I was recently listening to the Depeche mode classic Speak n Spell on youtube (I bought it on Vynal,,,,, more than once) and was surprised by the comments section for one of the tracks.
Apparently, the commenters couldn't understand why it was that a straight guy like Vince Clarke would write straight up gay songs, I mean they were really confused...
Really? In 2018 this confuses people? straight Artists do gay songs because......IT'S FUN!
That's it, but these comments were really not only confused by the song but also seemed vindictive in their overall tone,
Strange.
Directing any hate towards such classic synth-pop is baffling, I love this stuff. And as far as writing gay songs....
yeah, so what? Gotta problem with gay songs?
Ever heard Jet Boy Jet girl? One of the greatest songs of all time (Most people know the version by The Damned) How about "When the whip comes down" by The Rolling Stones, Kick-ass song and totally gay. So those are two awesome gay songs by two totally straight bands (Yes Jagger is straight, so is Vainian) How about Bowie? His whole "Bi-sexual" thing was 100% straight bullshit, part of the Ziggy Character. ("He was the nazz with god given ass") Hanoi Rocks had several songs where they would flip from a straight to a gay perspective (Lost in the City, Oriental Beat etc.) then they had their straight up gay prostitution song "Cafe Avenue" and guess what? Andy McCoy was bullshitting for the press! He never sold his ass, his GF paid the bills (Confirmed by Mike Monroe and Nasty Suicide, who weren't gay either)
Glam-Punk Legends Flash Bastard also had more than one song sung from a gay perspective from their WILD record "Stutter on" And on their first record "Rock n' Roll Must Be Destroyed" "Don't think about it." is another Gay prostitution song.
So that's MORE awesome gay songs by straight artists, the really funny thing is that while all those other bands were doing that. There was one gay artist who was singing straight up, gay songs......and all the meathead-Mullet brigade couldn't get enough!
I mean they LOVED the gay songs by the gay singer, who looked gay while performing them, No not Freddy Mercury although I guess he fits the bill as well, but I'm referring to Rob Halford and Judas Priest, who at exactly this same point in history (78-82) had every straight teenage boy who couldn't get laid, singing along with a song about cruising for anal sex with strangers. I wish I was there when this lot found out they had basically been singing "Take me into the bushes and give it to me in the ass when they sang along with the gay cruising anthem"Living after midnight"
Apparently metal fans have ZERO gaydar...either that or all metal fans are gay.......yeah, that's gotta be it, they LOVE "Breaking the Law" which is a song about cruising for gay ass in an area where sodomy is illegal, is both hym and anthem to these people......
well, that's all for today, I leave you with some wise words from the man himself, "When life's not going your way.......RAM IT DOWN!!
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