Bilal could do it! REALLY NOONE SHOULD!!! That song is PRINCE ALL THE WAY!

Cee-lo!!!

JoeTyler said:

DigitalGardin said:

"M A L E" singers....Im convinced that the allure of this song is a man singing it

IIWYG is not supposed to be sung by a male singer, hence the Camille voice; at least, that's what I think...

Prince COMPLETELY crossed the line of androgynous/gay/weird alter-egos with that song, and he nearly lost his straight male fan base in the process...of course, the Lovesexy front cover didn't help either; thank God for Batman I guess...

I'm a straight man and if i was your girlfriend is my favourite prince song. different strokes

Van Hunt

Lewis Taylor

Jamie Lidell

Al Green

and of course I'm missing the most logical choice...

Sly Stone

NightGod said:

Van Hunt

Lewis Taylor

Jamie Lidell

Al Green

and of course I'm missing the most logical choice...

Sly Stone

NouveauDance said:

Lady Gaga.

MajesticOne89 said:

ernestsewell said:

Agreed! I kind of wish the other bass player had laid out on the cover, so we could have heard her even more on bass. I think a stand-up bass like she was playing worked quite well, and doesn't necessarily require an electric bass. I'd love to hear her do a version. Maybe she will after last night. We can't be the only people that are raving about the performance.

That was my favorite part of the prince tribute!

She was my second least favorite (next to Patti)

I was intrigued to hear other things by her, but I thought the tribute performance was totally blah.

herrherr said:

Antony and the Johnsons

YES !

NouveauDance said:

JoeTyler said:

TLC already made an "almost as good as" the original Prince's version. Period.

Nah.

I agree with the OP, the song loses it's entire lyrical point when sung by a woman.

Exactly.

I'm surprised that so many people don't appear to have listened to the song properly or understood

the lyrics. The song only makes sense when sung by a man. Or to be more specific, sung by a

straight man to his girlfriend. When sung by a woman, the song's original meaning is completely

lost and it just becomes another song about unrequited love instead.

Maxwell?

ronnwinter said:

Hmm.. I will be shocked if many disagree with me.

When I said many wouldn't agree with you, I just meant about Adam Lambert being a good choice to cover it.

The rant after that was just my over-acting braincells scatting off the idea of the song from different POVs.

midiscover said:

Cee-lo!!!

Him too but I'd love it if he sang one of those "dark" ballads more.

Robin Thick! Just for shits n' giggles

Beck.

Kevin Barnes (from of Montreal).

NouveauDance said:

ronnwinter said:

Hmm.. I will be shocked if many disagree with me.

When I said many wouldn't agree with you, I just meant about Adam Lambert being a good choice to cover it.

The rant after that was just my over-acting braincells scatting off the idea of the song from different POVs.

Lol...oh sorry

IstenSzek said:

Beck.

Hey, it's the guy you don't really care for! How ya doin'?!

I actually agree with Beck. He could really put an interesting spin on the song I think.

no male singer could remake that song in my eyes.

BorisFishpaw said:

NouveauDance said:

Nah.

I agree with the OP, the song loses it's entire lyrical point when sung by a woman.

Exactly.

I'm surprised that so many people don't appear to have listened to the song properly or understood

the lyrics. The song only makes sense when sung by a man. Or to be more specific, sung by a

straight man to his girlfriend. When sung by a woman, the song's original meaning is completely

lost and it just becomes another song about unrequited love instead.

missfee said:

no male singer could remake that song in my eyes.

NouveauDance said:

JoeTyler said:

TLC already made an "almost as good as" the original Prince's version. Period.

Nah.

I agree with the OP, the song loses it's entire lyrical point when sung by a woman.

Agree.

It gives it a jailbait slutty lesbian feel to it.

But the sound just screams for a SOTT remaster. Give us back our transients !

Bilal? Hell no. He'd go too goofy crazed with it.

What about Thom Yorke ?

bonatoc said:

What about Thom Yorke ?

fuck...YES!!!!

ernestsewell said:

IstenSzek said:

Beck.

Hey, it's the guy you don't really care for! How ya doin'?!

I actually agree with Beck. He could really put an interesting spin on the song I think.

Beck makes the kind of records that i wish Prince would make from time to time.

here is one of my favourite artists LYNDEN DAVID HALL performing If I Was Your Girlfriend live on Up4ItLive on MTV UK circa 97/98

http://www.divshare.com/download/11853048-275

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[Edited 6/30/10 2:52am]

this song is one of my favs, it's top drawer Prince.

i always dug the TLC version, and adore my man Lynden's acoustic version (see above)

i would enjoy a rendition by beck, bilal, Cee-lo and maybe even Common...?

Hopefully no one! I hope no men redo this song.

Call me crazy, but I've always heard this joint as Prince channeling Patti LaBelle vocals through Camille on this one. I swear I could hear Patti killing it just as Prince sung it in Camille's voice. Especially the phrasing. I thought I was going to finally hear her do it the other night but I was wrong.

DJTricky said:

here is one of my favourite artists LYNDEN DAVID HALL performing If I Was Your Girlfriend live on Up4ItLive on MTV UK circa 97/98

http://www.divshare.com/download/11853048-275

Wow, haven't heard of him in years, still have his first album somewhere. Will dig it out for a spin