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80s music made me gay

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(idea) by WolfDaddy (5.1 hr) (print)   ?   (I like it!) 2 C!s Sun Dec 03 2000 at 4:32:27

Welcome to a sort-of metanode! My first, so when you talk about this, and you will ... be kind.

The 80s music scene was wonderfully diverse, and when I look back on the soundtrack of my life, I find some, ahem, rather seminal songs that contributed to my coming out. I'm including them here, and will add to it from time to time. All of the songs listed below have or had some meaning to me as a gay man, or a queer youth, but besides that, they're some pretty awesome songs in their own right.

So, without further ado, here's da list, sorted by artist:

Animotion

  • Obsession

    Bronski Beat

  • Smalltown Boy

    Depeche Mode

  • Sea of Sin
  • Boys Say Go!
  • What's Your Name?
  • The Meaning of Love
  • Shame
  • Lie to Me
  • A Question of Time
  • Stripped
  • Never Let Me Down Again
  • I Want You Now
  • Pleasure, Little Treasure

    Duran Duran

  • Wild Boys

    Eurythmics

  • Love Is A Stranger
  • I've Got An Angel
  • Who's That Girl?
  • Would I Lie To You?
  • Sisters Are Doin' It For Themselves
  • Missionary Man

    Honorary (non 80s) Songs

  • More Effeminate Than You

    Did 80s music help you come out of the closet? If so, node the lyrics then add your list here. Y'never know ... 500 years from now, when everything has become sentient, it just might help someone else out.


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    Welcome to 2002, the twenty-third year of the eighties Video game analogy to relationships Books made me a person Harder core than thou
    obsession Depeche Mode The soundtrack to your life Duran Duran
    Your social security check is late! Stuff costs more than it used to! Young people use curse words! Never Let Me Down Again Poppy Z. Brite Animotion
    Eurythmics I remember when it was me who made her toilet flush Why does the shower curtain attack me in the shower? sentient
    1980s Bronski Beat metanode The Killers
    shame seminal Sex just walked by me, and I didn't get any, dammit How I lost twenty pounds and became fit in two months
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