Get ready to celebrate wh our list of gay anthems to stir the heart and move the hips. Happy Pri, everyone!
Contents:
- ULTIMATE PRI PLAYLIST: THE 50 BT GAY SONGS
- IS GREEN DAY GAY? IS BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG OF GREEN DAY GAY?
- GREEN GAY - 21ST CENTURY GREEN DAY TRIBUTE
- IS GREEN DAY GAY? IS BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG OF GREEN DAY GAY?
ULTIMATE PRI PLAYLIST: THE 50 BT GAY SONGS
* gay green day songs *
Though there appears to be a gay joke the lyrics to Green Day's "Basketse" ("I went to a whore, he said my life's a bore... Until the release of his tobgraphy 2013, Morrissey had never officially e out as gay or bisexual, though he's been dancg around the subject sce the very begng of his reer.
He wrote the lyrics to the Smhs' send sgle "This Charmg Man" as a reactn to his distaste for mastream gay culture at the time, tellg the story of one man quatly attemptg to sce another.
Indie pop band the Magic Fields has a close relatnship wh LGBT culture, as lead songwrer Steph Merrt is gay and origally wrote the album 69 Love Songs for a drag queen revue. While some classics do appear on our list, others do not – sorry, Gloria Gaynor, Kylie Mogue, RuPl, Brney and Cher, we still adore you — here are 25 sential pri songs om the 1970s to today.
IS GREEN DAY GAY? IS BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG OF GREEN DAY GAY?
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GREEN GAY - 21ST CENTURY GREEN DAY TRIBUTE
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IS GREEN DAY GAY? IS BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG OF GREEN DAY GAY?
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