Gay music

[rafletcher]

Donna Summers "I will survive" is up there.

[Riggers]

"Tainted Love"

'N' Scissor Sisters' stuff.

Good 'uns

[rafletcher]

I live a shelterd life, so was quite surprised at the level of Gay support for Roxy Music when I went to one of their comeback concerts a few years ago. The two lads next to us had been going to every gig.

[valkyrie]

Best recent music by a Gay artist (as opposed to sounding "gay") must be Queen of Denmark by John Grant. Beautiful music.

[Ham]

Best overt gay music award has to go to

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dysG12QCdTA

(field isn't that big, but what do I know?)

[Peter]

Donna Summers "I will survive" is up there.

Gloria GAYnor, surely?

[Peter]

You're A Pink Toothbrush, I'm A Pink Toothbrush.

[benborp]

Biggsy, is this what you mean by hijacked by gays?

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/L-d4J3YUQmU&rel=1" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/L-d4J3YUQmU&rel=1</a>

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/TlYcgp8Nsp4&rel=1" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/TlYcgp8Nsp4&rel=1</a>

I've just had a great half hour wandering around the early nineties on YouTube

[Cudzoziemiec]

Just about everything by Queen is great for laughing and jumping around to, though I suspect that's music by someone who was gay rather than gay music.

Was the early to mid 80s really a highpoint of gay music in Britain or is that just down to age of forumites?

[Kim]

In gay years, a substantial amount of Britain is still in the early to mid 80s

[Exit Stage Left]

Probably one of the earliest gay standards is Noel Coward's 'Mad About the Boy' which he wrote about Douglas Fairbanks Jr. There's a version by Anni-Frid Lyngstad in her pre-ABBA days, and very good it is too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PU-fUUOIEbg

[rogerzilla]

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/TlYcgp8Nsp4&rel=1" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/TlYcgp8Nsp4&rel=1</a>

I've just had a great half hour wandering around the early nineties on YouTube

Nothing screams gay like a gold lamé catsuit.

[Peter]

Probably one of the earliest gay standards is Noel Coward's 'Mad About the Boy' which he wrote about Douglas Fairbanks Jr. There's a version by Anni-Frid Lyngstad in her pre-ABBA days, and very good it is too.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/PU-fUUOIEbg&rel=1" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/PU-fUUOIEbg&rel=1</a>

Damon, have you heard Dinah Washington's?  I think it's wonderful.  I'll try and find a link.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/STTLwI-u4Fg&rel=1" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/STTLwI-u4Fg&rel=1</a>

[rogerzilla]

Since Marc Almond has already been mentioned, here's a camp classic with the not gay (but trying hard here with an appalling shirt and tuxedo combo) late great Gene Pitney.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/AZTX0RBlqnM&rel=1" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/AZTX0RBlqnM&rel=1</a>

[andyoxon]

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/2mlpxOaQinE&rel=1" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/2mlpxOaQinE&rel=1</a>

Bronskei Beat STB is the one I remember the most since back in '84 I'd been in the UK a week or so (from Zim) when it hit the charts.

[rogerzilla]

This has prompted me to order a s/h copy of "The Age Of Consent" from fleaBay.

[Tim Hall]

Probably one of the earliest gay standards is Noel Coward's 'Mad About the Boy' which he wrote about Douglas Fairbanks Jr. There's a version by Anni-Frid Lyngstad in her pre-ABBA days, and very good it is too.

Somewhere over there (hand waving towards pile of C90 cassettes) I have a Tom Robinson live album with a version of Mad About The Boy on. Blessed if I can remember what the album's called though.

[Hot Flatus]

Gay music?

Gay music?

What the hell is Gay Music?

Hang in a minute. Don't tell me that I've spent all those years dancing to Hi-Energy disco music under false pretences??   

[LEE]

Probably one of the earliest gay standards is Noel Coward's 'Mad About the Boy' which he wrote about Douglas Fairbanks Jr. There's a version by Anni-Frid Lyngstad in her pre-ABBA days, and very good it is too.

Somewhere over there (hand waving towards pile of C90 cassettes) I have a Tom Robinson live album with a version of Mad About The Boy on. Blessed if I can remember what the album's called though.

Let's face it, Tom Robinson himself outdid Noel Coward with "Sing if you're glad to be Gay".  I don't think there's much room for innuendo there.

[rogerzilla]

And then he got married and had kids, just to flummox everyone.

[LEE]

Rog, you seem to have quite an extensive knowledge/interest of this subject... anything you want to share?

[Charlotte]

I think he did 

Apart from, very briefly in the early 80s, Ian Ogilvy as The Saint and <cough> Robert Wagner in Hart to Hart.  But they were crime-fighting heroes FFS.

[tiermat]

Something I hadn't really given any thought to until Mrs T mentioned it the other night is that Pete Shelley on his Buzzcocks recordings does appear VERY camp.

I had never even thought of it, mainly because I just like the songs, but it does put a different spin on "Ever Fallen In Love"

[Andrew]

For me, probably most any tune by Erasure but particularly 'A Little Respect'

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/x34icYC8zA0&rel=1" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/x34icYC8zA0&rel=1</a>

Sorry if it's been suggested already, I don't click on youtube links just to find out the name of the song/artist.

[clarion]

I was thinking of posting 'Ever Fallen In Love?' and 'What Do I Get?' in this thread.