Pride Music Month
Erasure, Always
Notes: The descendents of New Order and Yaz, Erasure created the greatest song ever*
*ever to be in a video game about robot unicorns.
Pride Music Month
Mika, Kick-Ass
Notes: I’m fairly surprised this never caught on as an anthem.
Pride Music Month
Melissa Etheridge, I’m the Only One
Notes: Melissa Etheridge stole Lou Diamond Phillips’ wife away from him.
Pride Music Month
Scissor Sisters, I Don’t Feel Like Dancing
Notes: Scissor Sisters latest album, Magic Hour, is in stores now.
Pride Music Month
Sophie B. Hawkins, Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover
Notes: This song is my JAM!
Pride Music Month
B-52’s, Rock Lobster
Notes: The B-52’s emerged from the same Athens. GA scene as REM. But you knew that already.
Pride Music Month
Meshell Ndegeocello, Leviticus: Faggot
Notes: Meshell Ndegeocello got a lot of shit for this song from people who never bothered to listen to it.
Pride Music Month
George Michael, One More Try
Notes: During a good chunk of the ’90s, George Michael was basically a gay, British version of Charlie Sheen. After being busted for possession, lewd acts in public restrooms and such, his only reaction was “…so?” Kinda badass.
Pride Music Month
k.d. lang, Constant Craving
Notes: k.d. lang got a huge power-up early on in her career when Roy Orbison asked her to do a duet with him on his hit song Crying.
Pride Music Month
Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Relax
Notes: Though unsubstantiated, it is widely believed that this song was used as a trigger for a sleeper agent to kill the Prime Minister of Malaysia.
