# Queer Love Songs **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 21, 2001, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queer-love-songs/55279 "2001-02-21T00:34:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Maeglin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2001, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queer-love-songs/55279/21 "2001-02-22T16:13:49Z")
> [@](#): > > i would > never venture to say that they were homo-erotic. They’re straight…but they’re sissies… Martin Gore is as gay as the day is long, dude. ---
**Author:** ![Why\_A\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@Why\_A\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Why_A_Duck)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2001, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queer-love-songs/55279/22 "2001-02-22T16:47:33Z")
This far into the thread and noone has mentioned **Pansy Division**? Come on, song titles like: - Smells like queer spirit - Cowboys are frequently fond of each other - Femme in a black leather jacket - F\*\*\* Buddy ---
**Author:** ![HalberMensch242](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecb155/32.png) [@HalberMensch242](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HalberMensch242)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2001, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queer-love-songs/55279/23 "2001-02-22T23:17:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Maeglin \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > i would > > never venture to say that they were homo-erotic. They’re straight…but they’re sissies… > > Martin Gore is as gay as the day is long, dude. \*\* Nah ah!!..I thought he was married…wasn’t he?..or was that Dave? I know one of em has a kid…i’m gona have to do some research…☹ ---
**Author:** ![HalberMensch242](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecb155/32.png) [@HalberMensch242](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HalberMensch242)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2001, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queer-love-songs/55279/24 "2001-02-22T23:25:29Z")
Ah Ah!!!..i knew i was right…Martin gore is as straight as an arrow…this is taken from [http://www.martingore.net](http://www.martingore.net) \*\*“This album was partly recorded in Paris. There, after breaking off with Christina, Martin meets an American, Suzanne Boisvert, who will become his wife.” \*\* So he is…just a sissy…🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2001, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queer-love-songs/55279/25 "2001-02-22T23:54:38Z")
Didn’t Etheridge say she wrote her songs like that on purpose, because she wanted them to be for everybody, not just gay or lesbians? ---
**Author:** ![Maeglin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2001, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queer-love-songs/55279/26 "2001-02-23T17:23:39Z")
Getting married is now evidence for heterosexuality? Marriage of convenience. “Fag Hag.” All sorts of possibilities. Time for me to do a little research… ---
**Author:** ![Maeglin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2001, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queer-love-songs/55279/27 "2001-02-23T17:34:25Z")
[One member of Depeche Mode is gay, but it’s not me." Martin Gore POPCORN (German Pop magazine)](http://clonline.infoservizi.it/blaine/press/Dmcompilation.htm) Do we really believe him, folks? How bout another? [Do you like the idea of androgyny? “I think so. Maybe it’s to do with my dislike of normality. I’ve always thought a macho image really boring.” Does that lead to speculation that you’re gay? “That is probably more universal, I think a lot of people think that I’m gay, whichi doesn’t offend me or worry me in the slightet. People can think what they like.”](http://www.tuug.fi/~jaakko/dm/dmtekstit/inthemode.txt) Of course he doesn’t mind people thinking what they like…cause he’s **gay**! Come out of the closet already, Martin. We’ll love you anyway. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2001, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queer-love-songs/55279/28 "2001-02-24T01:53:37Z")
“Can You Forgive Her”, “Homosexuality”, “You Only Tell Me You Love Me When You’re Drunk” - gay love/sex songs. And of course, there’s Pansy Division. ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2001, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queer-love-songs/55279/29 "2001-02-24T01:55:38Z")
If it were 2002, we could add “Living La Vida Loca” But that would be unfair outing today! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Sealemon88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@Sealemon88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sealemon88)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2001, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queer-love-songs/55279/30 "2001-02-24T17:05:13Z")
Well, maybe Never Let Me Down Again is about how the singer got talked into taking an acid trip, and his friend is going to be the sober watcher who keeps him from freaking out… Oh well, I tried. 🙂 Bi is a silly little song from living color’s Stain album. ---
**Author:** ![casdave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@casdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/casdave)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2001, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queer-love-songs/55279/31 "2001-02-24T23:44:52Z")
Don’t leave me this way - The Communards Yes, I know it was originally Harold Melvin and the Bluenotes but it got kind of hijacked. There was something by George Micheal but the name escapes me. ---
**Author:** ![Silvio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cdc98d/32.png) [@Silvio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silvio)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2001, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queer-love-songs/55279/32 "2001-02-24T23:48:25Z")
You guys are missing some obvious ones. There are several David Bowie songs that fit this catagory…“Boys” and probably “Rebel Rebel” from DIAMOND DOGS, “Lady Stardust” from ZIGGY STARDUST, and many more. I’m sure that most Freddy Mercury love songs from Queen are probably in this catagory as well. How about “Jailhouse Rock”, written by Leiber-Stroller and recorded by Elvis? If you look real closely, it has what OZ fans would call a “Beecher-Keller” quality. “You Got to Hide Your love Away” isn’t technically a gay love song, but many people believe that the choursas is a sympathetic nod to Brian Epstein. ---
**Author:** ![hazel-rah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/73ab20/32.png) [@hazel-rah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hazel-rah)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2001, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queer-love-songs/55279/33 "2001-02-25T09:26:26Z")
Maeglin, he’s not gay. None of them are, as far as I know. If they were, why would they hide it? For god’s sake, they were synthpop stars in the early 80’s! The closest you’re going to get is Andy Bell, who is in Erasure with Vince Clarke who was in Depeche Mode briefly at the beginning (and who incidentally wrote their best songs and most of their best album, IMHO). Oh, and here’s the full quote, which was edited for titillation by Popcorn magazine: > [@](#): > > “Everyone thinks I’m gay because of what I wear but it’s not me! There’s only one member of Depeche Mode that’s gay … and we all know who it is!” With this he points an accusing finger at Andy, who’s experiencing a reddening of the cheek and sliding sheepishly down his seat, and is not entirely sure what’s going on. It’s pretty obvious to me that’s he taking the piss. Never Let Me Down Again is homoerotic? Y’all need to get out more. No pun intended. -fh ---
**Author:** ![mdf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dbc845/32.png) [@mdf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mdf)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2001, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queer-love-songs/55279/34 "2001-02-25T18:59:37Z")
So far, you’ve all missed Pete Townshend - Rough Boys -mdf ---
**Author:** ![MrVisible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@MrVisible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrVisible)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2001, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queer-love-songs/55279/35 "2001-02-25T20:02:32Z")
As long as we’re on Pete Townsend, I nominate “And I Moved” off the Empty Glass album. I guess this one is more along the lines of “Non-Gender-Specific Prounoun Love Songs”, but David Bowie’s “Wild Is The Wind” is up there. I heard he sang it to Brian Eno. ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2001, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queer-love-songs/55279/36 "2001-02-25T21:37:39Z")
How about “Kiss Me”, by Sixpence None the Richer? IIRC, MTV had an interview recently with the lead singer, where she says it is about two girls… ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2001, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queer-love-songs/55279/37 "2001-02-25T21:55:46Z")
_Hold Me Now_ by the Thompson Twins- I don’t know why. Maybe it’s because everyone is naming eighties songs. But whenever I listen to it, I’ve always thought it was from one guy, directed to another one. I just can’t imagine it being sung to a woman. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2001, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queer-love-songs/55279/38 "2001-02-25T21:55:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Anthracite \* > \*\*How about “Kiss Me”, by Sixpence None the Richer? IIRC, MTV had an interview recently with the lead singer, where she says it is about two girls… \*\* “There She Goes” has always seemed quite queer-centered to me, also. Kind of interesting, considering that at least one member of the band is born-again\*. \*[sup]I know “born-again” doesn’t necessarily mean “homophobic”, but that _is_ the way it tends to run.[/sup] ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2001, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queer-love-songs/55279/39 "2001-02-25T21:58:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Zoggie \* > \*\*_Hold Me Now_ by the Thompson Twins- I don’t know why. Maybe it’s because everyone is naming eighties songs. But whenever I listen to it, I’ve always thought it was from one guy, directed to another one. I just can’t imagine it being sung to a woman. \*\* In this vein, even though it’s consistently been sung as a teen-age straight puppy-love type of thing, “I Think We’re Alone Now” has **always** been stuck in my queer mind as being extremely appropriate as a teen-age gay puppy-love type of thing as well. ---
**Author:** ![Pucette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/278dde/32.png) [@Pucette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pucette)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2001, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queer-love-songs/55279/40 "2001-02-26T20:12:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by hazel-rah \* > > Never Let Me Down Again is homoerotic? Y’all need to get out more. No pun intended. > > \*\* \ Ok how about \*\* Strange Love? \*\* and \*\* Master and Servant? \*\* (from the same album, lyrics [here](http://www.depechemode.com/archive/Lyrics/index.html)) Master and Servant isn’t homoerotic per se, but the comination of the two on the same album seems to point to _something_. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queer-love-songs/55279.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queer-love-songs/55279.md?page=3)