Songs that speak to you on your CD journey

[Scarlett1975]

For me as u have young children, Disney's "let it go" and old favorite "true colurs" anyone else have any songs that talk to them?

[CarlaWestin]

Girls Just Want To Have Fun

[Jaylyn]

My grandkids love the song Let It Go and I found myself singing right along with them. Never thought about it relating to my CD though but now that you mention it, I can see how it would. One I thought about is really old by Judy Garland I think "Somewhere Over The Rainbow "

[DIANEF]

'Fit', by Joe Jackson (from the 'Beat Crazy' album), amongst others..and the ones listed below..

[Helena]

Iris by the Googoo dolls

"And I don't want the world to see me
'Cause I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's meant to be broken
I just want you to know who I am…"

[Kayliedaskope]

Well .... -giggles- .... since no one has mentioned it yet.

"Lola" by The Kinks

:)

[sara66]

as girls go, Suzanne vega
Sara

[NicoleScott]

William Tell Overture.
What? How so?

There are no words. haha

No, titty rump titty rump titty rump rump rump doesn't count.

[Lana Mae]

"Walk this way" "Lola" as has been mentioned, "I got you, babe" the list goes on and on this should be enough for now! Hugs Lana Mae

[alwayshave]

Man! I Feel Like a Woman!

[BLUE ORCHID]

The same as Jamie above^^^^^^^ Man! I feel Like Woman ! >Orchid

[nikkim83]

Hmmm on my playlist,

Yep Frozen Let it Go.

Don't rain on my parade.

Pink Just Like a Pill

Pink Don't let me get me.

Rhianna Monster inside me

Rhianna Only Girl in the world

Born this Way Lady Gaga

Kesha We R who we R

[nvlady]

Chuck Berry's Sweet Little Sixteen. The line in there about tight dresses and lipstick always got me daydreaming.

[NancySue]

A Pretty Girl is Like a Melody and Silk Stockings

[Leslie Langford]

Where do I start???

In no particular order...

- Born This Way by Lady Gaga

- Dude Looks Like a Lady by Aerosmith

- Man! I Feel Like a Woman by Shania Twain

- Lola by The Kinks

- Take a Walk on the Wild Side by Lou Reed

- Walking Around in Women's Underwear by Bob Rivers (parody of Winter Wonderland)

- Rebel, Rebel by David Bowie

- What It Feels Like For a Girl by Madonna

- Get Back by The Beatles

- Sweet Transvestite by Dr. Frank 'n' Furter (Rocky Horror Picture Show)

- The Lumberjack Song by the Monty Python group

- Honey, Can I Put on Your Clothes? by Barbra Streisand

- Ob-la-di, ob-la-da by The Beatles

The list goes on and on...;)

[Wyomingal1]

For me every time aerosmith's "dude looms loke a lady" comes on it makes me think of my time dressing.
Hugs and kisses
Jessie

[LookingGlass]

"Freedom '90" by George Michael for the coming out aspect

[Kas]

Garbage - Cherry lips (Go Baby Go)

I like to pretend she's singing about me!

[Scarlett1975]

Gee there's a lot more than I thought of, cherry lips I used to love and found out it was about CD or trans and loved it more, but had forgotten

[Tracii G]

Never really thought about it.
One song that speaks to my gender dysphoria or CD journey?
Can't think of one.

[Lisa Gerrie]

Billy Joel; The Stranger

Well, we all have a face
That we hide away forever
And we take them out
And show ourselves when everyone has gone
Some are satin, some are steel
Some are silk and some are leather
They're the faces of a stranger
But we'd love to try them on


Well, we all fall in love
But we disregard the danger
Though we share so many secrets
There are some we never tell
Why were you so surprised
That you never saw the stranger
Did you ever let your lover
See the stranger in yourself?

[Micki_Finn]

“As Girls Go” by Suzanne Vega. Actually specifically about trans/crossdress

[Becky Blue]

Amazing song by an Australian Singer Missy Higgins called The Special Two... for some reason the song is just my song
take a listen if you don't know it its a beautiful song.


"The Special Two"

I've hardly been outside my room in days,
'Cause I don't feel that I deserve the sunshine's rays.
The darkness helped until the whiskey wore away,
And it was then I realized the conscience never fades.

When you're young you have this image of your life,
That you'll be scrupulous and one day even make a wife.
And you make boundaries you'd never dream to cross,
And if you happen to you wake completely lost.

But I will fight for you,
Be sure that I will fight
Until we're the special two once again.

And we will only need each other, we'll bleed together,
Our hands will not be taught to hold another's,
'Cause we're the special two.
And we could only see each other, we'll breathe together,
These arms will not be taught to need another's,
'Cause we're the special two.

I remember someone old once said to me,
"That lies will lock you up with truth the only key."
But I was comfortable and warm inside my shell,
And couldn't see this place could soon become my hell.

So is it better to tell and hurt or lie to save their face?
Well, I guess the answer is don't do it in the first place.
I know I'm not deserving of your trust from you right now,
But if by chance you change your mind you know I will not let you down
'Cause we were the special two, and we'll be again.

And we will only need each other, we'll bleed together,
Our hands will not be taught to hold another's,
'Cause we're the special two.
And we could only see each other we'll breathe together,
These arms will not be taught to need another's...
We're the special two.

I step outside my mind's eyes for a minute.
And I look over me like a doctor looking for disease
Or something that could ease the pain.
But nothing cures the hurt, you, you bring on by yourself,
Just remembering, just remembering how we were...

When we would only need each other, we'd bleed together,
These hands would not be taught to hold another's,
We were the special two.
And we could only see each other, we'd bleed together,
These arms would not be taught to need another's,
'Cause we're the special two.

[AllyCDTV]

So many, but the top two would probably be:

"She's a Beauty" - The Tubes

"When I Grow Up" - Garbagge

[jennifer0918]

"It my life"by no doubt
"Cause I'm just a girl "by no doubt

[prettytoes]

Bobbi with an "I"...Phil Vassar

[Rayleen]

Bobby's girl or "pretty little Claudette"

[sometimes_miss]

While it might not exactly fit each's own life, this one explains a lot about life in general. The advice given, 'Never wait, or hesitate, get in, kid, before it's too late, you may never get another chance', seems good advice, especially to anyone who's troubled, trying to make a decision about something.
Here's Rod Stewart with the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95zxtaKQBBc

Rod's 'The Killing of Georgie'. I think it was 1976.

[Lydianne]

Parts of songs:
"I Can't Tell You Why" & "One Of These Nights" - Eagles.

"Every time I try to walk away,"
"Something makes me turn around and stay."
"And I can't tell you why."

. . .


"The full moon is calling, the fever is high,"
"and the wicked wind whispers and moans."
"You've got your demons, and you've got desires,"
"Well, I got a few of my own.."

"..I've been searching for the daughter of the devil himself,"
"I've been searching for an angel in white"
"I've been waiting for a woman who's a little of both"
"And I can feel her, but she's nowhere in sight."

[Littleg2]

I would like to add here (as my partner and I both love music), that I told him/her just the other day that his cd'ing gives a whole new meaning to 'Underneath Your Clothes' by Shakira. (regarding his underdressing) His response... "My hips don't lie" with a wink. :) We are both enjoying this new chapter of our journey. -g

[Jayne44C]

"Coming Around Again" - Carly Simon

I know nothin' stays the same
But if you're willin' to play the game
It's comin' around again
So don't mind if I fall apart
There's more room in a broken heart

[Sandra_Dodds]

I often associate the chorus to Iris by the Goo Goo Dolls with cross-dressing

And I don't want the world to see me
'Cause I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's meant to be broken
I just want you to know who I am

Some other songs not already mentioned:
Androgyny by Garbage - Boys in the girl's room, Girls in the men's room, You free your mind in your androgyny
American Girls by Counting Crows - I'm goin' through my closets, tryin' on her clothes almost everyday
King for a Day by Green Day - King for a day, princess by dawn

The last one IS very much a song about crossdressing.

[Pat]

The song that made me come out to my brother (the last person I had to come out to) was "Quiet" by MILCK. I heard it on Samantha Bee's show after the Woman's March on Washington. It's not about gender, but the chorus got into me and made me realize that if I was invisible, it was because I was being silent:

"But no one knows me no one ever will
if I don't say something, if I just lie still
Would I be that monster, scare them all away
If I let the-em hear what I have to say

I can't keep quiet, no oh oh oh oh oh oh
I can't keep quiet, no oh oh oh oh oh oh
A one woman riot, oh oh oh oh oh oh oh

I can't keep quiet
For anyone
Anymore"

It can still get me out the door on days that I'm feeling too delicate (cough, cough) to face a cruel world. After listening to it, I go out the door like a torpedo leaves a tube. ;)

The version performed live on Samantha Bee was awesome (https://youtu.be/V9lond4SXgk ) The version that got turned into a music video not so much.

[sometimes_miss]

I forgot all about this one, also from long ago, which at the time, explained what I was going through quite well. Billy Joel's 'The Stranger'.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6yQ14TGB8U
Well we all have a face
That we hide away forever
And we take them out and
Show ourselves
When everyone has gone
Some are satin some are steel
Some are silk and some are leather
They're the faces of the stranger
But we love to try them on

and at the end,

You may never understand
How the stranger is inspired
But he isn't always evil
And he is not always wrong
Though you drown in good intentions
You will never quench the fire
You'll give in to your desire
When the stranger comes along

That says it all, doesn't it?

[Lydianne]

Mich Salem mentioned Billy Joel's "The Stranger" here (https://www.crossdressers.com/forums/showthread.php?253527-Songs-that-speak-to-you-on-your-CD-journey&p=4163438&viewfull=1#post4163438).

Helena mentioned "Iris" by the Goo Goo Dolls here (https://www.crossdressers.com/forums/showthread.php?253527-Songs-that-speak-to-you-on-your-CD-journey&p=4163337&viewfull=1#post4163337).

But it's good to have confirmation :).

[Alice K]

“I’ve got you under my skin”. Four Seasons and also Frank Sinatra

[sarah_hillcrest]

The song Leslie Ann Levine by the Decemberists. It was one of the first songs I heard by them and I fell in love with singing, "My name is Leslie Ann Levine," of course the song is morbid. I looked up the song on youtube and a very well made amateur music video with a really cute girl performing in different costumes and a very similar looking guy, I realized eventually they were the same person and it occurred to me why I had connected with the song so much.

Two more songs that quickly pop into my mind. "All dolled up in Straps" by the National. "Pink Rabbits" also by the National.

I've been a huge counting crows fan my whole life and the song, "Round Here," connected with me. Later he released "I Wish I Was a Girl" which actually has a slightly different meaning, but still... The last album they did has the amazing Palasades Park about a Crossdresser who gets lost in the wilderness of New York. If you haven't seen the video you should look it up!

[Barbara Black]

Abracadabra - Steve Miller - the lyric: "Black Panties and an Angel's face" I always wanted to wear those black panties..

[Linda Leigh]

Who are you by the who

[jennifer1958]

"Man I feel Like a Woman"

Jennifer

[CarleyR]

I told about this song in another thread. Great theme for crossdressers.
https://www.crossdressers.com/forums/showthread.php?252764-Bitty-Boppy-Betty&highlight=

[StephanieM]

The Goo Goo Dolls , Iris, and The Stranger by Billy Joel, as a couple of other people have mentioned.

[LilSissyStevie]

My CD journey is like a ....

Train to Nowhere - Savoy Brown

You can catch it if you want to ride
Don't you worry if it pass you by
You can catch it if you want to ride
Don't you worry if it pass you by

Lord you know the reason why
On this train till I die
Train I ride goes to God knows where
I don't know and I don't care

Train I ride goes to God knows where
I don't know and I don't care
If you ain't got money don't despair
'Cause you don't have to pay no fare

Please now brother don't you ride this train
Ride the wrong rails, live your life in vain
Please now brother don't you ride this train
Ride the wrong rails, live your life in vain

[Leslie Langford]

Not so much the songs...well, maybe except for Karma Chameleon...but certainly the singer: Boy George.

In that same vein, remember these album covers by Poison and Adam Lambert ?:

[Amelie]

I am a Rock Simon and Garfunkel

I've built walls
A fortress deep and mighty
That none may penetrate
I have no need of friendship, friendship causes pain
It's laughter and it's loving I disdain

Emma By Hot Chocolate.

It was cold and dark December night
When I opened the bedroom door
To find her lying still and cold up on the bed
A love letter lying on the bedroom floor

It read, "Darling, I love you.
But I just can't keep on living on dreams no more.
I tried so very hard not to leave you alone.
I just can't keep on tryin' no more."

[Barbara Jo]

Speaking of Simon and Garfunkel......

"The 59th Street Bridge Song"
....For times when I'm in a great mood. :)

Some times......
"Strawberry Fields"

[Robyn16]

Brave - Sara Bareilles
Little black dress - Sara Bareilles

What can I say I’m in a Sara Bareilles phase :battingeyelashes:

[Lacey New]

Aretha Franklin - You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Woman - What I feel like whenever I first simply put on a pair of panties

[Beverley Sims]

Yes!
They have all been mentioned in the replies here, I have none to add now. :-)

[Charlotte7]

The Winner Takes It All - ABBA
The Day Before You Came - ABBA

Actually, most things by ABBA. And the already mentioned

Girls Just Wanna Have Fun - Cyndi Lauper

[Charlene Wilson]

Lola by the Kinks

[Susan Smokes]

Double Life, By Styx.

[Robbin_Sinclair]

My first foray into changing sexuality probably started about the same Lola came out. I had an experience with the different lifestyles in Chicago and I just thought the song was cool.

I played it on a "juke box" in a bar during the day and the bartender got angry. She changed it, giving me my money back. That was weird.

Today it would be "Somewhere Over The Rainbow"

[CrossKimmy]

So many songs!

Shania Twain -I Feel Like a Woman
Katy Perry -Firework
Spice Girls -Do It
Lady Gaga -Born This Way
Shiny Toy Guns -Turn to Real Life
Fergie -Big Girls Don't Cry

[Melissa Lange]

Eternal Flame by The Bangles. Gets me into my feminine voice's register.

[Lydianne]

I heard "Didn't We Almost Have It All" midweek, and it made me think to myself in a moment of weakness that maybe some stuff might have worked out, or maybe I should have given it a chance.

But a 25-year decision does not get flipped in one day :straightface:.


Btw, @Lacey New: I like that! :daydreaming:.

[josie_S]

I love "Can't Get you Out of My Head' by Kylie Minogue. So femme!

[JaneinFL]

Suprised not to see " Ballad of Cleo and Joe" by Cyndi Lauper on this yet! Another would be "Secret" by Heart

[Christina89]

Man! I Feel Like A Woman by the great Shania Twain
My Humps by The Black Eyed Peas
Firework by Katy Perry
Born This Way by Lady Gaga
Lola by The Kinks.

[Heather J]

Better Not Tell Her - Carly Simon
Beautiful - Christin Aguilera
Lola - The Kinks

[Rowan Ailbhe]

lol...Turn the page..
Most times you can't hear 'em talk, other times you can
All the same old clichés: "Is that a woman or a man?"
And you always seem outnumbered, you don't dare make a stand

Here I am, on a road again
There I am, up on the stage
Here I go, playing the star again
There I go, turn the page

[Jessica86]

Anberlin-Feel Good Drag