very gaaaaay songs needed!

[infrasound]

Oh, my...those sunglasses just ooze homosexuality! As for the back cover, I really miss the pre-waxing days of hairy men, but let me not get off topic...this is, after all, a forum about music.

[disco1999]

Loverde - Die hard lover
Paul Parker - Right on target
Divine - Shoot your shot
Divine - You think you're a man
Man Parrish - Man made
Man 2 man - Male stripper
Felix & Jarvis - Make it rise
Pet shop boys - NewYork city boy
Drop tank - Homophobixxx

[Forrrce]

Originally Posted by infrasound

Is that Leroy Burgess song recorded under his name, or was he producing?

Yes, it's under his own name on the Konkrete label.
Another track for your compilation could be 'Bring On The Newsboy' by The Newsboys. How about 'Another Man (Is Twice As Nice)' by Tout Sweet for your 'morning music' set?!

[BrunoRepublic]

Originally Posted by infrasound

Oh, my...those sunglasses just ooze homosexuality!

Especially what they're reflecting :D

As for the back cover, I really miss the pre-waxing days of hairy men, but let me not get off topic...this is, after all, a forum about music.

You need to meet up with some bears. :)

[NickNack]

"Another Man" by Barbara Mason.
"Relax" by Frankie Goes to Hollywood
"Cruisin' The Streets" by Boystown Gang
"I'll Be Your Man" by DeMann
"Who's Your Boyfriend" by Eric
"I'm So Hot for You" by Bobby 'O'
"Wide Receiver" by Michael Henderson

Also, this might not be as "gay" as you'd like it but Salsoul Orchestra's "You're Just The Right Size" always worked for me. :D

[QUINNY]

Michael Henderson - Wide Receiver Gaaaaaaay? Please let me in on the reason(s), as this wouldn't appear an obvious choice to my dumb brain.
BTW: I loved this piece of uptempo funk (c125 BPM), but didn't understand anything of American Football terminology at the time. That would have to wait until my involvement with the first local American Football team in about 1984.

[Giovanni]

Do you know the Charo version of "You're just the right size" ? DELICIOUS. It's in her first Salsoul album.

And what about another gay anthem.... "Plato's retreat" by Joe Thomas?

Another enourmously gay sounding track I rediscovered recently is "Let's try once again" by the Black Light Orchestra on canadian RCA records. This is a disco version of the Julio Iglesias standard, and, believe me, people went crazy when a dj friend of mine played it (after I recorded it for him on a CD)a few weeks ago in a gay party on the riviera

[Forrrce]

Originally Posted by QUINNY

Michael Henderson - Wide Receiver Gaaaaaaay? Please let me in on the reason(s), as this wouldn't appear an obvious choice to my dumb brain.
BTW: I loved this piece of uptempo funk (c125 BPM), but didn't understand anything of American Football terminology at the time. That would have to wait until my involvement with the first local American Football team in about 1984.

...puts me in mind of a record by High Life called 'Switch Hitter', which is a baseball term(?). The song itself is about a desirable hunk who's wasted on da wimmin...

Old ground, but isn't there an earlier version of 'I Was Born This Way' by Valentino?

[infrasound]

Yes, after doing a quick Google - it looks like Valentino first did "I Was Born This Way" in 1975 and put it out on a Motown-distributed label called Gaiee. (sounds like "gaaaaaay" ha ha) Then he met Carl Bean (maybe at church) and he became the singer/star of the song. Weird, I had always thought that Carl Bean WAS Valentino...but glad the confusion is cleared up.

[markydefad]

Listen to Erasure's cover of ABBA's "Gimme, Gimme, Gimme (A Man After Midnight)"...perfect for drag shows!!!! :lol:

Also, Hilary's "Drop Your Pants" might be fun....(drop your pants around your ankles/ you make me shiver when you deliver").

[NickNack]

Originally Posted by QUINNY

Michael Henderson - Wide Receiver Gaaaaaaay? Please let me in on the reason(s), as this wouldn't appear an obvious choice to my dumb brain.
BTW: I loved this piece of uptempo funk (c125 BPM), but didn't understand anything of American Football terminology at the time. That would have to wait until my involvement with the first local American Football team in about 1984.

There's a damn good possibility the song isn't "gay" at all. Like I said, I was notorious for not listening completely to lyrics while spinning. Could be all these years I read more into that title than there should be. However, in my cirlces, words and phrases like 'wide receiver', 'pitcher', 'catcher', 'switch hitter', all had specific meanings.

[markydefad]

Nicky,

Back in tha day....guys in SF wore T-shirts with "Tight End" and "Wide Receiver" on them, to specify what they were into, sexwise. (Along with hankies and keys, c.) Remember, this was the era of "So Many Men. So Little Time"!!!)

I sort doubt that Michael Henderson was talking about a wide butthole...BUT then again I might be wrong!!! :P

[markydefad]

Afterthought:

I specifically remember a couple of hunks strolling thru Cala Foods on 18th Street just off Castro, circa 1980. One wore a "Tight End" t-shirt and the other "Wide Receiver".

"And I said to myself... what a Wonderful World" :lol: :lol:

[NickNack]

Hey Infrasound ---

If one of the "ladies" wants to get a little moody and is into Donna :o (yes, Summer, Quinny :) ) have her do Donna's take on the standard "Lush Life", with the modified intro.

I USED TO VISIT ALL THE VERY GAY PLACES,
THOSE COME-WHAT-MAY PLACES,
WHERE ONE RELAXES ON THE AXIS OF THE WHEEL OF LIFE
TO GET THE FEEL OF LIFE,
FROM JAZZ AND COCKTAILS.

ALL THE MEN I KNEW HAD SAD AND SULLEN GRAY FACES
WITH DISTINGUE TRACES,
THAT USED TO BE THERE YOU COULD SEE WHERE THEY'D BEEN WASH AWAY
BY TOO MANY THROUGH THE DAY,
TWELVE O'CLOCK TALES.

Lots of attitude needed for this intro (shouldn't be a problem for a queen :D ). Notice how the 'girls with the sad faces' are now men. Also, the word 'distingue' is showing up when you check for lyrics as 'distant gay'. Not sure which one Donna is eluding to.

[markydefad]

The veeeerrry sophisticated & world weary lyrics of "Lush Life" were ironically written by a black 16 year old gay composer named Billy Strayhorn. A longtime collaborator with Duke Ellington, he was also a close confidante of Lena Horne, the Halle Berry of her day!!!