1980s disco gay anthem
The Origliasso sisters relentlessly spit their lines out almost entirely in unison, so desperate that no words can convey it but a-la-la-las have to suffice. This anthem had the whole band dress in soap opera-inspired drag characters for its music video.
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Minogue herself has said that the video is an homage to her gay audience; it features a human pyramid of pansexual smooching in the style of naked-installation artist Spencer Tunick. RuPaul, you are a goddess. Sashay, shantay! Shantay shantay shantay. An imperfect anthem, but an anthem nonetheless.
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I think, over time, some of them are less specifically gay than they were at first because it seemed like, when we had the chance that was really what we wanted to sing about and that was really unique. Etheridge was feeling lonesome on tour, longing for a lover who was slipping away, when she penned this hit that ended up on her brazenly titled breakthrough album, Yes I Am.