| The Rolling Stones – Street Fighting Man Lyrics | 5 years ago |
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This reminds me of Stokely Carmichael's slogan, "Burn, Baby, Burn." At this time, the US military was killing 500 innocent civilians per week in Vietnam. The whole world knew it. The only people in the dark were dim witted, red stated, fried-pork-rind eating American dunces The British were fed up. At the time this song came out, hundreds of thousands marched on the US embassy in London and Jagger was there. My dream: To throw Molotov cocktails into mansions while this song is blasting in the background |
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| The Jam – David Watts Lyrics | 5 years ago |
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Get this straight: This definitely pertains to gayness. Of course, it pertains to more than gayness, but first let me ESTABLISH that this pertains to being gay. Several people say that the song was written when "gay" meant happy. First, the term gay as a synonym for homosexual dates back to at least the beginning of the sixties, and Second, and MORE IMPORTANTLY, the song also states girls can't get David Watts because he is of "pure and noble creed." In addition to being about gayness it is about: A) The desire to be a masculine gay guy ("He is the captain of the team") B) It is about the desire to bond with a masculine gay guy. C) The insistent beat combined with the lyrics expresses the fierce, irrepressible needs that some young gay men feel. |
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| The Kinks – Sitting In My Hotel Lyrics | 5 years ago |
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There's a tension in this song: On the one hand , the protagonist does not want to be cut off from his roots, does not want to be a pretty princely boy taking his cues from the pretty people, and does not want to be a creature and a prisoner of luxury, and of servants who are always servile and never tell the truth. At the same time, I think he'd love all the unguents and marvels and dainties given to Prince Magarett and Princess Jagger. |
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| The Tom Robinson Band – Glad to be Gay Lyrics | 5 years ago |
| Of course I liked it. Any gay guy, into Rock, who did not like it was out of his mind | |
| The Rolling Stones – Ruby Tuesday Lyrics | 5 years ago |
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This song is one of the most eloquent evocations of melancholy I have ever known. And it was written by Brian Jones |
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| Mott The Hoople – All the Young Dudes Lyrics | 5 years ago |
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I always loved this song. And yes it is indisputably gay, but it offers an updated masculine version of gayness. Consider the line. Lucy looks sweet cause she's dressed like a queen but she can kick like a mule It's a real mean team. The song also reflects the notion, very prevalent in the early seventies, that since the political revolutions had failed (My brother's back at ho me with his Beatles and his Stones/He never got it off on that Revolution stuff/ What a drag, too many snags) it was time for a revolution in one's personal life, such as one's sexual life, i.e., accepting one's deviation from the norm. |
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| The Rolling Stones – Something Happened To Me Yesterday Lyrics | 6 years ago |
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I think this song concerns homosexuality: 1) Consider the lyrics: "He don't know if it's right or wrong Maybe he should tell someone He's not sure just what it was Or if it's against the law" In 1967, homosexuality was just being legalized in England so the status was unclear. Whether it is right or wrong or against the law are questions asked of homosexuality. Everyone knew that drugs were criminalized --The Stones were prosecuted for drugs. 2) And Consider these lyrics: Something happened to me yesterday Something I can't speak of right away Having gay sex is something one finds it difficult to speak of right away. 3) And consider these lyrics: No one's sure just what it was Or the meaning and the cause People have been speculating about the "cause" of homosexuality for ages. 4) And consider these closing lines: Well thank you very much and now I think it's time for us All to go. so from all of us to all of you not forgetting The boys in the band and our producer, Reg Thorpe, We'd like to say "God Bless". So, if you're out tonight, Don't forget, if you're on your bike, wear white...amen. The "boys in the band" was a play, and then a movie, about gay men. In the song, we are told not to forget the boys in the band. He is telling us to include our gay brothers. 5) Consider the vocal tones: There is a softness and a sweetness often absent from the stones. This can be congruent with gayness. (of course any decent and sensitive straight guy can sound this way too.) I always loved Jagger. There was always a bisexual aura about him, but he was very emphatically macho. In the early 70's he was a sort of glittering macho faggot son of a bitch blazing across the sky like a comet. Man, I loved him. |
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