MT5 Intro Podcast and My Top Five PRIDE songs
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For next week, I’ve been told it’s the Dublin Pride Festival. So we’re going to do a Top 5 Pride Songs. I’m not really sure what constitutes a gay pride song but I’m open minded to how you want to interpret it. I’ll be leaving the Top 5 to a few esteemed members of Dublin’s Gay Music Snob community but I’ll leave some suggestions in the comment box too.
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Gay songs? Cue a million Freddie Mercury suggestions…..
Hmmm, good one! Pride is the one times when ALL the clichéd songs are played - think disco dancing down O’Connell Street and you’re on a roll
I’m Coming Out by Diana Ross
A Little Respect by Erasure
R.E.S.P.E.C.T. Arethra Franklin
We Shall Be Free by Garth Brooks [actually quite good!]
Everybody Dance Now! by C&C Music Factory
I Will Survive by Gloria Gaynor
FunkyTown by Lipps
Tainted Love by Softcell
Girls & Boys by Blur
It’s Raining Men by The Weather Girls
We are Family by Sister Sledge
Your Spin Me Round by Dead Or Alive
… actually, at last years Pride parade in Dublin I remember hearing Nirvana ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ playing seriously loudly from a float … so gay Pride isn’t just about all the usual cliches anymore
Straight people can leave song suggestions too! Here’s my five. I went for gay bands or gay lyrics.
1. Of Montreal, Bunny Ain’t No Kind of Rider
2. Rufus Wainwright, Oh What a World
3. Electric Six, Gay Bar
4. Teagan and Presley, The Con
5. The Pipettes, I like a boy in uniform
1. Mr. Bad Guy - Freddie Mercury
2. Body Language - QUEEN. Thiss video features Fred mincing around in a leather police uniform. The other lads are rolling their eyes with no idea what is going on. Pure early 80’s.
3. Relax - Frankie Goes to Hollywood
4. Let’s Go Outside - George Michael
Hmm, Pride songs
The Gossip - Standing In The Way of Control
Diana Ross - I’m Coming Out
Soft Cell - Tainted Love
Donna Summer - I Feel Love
Tegan and Sara - The Con
Yo Majesty - Club Action
Scott Matthew - In The End (Justin Bond’s version from Shortbus here: http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=bDfer2J-Vpk)
midnight train to georgia
gay eskimo - tenacious d
talk to me now - ani difranco
its a sin - pet shop boys
viar in a tutu - the smiths
Since Bren took all my stereotypical songs, I really only have one he forgot:
I don’t feel like dancin’ - Scissor Sisters
Oooh Oooh! Forgot!
Somewhere Over the Rainbow - any artist, but let’s go with Judy Garland
… now I’m done
Yo didn’t know this was your blog when I met ya at Dan Deacon. Will surely see you out again some night!!
Pride songs….err….let me see, I’m not gay but here are songs that seem to me to articulate feelings relating to having to struggle with your sexuality in a world that’s still a bit unaccepting, and therefore surely provide some solace to listeners who might feel the same way.
Belle and Sebastian-The state that I am in
The Smiths-Reel around the fountain
The Vaselines-Rory ride me raw
Actually, the last of those three songs is not about a struggle at all, just a mad proclamation from both a girl and a boy that they want to be rode by ‘rory’.
Yeh great meeting ya Gardenhead. I’m not gay either but I always thought SRXT by Bloc Party was about struggling with sexuality. Supposed to be about a suicide though so what do I know.
I didn’t know that Dublin has a pride festival. Damn it, too late now …
Village People - Go west
Diana Ross - I’m coming out
Gloria Gaynor - I Am What I Am
Boy Pop - Book of Love
Sister Sledge - We Are Family
Just to reiterate good points made by both Tom and gardenhead - I’M NOT GAY EITHER!!!!
Geez, Brian. Sensitive much?
Buzzcocks - Orgasm Addict
Abba - Dancing Queen
Pet Shop Boys - Go West
Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Relax
Take That feat. Lulu - Relight My Fire
Who cares?!
great suggestions, keep ‘em coming!
Ooh, I don’t have any more to offer for the podcast (apart from ABBA - Gimme gimme gimme a man after midnight!) but it sounds like it’s going to be a brilliant dance around your handbag one!
As is the case with a lot of other top five lists, I end up thinking about this too much and get distracted by shiny things.
As much as I’d like to be original and list a million Freddie Mercury suggestions I think I’ll leave Freedom by George Michael as my only suggestion for this week.
1. Robert German-Marlboro Man
2. Ani DiFranco-Light of Some Kind
3. Robert German-Fishnet Sailor
4. Johnny Cash- Boy Named Sue
5. Eric Himan-Bartender
6. Tesosterone Kills-Arizona (an extra one for good measure)