Over the Rabow • Gay Classics, a Var Artists Compilatn. Released 1995 on Blast (talog no. BLST CD01; CD).
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- OVER THE RABOW: GAY CLASSICS
- OVER THE RABOW: GAY CLASSICS, VOL. 3
- ON HOLD OVER THE RABOW: GAY CLASSICS - VAR ARTISTS
OVER THE RABOW: GAY CLASSICS
Disver Over the Rabow: Gay Classics by Var Artists released 1996. Fd album reviews, track lists, creds, awards and more at AllMic. * over the rainbow gay classics *
Gay Classics: Rabow is a llectn of dis, hoe and dance songs that are favor unrground gay clubs, cludg Obssn's "If I Can't Have You, " Pl Parker's "Dire, " Evelyn Thomas' "High Energy" and Miquel Brown's "So Many Men, So Ltle Time.
" The llectn won't appeal to anyone but dited dis fans and clubgoers, sce s more about sound than song, but anyone fan of this kd of dance-pop will fd Gay Classics: Rabow thoroughly enjoyable.
OVER THE RABOW: GAY CLASSICS, VOL. 3
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How do a song bee a gay anthem? While ’s impossible to fe exactly what mak a song “gay, ” this list fely isn’t straight.
Wh two gay ins on one song, “No More Tears” opens wh Streisand croong “It’s rag, ’s pourg/ My love life is borg me to tears. This song, wh lyrics like “this is the life that we choose” and “e out, e out if you dare, ” add sparks to mors that Clarkson uld be gay.
Bh, the song took on a bigger meang after Prop 8 — an anti-gay marriage state nstutnal amendment — was passed California. For her sophomore album, Mariah Carey enlisted the help of Robert Clivill and David Cole (the lears of C+C Mic Factory) who -wrote and -produced the gospel fluenced dance track “Make It Happen. While the four members of Sister Sledge are actual sisters, the song took on a eper meang wh the gay muny beg one big fay.
ON HOLD OVER THE RABOW: GAY CLASSICS - VAR ARTISTS
Disver Over the Rabow: Gay Classics, Vol. 3 by Var Artists released 1997. Fd album reviews, track lists, creds, awards and more at AllMic. * over the rainbow gay classics *
The gayt song om Queen’s talogue was surprisgly not wrten by Freddie Mercury, but rather bassist John Dean. While her one-two punch of her femme-bashg “Ur So Gay” and her exhibnist fx-lbian “I Kissed A Girl” haven’t aged well, Perry has bee more progrsive and would be hard to fd a Pri para not playg this boomg (pun tend) anthem. The phoric gay staple — which reached No.
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Mogue rerd this jovial anthem specifilly as an homage to her large gay fan base.
The drag-centric mil took home six Tonys, cludg bt mil; bt sre (wh mic and lyrics by gay in Cyndi Lper); and outstandg actor a mil, for out-and-proud Billy Porter’s eback performance as Lola, a drag queen. Self-scribed “rock’s tt fairy, ” Jobriath was the first openly gay mician to be signed to a major label (Elektra). Aguilera was given a GLAAD Media Award for the song’s acpanyg mic vio, which featured movg portrayals of a gay uple and a transgenr person.
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This heartbreakg piece of ‘80s synth-pop tells the story of a naway whose fay rejects him for beg gay.