> I don't know WHY Moz/The Smiths are linked with being gay, their music
> wasn't even about that. I think it's because they were all non-macho and
> unafraid to be feminine.
Oh no no no! I beg to differ!
1st off Mike Joyce was very Macho!
The early Smiths songs were loaded with Homo-Erotic lyrics.
for example.
"Handsome Devil"
a tale of an exchange of sexual favors for help on academic stuides between school boys
A BOY in the bush is worth two in the hand
I think I can help you get through you exams
And when we're in your scholarly room who will SWALLOW whom?
"This Charming Man"
is a tale of a young man soon be be wed, who is stuck on the side of the road
and is offered a lift by a gay man, who offers him a homosexual expreience and convinces the young man not to be married.
I have also included a scan of the 45 jacket,
this was the 1st smith 45 I ever bought
the cover said to me, "THIS IS FOR YOU"
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This cover was a beacon for every young gay boy
to come to the smiths, you will be safe here,
you will be loved here, you will be respected here.
"William it was Really Nothing"
explorng the issue of those who are uncertain about their sexuality
who can often rush into marriage, to prove to themselves that they are straight
even though they are not.
"Reel around the fountain"
Exploring the issue of gay molestation trauma,
how it does not have to ruin your life
so you can accept and enjoy gay sexual relations in adult hood
and so many more song were all directly related gay themes
that were being addressed
for the first time, as far as I knew back in 83
As for people who are often accused of being gay for liking the Smith or Morrissey.
1.) Why should you care what others think
2.) you are most likely young, and as you reach adulthood and deal with adults
you will never hear such a comment
3.) if you are an adult and hear such comments from other adults, you are most
likely, in a poor or ethinic social group that lends itself to homophobia
4.) In any case, educate yourself, and find a respectible position in society
and with your sucees in life you will find people will accept you for who
you are and not what you listen to.
LWF
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