Australian electropop duo Garçon Garçon began to really get noticed outside their home city of Sydney in 2011, getting rave reviews from the mainstream music press worldwide.
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Monthly Archives: February 2012
Kendall Kelly – Deeper Than Blue
Kendall Kelly is well-known to fans of the Bearapalooza events in the US, and this spring he’s on the Two Bears One Van tour with Jeff Rockcub.
Cyndi Lauper – True Colors
Released in 1986, True Colors has become an iconic song, just as Cyndi Lauper has become a gay icon, and deservedly so. When it first came out, it didn’t take long for members of the gay community to adopt it as an anthem, and has since given its name to the True Colors Tour, which Cyndi herself launched in 2007, an initiative which has benefited many LGBT organisations and provided an additional focus on key issues affecting us as a community.
Friends, family, plus the community is a lot of people and together, we make a very loud sound; and I believe that people don’t know the facts. They don’t know that you can be fired from your job in 33 states if you’re gay and lesbian and transgender and bisexual. They don’t know that the hate crime bill does not extend to everyone…Education is so important. So that’s what we are trying to do – in a fun, loving way.
Chris Salvatore – Skyscraper
He’s an accomplished singer-songwriter, but here Chris Salvatore performs a cover version of Demi Lovato’s Skyscraper, which many would say is better than the original.
TimPermanent – Busy
Indie composer and performer TimPermanent lives in Los Angeles, and is well-known on the club circuit and from appearances at Pride events. This is from January 2012.
Vengaboys – Kiss (When The Sun Don’t Shine)
Dutch eurodance band Vengaboys are still firm favorites on the Pride circuit across Europe, and can still get a crowd of gay men dancing.
Dusty Springfield – You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me
It didn’t take long to choose a track which sums up why Dusty Springfield is a gay icon. This song was released in 1966, a year before homosexuality was made legal in the United Kingdom, and it eloquently describes the limits of the clandestine romantic life of many gay men during that era. Her songs often made subtle references to a sexual and emotional life which went beyond the conventions of the time, and her make-up, bleached hair and glamorous image made her a hit with gay audiences.
It’s worth noting that Dusty remains one of the great voices of 20th Century popular music, and most of her performances haven’t dated.
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