I think that it obviously has to do with scoring drugs, but that the double, and at first, plain as day (at least from the title) meaning of a gay relationship, is/was intentional. Back then it would have been quite bold and controversial to have a song about such subject matter so openly displayed, so Lou doubles down so when it is investigated further, it turns out to be about another controversial talking point, drug dealing.
I am not gay, but have done this song, as a cover song, on stage, over the years, and people's first reaction is usually some form of, "I didn't know you were gay." Hell, even my drummer thought that was what the song was about (and this is after playing it for the last umpteen years) until I explained it to him a couple of months ago, which is hilarious to me. I asked him why he thought, that I, a straight man, would play a gay song all this time, and he said he thought it was because 'it had a pretty good beat'. I almost died laughing.
I think that it obviously has to do with scoring drugs, but that the double, and at first, plain as day (at least from the title) meaning of a gay relationship, is/was intentional. Back then it would have been quite bold and controversial to have a song about such subject matter so openly displayed, so Lou doubles down so when it is investigated further, it turns out to be about another controversial talking point, drug dealing.
I am not gay, but have done this song, as a cover song, on stage, over the years, and people's first reaction is usually some form of, "I didn't know you were gay." Hell, even my drummer thought that was what the song was about (and this is after playing it for the last umpteen years) until I explained it to him a couple of months ago, which is hilarious to me. I asked him why he thought, that I, a straight man, would play a gay song all this time, and he said he thought it was because 'it had a pretty good beat'. I almost died laughing.