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”
jesus, you definitely picked the hottest ones!
nice photo montage. Don’t think I’d kick ANY of them out of bed
great music too, although I’m not big on Bloc Party’s frat rock
Who is gay in Placebo? The bass player? I know the singer isn’t
@Joe: You are correct - Stefan Olsdal, Placebo’s bass player, is gay.
Great list. I loved the list last year. This one looks to be just as good.
Really nice post and research!!
Great list!! Thanks!
thanx!