It feels like nothing's happening in music right now. Which is like, totally ridiculously false I'm sure, but this is what the internet has done to me. If it hasn't happened in the last 24 hrs, it might as well not even bother showing up. Things get old fast.
Which is why I've only been listening to old music lately. It started with a Kinks best-of which provided several revelations. Everyone goes on and on about Waterloo Sunset, and it is a perfect gorgeous/sad song. I still like Lola better though. I mean, it's about a tranny for christsake! The Waterloo Sunset guy might have complicated feelings and internal conflicts and oh that's very interesting and eloquent, but the Lola guy figures it out in the end, and has no qualms about it.
This might be one of the most queer-positive songs ever. That's so PC sounding. Ugh.
It's true though. How many (hit) tranny-love songs can you come up with?...after a minute of thinking I've got only two, and one of them's Lola. The other one is depressing and involves drugs and prostitutes and godknows whatelse. But Lola's about a young dude (I'm sure that's how the Lola guy would describe himself if he was around in the aughts, just a normal dude) falling for a chick with a dick that he swears he had no idea, man, and in the end he totally grooves on it, and Lola makes him a man, and girls will be boys and boys will be girls, and that's just fine.
This post actually wasn't supposed to be about Lola. It was meant to go elsewhere. But now I'm pretty tired of writing. The title doesn't even make sense at this point. Well, in lieu of the rest, another bonus question! What's the other tranny-love song I was thinking of?!!? Fun, right?
3 comments:
ok, ok, i felt bad for knowing the answer to this and not participating "and all the coloured girls go doo doodoo doodoo doodoodoo..." and for added bonus points can i also add the moldy peaches, the song being "downloading porn with davo" and the lyrics if you need them are "my girl's got a dick hanging out of her shorts"
anonymously, angie
actually, anonymous angie, i think the song dear blogger was thinking of was one from way, way back.
"she's your cocaine" by tori amos is probably a flashback to taking artsy pictures in the bathtub with leni. while "walk on the wild side" fits the bill since he said he's only been listening to old music, i doubt it's lou reed.
does he even like lou reed? no, i take that back, that's hardly fair.
on another note, your comment (dear blogger this time, not anonymous angie) about not becoming one of those people who say things like "just read my blog" has rejuvenated my desire to start my own blog.
who needs to talk on the phone if one can simply send a text that says "read my blog"!
actually, even more anonymous, it was "walk on the wild side". i got a bit of a condesending vibe there, so i'm throwing my shoulder in and for the record i highly doubt the artsy quality of those pictures
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