My gf and I are totes into music so we decided to have a song-listening party. You pick a theme and invite a handful of guests who must choose a song relating to that theme.
For our inaugural bash we chose ‘Songs that made you realise you were gay’ — it clearly wasn’t a straight-friendly event.
There were eight of us in total — seven lesbians and a hipster gay boy. We took turns explaining why our song made us see the light of gay, before playing it to the group.
One partygoer was eager to go first, knowing her song had massive LOL-value. It was I Can Be A Lesbian by prolific Aussie folk singer Judy Small and even came in an autographed CD case. Wow. I’m not sure if this song made our friend realise she was gay, but it emitted such potent gay sound waves I reckon the married couple next door is now at least bi-curious.
Another standout was Kenny Rogers’ Daytime Friends And Nighttime Lovers. While it may be a song about cheating, for our friend it represented the time before she was out, when as far as her folks knew she and her gf were merely close friends. Very close. The line “So they love in the nighttime and shake hands in the light of day” says it all.
We heard a losing-my-lesbian-virginity-song — Morcheeba’s The Sea — and even some Bananarama, just because the chick was hot. Shania Twain’s That Don’t Impress Me Much echoed a time when a female hockey coach was way more impressive than teenage boys, and the Eurythmics featured because one of us lusted after a teacher who had a poster of Annie Lennox on her wall!
Our token boy played Heart’s Alone and told a beautiful story about being in love with his older brother’s best ‘straight’ mate. As a teen, our dude was going through a rough time coming to terms with his sexuality and the hot jock played him Heart and said, “You will never be alone”. Unfortunately the jock is now married with kids, but you never know how that story might end.
I YouTubed Alicia Keys’ Girlfriend — not just so we could perve on her cornrows — but because my first debilitating crush was on a very flirtatious boss who happened to be attached. I was sooo jealous of her girlfriend.
What song made you realise you were gay?
By MONIQUE SCHAFTER
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Madonna’s ‘Into the Groove’ in my first year of high school. I sang along to all the lyrics when it came on in the science lab and I was branded a poofter from that day forward – Actually my classmates knew before I did!
Bananarama’s Love in the First Degree….and if the song or the group didn’t do it, the video certainly removed all doubt…hilarious camp outfits and half naked sweaty guys…yum! :)