar magnolia” or “cripple creek” but gender swapped?
April 6, 2019 11:00 AM Subscribe
Just trying to clear a random thought. Popular songs by women artists about why their guy was fun and awesome? Not pining or bittersweet. Other gender combinations also welcome.
case/lang/veirs, "Best Kept Secret"—it's actually about a friend of one of the band members, but it's still delightful.
posted by limeonaire at 11:33 AM on April 6, 2019 [4 favorites]
posted by limeonaire at 11:33 AM on April 6, 2019 [4 favorites]
My Man, by Yoko Ono. Also by Yoko (and this is a better song) : I Want My Love to Rest Tonight.
posted by alex1965 at 11:35 AM on April 6, 2019
posted by alex1965 at 11:35 AM on April 6, 2019
Deniece Williams Let's Hear it for the Boy?
posted by fingersandtoes at 11:42 AM on April 6, 2019 [5 favorites]
posted by fingersandtoes at 11:42 AM on April 6, 2019 [5 favorites]
Alison Krauss's "The Lucky One" is mostly like this. There appears to be a sad undertone, but that just might be Krauss.
posted by ubiquity at 2:30 PM on April 6, 2019 [2 favorites]
posted by ubiquity at 2:30 PM on April 6, 2019 [2 favorites]
Lemme use your toothbrush
Have you got a clean shirt?
My panties in a wad
At the bottom of my purse
-Joan Osborne, “Right Hand Man”
posted by Pirate-Bartender-Zombie-Monkey at 2:50 PM on April 6, 2019 [2 favorites]
Have you got a clean shirt?
My panties in a wad
At the bottom of my purse
-Joan Osborne, “Right Hand Man”
posted by Pirate-Bartender-Zombie-Monkey at 2:50 PM on April 6, 2019 [2 favorites]
Laura Veirs's Tiger Tattoos seems like a bullseye.
posted by Glomar response at 4:17 PM on April 6, 2019
posted by Glomar response at 4:17 PM on April 6, 2019
Jockey loves his Moggy dearly
Hasn't been popular for a while, but it's sweet.
posted by clew at 4:44 PM on April 6, 2019
Hasn't been popular for a while, but it's sweet.
posted by clew at 4:44 PM on April 6, 2019
Kiss and Say Goodbye by the McGarrigle sisters is such a good one.
posted by Lawn Beaver at 7:02 AM on April 7, 2019
posted by Lawn Beaver at 7:02 AM on April 7, 2019
John Prine's "In Spite of Ourselves" has both the man and the woman each telling how their partner delights them, so doesn't quite fit your ask, but it's sweet. This SLYT has too much chat but the singing's good: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8tTwXv4glY
posted by anadem at 11:00 AM on April 7, 2019 [2 favorites]
posted by anadem at 11:00 AM on April 7, 2019 [2 favorites]
Another Joni Mitchell song:
My old man he's a singer in the park
He's a walker in the rain
He's a dancer in the dark
We don't need no piece of paper from the city hall
Keeping us tied and true no, my old man
Keeping away my blues
He's my sunshine in the morning
He's my fireworks at the end of the day
He's the warmest chord I ever heard
Play that warm chord, play and stay baby
posted by lunasol at 9:42 PM on April 7, 2019 [1 favorite]
My old man he's a singer in the park
He's a walker in the rain
He's a dancer in the dark
We don't need no piece of paper from the city hall
Keeping us tied and true no, my old man
Keeping away my blues
He's my sunshine in the morning
He's my fireworks at the end of the day
He's the warmest chord I ever heard
Play that warm chord, play and stay baby
posted by lunasol at 9:42 PM on April 7, 2019 [1 favorite]
Lucinda Williams - Essence
Judy & Buddy Miller - You Make My Heart Beat Too Fast
posted by Thorzdad at 8:22 AM on April 8, 2019
Judy & Buddy Miller - You Make My Heart Beat Too Fast
posted by Thorzdad at 8:22 AM on April 8, 2019
Kacey Musgraves - Butterflies (apparently the first song she wrote after she met the gentleman who is now her husband).
posted by wuzandfuzz at 2:55 PM on April 8, 2019
posted by wuzandfuzz at 2:55 PM on April 8, 2019
Response by poster: Thanks so much for all the help and suggestions! I've got them all in a playlist and I'm lookin' forward to it.
posted by ftm at 7:20 AM on April 9, 2019 [1 favorite]
posted by ftm at 7:20 AM on April 9, 2019 [1 favorite]
What about Lucinda Williams' "I Just Wanted to See You So Bad?"
posted by kensington314 at 9:39 AM on April 9, 2019 [1 favorite]
posted by kensington314 at 9:39 AM on April 9, 2019 [1 favorite]
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There's a song by Huffamoose called "James." Although it's sung by a man, I heard an interview where he said he is singing it from the woman's point of view.
posted by wisekaren at 11:31 AM on April 6, 2019