"John, I'm Only Dancing" is the epitome of a gay sex song.

TRON said:

yeah I was thinking of that one.

I think pretty much anything after The Pet Shops "Very" CD The boys became lyrically gay male oriented.

meow85 said:

Boys keep swinging
John, I'm only dancing
Candidate

CinisterCee said:

"john, i'm only dancing" is about a guy who dances with a girl, which gets his boyfriend jealous.

i've always thought of "sweet thing/candidate/sweet thing (reprise)" as an exchange between a hustler and a rich old man who hires his services, but i could be way off.

as recently as the outside album, on "hallo spaceboy", he sings "do you like girls or boys/it's confusing these days".

i wouldn't say bowie's lyrics are "gay", but he's always enjoyed a kind of sexual ambiguity.

AsylumUtopia said:

whoops

On a related note, I seem to recall reading a while back that the bulk of EWF's love songs were intentionally non-gender specific so that everyone could relate to them.

Anxiety said:

Actually, you said it better - those songs have a sexual ambiguity, rather than being 'gay'.

I always thought he put the 'You get a girl' line into Boys keep swinging just to keep people guessing.

I had to go read the lyrics to John, I'm only dancing, and you're right - it does appear to be about dancing with another guy's girlfriend. How many years have I got that wrong for ? I thought he was dancing with another guy, but it's ok, cos he's only dancing, John.

Candidate's as gay as Christmas though. Either that or it's about the weather.

i can't believe nobody's mentioned pansy division.

On Sylvester's live album, he sings "Lover Man Where Can You Be". Also, on "Sharing Something Perfect Between Ourselves" his says at the beginning....

I would like to dedicate this to my lover who is in the audience who I love very much.

On most of his songs, he never says whether it's a male or female but he has been specific before.
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AsylumUtopia said:

i figured it was vice versa...the character in the song goes out dancing with his boyfriend, but ends up on the dancefloor with a girl. the boyfriend gets upset. bowie's character sings, "john, i'm only dancing. she turns me on. but i'm only dancing."

vainandy said:

NON! SPECIFIC!

Rufus Wainwright

Dewrede said:

Im just getting into his stuff. The man knows how to write a song Ill give him that. Want One and Poses are excellent albums.

I only heard a few of his songs which i downloaded from the internet
after seeing a documentry about him on tv
and from what i've heard so far he's really good
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Elton John doesn't write the lyrics to his songs. he writes the music. Bernie wrote the lyrics to Daniel so unless Bernie is gay i think it's just about someone returning from Vietnam

ehuffnsd said:

Bernie's a hettie.

RipHer2Shreds said:

breeder lol

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anyone remember the song "BILL"



i also came across this site while looking for the pic. unfortunately it's in a stereotypical pink colour and has stupid ass rainbows all over it. but has some history on bisexual and homosexual songs.

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Hasn't anyone said Lola by The Kinks?

It annoys me a lot more when i hear openly gay artists, usually guys, singing about girls! The only example I can think of is manufactured pop, I remember hearing one of Will Young's songs on the radio and he kept saying girl, I just thought, God, have some spine, dont sell your soul for a record deal!

Boybands do it all the time too. Its such a crock.

CHIC0 said:

What is that? I remember I used to always see that album in Best Buy when I was younger...It certainly interested me!

VinnyM27 said:

Fem2Fem
think lusty-lesbian-techno. a couple fun songs nothing to that u can't live without. nothing at all memorable. i'm sure u can find it used for 99 cents or cheaper i got a promo single & album where i use to work. which i got autographed and poster . nice ladies from what i remember.

This record is gay gaY gAY GAY!!

he has one lyric on the album where's he's saying "When i put your cock on my lips" or something to that effect. from what i can remember, most of the album is dealing with relationships.

it's a great album, but i always have trouble with the lyrics in that song. i'm not homophobic or nothing like that, i'm just not use to that kind of stuff!

sinisterpentatonic said:

he doesnt look very fabulous...or muscled.

sosgemini said:

i think he's referring to his boyfriend.


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Magnetic Fields has a ton. But there's straight gender preferenced songs too. But he's an 'out' artist, as far as I know. Course, I wouldn't call that mainstream, really, either.

I have a GREAT one Ian DURY AND THE BLOCKHEADS HIT ME WITH YOUR RHYTHM STICK....Then ya Have ERASURE.....Then ya FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD...RELAX DON"T DO IT.....When Ya Gonna Go THROUGH IT RELAX..DOn'T DO IT...WHEN YA GONNA CUM....BODY DOUBLE SOUNDTRACK BRIAN DEPALMA..... VILLAGE PEOPLE... ALL HOLLYWOOD.....DAVID BOWIE...ZIGGY STARDUST.....GOD GIVEN ASS{PRINCE} EURTHMICS SWEET DREAMS ARE MADE OF THIS....KC AND THE SUNSHINE BAND...KEEP IT COMING LOVE,....KEEP IT COMING LOVE DON"T STOP IT NOW..... DON"T STOP IT!
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CHIC0 said:

Lesbian techno? I'm so there! I still don't get what it is? Are they artists? Are two of the lesbians really small or are they slouching....
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wasn't "All The Young Dudes" a gay anthem?.. i read it was..as to oppose rebel rebel was a hetero-thing...Placebo tends to write about molko's lovers...im bored..