| Various Artists / From The Closet To The Charts: Queer Noises 1961-1978 |
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| Album: | From The Closet To The Charts: Queer Noises 1961-1978 | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Various Artists | Added: | Oct 2006 | |
| Label: | Trikont | |||
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| Add Date: | 2006-10-29 | Pull Date: | 2006-12-31 |
| Week Ending: | Dec 31 | Dec 24 | Dec 17 | Dec 3 | Nov 26 | Nov 19 | Nov 12 | Nov 5 |
| Airplays: | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Feb 17, 2020: | Soul, Samples & Substitutions Lookin' For A Boy, I Was Born This Way | 4. | Jun 26, 2011: | lost and found I'd Rather Fight Than Swish | |
| 2. | Sep 01, 2013: | New World Disorder Ain't Nobody Straight In L.A. | 5. | Jun 18, 2011: | New World Disorder I Was Born This Way | |
| 3. | Feb 11, 2012: | New World Disorder I Was Born This Way | 6. | Feb 19, 2011: | New World Disorder Ain't Nobody Straight In L.A. |
| Album Review |
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| Sadie O. Reviewed 2006-10-26 | ||
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[coll]: Queer Noises 1961-1978: From the Closet to the Charts Reviewed by Sadie O., 10/26/06 Just what the title says, Sugar-Buns! Collection of gay-themed numbers from SF, LA, NY and London, compiled by Germans because we frankly can’t handle it anymore… Some of the early cuts are a bit embarrassing in their bitchiness and in-your-face humor, and some of the 70’s ones are more than a bit over the top, and a few are pretty astonishing. Can you handle it? FCC on track 23. I like 13 and 19 best, but I’m wacky. 1. **ragtime piano intro, little welcome song, bitchy little rant about leather girls on Vespas – recorded live in North Beach in 1960 2. spoken word about cruising, a little personal and creepy 3. **spoken word comedy routine – utterly camp, then little song in falsetto, silly, but actually quite fun 4. **absolutely nutted comedy number about a sexual predator. Man, entertainment was different back then! 5. ***groovy 60’s motorcycle wah wah number about being a butch rather than a queen 6. ***great classic Kinks hit from their heyday. I never would have associated it with queer, but you learn something every day. 7. **lounge organ from hell. Hey, that’s “yippee ki yo ki yay”… First half is cheesy instrumental, second is alarming bitchy British queens talking about prospects for pickups. Funny, but… yikes! 8. ***cool midtempo stroll and queens singing about KY jelly. Oooooh er! 9. **holy shit! A fairy and a butch doing a cover of Nancy’s song – it’s just SOOOO wrong! 10. **pretty much the ultimate gay show tune. Totally “straight”, but… well, you know… Actually, it’s… (sniffle) beautiful! 11. *big, echo-laden Glam anthem 12. **70’s ballad celebrating queeritude (finally, someone’s being nice!) 13. ****glam-soul bopper, female vocalist. Big sound, fun song. 14. *sad piano-based lament, kinda creepy 15. **big Glam anthem with touches of heavy metal. It really wants to be serious, but it’s so bombastic… The singer sounds eerily like Axl Rose, which certainly contributes to the general oddity. 16. ***ooompah honkytonk beat, great lyrics 17. **C&W loves song of sorts. Definitely a bit disturbing, but touching in its own special way. 18. ***upbeat soul number about gay pride. 19. ****completely startling Latin/Motown funk number about homosexuality in LA. I’m boggled by this, I really am. 20. ***Ramones classic –another cut I never associated with queerdom, but it is about dangerous pickups. 21. ***completely tone-deaf “psych-punk” Lou-Reedy bopper. Very oddly compelling. 22. ***punky heavy guitar rocker about being an aging queen – more than a bit New York Dollsish. 23. FCC at :40 “Fucking pigs” – atonal punk about the violent side of the LA gay scene. 24. ***very 70’s disco, huge gay hit | ||
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