Songs

Pressed this past weekend for examples of the "boyfriend vs. girlfriend" idea, I couldn't come up with very many examples. Here I will try to rectify that.

Boyfriend -> Girlfriend

Dolly Parton - "Jolene"

Billy Stewart - "Summertime"

Cansei de Ser Sexy - "Music Is My Hot Hot Sex" (aka "that iPod Touch commercial song")

The Who - "The Kids Are Alright"

Sublime - "The Wrong Way"

The Misfits - "Skulls"

Warrant - "Cherry Pie"

Eminem feat. Obie Trice and 50 Cent - "Love Me"

The Hold Steady - Almost Killed Me, Separation Sunday

Bruce Springsteen - "Atlantic City"

Pixies - "Cactus"

Heart - "Crazy on You," "What About Love"

Chuck Berry - Entire catalog except "My Ding a Ling"

Ani DiFranco - "Both Hands"

Girlfriend -> Boyfriend

Cake - "Jolene"

Howard Huntsberry - "Higher and Higher"

Eddie Vedder/Pearl Jam - "Won't Back Down" Tom Petty Cover, "Given to Fly"

The Misfits - "Last Caress"

Sublime - "What I Got"

Hello Stranger - "Her in These Lights"

Warrant - "Cherry Pie"

Neko Case - all songs

The Hold Steady - Boys and Girls in America

Bruce Springsteen - "Born to Run"

Pixies - "Gigantic"

Heart - "Magic Man"

Chuck Berry - "My Ding a Ling"

Ani DiFranco - "Shy"

These distinctions might not be clear to anyone but me, but hopefully they shed some light on the matter. The Ani example might seem off-message, but I think a close listen will bring the reader/listener down into my camp. If this post clears nothing up at all, then it is like many others. Maybe we'll try this again someday.

Keep your powder dry, everybody!