So as it gets closer to summer and Pridefest I was thinking about making myself a list/collection of 'gay' songs ... by this I mean songs that would truly be considered gay - not just the those like 'Its Raining Men' (while a good song is technically also a 'straight' song LOL) Rather than simply google'ing for a list (which for the most part brings up the same old stuff anyway) I figured why not ask/post here (which will also share the list with anyone wanting to do the same) note: if you post a YouTube video, please include artist/title in the post too LOL (most of the time I read forums on my desktop computer where I can't view videos) Here's some to start out... Hussy Cowboy (feat Ida Olsson & Slow Notion) - She Doesn't Know (Her Husband Is Gay) I heard this on one of the local radio stations (on their HD2 channel) a week or so ago and love it Heven - Gay Best Friend Another recent one I heard on the radio .. not sure if I like it or not yet Frank Rogala - Boys Just Want To Have Sex Frank Rogala - Fuck & Run these are a bit older..I think most of this guy's stuff would count John Alcorn - The Man I Love It don't get much gayer than this one LOL Magnetic Fields - I Thought You Were My Boyfriend Another I really like Sister Friction - Maleman Sister Friction - What's Love Another where most of their stuff would count more..just not gonna comment on 'em all since these are better known Coming Out Crew - Free Gay & Happy Dillon & Dickins - Queers R Doin' It Full Frontal - You Think You're A Man Katy Perry - Firework Lady GaGa - Born This Way Lemonheads - Big Gay Heart Morel - True (The Faggot Is You) Murray Gold - Queer As Folk Theme Sin With Sebastian - Shut Up (And Sleep With Me)
Err, the only ones on that list I've heard of are Firework & Born This Way (which is why I'm only talking about them), but technically wouldn't they be "straight songs" too? Firework doesn't explicitly mention anything about LGBTQ, and Born This Way is more about minorities in general, not strictly LGBTQ (though it is a pretty widely accepted "gay anthem"). Just throwing that out there. Otherwise, I had no idea there were so many "gay songs" out there :lol:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgAYFVHwY_c I don't know if this is considered a "gay song" but it made me laugh a lot. "If I Were Gay" by Stephen Lynch
How about "Fuck You" by Lily Allen? It'd be fun to blast that in a homophobic, politically active gay marriage fighting church service sometime.
@BudderMC: while truly not a gay song, there is a point in the 'Firework' video where 2 guys kiss 'Born This Way' does have a lyric "No matter gay, straight, or bi, Lesbian, transgendered" and ofcourse "Don't be a drag - just be a queen" ... @thedreamwatch: I just turned on my laptop & watched that one LOL @NickD: hmmm I bet I even have that one on CD... @SkyDiver: never heard of that one, I'll have to check it out. ---- I love when one of the radio stations i listens to says things like: "You know it's a good day when your radio is all gay." or "Do ask. Do tell."
It's been a while since I posted this, so let me get all preachy again. This song is called "Glad to Be Gay" by the Tom Robinson Band. It was released on the Rising Free EP in 1978. That's nearly THIRTY-FIVE years ago. Tom Robinson actually went on any television show that would have him, and performed this song. And he's not recounting a history of what gays went through in the past. He's singing about what gays were going through right then. His comments about friends getting gaybashed, and the police brutality, and whatnot - that's all happening at the same time he was promoting this song. At the outset of this song (on the EP, not in the live clip here), Tom says "This song is dedicated to the World Health Organization. It’s a medical song and it concerns a disease whose classification according to the International Classification of Diseases is 302.0." That disease? Homosexuality. At the time he recorded this song, gayness still classified as a disease by the WHO. I sometimes hear about how brave certain artists are for coming out or doing gay-friendly songs these days, but they can't hold a candle to Tom performing this angry song about how people were treating homosexuals at that point in time. Actually, even braver than Tom were his two bandmates, who performed this song with him in 1978...even though they were straight. [youtube]zHG2LJGfEdw[/youtube] These lyrics don't quite match what he's singing here - he tended to change lyrics to match any recent gay items in the news. Here are the lyrics from the EP version. The British police are the best in the world I don’t believe one of these stories I’ve heard ‘Bout them raiding our pubs for no reason at all Lining the customers up by the wall Picking out people, knocking them down Resisting arrest as they’re kicked on the ground Searching their houses, calling them queer I don’t believe that sort of thing happens here Sing if you’re glad to be gay Sing if you’re happy that way Pictures of naked young women are fun In Titbits and Playboy, page three of The Sun There’s no nudes in Gay News, our one magazine But they still found excuses to call it obscene Read how disgusting we are in the press The Telegraph, People and Sunday Express Molesters of children, corruptors of youth It’s there in the paper it must be the truth Try and sing if you’re glad to be gay Sing if you’re happy that way Don’t try to kid us, but if you’re discreet You’re perfectly safe as you walk down the street You don’t have to mince or make bitchy remarks To get beaten unconscious and left in the dark I had a friend who was gentle and short He was lonely one evening, he went for a walk Queerbashers caught him, kicked in his teeth He was only hospitalised for a week (And he still bears the scars) Sing if you’re glad to be gay Sing if you’re happy that way And sit back and watch as they close all our clubs Arrest us for meeting and raid all our pubs Make sure your boyfriend’s at least 21 So only your friends and your brothers get done Lie to your workmates, lie to your folks Put down the queens, tell anti-queer jokes Gay Lib’s ridiculous, join their laughter "The buggers are legal now, what more are they after?" Tell them! Sing if you’re glad to be gay Sing if you’re happy that way Sing if you’re glad to be gay Sing if you’re happy this way Lex
^pretty sure I had a MP3 of that Tom Robinson song at one time... They're playing Hussy Cowboy - She Doesn't Know on the radio right now! ~ YAY ---------- Post added 6th May 2012 at 09:25 PM ---------- Just thought of another to add that I've got on CD Timbuk3 - Legalize Our Love
Boys Keep Swinging - David Bowie Take Your Mama - Scissor Sisters (there's quite a few by the Scissor Sisters) Michael - Franz Ferdinand
Most anything by Mika particularly -Blame It On The Girls -Toy Boy -Relax, Take It Easy (Used in the movie "Were The World Mine")
Some off the top of my head. I linked to the videos for you though. Sailor Man covered by Ewert and the Two Dragons. Te Amo, by Rihanna. Alejandro (when it's sung by a guy, it's beyond gay), this cover is by All Time Low. Your Song, by Elton John.
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[YOUTUBE]CR2Yp177bf0[/YOUTUBE] From the album "Bent". [YOUTUBE]-TKs47RW-n8[/YOUTUBE] Yes, you heard the lyrics correctly.
Rod Stewart - The Killing of George (Parts 1 & 2) [YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uixc025fZRE[/YOUTUBE] Darren Hayes - So Beautiful [YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HpA7UZvWdc[/YOUTUBE] Written about his, then, boyfriend (now husband). Orphans & Vandals - Mysterious Skin [YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfwycqLhZmI[/YOUTUBE] The Magnetic Fields - Andrew in Drag [YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjOJjP2pXdo[/YOUTUBE]
This probably isn't what you're looking for, but when I saw the title, I thought of this... Electric Six - "Gay Bar" (Hi Res) - YouTube
This was the first song that came to my mind: We Have Band - You Came Out [youtube]JtGJ1lD23-U[/youtube] I'm not responsible for any weird dreams caused by the video
I dont know why I remember this, and I don think I would consider it music but, Soccer Practice by Gay Pimp comes to mind.
@InsertNameHere: Yep I somehow missed copying that one off my original list onto here can't forget the guy parody someone did too: Slipstream (feat Dan Finn) - I Kissed A Boy @Kev: I know I have that David Bowie song (good tune by the way) ...hmmm now what did I do with that Scissor Sisters CD?(don't even remember which one I got) I woulda never thought of anything by Franz Ferdinand..will have to check that one out @Kidd, provehito, Harve, qboy, timo: looks like I need to get on my Laptop & watch some YouTube LOL @TraceElement I know I have/had that Gay Bar song can't remember if its on a CD or I just had the mp3 @Dauntless LOL I remember the Soccer Practice song ! .. that I know I had a MP3 of (think I deleted it because it wasn't in stereo) ---- Here's a few more I thought of as well that would atleast somewhat be... Robin Black - More Effeminate Than You Respect (feat Hannah Jones) - I Am What I Am Divine - Walk Like A Man Blur - Girls & Boys Soft Cell - Tainted Love Book Of Love - Boy