Insi Sonic Yootha - the club night that saved Liverpool's gay scene - Liverpool Echo

Contents:

• WHY WE THK SONIC SHOULD (AND WILL) BE GAY
• IS SONIC GAY? WHY THE HEDGEHOG IS THE PERFECT LGBTQ IN
• INSI SONIC YOOTHA - THE CLUB NIGHT THAT SAVED LIVERPOOL'S GAY SCENETHE SO-LLED 'QUEER DIS' TERS FOR 'HOMOS, HETEROS, DRAG SHOWS AND DON’T KNOWS'LIVERPOOLECHOBOOKMARKSHARECOMMENTSWHAT'S ONBYEIA BONACONTENT EDOR15:15, 14 JUL 2017UPDATED17:22, 14 JUL 2017BOOKMARKVIO LOADGVIO UNAVAILABLECLICK TO PLAYTAP TO PLAYTHE VIO WILL TO-PLAY SOON8CANCELPLAY NOWDON'T MISS THE BIGGT STORI AND BREAKG NEWS WH THE ECHO DAILY NEWSLETTERMORE NEWSLETTERS SUBSCRIBEINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.MORE NEWSLETTERSWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!WE HAVE MORE NEWSLETTERSSHOW ME SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE&TIM;GROUP 28 DON'T MISS THE BIGGT STORI AND BREAKG NEWS WH THE ECHO DAILY NEWSLETTERINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.SIGN UPNO THANKS, CLOSEWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE &TIM;GROUP 28THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!
• ANDROGYNO MDSONIC YOUTHTRACK 8 ON EXPERIMENTAL JET SET, TRASH AND NO STAR PRODUCED BYBUTCH VIGMAY. 3, 19941 VIEWER10 CONTRIBUTORSANDROGYNO MD LYRICS[VERSE 1]HEY SAD ANGEL WALKS, AND HE TALKS LIKE A GIRLOUT TRYG TO THK WHY STKS, HE'S NOT A GIRLNOW HE'S KICKED THE GUT, THEY FUCKED HIM UP, JT ENOUGHTHEY GOT ME DOWN ON MY KNE, I KISS HIS RG, GOD IS LOVE[CHOS]ANDROGYNO MD, ANDROGYNO MDANDROGYNO MD, ANDROGYNO MDANDROGYNO MD, ANDROGYNO MD[VERSE 2]HEY HEY ARE YOU GAY? ARE YOU GOD?MY BRA'S A BOMB, TO TURN YOU ONEVERYTHG IS ALL RIGHTGOD IS GAY, AND YOU WERE RIGHT[CHOS]ANDROGYNO MD, ANDROGYNO MDANDROGYNO MD, ANDROGYNO MDANDROGYNO MD, ANDROGYNO MD[BRIDGE]HEY HEY 'S OKAY, HEY HEY 'S OKAYHEY HEY 'S OKAY, HEY 'S OKAYHEY HEY 'S OKAY, HEY HEY 'S OKAYAAAAAAAAWWWOOOOOOOWWWAAAAAAAOOOYOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE[VERSE 3]GOD SAID 'S ALL RIGHT, FOR YOU TO FIGHTTO EE YOUR MDWHOSE SI ARE YOU ON?LIKE A BOMB, YOUR EE TONIGHT[CHOS]ANDROGYNO MD, ANDROGYNO MDANDROGYNO MD, ANDROGYNO MDANDROGYNO MD, ANDROGYNO MD[OUTRO]HEY HEY 'S OKAY, HEY HEY 'S OKAYHEY HEY 'S OKAY, HEY 'S OKAYHEY HEY3EMBEDCANCELHOW TO FORMAT LYRICS:TYPE OUT ALL LYRICS, EVEN REPEATG SONG PARTS LIKE THE CHOSLYRICS SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN TO DIVIDUAL LUSE SECTN HEARS ABOVE DIFFERENT SONG PARTS LIKE [VERSE], [CHOS], ETC.USE ALICS (<I>LYRIC</I>) AND BOLD (<B>LYRIC</B>) TO DISTGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT VOLISTS THE SAME SONG PARTIF YOU DON’T UNRSTAND A LYRIC, E [?]TO LEARN MORE, CHECK OUT OUR TRANSCRIPTN GUI OR VIS OUR TRANSCRIBERS FOMABOUTTHIS SONG B IS UNREVIEWEDGENI ANNOTATN1 NTRIBUTOREIGHTH TRACK OM THE ALBUM “EXPERIMENTAL JET SET, TRASH AND NO STAR” THE SONG TALKS ABOUT THE SECURI OF A GAY PERSON WHO HAS NOT YET REVEALED HIS SEXUALY.EXPAND +41SHAREASK A QUTN ABOUT THIS SONGASK A QUTN *‌WHO PRODUCED “ANDROGYNO MD” BY SONIC YOUTH?WHEN DID SONIC YOUTH RELEASE “ANDROGYNO MD”?WHO WROTE “ANDROGYNO MD” BY SONIC YOUTH?EXPERIMENTAL JET SET, TRASH AND NO STAR (1994)SONIC YOUTH1. WNER’S BLU2. BULL THE HEATHER3. STARFIELD ROAD4. SKK5. SCREAMG SKULL6. SELF OBSSED AND SEXXEE7. BONE8. ANDROGYNO MD9. QUT FOR THE CUP10. WAIST11. DOCTOR’S ORRS12. TOKYO EYE13. IN THE MD OF THE BOURGEOIS REAR14. SWEET SHECREDSPRODUCED BYBUTCH VIGWRTEN BYKIM GORDON, LEE RANALDO, THURSTON MOORE & STEVE SHELLEYMASTERED BYHOWIE WEBERGRERD BYJOHN SIKETBASSKIM GORDONDMSSTEVE SHELLEYGUARLEE RANALDO & THURSTON MOOREVOLSTHURSTON MOORERERD ATSEAR SOUND STUDRELEASE DATEMAY 3, 1994SONGS THAT INTERPOLATE ANDROGYNO MDDGHTER [TAMPA, FLORIDA AUGT 12 2000] BY PEARL JAMTAGSROCKNOISE ROCKINDIE ROCKALTERNATIVE ROCKEXPAND COMMENTSADD A MENTSIGN UP AND DROP KNOWLEDGE ?GENI IS THE ULTIMATE SOURCE OF MIC KNOWLEDGE, CREATED BY SCHOLARS LIKE YOU WHO SHARE FACTS AND SIGHT ABOUT THE SONGS AND ARTISTS THEY LOVE.SIGN UPGENI IS THE WORLD’S BIGGT LLECTN OF SONG LYRICS AND MIL KNOWLEDGE

WHY WE THK SONIC SHOULD (AND WILL) BE GAY

This has ma nsir the very real possibily that Sonic uld -- and we propose should -- be gay. When talkg about Sonic's relatnships, would be remiss of not to brg up Knuckl, whose banter wh Sonic lends self perfectly to a sexually-charged homoerotic adversarial relatnship.

Gay Is The Way. The LGBTQ+ muny is still largely unrreprented and prentatn of homosexual relatnships as every b as normal, valid, and fulfillg as heterosexual on is val battg bigotry and homophobia.

For one thg, is Sonic gay?

IS SONIC GAY? WHY THE HEDGEHOG IS THE PERFECT LGBTQ IN

However, fans are sistent that Sonic and his pals are gay or at least should be ma to LGBTQ characters. No, Sonic is not gay. Their one non-beard member, the ironilly named Frank Beard, do at tim have a startlg remblence to Tom Selleck: an actor that throughout the 80s veloped a large gay followg.

When you thk of gay nights you probably image chey pop mic, bad karaoke and strict door polici - but one Liverpool club night is changg all that. Sonic Yootha has been nng for two years as a club night for “homos, heteros, drag shows and don’t knows”, and ’s been dubbed by many as the event that saved Liverpool’s gay scene. The pair cid to lnch what they scribe as a 'queer night' wh a distctly different sound to most gay clubs and now people travel om all over the untry to throw shap unr Yootha's dis ball.

It's a plete meltg pot of young, old, between, gay, straight, drag... "Especially on the gay scene Liverpool there was nowhere that played the kd of mic that we liked.

INSI SONIC YOOTHA - THE CLUB NIGHT THAT SAVED LIVERPOOL'S GAY SCENETHE SO-LLED 'QUEER DIS' TERS FOR 'HOMOS, HETEROS, DRAG SHOWS AND DON’T KNOWS'LIVERPOOLECHOBOOKMARKSHARECOMMENTSWHAT'S ONBYEIA BONACONTENT EDOR15:15, 14 JUL 2017UPDATED17:22, 14 JUL 2017BOOKMARKVIO LOADGVIO UNAVAILABLECLICK TO PLAYTAP TO PLAYTHE VIO WILL TO-PLAY SOON8CANCELPLAY NOWDON'T MISS THE BIGGT STORI AND BREAKG NEWS WH THE ECHO DAILY NEWSLETTERMORE NEWSLETTERS SUBSCRIBEINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.MORE NEWSLETTERSWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!WE HAVE MORE NEWSLETTERSSHOW ME SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE&TIM;GROUP 28 DON'T MISS THE BIGGT STORI AND BREAKG NEWS WH THE ECHO DAILY NEWSLETTERINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.SIGN UPNO THANKS, CLOSEWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE &TIM;GROUP 28THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!

The door policy at Sonic Yootha is also credibly different to your ual gay club nights. Ian told the ECHO: "You don't have to be gay.

It's a gay night, 's very much a queer cultural night but you don't have to be gay.

"There's none of this stoppg people on the door gog 'are you gay? Whether you’re a homo, hetero, drag show or don’t know - get down to Kchen Street for a queer dis wh a SavedYou n fd this story My by navigatg to the er in the top right. The gay clubs here tend to stick to really lame electronic mic.

ANDROGYNO MDSONIC YOUTHTRACK 8 ON EXPERIMENTAL JET SET, TRASH AND NO STAR PRODUCED BYBUTCH VIGMAY. 3, 19941 VIEWER10 CONTRIBUTORSANDROGYNO MD LYRICS[VERSE 1]HEY SAD ANGEL WALKS, AND HE TALKS LIKE A GIRLOUT TRYG TO THK WHY STKS, HE'S NOT A GIRLNOW HE'S KICKED THE GUT, THEY FUCKED HIM UP, JT ENOUGHTHEY GOT ME DOWN ON MY KNE, I KISS HIS RG, GOD IS LOVE[CHOS]ANDROGYNO MD, ANDROGYNO MDANDROGYNO MD, ANDROGYNO MDANDROGYNO MD, ANDROGYNO MD[VERSE 2]HEY HEY ARE YOU GAY? ARE YOU GOD?MY BRA'S A BOMB, TO TURN YOU ONEVERYTHG IS ALL RIGHTGOD IS GAY, AND YOU WERE RIGHT[CHOS]ANDROGYNO MD, ANDROGYNO MDANDROGYNO MD, ANDROGYNO MDANDROGYNO MD, ANDROGYNO MD[BRIDGE]HEY HEY 'S OKAY, HEY HEY 'S OKAYHEY HEY 'S OKAY, HEY 'S OKAYHEY HEY 'S OKAY, HEY HEY 'S OKAYAAAAAAAAWWWOOOOOOOWWWAAAAAAAOOOYOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE[VERSE 3]GOD SAID 'S ALL RIGHT, FOR YOU TO FIGHTTO EE YOUR MDWHOSE SI ARE YOU ON?LIKE A BOMB, YOUR EE TONIGHT[CHOS]ANDROGYNO MD, ANDROGYNO MDANDROGYNO MD, ANDROGYNO MDANDROGYNO MD, ANDROGYNO MD[OUTRO]HEY HEY 'S OKAY, HEY HEY 'S OKAYHEY HEY 'S OKAY, HEY 'S OKAYHEY HEY3EMBEDCANCELHOW TO FORMAT LYRICS:TYPE OUT ALL LYRICS, EVEN REPEATG SONG PARTS LIKE THE CHOSLYRICS SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN TO DIVIDUAL LUSE SECTN HEARS ABOVE DIFFERENT SONG PARTS LIKE [VERSE], [CHOS], ETC.USE ALICS (<I>LYRIC</I>) AND BOLD (<B>LYRIC</B>) TO DISTGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT VOLISTS THE SAME SONG PARTIF YOU DON’T UNRSTAND A LYRIC, E [?]TO LEARN MORE, CHECK OUT OUR TRANSCRIPTN GUI OR VIS OUR TRANSCRIBERS FOMABOUTTHIS SONG B IS UNREVIEWEDGENI ANNOTATN1 NTRIBUTOREIGHTH TRACK OM THE ALBUM “EXPERIMENTAL JET SET, TRASH AND NO STAR” THE SONG TALKS ABOUT THE SECURI OF A GAY PERSON WHO HAS NOT YET REVEALED HIS SEXUALY.EXPAND +41SHAREASK A QUTN ABOUT THIS SONGASK A QUTN *‌WHO PRODUCED “ANDROGYNO MD” BY SONIC YOUTH?WHEN DID SONIC YOUTH RELEASE “ANDROGYNO MD”?WHO WROTE “ANDROGYNO MD” BY SONIC YOUTH?EXPERIMENTAL JET SET, TRASH AND NO STAR (1994)SONIC YOUTH1. WNER’S BLU2. BULL THE HEATHER3. STARFIELD ROAD4. SKK5. SCREAMG SKULL6. SELF OBSSED AND SEXXEE7. BONE8. ANDROGYNO MD9. QUT FOR THE CUP10. WAIST11. DOCTOR’S ORRS12. TOKYO EYE13. IN THE MD OF THE BOURGEOIS REAR14. SWEET SHECREDSPRODUCED BYBUTCH VIGWRTEN BYKIM GORDON, LEE RANALDO, THURSTON MOORE & STEVE SHELLEYMASTERED BYHOWIE WEBERGRERD BYJOHN SIKETBASSKIM GORDONDMSSTEVE SHELLEYGUARLEE RANALDO & THURSTON MOOREVOLSTHURSTON MOORERERD ATSEAR SOUND STUDRELEASE DATEMAY 3, 1994SONGS THAT INTERPOLATE ANDROGYNO MDDGHTER [TAMPA, FLORIDA AUGT 12 2000] BY PEARL JAMTAGSROCKNOISE ROCKINDIE ROCKALTERNATIVE ROCKEXPAND COMMENTSADD A MENTSIGN UP AND DROP KNOWLEDGE ?GENI IS THE ULTIMATE SOURCE OF MIC KNOWLEDGE, CREATED BY SCHOLARS LIKE YOU WHO SHARE FACTS AND SIGHT ABOUT THE SONGS AND ARTISTS THEY LOVE.SIGN UPGENI IS THE WORLD’S BIGGT LLECTN OF SONG LYRICS AND MIL KNOWLEDGE

It's taboo I gus, hangg out at the gay clubs. + I thk the femal feel ls likely to get h on though they seemed to enjoy the gay men grabbg their boobs nstantly while dancg.

DMX wants me to be gay!

Lotsa gay black rappers. Never went to any of the gay clubs round here. I always found XiuXiu to be pretty openly gay, Airampo, too.