Seduced and abandoned : essays on gay men and popular music / Richard Smith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smith, Richard, 1968-2017.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Homosexuality and music.

Sex in music.

Gay musicians--Biography.

Gay musicians.

Music--Social aspects.

Music.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

253 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Cassell, 1995.

Summary:

Seduced and Abandoned examines the different ways that gay men use pop music, both as producers and consumers, and how, in turn, pop uses gay men. Richard Smith asks what role culture plays in shaping identity, and why pop continues to thrill gay men even though it so often lets them down.

Contents:

2 The Acid Queen: Mixmaster Morris 5

3 Ambisexuality 10

4 Baby Don't Apologize: Nirvana 14

5 Back in the YMCA: Village People 20

6 Bad?: Michael Jackson 25

7 Being Boring: Erasure 32

8 Blaming it on the Boogie: Stock, Aitken and Waterman 39

9 Cock Rock: The Secret History of the Penis in Pop 43

10 Dear Shaun: Happy Mondays 50

11 Dragged into the Future: Trannies With Attitude 53

12 Getting Away with It: Right Said Fred 59

13 The God that Failed?: Morrissey 64

14 Godfathers and Sugardaddies: Tom Watkins 69

15 The Happy Wanderer: Jimmy Somerville 77

16 Homo Psycho Sexy Burlesque: My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult 83

17 Hope I Get Old Before I Die: Pop and AIDS 86

18 The House That Frankie Built: Frankie Knuckles 92

19 Housewives' Choice: Female Fans and Unmanly Men 100

20 I'm Not Like Everybody Else: The Kinks 106

21 Just Good Friends?: Take That 113

22 Kerrang! The Sound of Confusion: Heavy Metal 121

23 Let's (Not) Talk About Sex: Sex, Pop and Censorship 127

24 Little Town Flirt: Suede 134

25 The London Boy: Colin Bell 139

26 Murmuring: REM 149

27 The Odd Couple: McAlmont (Thieves) 154

28 Out On Your Own: Kitchens of Distinction and Sugar 157

29 'Outrage and Boredom Just Go Hand in Hand': Manic Street Preachers 163

30 Pink Vinyl: Gay Dance Labels and Nu-NRG 166

31 Preaching to the Perverted: Homocore and Queercore 172

32 The Queen of New York: RuPaul 179

33 Relaxed: Holly Johnson 183

34 The Rhythm Divine: Jon Savage and Disco 195

35 Seriously: Pet Shop Boys 200

36 This Charming Man: Gene 212

37 Three Little Words: Pet Shop Boys 219

38 Us Boys Together Clinging: One Night in a Gay Club 224

39 What Do We Want?: 2wo Third3 231

40 A Year in the Death of Freddie Mercury: Queen 234.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [244]-247) and index.

ISBN:

0304333433

0304333476

OCLC:

34118868