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- STRONG LOVE - SONGS OF GAY LIBERATN 1972-81
- STRONG LOVE: SONGS OF GAY LIBERATN 1972-1981
- STRONG LOVE - SONGS OF GAY LIBERATN 1972-81
STRONG LOVE - SONGS OF GAY LIBERATN 1972-81
* strong love songs of gay liberation *
“Strong Love — Songs of Gay Liberatn 1972-81” Rurrects a Fotten Era of Queer Mic.
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The uple was enamored wh the paful, poetic songs of this proud gay songwrer, out at a time when that felt unthkable to many. Blackman foced on mostly gay male micians.
STRONG LOVE: SONGS OF GAY LIBERATN 1972-1981
”) The rult, Strong Love — Songs of Gay Liberatn 1972-81, spans genr and artists makg mic about g out the ‘70s and early ‘80s, “a really hopeful, optimistic era that me to a close as the AIDS crisis began.
Take joyful opener “A Gay Song” by Everyone Involved, sung by people affirmg the goodns of beg gay. Folkie, Charlie Murphy, on “A Gay Spir, ” croons about outlawed sire sweepg the land, movg humany om reprsn and hatred toward thenticy and love.
The Internatnal Gay Society’s soulful song “Stand Up for Your Rights, ” uld soundtrack any gay liberatn prott.
STRONG LOVE - SONGS OF GAY LIBERATN 1972-81
Other tobgraphil songs clu Cohen’s tragic “Evil & Lty, ” chroniclg his pe om evangelil ercn toward self-love; Steven Grossman’s “Out, ” an empathetic msage to his homophobic parents; and Conan’s “Tell Ol’ Ana, ” a gentle love song makg actrs Ana Bryant’s media-grabbg hatemongerg look downright absurd the face of Conan’s sweet love. For Blackman—who was trated wh the lack of attentn the pilatn received when dropped as a CD May of 2012 and is re-releasg the project on vyl 2021—Strong Love pays homage to those who ma easier to e out of the closet, who may have been crilly panned their day, but were a cril part of gay liberatn history. About “Strong Love - Songs Of Gay Liberatn 1972-81”.