Hypeful About Gay Musicians 2008

The month of June kicks off ginormous gay pride celebrations around the globe, which means it’s a great time for everyone to celebrate diversity, equality, and acceptance. Hypeful (not a site to miss a party) would once again like to help out the Pride festivities by offering up a collection of indie-tastic tunes by some of our favorite LGBT musicians!

The response to last year’s song collection was absolutely incredible! I sincerely hope you enjoy this year’s expanded batch of indie-centric gay tunes just as much. Hypeful wishes everyone a very happy and safe month of celebrating!

(The above photo features, from left to right: Chris Garneau, Owen Pallett of Final Fantasy, Kele Okereke of Bloc Party, Ed Droste of Grizzly Bear, Dan Gillespie Sells of The Feeling, & Patrick Wolf.)

MP3s:
Antony & The Johnsons - “Hope There’s Someone”
Atlas Sound - “Activation”
Bloc Party - “Banquet”
Jay Brannan - “Soda Shop”
Chainsaw Kittens - “Sore on the Floor”
Deerhunter - “Strange Lights”
Gregory Douglass - “Hard”
The Feeling - “Sewn”
Final Fantasy - “If I Were A Carp”
Fischerspooner - “Just Let Go”
Chris Garneau - “Blackout”
Gentleman Reg - “It’s Not Safe”
The Gossip - “Standing In The Way Of Control”
Grizzly Bear - “On a Neck, On a Spit”
The Hidden Cameras - “Learning The Lie”
Elton John - “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road”
Junior Senior - “Can I Get Get Get”
Le Tigre - “After Dark”
The Magnetic Fields - “Too Drunk To Dream”
Morrissey - “I Will See You in Far-off Places”
Now It’s Overhead - “Let Up”
Ocean Colour Scene - “Up on the Downside”
Pansy Division - “Cowboys are Frequently, Secretly Fond of Each Other”
Placebo - “Song to Say Goodbye”
Queen - “Somebody To Love”
R.E.M. - “Nightswimming”
Scissor Sisters - “I Can’t Decide”
Sigur Rós - “Gobbledigook”
Sleater-Kinney - “Entertain”
Sam Sparro - “Black and Gold”
Tegan & Sara - “Dark Come Soon”
Rufus Wainwright - “Rules and Regulations”
Patrick Wolf - “Bluebells”
Xiu Xiu - “I Do What I Want, When I Want”

BONUS GAY-THEMED MP3s:
Art Alexakis - “The Gay Bar Song”
Giant Drag - “Kevin Is Gay”
Jude - “Gay Cowboy”
Kaki King - “Gay Sons of Lesbian Mothers”
Rick Lyon with John Tartaglia - “If You Were Gay”
Peaches - “Gay Bar (Electric Six Cover)”
John Maus - Rights for Gays
Katy Perry - “I Kissed A Girl”
Rufus Wainwright - “Gay Messiah”
The Whoreshoes - “Gay Rodeo”

SUPER-BONUS GAY-THEMED COMEDY MP3s:
Michael Ian Black - “Gay?”
Norm MacDonald - “World’s First Two Gay Guys”