Songs for Homosexual Men in Masculine Roles, Part One

As the Hollywood megacorporations pat themselves on the back for being so progressive, it's good to remember the artists who've been laying it all out for years...

1. "Montgomery Clift debuted on film opposite John Wayne as 'a new kind of leading man -- sensitive, intense and handsome.'"


2. And the straightest dude / I ever knew was standing right for me all the time / So I had to play football for the coach


3. "...by the mid-1980s, rumors had begun to circulate that one of Hüsker Dü's members was homosexual. Many assumed it was Norton, due in part to his handlebar mustache. Mould reports that Norton took the whispers and occasional taunts in stride..."


4. A vodka bottle gave you those raccoon eyes / We got beat up just for holding hands

Download:

1. R.E.M. - Monty Got a Raw Deal


2. Lou Reed - Coney Island Baby


3. Hüsker Dü - Could You Be the One


4. The Magnetic Fields - Take Ecstasy With Me

Buy the album:
R.E.M. - Automatic for the People / Lou Reed - Coney Island Baby / Hüsker Dü - Warehouse - Songs and Stories / The Magnetic Fields - Holiday