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I haven’t been very active on the blog lately, as I’m writing a book and devoting my available time to that endeavor. More details on that soon.
However, a loyal reader asked me what good new music is out these days, so I threw together an answer in the form of a playlist.
If you’re so inclined, let me know what songs you like.
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Discotheques played an important part in the lives of gay men in the 1970s. It was our safe place, where we could celebrate who we are. It makes sense that much of the popular disco music was created by gays.
Punk rock was a reaction to the mainstream led by outcasts. It makes sense that many gays were drawn to punk.
This playlist consists of twenty songs, some disco, some punk, some neither, some performed by artists who fall somewhere under the LGBTQ umbrella, others with queer lyrical content. Performers include Joe Jackson, Mitch Ryder and Machine.
[8tracks width=”300″ height=”250″ playops=”” url=”http://8tracks.com/mixes/8363486″] Click here to like Tunes du Jour on Facebook!We are everywhere! In punk, in disco, in glam, in pop, in adult contemporary, in classic rock.
This playlists consists of twenty songs, some performed by artists who fall somewhere under the LGBTQ umbrella, others with queer lyrical content. Performers include Buzzcocks, the Rolling Stones and the Kinks.
[8tracks width=”300″ height=”250″ playops=”” url=”http://8tracks.com/mixes/8349193″] Click here to like Tunes du Jour on Facebook!Twenty songs, some performed by artists who fall somewhere under the LGBTQ umbrella, others with queer lyrical content. During the years covered in this post, punk entered the picture and disco became more popular, while singer-songwriters held their ground and classic British rock acts endured. Performers include Sylvester, Village People and Elton Motello.
[8tracks width=”300″ height=”250″ playops=”” url=”http://8tracks.com/mixes/8321836″] Click here to like Tunes du Jour on Facebook!Twenty songs, some performed by artists who fall somewhere under the LGBTQ umbrella, others with queer lyrical content. You’ll hear singer-songwriters, glam, disco, and songs from a musical film whose main character was a bisexual transvestite. Performers include Queen, Janis Ian and Barry Manilow (who I swear came out while his first hit single was on the charts).
[8tracks width=”300″ height=”250″ playops=”” url=”http://8tracks.com/mixes/8304463″] Click here to like Tunes du Jour on Facebook!Twenty songs, some performed by artists who fall somewhere under the LGBTQ umbrella, others with queer lyrical content. It’s all men this time around. Performers include Lou Reed, Tim Buckley and Billy Preston.
[8tracks width=”300″ height=”250″ playops=”” url=”http://8tracks.com/mixes/8288353″] Click here to like Tunes du Jour on Facebook!Songs by artists such as Dusty Springfield, who came out as bisexual in 1970; Elton John, who hadn’t yet come out as bi or gay during this period but is now openly gay; and David Bowie, whose persona was bi though the performer later said he himself was straight. Included herewith are twenty songs, some performed by artists who fall somewhere under the LGBTQ umbrella, others with queer lyrical content.
[8tracks width=”300″ height=”250″ playops=”” url=”http://8tracks.com/mixes/8272391″] Click here to like Tunes du Jour on Facebook!One of 1987’s most popular and critically-acclaimed hits began its life as a demo recording named after the duo who sang “It’s Raining Men.”
It’s by the band U2, who referred to the track as “The Weather Girls” or “Under the Weather.” Their guitarist, The Edge, told Rolling Stone magazine that the song sounded like a reggae band’s version of Survivor’s “Eye of the Tiger.” Over time they developed the song. Instruments were added to the initial drum pattern. When it came time to come up with lyrics, The Edge gave singer Bono a piece of paper on which he had written a phrase that came to him earlier that day – “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For.”
That became the song’s title, with lyrics inspired by the gospel music Bono was listening to at the time. “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For” was U2’s second consecutive #1 single, following “With or Without You,” which was included on part 1 of Tunes du Jour’s Throwback Thursday – 1987 playlist.
Here are twenty of 1987’s best, kicking off not with The Weather Girls, but with U2.
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I’ve never watched a single Olympics event, so take the idea that this playlist is inspired by the Olympics with a grain of sodium chloride.
Artists include Against Me!, Belle & Sebastian and ABBA.
[8tracks width=”300″ height=”250″ playops=”” url=”http://8tracks.com/mixes/8223170″] Click here to like Tunes du Jour on Facebook!He told me he is willing to relocate to Los Angeles so we could be closer to each other, geographically. Washington state is a temporary home. Besides, he does a lot of business in LA.
Uprooting yourself to be near to me is a big step, and while I appreciate his thoughtfulness, I had to tell him that our relationship was moving way too fast. After, this was his first email to me after viewing my profile on OKCupid. I hadn’t so much as written or said a word to him yet. Thus, my first message to him was to break it off before it went any further.
Am I flattered that someone wished to relocate after seeing my photo and reading about my likes and the six things I could never do without? Yes, but I understand. After all, I’m a wonderful thing, baby.
You know who else is a wonderful thing, baby? Kid Creole, the persona created by Thomas August Darnell Browder, who prior to becoming Kid Creole co-wrote under the nom du plume made up of his two middle names the disco classic “Cherchez La Femme” and produced and co-wrote “There but for the Grace of God Go I.”
Today August Darnell turns 66 years old. Tunes du Jour’s weekly dance party kicks off with Kid Creole and the Coconuts’ “I’m a Wonderful Thing, Baby.”
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