Rolling Girl: Gay Songs 2024

Rolling Girl 07.13.24	Very much playing catch up this year. Being alive is hard sometimes. Please share your own pride lists if you have any. And as always, I'll update when I can. Previous lists for those interested: 2022: https://www.sputnikmusic.com/list.php?memberid=707285&listid=199827 2021: https://www.sputnikmusic.com/list.php?memberid=707285&listid=196506 2020: https://www.sputnikmusic.com/list.php?memberid=707285&listid=192041 2019: https://www.sputnikmusic.com/list.php?memberid=707285&listid=187475 2016: https://www.sputnikmusic.com/list.php?memberid=707285&listid=169638 Also Sput's own sexuality census, curtesy of Ars: https://www.sputnikmusic.com/list.php?listid=159074
ArsMoriendi 07.13.24	-The entirety of the album Lavender Country by Lavender Country (every song is gay protest music or about gay pride) Crumb - "Up & Down" (about a breakup between 2 women/lead singer is bi) Deerhunter - "Punk (La Vie Antérieure)" (gay-ace frontman talks about identity, including his queerness) Lou Reed - "Make Up" (bisexual frontman sings about drag queens) Meshell Ndegeocello - "Mary Magdelene" (bisexual singer sings about her love of a woman with religious references) Goldfrapp - "Annabel" (bisexual singer singing about a genderqueer child character from a film she enjoyed)
Rolling Girl 07.13.24	You always come through Ars c: I need to give Deerhunter another try. They didn't click with me before.
kildare 07.13.24	Meatplow, an old, disappeared Sputnik user, was wildly ecstatic about A Split Second's music when he wrote a review for their 2nd record: https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/42616/A-Split-Second-From-The-Inside/ The review is so off the hook and in-your-face that it ALMOST reads like a satire by a straight homophobe just trying to be a dick. But Meatplow gave it a Classic-5, so he -- Meatplow had to be a "he" at the time, surely -- was apparently sincere when he wrote it. Anyway, it's great 1980's, Belgian EBM comparable to Front 242, that's not quite as good in my opinion as their more famous compatriot's music, but it holds up to it reasonably well. Contrary to Meatplow's insistence, however, nothing about this album says "gay" to me. But I'm a 95% straight guy and stereotypically insensitive to subtleties in this department, so maybe I'm missing clear indicators. Anyway, the review surprised me when I found it and is on my shortlist of outstanding reviews, so I thought ya'll might be interested. I’d be interested to see if you think I’m missing something obvious
someone 07.13.24	ëvery song is gay if you think hard enough about it
someone 07.13.24	Orville Peck's "C'mon Baby, Cry" will be the gay-where-you-need-it anthem for years to come for me
kildare 07.13.24	"ëvery song is gay if you think hard enough about it": Yeah, I was definitely seeing how that's possible when I was going through the lyrics this morning. But you have to be better at poetry than I am to really get it
Rolling Girl 07.14.24	@Kildare this review is a treasure wtf. I'm checking the album now. I was at a variety show the other day and someone did a cover of C'mon Baby, Cry", absolutely killed it to.
kildare 07.15.24	"wtf", I know, right?!