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UdoKier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-23-04 04:33 PM Original message |
Don't dump on music others like! (What makes "gay" music "gay"? thread) |
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Wat_Tyler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-23-04 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
1. What's 'alt-pop' and how does it differ from 'alt-rock'? |
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petepillow (590 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-23-04 04:37 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. alt pop is has some edge but is danceable, alt rock has an edge |
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UdoKier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-23-04 04:38 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. Both are NOT really "alternative" anymore |
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Wat_Tyler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-23-04 04:39 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. I wasn't picking on you, I was just curious. |
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UdoKier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-23-04 04:41 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. I know. Wasn't taking it personally. |
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Plaid Adder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-23-04 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
2. 3 things: |
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President Jesus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-23-04 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
3. it's gay (nt) |
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dean_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-23-04 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
4. ...Because it had/ has heavy rotation at gay clubs.... |
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Wat_Tyler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-23-04 04:37 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Odd though that the PSB are 'gay', but New Order not. |
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Plaid Adder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-23-04 04:38 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Well, the Pet Shop Boys actually are gay |
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Wat_Tyler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-23-04 04:40 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Of course, but from a musical standpoint, they are in the same pool. |
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Plaid Adder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-23-04 04:42 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Nope. Are they one of those perky-voiced boy bands? |
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Wat_Tyler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-23-04 04:44 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. No, they, if anything were the main inspiration for the PSB |
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Placebo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-23-04 04:45 PM Response to Reply #16 |
23. perky-voiced boy bands--AHHHHH!!!!! |
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Placebo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-23-04 04:43 PM Response to Reply #8 |
19. You don't know who 'New Order' is? |
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Plaid Adder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-23-04 04:54 PM Response to Reply #19 |
35. Yes, I know who Depeche Mode is. |
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dean_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-23-04 04:45 PM Response to Reply #5 |
24. New Order was never as closely linked to the Club scene as the PSB were |
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Wat_Tyler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-23-04 04:47 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. That is true. They were the first non-gay band to play Heaven in London. |
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UdoKier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-23-04 04:40 PM Response to Reply #4 |
13. One member of Erasure, Andy Bell is gay and out. |
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donheld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-23-04 05:13 PM Response to Reply #13 |
37. Many gay people hate Madonna |
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UdoKier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-23-04 05:16 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. As a performer, she's okay |
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donheld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-23-04 05:47 PM Response to Reply #38 |
49. As a celebrity, she's getting increasingly boring |
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UdoKier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-23-04 06:01 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. Hmm...And yet she chooses to make it our business. |
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donheld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-23-04 06:18 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. A name change has to be made public |
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Phillycat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-23-04 04:42 PM Response to Reply #4 |
18. Well, also the tiny fact that ERASURE WAS THE GAYEST BAND EVER |
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dean_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-23-04 04:47 PM Response to Reply #18 |
27. Interesting Erasure trivia.... |
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Phillycat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-23-04 04:47 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. I know! |
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Wat_Tyler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-23-04 04:49 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. And Stephen 'TinTin' Duffy was the original frontman for Duran Duran. |
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Susang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-23-04 05:20 PM Response to Reply #18 |
39. I beg to differ.....remember Bronski Beat? |
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UdoKier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-23-04 05:25 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. Also, the Communards |
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Susang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-23-04 05:33 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. Loved the Communards |
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UdoKier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-23-04 05:36 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. Actually, there were more overtly gay bands in the 80s than now, it seems. |
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Susang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-23-04 05:44 PM Response to Reply #43 |
47. That's true |
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Phillycat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-23-04 05:38 PM Response to Reply #39 |
45. You're absolutely right--HIT THAT PERFECT BEAT BOY!! |
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One_Life_To_Give (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-23-04 04:37 PM Response to Original message |
6. From the Gay 90's? |
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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-23-04 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
11. I've Been Repeatedly Told That |
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Wat_Tyler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-23-04 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
14. Funny how Husker Du aren't considered 'gay' music, |
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Phillycat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-23-04 04:44 PM Response to Reply #14 |
22. Iron Maiden, either. |
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Wat_Tyler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-23-04 04:47 PM Response to Reply #22 |
28. Don't you mean Judas Priest? |
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Phillycat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-23-04 04:48 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Of course I do. |
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arwalden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-23-04 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
17. Gay Nightclub D-Jays? |
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Cuban_Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-23-04 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
20. It's this simple: |
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donheld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-23-04 04:45 PM Response to Original message |
25. gays- dance music - It's only a stereotype |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-23-04 04:48 PM Response to Original message |
31. What gay bars have y'all been to lately? |
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Wat_Tyler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-23-04 04:50 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. If anything, we're challenging the stereotype |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-23-04 05:37 PM Response to Reply #33 |
44. snarky? you used the word snarky in a sentence? |
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Phillycat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-23-04 05:45 PM Response to Reply #44 |
48. . |
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UdoKier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-23-04 04:54 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. They are not MY stereotypes. |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-23-04 05:39 PM Response to Reply #34 |
46. sorry - I read some of the other posts and replied to yours |
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Susang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-23-04 05:21 PM Response to Reply #31 |
40. Scot's on Montrose (Chicago) |
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ZoCrowes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-23-04 04:57 PM Response to Original message |
36. What I consider "gay" |
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