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October
2005
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Playlist
Part 1 - 59:09 Fabulous Dyketones - She's So Fine (1988) Bryan Ferry - It's My Party (1973) Ian Matthews - Da Doo Ron Ron (1972) Flying Pickets - To Know Him Is To Love Him (1982) Flirtations - To Know Him Is To Love Him (1990) Flirtations - Johnny Angel (1992) Flirtations - The Boy from New York City (1992) Kinsey Sicks - I Will Swallow Him (1999) Kinsey Sicks - Locked Out of the Chapel of Love (2002) Kinsey Sicks - Baby Dyke (1999) Buena Vista - He's a Rebel (1978) Barnes & Barnes - Pineapple Princess (1986) Rhythm Method - I Met Her on a Sunday (1994) Women In Comfortable Shoes - My Dyke (1992) Alix Dobkin - I Only Want to Be With You (1974) Walter Mayes - Johnny Get Angry (1998) Hollywood Brats - Then He Kissed Me (1979) Me First & the Gimme Gimmes - My Boyfriend's Back (2001) Monica Grant - My Boyfriend's Back (1995) Good Riddance - Leader of the Pack (2002) Revolvers - Then He Kissed Me (2003) Part
2 - 56:53 Part
3 - 52:55
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And,
a special treat....Click for a video of
Michael Callen singing "Where the Boys Are" |
Phil Spector, creator of the Wall of Sound and a driving force of the popularity of Girl Group's in the early 60's, looks very out of place in this illustration from the book "Rock Dreams," (Peellaert/Cohn, UK, 1974). The idea was to show him as a misfit, and I have to wonder what inspired the creator of the drawing, Guy Peellaert, to select a locker room motif, but you can see why it stuck in my mind. |
Late Additions -- Queer GG Cover Songs Discovered Since This Show |
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Southern
California punk group Red Wedding did their psycheldelic/glam thing from
1981 through 1985, garnering some attention. They released three now rare
EPs during that period, and it's only in 2007 that their material resurfaced,
on a retrospective CD shown here. What's the Girl Group connection? Well,
the first track of the CD is a demo from 1982 called "Red Wedding
March" and you'd only know by listening that the first 1:40 seconds
of the 3:30 track is really "Chapel of Love," with male pronouns
intact and some odd sound effects. The band was led by partners Michael
Ely and Spider Taylor, now a couple for some 39 years. More history than
you're likely to care about is found on
their site.
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Below, two more acts singing Girl Group songs of the 60s (or, in the case of David Roter, a parody of one)...but they keep the pronouns male-to-male. David Roter turns "He's a Rebel" into "He's a Rabbi." At right is the popular act Grizzly Bear, with Out frontman Ed Droste, with the Goffin-King song "He Hit Me (And It Felt Like A Kiss)" |
Chris Vontanner has had a long career in queer music. As Chris Tanner he was one of the main contributors to the landmark album "Walls to Roses," in 1979, but his music is very different now, with his sense of humor in full view. I mean, who else would call their website domain "Scream Like A Girl"...:) His version of "It's My Party" can only be heard on my August 2008 show, but his "So Gay" album above does feature his tribute song "Shangri Las Girl" And below, (April 2011), the CD is finally Out, with lots of GG cover songs, much fun! The CD includes the first
"gay covers" (to my knowledge) of "My Guy," |
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And
who else but the Kinsey Sicks would turn The Chiffons song "Sweet
Talkin' Guy" into "Sheep Fuckin' Guy" and make you love
it? Er, no one. It's from their 2008 CD "Sicks! Sicks! Sicks!"
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Some of these songs in this "Late Additions" section can be heard on my August 2008 QMH show, "Songs I've Been Meaning To Play," in Part 4. |
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Honorable mention: no "gay" pronouns, but Elton John did "Chapel of Love" in the 1994 movie soundtrack for "Four Wedding and a Funeral." |
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The queercore band God Is My Co-Pilot 1992 CD "I Am Not This Body" emitted 34 very short original songs from that genre, including one cover, of the Shangri Las song "Out in the Streets." I included this song in my July-August 2009 Special on Queercore. |
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And there's still more...
The London Gay Mens Chorus did a smashing version of "I Will Follow Him" on their 1994 CD "Hear the Difference" |
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And more... Another Pretty Face's CD "21st Century Rock" was recorded in 1972, though not released until 2004. It contained "Da Do Ron Ron." |
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On my OutRadio show for March 2011 I shared a very cool cover version of the Little Eva hit, "Keep Your Hands Off My Baby." It's found on the debut album by Charles K Brown, called "Trouble Is..." and is the first "gay" cover I know of for this song. |
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Cops in Concert Cover of "Leader of the Pack" from 1985 by a more or less novelty/cover band from California. This was their debut release and an LP came out in 1987. Listen. |
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On Tom D'Angora's 2005 CD "The Pink Album," he has fun with quite a few songs, and of interest for this page, they include "Leader of the Pack" and "Chapel of Love." He's also got some heady behind the scenes credits: as a producer, nominated for several Drama Desk Awards for "NEWSical: The Musical," and also "Naked Boys Singing," and as co-producer of the over-the-top film "The Big Gay Musical." |
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I'm afraid I'm responsible for this one. I persuaded Freddy Freeman to record a cover of the Mary Wells song "My Guy," and I'm delighted with what he did. It's on his 2013 CD "Just Bear With Me..." |
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