I totally agree PNG. I was a naive 15 year old kid when "Empty Glass" came out, and I even caught all the homosexual references littered throughout the album. So it was no surprise when Pete 'came out'.
Now I was always under the impression that this song was about a man taking advantage of a boy...but that the boy didn't mind. And ' As he laid me back just like an empty dress' is such a great lyric...vivid imagery.
i actually dont hear any homosexualaity in that album. the song rough boys is making fun of punks and gays and how they all act and dress the same. alot the other songs on this album are very religious. if you think otherwise than your not really listening to the complexity of the lyrics
i actually dont hear any homosexualaity in that album. the song rough boys is making fun of punks and gays and how they all act and dress the same. alot the other songs on this album are very religious. if you think otherwise than your not really listening to the complexity of the lyrics
Here's something from the 'Empty Glass' entry on wikipedia for you..." Empty Glass, when compared with The Who's 1981 album Face Dances, was considered the superior album, with many critics calling it a Who album that never was. Roger Daltrey later commented that he felt let down by Townshend, and that many of the songs from the album would have worked well for The Who, among them "Rough Boys" and "Empty Glass"; Townshend countered by saying that he felt "Rough Boys" was the one song Daltrey would have wanted clarified (in terms of the song's homoerotic subtext) and toned down...
Here's something from the 'Empty Glass' entry on wikipedia for you..." Empty Glass, when compared with The Who's 1981 album Face Dances, was considered the superior album, with many critics calling it a Who album that never was. Roger Daltrey later commented that he felt let down by Townshend, and that many of the songs from the album would have worked well for The Who, among them "Rough Boys" and "Empty Glass"; Townshend countered by saying that he felt "Rough Boys" was the one song Daltrey would have wanted clarified (in terms of the song's homoerotic subtext) and toned down if he were to sing it, thus defeating its message..."
Maybe you are missing the obvious lyrics...or just ignoring them. But nevertheless...'Empty Glass' is a great album.
I totally agree PNG. I was a naive 15 year old kid when "Empty Glass" came out, and I even caught all the homosexual references littered throughout the album. So it was no surprise when Pete 'came out'.
Now I was always under the impression that this song was about a man taking advantage of a boy...but that the boy didn't mind. And ' As he laid me back just like an empty dress' is such a great lyric...vivid imagery.
i actually dont hear any homosexualaity in that album. the song rough boys is making fun of punks and gays and how they all act and dress the same. alot the other songs on this album are very religious. if you think otherwise than your not really listening to the complexity of the lyrics
i actually dont hear any homosexualaity in that album. the song rough boys is making fun of punks and gays and how they all act and dress the same. alot the other songs on this album are very religious. if you think otherwise than your not really listening to the complexity of the lyrics
Here's something from the 'Empty Glass' entry on wikipedia for you..." Empty Glass, when compared with The Who's 1981 album Face Dances, was considered the superior album, with many critics calling it a Who album that never was. Roger Daltrey later commented that he felt let down by Townshend, and that many of the songs from the album would have worked well for The Who, among them "Rough Boys" and "Empty Glass"; Townshend countered by saying that he felt "Rough Boys" was the one song Daltrey would have wanted clarified (in terms of the song's homoerotic subtext) and toned down...
Here's something from the 'Empty Glass' entry on wikipedia for you..." Empty Glass, when compared with The Who's 1981 album Face Dances, was considered the superior album, with many critics calling it a Who album that never was. Roger Daltrey later commented that he felt let down by Townshend, and that many of the songs from the album would have worked well for The Who, among them "Rough Boys" and "Empty Glass"; Townshend countered by saying that he felt "Rough Boys" was the one song Daltrey would have wanted clarified (in terms of the song's homoerotic subtext) and toned down if he were to sing it, thus defeating its message..."
Maybe you are missing the obvious lyrics...or just ignoring them. But nevertheless...'Empty Glass' is a great album.