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Phillip wrote: " ...and Kali Ma about getting over a broken relationship ..."Your comment reminded me of this gay short Kali Ma. Check it out. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcRVD...
Lady Gaga's Joanne is a great song from a pretty good album. That's on my playlist at the moment.
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My thoughts include Michael Jackson's Thriller (have to watch it); The Sorcerer's Apprentice by Paul Dukas and Night on Bald Mountain by Mussorgsky both part of Disney's Fantasia.
I know Halloween is over but still worth checking out in my opinion is this classical work that very much makes you feel like these songs belong in horror movies :)John Carpinter The Lost Themes
Also, Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells from The Exorcist.
Phillip wrote: "Feeling nostalgic and listening to More Than This by Roxy Music from 1982 . . . “It was fun for a while / There was no way of knowing / Like a dream in the night / Who can say where we´re going” . ..."A great song Phillip! Ron & I put it on and listen to it at sunrise every year on the drive to San Diego for ComicCon.
Been feeling moody lately and this newish song by the Indigo Girls is hauntingly wistful. I love it!Fishtails
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8caW...
Phillip wrote: "Found a YouTube channel with live Peter Frampton performances from the 1970s -- looking back I don't know why I liked him so much but back then when I was a teen kid i just thought the goofball sto..."lol Phillip - love the energy of the performance. I've never seen anyone play a talkbox before. How fun!
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I'll listen to just about anything, really. I've gotten a kick out of Alaska Thunderf*ck's albums, lately, though.
Reviving this thread lol.This year I have been hooked on Brazilian Music. First of all, Pabllo Vittar - a drag artist who in a year got awards & nominations for best song, best singer etc. so that's pretty cool to be that successful!
Currently, there's this song called ' Flutua' by Johnny Hooker and the music video alone is super emotional, and the music, it's divine!
Love this conversation about music!! As a young gay kid, I felt the music that most spoke to me came from women. It was way more relevant! Consequently, female musicians dominated my music collection. For the past 16 years, I actually have had the opportunity to host a weekly radio show called Girlie So Groovie -- a 60 minute block of music celebrating female-fronted bands and musicians. You can check out the show here: http://www.facebook.com/girliesogroovieI also extended the radio show family by hosting Gay So Groovie for the last four years. It's the same format but a full hour celebrating LGBTQ musicians and bands. You can check it out here: http://www.facebook.com/gaysogroovie
If you do tune in, feel free to let me know what you think or offer any requests you want to hear!
Amy wrote: "Apparently I need to catch up on all these artists! I am so behind the times with gay music"Many of them are new to me too Amy! :)
I'm obsessed by the Call Me By Your Name soundtrack right now, especially Visions Of Gideon and Mystery Of Love, both by Sufjan Stevens. Lately I have also been listening to a lot of Halsey and Hayley Kiyoko.
Sara wrote: "I'm obsessed by the Call Me By Your Name soundtrack right now, especially Visions Of Gideon and Mystery Of Love, both by Sufjan Stevens. Lately I have also been listening to a lot of Halsey and Hay..."Sara, I really love Sufjan Stevens!!
I've listened to his "Illinois," "Avalanche," and "Age of Adz" albums many, many times ... never get tired of them. There are some great songs on the "Seven Swans," "Michigan," and "All Delighted People" albums too. Really, other than some of the atmospheric/instrumental stuff and the weird "Enjoy Your Rabbit" album, I've greatly enjoyed and been moved by everything he's done. He's an amazing artist and lyricist!
Greg wrote: "Sara wrote: "I'm obsessed by the Call Me By Your Name soundtrack right now, especially Visions Of Gideon and Mystery Of Love, both by Sufjan Stevens. Lately I have also been listening to a lot of H..."I have only listened to the songs I mentioned so far, but I want to hear more of him. He really is an amazing artist! Thank you for the recommendations :)
Sara wrote: "Greg wrote: "Sara wrote: "I'm obsessed by the Call Me By Your Name soundtrack right now, especially Visions Of Gideon and Mystery Of Love, both by Sufjan Stevens. Lately I have also been listening ..."I'd recommend listening to "Chicago" from his album Illinois! That's one of my favorites!
Here's a link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_-cU...
Or if you like more folksy stuff and don't mind a sad story, this song "Romulus" from his album "Michigan" is so brilliant in the lyrics (a whole life story in a song):A link here: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&s...
Or this lovely stripped down sweet friendship/love song "Futile Devices" from "Age of Adz":
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4MpKP9b...
Can you tell I'm a Sufjan fan? :)
Greg wrote: "Or if you like more folksy stuff and don't mind a sad story, this song "Romulus" from his album "Michigan" is so brilliant in the lyrics (a whole life story in a song):A link here: https://www.go..."
Hahaha thank you very much!
Greg, good call with Sufjan Stevens....I love him too! At what point, can we all just agree that he is gay?!? 😍
Trevor wrote: "Greg, good call with Sufjan Stevens....I love him too! At what point, can we all just agree that he is gay?!? 😍"Hahaha Trevor, actually I do believe that in some interviews he has suggested bisexual experiences at the very least. My partner told me that anyway.
And certainly some of his songs point to these sorts of experiences in his youth, especially "Predatory Wasp of the Palisades" (so lovely!) from the Illinois album and "Owl and the Tanager" from the All Delighted People album. As fantastic a storyteller as he is, it can be hard to tell which are imagined only and which are confessional. His songs are often so intimate that it's tempting to take many as confessional, but who knows? He certainly does use a ton of autobiographical material.
Well, I figure he's entitled to his privacy as he's more an artist than a celebrity hound. But it doesn't do him any harm for us to imagine, right? :) I do find him to be a very attractive man. I seem to have a thing for that type: sweet guys with a spiritual bent, very eccentric and deep thinking/feeling ... generally good-hearted but sometimes difficult due to the extreme eccentricity. My long term relationship partners including the one that stuck (20+ years and still going) were/are both a bit like that.
I've been listening to Vance Joy's "Dream your life away" and some compilations by Otis Redding (I'm obsessed with "my girl" :P). Oh and I read "Call me by your name" recently, so I got Sufjan's "mystery of love" playing constantly in my mind. Anyway, it's such a beautiful song, so it's not a bad thing at all :)
Go back to SEVEN SWANS—terrific album, often overlooked 😊
Just discovered a super fun trans/queer punk pop band from Scotland called The Spook School. Oh, and if you are into queer punk pop, you should check out the lesbian power-duo known as Partner...they are from my hometown and make music reminiscent of a teenage lesbian diary! Super fun!
i'm just listening to my queen Hayley Kiyoko. i'm ready for everything she has got coming our way this year!!
Hayley Kiyoko's album is amazing. she did so fucking amazing and i feel like a proud mother.
David wrote: "Go back to SEVEN SWANS—terrific album, often overlooked 😊"I like that one too David!
Last night, we saw a concert of English Christmas music from the Middle Ages to Vaughan Williams.
I've been listening to a lot of older (to me) alternative rock albums lately. "A Fever You Can't Sweat Out", "The Black Parade"...
"out like a light" by the Honeysticks BOPS. it is so good. "out like a light 2" is hella good as well
Conan Gray is my new musical love. His new disc, Kid Krow is darkly humorous and his gorgeous voice is at times ethereal. His earlier EP, Sunset Season, is also excellent. I want to wrap him up in a big hug and never let him go.
I like a lot of folk and orchestral artists, like Eurielle, Blackmore's Night, Two Steps From Hell, and Audiomachine. I also like stuff in other languages, such as Indila and Globe. However, recently, I've been getting more into metal. My favorite band is Nightwish, and I also like Cain's Offering, Epica, and Rhapsody of Fire. I'm currently jamming out to Nightwish's latest album, Human :||: Nature. Anybody else a Nightwish fan?
Anyone else here as obsessed with mid-90s music as I am? (I was a teen in that era, so it figures that that's mainly what I listen to). For me it seems to be more about that time period than what genre. Some fav songs that come to mind: The Brand New Heavies "Dream on Dreamer", Weezer "Buddy Holly", Ace of Base "Don't Turn Around", En Vogue "My Lovin' (Never Gonna Get It)", Green Day "When I Come Around", Hootie & the Blowfish "Hold My Hand", Jamiroquai "Cosmic Girl", Big Mountain's rendition of "Baby I Love Your Way", The Cranberries "Linger", Paula Abdul "Promise of a New Day" (that one's more early 90s and yes Paula is definitely a guilty pleasure lol)
Actually most recently I’ve been listening to Taylor Swift’s new disc. I’ve got to thank Conan Gray for getting me hooked on her stuff, as he’s such a vocal supporter of her songwriting.
David Bowie, Carpenters, Lana Del Rey, Sufjan Stevens, Frank Ocean, Shura, and Chet Baker.
A lot of Joan Jett, some Melissa Etheridge, and a bit of Def Leppard.
Melissa wrote: "Redbone's Come and Get Your Love"Always makes me think of Guardians of the Galaxy now. :)
🎶 We don’t talk about Bruno, no, no, no. We don’t talk about Bruno. 🎶
Something in your mouth by Nickleback. absoluting loving that at the minute
I've been listening to Ed Sheeran and The Weeknd.
I’ve been keeping the new Conan Gray disc, Superache, on repeat since I got it.
I’ve been listening to Lana Del Rey.
Midnights by Taylor Swift. It still feels unreal that she used she/her pronouns in two songs.
Been jamming to Dhruv and Sam Smith recently
Semler is my favorite artist these days.
lately i've been obsessed with rilo kiley and jenny lewis.
kill bill by SZA its just so catchy tbh
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Love the list but it left out "On the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe." Three city strikes in one song.
... and two more strikes for omitting ""Istanbul (Not Constantinople)" by the Four Lads.