Gay Songs by Straight Bands

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I'm trying to come up with a list of songs done by straight artists or bands which have a gay overtone to them or are indeed gay, Gay, GAY!

So far I've got two that come to mind:

'King for a Day' by: GREEN DAY
'Michael' by: FRANZ FERDINAND

Any others come to mind?...anyone?...anyone?

[DBoon]

1. "all the young dudes" - mott the hoople

nt

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3. Thanks!

:)

[rawtribe]

2. I Wanna Be A Homosexual

Screeching Weasel


Bobby Brown and He's So Gay - Frank Zappa

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23. Screeching Weasel is great.

Thanks rawtribe! :)

[The Great Escape]

4. Rough Boys-Pete Townshend

[Zuni]

5. Didn't Townshend come out of the closet?

[The Great Escape]

7. I Don't Know?

[Bossy Monkey]

30. You betcha

I believe the quote was something to the effect that he had to put it out as a solo record, he couldn't make Roger sing a song about sleeping with young punk rock boys.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

6. Girls & Boys by Blur

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17. Very good.

Thanks! :)

[mitchum]

8. Several Lou Reed songs according to Lou...

who insists that he was never gay, but only writing from a character's perspective. Sure.

[Placebo]

15. Suuuuuure.

;)

[Atlas Mugged]

49. He sure put enough research into it!!!

[mitchum]

57. LOL!!!

Careful, he may have a roadie beat you up. Or ask Laurie to invent a death ray.

[mitchum]

9. "Madame George" Van Morrison

[Cha]

13. That's a Gay song?

I have that on "Astral Weeks"..I'll have to listen to it again.

[CanuckAmok]

10. A couple by Steely Dan...

Rikki Don't lose that number:

We hear you're leaving, that's OK
I thought our little wild time had just begun,
I guess you kind of scared yourself, you turn and run
But if you have a change of heart.

Rikki don't lose that number;
You don't wanna call nobody else.
Send it off in a letter to yourself.
Rikki don't lose that number;
It's the only one you own.
You might use it if you feel better,
When you get home.


I have a friend in town, he's heard your name.
We can go out driving on Slow Hand Row
We could stay inside and play games I don't know
And you could have a change of heart.




Any Major Dude:

I never seen you looking so bad my funky one
You tell me that your superfine mind has come undone
Chorus:
Any major dude with half a heart surely will tell you my friend
Any minor world that breaks apart falls together again
When the demon is at your door
In the morning it won’t be there no more
Any major dude will tell you

Have you ever seen a squonk’s tears? well, look at mine
The people on the street have all seen better times

Chorus

I can tell you all I know, the where to go, the what to do
You can try to run but you can’t hide from what’s inside of you

Chorus

[Arugula Latte]

50. I always took Rikki to be a girl

because s/he spelled it with an "i." ?? Maybe I'm naive ... :shrug:

[Cha]

11. Green Day is "straight"?

I was wondering about them when I heard them sing and play their hearts out at Live8?

Especially the lyrics to American Idiot..

GREEN DAY LYRICS

"American Idiot"

Don't wanna be an American idiot.
Don't want a nation under the new mania.
And can you hear the sound of hysteria?
The subliminal mind fuck America.

Welcome to a new kind of tension.
All across the alienation.
Everything isn't meant to be okay.
Television dreams of tomorrow.
We're not the ones who're meant to follow.
For that's enough to argue.

Well maybe I'm the faggot America.
I'm not a part of a redneck agenda.
Now everybody do the propaganda.
And sing along in the age of paranoia.

Welcome to a new kind of tension.
All across the alienation.
Everything isn't meant to be okay.
Television dreams of tomorrow.
We're not the ones who're meant to follow.
For that's enough to argue.

Don't wanna be an American idiot.
One nation controlled by the media.
Information age of hysteria.
It's calling out to idiot America.

Welcome to a new kind of tension.
All across the alienation.
Everything isn't meant to be okay.
Television dreams of tomorrow.
We're not the ones who're meant to follow.
For that's enough to argue.


www.azlyrics.com

I love them, btw..they're one of my new favorite bands...I know, I'm slow. They've only been around since 1994. And I knew I would like them before I ever heard them!

Here they are..

http://mp.aol.com/video.index.adp?pls=music.live8_us_berlin_no_int&start=19&_AOLFORM=w708.h344.p7.R1

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14. Yeah they're straight alright.

As far as we know that is. :)

[Cha]

18. Well, they're about the cutest

things I've ever seen!

I saw an interview with them on that same aol link and they were being asked choices about what they liked..And when it came to bush or Kerry and, of course, they said "KERRY!"

They also like The Beatles more than the Stones!

[jonnyblitz]

12. lola by the kinks. nt

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16. Thanks!

:)

[Ellen Forradalom]

29. The CLASSIC!

Hard to beat that!

[sundog]

19. Language of Violence - Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy

when Michael Franti first came onto the scene

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21. thanks sundog

:pals:

[terrya]

20. "The Killing of Georgie" by Rod Stewart

It's a heartbraking song about a gay man. One of my favorite Rod Stewart songs.

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22. thanks terrya!

sad song :(

[Maccagirl]

24. You've Got To Hide Your Love Away

by the Beatles. I read that Tom Carroll claimed that it was the first gay song. It was about Brian Epstein, their manager.

[DemGirl7]

25. "Pink Triangle" by Weezer

It's on their Pinkerton ablum, it's a good song about this guy who likes this girl, but finds out she's lesbian.

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26. These things happen.

hehe :)

[ForrestGump]

27. "Jailhouse Rock"

The whole movie had a few such undertones, and there was even BDSM apparent in the lyrics of "Treat Me Nice" ( like "Jailhouse Rock," written by Lieber and Stoller: "scratch my back and run your pretty fingers through my hair," and "I'll even be your slave, if you ask me to") and here:



:-)

Kinky stuff for 1957.

[sundog]

28. haaaa

:rofl:

[Ellen Forradalom]

31. "Candy Says," Velvet Underground

about drag queen Candy Darling.

[sundog]

42. candy came from out on the island,in the backroom she was everybody darlin

But she never lost her head, Even when she was given head - she said
Hey Babe, take a walk on the wild side

:7

candy darling was in some great movies

she's dead now though :(

[Ellen Forradalom]

43. "Take a Walk on the Wild Side"

Sounds like Candy was an enduring source of inspiration to our man Lou.

[sundog]

44. all of those old warhol ficks...

trash, flesh, women in revolt...

[Ellen Forradalom]

45. Trash, flesh, women in revolt

Sounds like a plan. Where do I sign up?

[carpetbagger]

55. Then there's "Sister Ray"

All 17 minutes of it.

[assclown_bush]

32. Space is The Place by Spacehog

Song Lyrics

Spacehog
Resident Alien (1995)
Space is the place

Prelude to Space is the Place:
Good afternoon and welcome. Today we celebrate the songs of two of my head parishoners,
Royston and Antony Langdon. In this song, they deal candidly with themes of brotherly love and
homosexuality. Turn now to page number 372, Space is the Place.

SONG

And when you kiss your other lover
Well I will try to understand
And just because you're fucking him
It doesn't mean you don't love me
I do what you want, be what you want to be

CHORUS
Space is the place where I will go when I am all alone and
When nobody calls me on the phone and I am all alone and
I'm meditating in the zone, all alone and
Space is the place where I will go

And just because you kissed your brother
It doesn't mean to say you're gay
'Cause even when you're fucking him
It doesn't mean you don't love me
I do what you want, be what you want to be

CHORUS

[bliss_eternal]

33. What about Sex and Candy by Marcy's Playground?

My husband thinks it's gay--but I don't. Just erotic...

[azoth]

35. I agree with *you*.

That song just does it for me.

[bliss_eternal]

38. Thank you--me too.

In fact I am humming and singing it now--my husband is annoyed.
:rofl:

[azoth]

41. You'd think he'd be happy, no?

Men.

[IChing]

34. Maybe a hint in Polythene Pam...Beatles

Well you should see Polythene Pam
She's so good-looking but she looks like a man
Well you should see her in drag dressed in her polythene bag
Yes you should see Polythene Pam.
Yeah yeah yeah

Get a dose of her in jackboots and kilt
She's killer-diller when she's dressed to the hilt
She's the kind of a girl that makes the "News of the World"
Yes you could say she was attractively built.
Yeah yeah yeah.

[NeoTraitors]

36. How about 'Androgynous' (sp) by the

Replacements?

[IChing]

39. I think that was the hint in the song but with other implications that

Lennon always put into his lyrics.

[nickgutierrez]

37. Shit - I was going to say "Michael"

No need to guess on that one. gay, Gay, GAY indeed.

Actually, you got both of my first two. I have to come up with more now. :)

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40. It's more difficult than I thought it would be.

:)

[ldf]

46. low spark of high heeled boys

by traffic

just went back an read the lyrics. not really clear. still, "the low spark of high heeled boys" seems to be SO gay.

??

[Cocoa]

47. Streets of Philadelphia

Bruce Springsteen.

[Fenris]

48. What about bands in which the musicians are all straight

But the vocalist is fa-laaaaaaaming? :D

[Tripper11]

51. How about the Electric Six?

Gay Bar
This link needs to be resurrected every so often!

:headbang::headbang::headbang::headbang::headbang::headbang::headbang:

[ghostsofgiants]

52. Electric Six = ROCK

[ghostsofgiants]

53. "Fear And Loathing In Laramie" by Protest The Hero

I suppose this counts as a gay song...it's a song about gay rights.

Compassion is shit
Soft-spoken words and a look of concern
The fire is lit
Emotion will never extinguish these flames
That inaction has built
What makes it burn?
A nation so straight that deviation’s a crime
When will we learn that sexuality is not a punishable offense?
On a cold October night
A gentle soul was crucified
And what remains of his blood still stains our idle hands
That soft-spoken words won’t justify
Culprits are we
Let’s talk about rights
Let’s talk about sexual orientation
Let’s talk about you and an entire homophobic nation
Will you follow me down?
Can we not separate ourselves from such hate?
Let’s sever the head of the beast with the crown
Let’s no longer participate
Will you follow me down?
Why won’t anyone stand up?

[RandomKoolzip]

54. "Rikki Don't Lose That Number," Steely Dan.

If you spell it "Ricky," that is. Actually, if Rikki is a guy, the lyrics make more sense.

Also:

A lot of Springsteen tunes where he describes boys looking "hard" and "tough," romantically.

[BlackVelvetElvis]

56. The Kinks - "David Watts"

Later covered by The Jam.
It always sounded like a boy on boy crush to me.

[mitchum]

58. "Cocksucker Blues" The Rolling Stones

also "Memo From Turner"

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60. That's a real song title?

:rofl:

cool!

[mitchum]

61. Yes!

Mick Jagger, a guitar, tons of echo and a young man's adventures in London. The band submitted it to Decca as a contractual obligation. Obviously, the label didn't release it, but bootleg copies are fairly easy to find.

[KG]

59. Rough Boys -The Who

ooops - missed it up-thread.

Rough Boys Lyrics
Artist: The Who
Album: Empty Glass


Tough boys
Running the streets
Come a little closer
Rough toys
Under the sheets
Nobody knows here
Rough boys
Come over here
I wanna bite and kiss you
I wanna see what I can find
Tough kids
Take a bottle of wine
When your deal is broken
Ten quid
She's so easy to blind
Not a word is spoken
Rough boys
Don't walk away
I'm still pretty blissed here
Tough boys
I'm gonna carry you home
You got pretty pissed dear
Gonna get inside you
Gonna get inside your bitter mind
Rough boys
Don't walk away
I wanna buy your leather
Make noise
Try and talk me away
We can't be seen together
Tough kids
What can I do?
I'm so pale and weedy
Rough fits
In my Hush Puppy shoes
But I'm still pleadin
Tough boys
Running the streets
Come a little closer
Rough toys
Under the sheets
Nobody knows her
Rough boys
Come over here
I wanna bite and kiss you
I wanna see what I can find

[Sugarcoated]

62. And I Moved

Pete Townshend

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63. Those are some...GAY lyrics!

If I ever read any. :o