NorthernLad said:

Read the lyrics:

Kashka from Baghdad lives in sin they say,
With another man,
But no-one knows who.

Old friends never call there,
Some wonder if life's inside at all,
If there's life inside at all.
But we know the lady who rents the room,
She catches them Õ la lune.

Chorus

At night they're seen,
Laughing, loving,
They know the way
To be happy.

They never go for walks,
Maybe it's because the moon's not bright enough,
There's light in love you see.
I watch their shadows,
Tall and slim in the window opposite,
I long to be with them.
'Coz when all the alley-cats come out,
You can hear music from Kashka's house.

Chorus

2 men...lovers...cut from the outside world...Kate being a voyeur of their love.

MikeMatronik said:

LoL, they ARE. I did not even check!

It is a Dutch release. They kind of did a 'best of', but it was probably a rights issue to include the Weather Girls' version of Raining Men and also old stuff like Marianne Rosenberg, which is a real Dutch gay anthem, as are some others.

The actual LIST was this;

1 YMCA Village People
2 Dancing queen ABBA
3 Dragostea din tei O-zone
4 Ich bin wie du Marianne Rosenberg
5 Crying at the discotheque Alcazar
6 It’s raining men Weather Girls
7 Vogue Madonna
8 To deserve you (95 mix) Bette Midler
9 This is my life Shirley Bassey
10 Smalltown boy Bronski Beat
11 You and I Will Young
12 Like the way I do Melissa Etheridge
13 I want to break free Queen
14 I’m too sexy Right Said Fred
15 Don’t leave me this way Communards
16 I will survive Gloria Gaynor
17 I’m so excited Pointer Sisters
18 I’m coming out Diana Ross
19 Sexy Boy Air
20 Brand new day Wiz Stars
21 It’s raining men Geri Halliwell
22 I turn to you Melanie C
23 Stayin’ alive Bee Gees
24 Light my fire Will Young
25 Tainted Love Soft Cell
26 Love me just a little bit more Dolly Dots
27 Wake me up (before you go go) Wham
28 Can’t get you out of my head Kylie Minogue
29 Crucified Army Of Lovers
30 Love shack B-52’s
31 Relax Frankie goes to Hollywood
32 Viva la diva Dana International
33 Outside George Michael
34 Let me entertain you Robbie Williams
35 You’re my heart, you’re my soul Modern Talking
36 Shut up (and sleep with me) Sin With Sebastian
37 Relight my fire Dan Hartman
38 Finally Ce Ce Peniston
39 Beautiful Christina Aguilera
40 Toxic Britney Spears
41 Step right up Jamai
42 Copacabana (at the copa) Barry Manilow
43 Push up Freestylers
44 Feel Robbie Williams
45 Go west Pet Shop Boys
46 Hey ya! Outkast
47 Why tell me why Anita Meyer
48 Can’t take my eyes of you Boystown Gang
49 Dirrty Christina Aguilera
50 Mamma mia ABBA
51 Like a virgin Madonna
52 Respect Aretha Franklin
53 In the navy Village People
54 I feel love (95 mix) Donna Summer
55 Lay all your love on me ABBA
56 I am what I am Shirley Bassey
57 Vlieg met me mee Paul de Leeuw
58 Lady Marmalade Christina, Mya, Pink e.a.
59 Shoot your shot Divine
60 You can win if you want Modern Talking
61 All the things she said T.A.T.U.
62 Gay bar Electric Six
63 You’re the greatest lover Luv’
64 Crazy in love Beyoncé
65 Slow Kylie
66 (Tell it all about) Boys Dolly Dots
67 Samen zijn Willeke Alberti
68 Kiss Prince
69 Daddy Cool Boney M
70 Believe Cher
71 Fast love George Michael
72 Tragedy Bee Gees
73 Man, I feel like a woman Shania Twain
74 Sing it back Moloko
75 Ding a dong Teach In
76 Karma Chameleon Culture Club
77 Club Tropicana Wham
78 Why? Bronski Beat
79 Don’t talk just kiss Right Said Fred & Jocelyn Brown
80 The first, the last, my… Barry White
81 Strong enough Cher
82 The tide is high Atomic Kitten
83 Hot shot Karen Young
84 When will I be famous Bros
85 Show me love Robin S
86 Brandend zand Anneke Grönloh
87 Murder on the dancefloor Sophie Ellis Bextor
88 Night Fever Bee Gees
89 J’aime la vie Sandra Kim
90 Living on my own Freddy Mercury
91 I’m every woman Chaka Khan
92 I’m still standing Elton John
93 The time is now Moloko
94 You make me feel (mighty real) Sylvester
95 Take your mama Scissor Sisters
96 Young hearts run free Candi Staton
97 You spin me round Dead or alive
98 Trick me Kelis
99 Supermodel Ru Paul
100 Sex bomb Mousse T & Tom Jones

GOTTA have some sylvester on there or else it's not valid!

and matmos would be a good addition, too.

and joan jett.
[Edited 1/19/07 7:23am]

MikeMatronik said:

awesome! I had never really paid attention to that song before.

were there any 50's/60's rock or R&B singers that later came out as gay, or who were big amongst the gay crowd?

I know Dusty Springfield (although - did she ever publicly come out?)

Anx said:

what song is sylvester best known for?

Matmos, yeah.... maybe pansy division as well.

NorthernLad said:

Can it be like the Homo Top 100, where it can be just played in the gay disco and be declared gay by reference?

I love that stupid list. It's got Dutch artist, disco, Abba and people we WANT to be gay, like Robbie Williams. Hehehe.

Free Xone - Janet Jackson

HamsterHuey said:

sure, anything goes.. and yeah. Robbie Williams... he's GOT to be gay, doesn't he? Surely it isn't just wishful thinking!!! He's probably my pick for hottest celebrity.

Carl Bean - "I Was Born This Way"

This defining gay anthem was released in 1977. It peaked at number 15 on the "Billboard" Club Play chart. A popular remix by Gomi issued in 2005 brought the song back for a new generation of dancing queens.

NorthernLad said:

sylvester: (you make me feel) mighty real & do ya wanna funk are his biggest hits

i forget, did you have B52's in your list? there'd be no scissor sisters without them.

Hagdonna only produced 2 songs that had gay related themes that where:

In this life
Why's It So Hard

Hagdonna only embraced openly her gay fanbase during the Erotica era

Anx said:

b-52's, definitely!!!

Indigo Girls!

....

my friend made an excellent CD ROM called OUTLOUD: Encyclopedia of Gay & Lesbian Recordings.

it has a lot of info about homosexual singers, songs with homosexual themes etc. there is no music on it, just tons and tons of information.

i still have a copy, so of someone is really interested...



spellin' edit
[Edited 1/19/07 11:37am]

For earlier stuff for me girl groups like Leader of the Pack - The Shangri Las are great or there are loads of showtunes

Love is sweeping the country - "why are people gay, all the night and day, feeling as they never did before"

You're The Top - Cole Porter
[Edited 1/19/07 12:00pm]

I can't believe no one mentioned these guys!!!!

All of the disco stuff (by straight and gay artists) from the 1970s ranging from the widely popular stuff like "YMCA" by The Village People to the "known only in the gay community" songs like "I Don't Wanna Be Alone" by Eartha Kitt (although I think that particular one may be from the 1980s). Sylvester is definately an icon also.

All the underground house music from the mid to late 1980s such as "Jack Your Body" by JM Silk to the above ground stuff in the 1990s such as "Finally" by Cee Cee Penniston, as well as the underground house in the 1990s.

Martha Wash is THE gay icon from the stuff she did as a background singer for Sylvester, her stuff with her and Izora Rhodes under the name Two Tons O Fun, and the stuff she also did with Izora Rhodes in the 1980s under the name The Weather Girls.....especially "It's Raining Men".

To sum it all up, disco and house music are "gay music".

Stymie said:

So Freddie did like women, huh? I dont think so. From what I read, (and listening to the lyrics that he wrote), Freddie was not bisexual, but gay. I think MAYBE at the earlier time in his life he might have been bisexual, but when he broke up with that Mary Austin chick that he had been dating for a long time, thats when he was finally coming to terms with being gay (listen to Bo Rap).I truly don't think that Freddie liked women like that (he had respect for women, and probably admired their beauty, which most gay men do, as well as straight men), I think he was just confused at an earlier part of his life, but then he finally came to the realization that he was just gay, but those are just my thoughts. You might want to see this also:

http://youtube.com/watch?...ed&search=

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[Edited 1/19/07 19:36pm]

if you really want to go back far, maybe include some of Cole Porter's songs, even though he wasn't the performer, it's still relevent.

byronic said:[quote]if you really want to go back far, maybe include some of Cole Porter's songs, even though he wasn't the performer, it's still relevent.[/quo

byronic said:

Agreed, you most certainly should... To make it twice as gay use Porter's "Anything Goes" as sung by John Barrowman.

jtfolden said:

awesome... I will definitely seek it out.

This is great, keep the suggestions coming folks My goal it to perhaps do a 3-CD set and put it together chronologically.

What about all that techno stuff, that was pretty gay right?


Oh, and more seriously the great Ruthus Wainwright
He's definately that way
[Edited 1/20/07 10:37am]

MikeMatronik said:

mike put the crack pipe down

phranc..i enjoy being a girl
Sandra Berhard..excuses for bad behavior
Harvey Fierstein..i am what I am

Ru Paul...