December 22, 2005

The World Ended Today

Congratulations, Elton.

Now everyone's going to be upset at me. But when I think of all the stupid energy that poor man put into pretending to be straight in the 70s, it really frosts me. Virginia Woolf: "Opinions that one now pastes in a book labelled cock–a–doodledum and keeps for reading to select audiences on summer nights once drew tears, I can assure you."

My nieces and nephews don't remember this, but there was a time when it was assumed that a man had to be straight to produce world-class rock 'n' roll. It all seems so far away, but I remember it. All the "debate" about Elton, and about Freddie Mercury too, for that matter.

What a waste.

Best wishes, Buddy. I remember when rock was young . . .

Posted by: Attila Girl at 11:14 AM | Comments (2) | Add Comment
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1 Off-hand, I can't think of any music produced by gay men that I would call world-class. Hold on, there's... No, his music sucks.

Posted by: John at December 24, 2005 09:01 PM (3sCAd)

2 I suspect this has to do with the fact that--with the exception of nearly the entire Pink Floyd catalog, a Moody Blues tune and one outrageously obscure Alan Parsons track--our musical tastes are disjoint. But I'll bet with a little time I could come up with a prog rock tune produced by a gay man. Me--I like visceral music. I want drums, bass, and loud guitar. P.S. Ray-tracing???

Posted by: Attila Girl at December 24, 2005 09:21 PM (zZMVu)

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