# Songs where men kiss other men **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 20, 2004, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-men-kiss-other-men/275785 "2004-11-20T02:09:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-men-kiss-other-men/275785/1 "2004-11-20T02:09:27Z")
I was listening to “Love Potion No. 9” by The Searchers, and it never really occurred to me before that one man (the narrator) kisses another (the cop) in the song. This led to me wondering how many other fairly well-known popular songs explicitly mention one man kissing another (“Lola” by The Kinks, for example, doesn’t), either romantically or under other circumstances. Any others people can think of? ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-men-kiss-other-men/275785/2 "2004-11-20T02:10:42Z")
Jimi Hendrix, “'Scuse Me While I Kiss This Guy” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-men-kiss-other-men/275785/3 "2004-11-20T02:15:05Z")
Curse you, when I originally thought about creating this thread, I was going to have a parenthetical about “Purple Haze”, but then forgot! Well done. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-men-kiss-other-men/275785/4 "2004-11-20T02:27:07Z")
Jailhouse Rock, “You’re the cutest jailbird I ever did see.” More implied, though. ---
**Author:** ![Ilsa\_Lund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a6a055/32.png) [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-men-kiss-other-men/275785/5 "2004-11-20T02:35:41Z")
Well, **Pansy Division’s** _Homo Christmas_ counts, but, I mean… ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-men-kiss-other-men/275785/6 "2004-11-20T02:45:51Z")
[This one comes to mind](http://mywebpages.comcast.net/cpeek001/pb.mp3) ---
**Author:** ![Malodorous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47774/32.png) [@Malodorous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malodorous)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-men-kiss-other-men/275785/7 "2004-11-20T02:51:08Z")
The Garden of Gesthamene song in _Jesus Christ Superstar_. Not so much romantic (though it is in a garden, at night, during the holidays). Probaby a few other similar songs that mention the same kiss. ---
**Author:** ![Eats\_Crayons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-men-kiss-other-men/275785/8 "2004-11-20T03:08:19Z")
_Lola_ by the Kinks. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-men-kiss-other-men/275785/9 "2004-11-20T03:57:07Z")
[Michael](http://ewradio.co.uk/songdetails2.php?sid=923) by Franz Ferdinand. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-men-kiss-other-men/275785/10 "2004-11-20T04:03:47Z")
> [@astro](#): > > [This one comes to mind](http://mywebpages.comcast.net/cpeek001/pb.mp3) Y’know…I hate when people do that. Link to a media file or pdf, and don’t a) mention that it’s a media file or pdf and thus us people with crap machines can give it a pass or be prepared for the insane wait while it loads, and b) giving some idea what’s in it so there’s some way of knowing if we should bother. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-men-kiss-other-men/275785/11 "2004-11-20T04:38:39Z")
> [@Tengu](#): > > Y’know…I hate when people do that. Link to a media file or pdf, and don’t a) mention that it’s a media file or pdf and thus us people with crap machines can give it a pass or be prepared for the insane wait while it loads, and b) giving some idea what’s in it so there’s some way of knowing if we should bother. Point taken. With cable I’ve gotten used to super high speed loads ( the file takes about 10 seconds to load on my system) . I removed it.