Here he is appearing at the Royal Albert Hall:
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Marc Almond (ex-Soft Cell) takes Charles Aznavour’s WHAT MAKES A MAN and gives it a whole new meaning. He does a great acoustic number about a woman who leaves her abusive husband for a relationship with a woman. And he’s a good example of your typical New Age Sensitive Guy with an evolved attitude about sexuality. Part silly, part raucous, part earnest, you cannot ignore them, that’s for sure!Īs far as I know Ben Harper is straight. They have a huge repertoire of funny and pertinent punk songs about the gay experience and I played one of my faves, FEM IN A BLACK LEATHER JACKET. With its chorus of “ooh ooh ooh ooh, he gives me head,” it has been embraced as something of a punk gay anthem. Talking of punk, one of the best bands to emerge from the Queercore movement that started in the 80’s is Pansy Division. We opened with a song for Tommy: Elton Motello’s JET BOY JET GIRL is a risque little number about a 15-year-old boy’s sexual relationship with an older man, who then rejects him for a girl. So there’s obviously still a long way to go.įor the record I identify myself as straight so, just to give me some credibility, I invited two beautiful and brazen gay friends into the studio to help present the show: fellow BayFM announcers Tommy T-Jet from ‘All Things Camp’ and the lovely Lou from the Tuesday morning breakfast show, ‘Cock a Doodle Doo’. And in Australia our Prime Minister, Julia Guillard, shocked her (until now, anyway) supporters with her stand against gay marriage. In the US, only California allows same-sex marriages and in countries where these marriages are legal they don’t necessarily come with the right to adopt children. India held its very first gay pride march on the weekend after repealing laws against homosexuality only last year. I also wanted to pay tribute to a community who are still fighting for basic human rights. I call that covering all your bases! With November 27th being Australia’s National Day of Action for Marriage Equality and December 1 being World Aids Day, it was a time for a show on HOMOSEXUALITY. He says he’s not homosexual or heterosexual, he’s just sexual.
#Martin scorsese presents the blues propmtfile series#
The complete seven-part series is available on DVD as Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues–A Musical Journey.Sexuality, as the openly gay Michael Stipe has said “is a really slippery thing”. The blues have great emotional resonance and are the foundation for American popular music.” Scorsese served as executive producer of the series, which includes episodes directed by Clint Eastwood ( Piano Blues) and Wim Wenders ( The Soul of a Man).
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“The culture of storytelling through music is incredibly fascinating and appealing to me. “I’ve always felt an affinity for blues music,” Scorsese told PBS.
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The documentary includes interviews and performances from contemporary artists like Taj Mahal and Willie King, as well as archival footage of legends like Son House, Muddy Waters and Lead Belly. It follows musician Corey Harris as he traces the roots of the Blues from the Mississippi Delta back to West Africa.
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“It’s like a light in the darkness that never goes out.” So begins Feel Like Going Home, Scorsese’s fascinating and at times lyrical documentary on the origin and evolution of the blues.įeel Like Going Home (shown above in its entirety) is the first of seven installments, by seven directors, in the PBS series The Blues. “I can’t imagine my life, or anyone else’s, without music,” says filmmaker Martin Scorsese.