They don't. I've made several small attempts to put together a band of crossdressers. The only answer I got was from someone who was the TG frontwoman of a band of cis people who wanted a TG bass player (hence why she was emailing me). I checked out their music and it was all about being TG. No wonder they don't have a fan base, they're only appealing to a pretty small minority where most people in that minority won't publicly admit they're in that minority. Really, it's like having a band that sings praise to the Pythagoreans. Who's going to go to that show?Originally Posted by Tracii G
Joan Jett ran into this. She didn't change pronouns to fit her songs, and some of her songs were written by men about women. You don't see how that changes the meaning of the song? The fundamental love theme is still there, of course, and is the strongest theme, but having a woman singing it doesn't change it? What about when Tiffany did "I saw her standing there"? She changed the pronouns....To be honest there are no rules and how is a song any different because of the gender of the one playing it?
Of course, ultimately, what if a band of CDers played "Girls just want to have fun"? Originally the song was quite misogynist. Cyndi Lauper refused to sing those lyrics and rewrote her own. Then you turn around and put them back in the mouths of a group of GM's that are presenting as women. That doesn't change the meaning in any way?
