Tom Robinson - Glad To Be Gay
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Uploaded by bothways on Jun 3, 2007
Tom Robinson - Glad To Be Gay at the Amnesty International "Secret Policeman's Ball" 1979. For background see http://gladtobegay.net. Tom Robinson websites: http://tomrobinson.com and http://bothways.com
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Guy's got some serious balls to write a song about being the way he is and releasing it in the 1970's.
2 years ago 78
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Pioneer ... A Courageous Man
2 years ago 55
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I am not Gay but I do know what it's like to get locked up for songwriting in 21st Century UK !
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what a fag. . .
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@jinjocat Personally, I question his judgement - modern audiences are used to chillout albums and director's cuts of movies, they can do immersion far better than the pop kids of the 60s and 70s. But maybe the difference in our thinking is why he's written a stack of hit singles and I haven't.
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@jinjocat When Tom Robonson Band played the song live, Tom felt it was too long and so, although all verses were worthy, one had to be cut to give the song its proper impact.
When it came to uploading it to Youtube he felt that modern audiences, and the ephemeral surfers of Youtube in particular, want snappy stuff too, so again cut it to retain attention and punch. He talks about it on the gladtobegayDOTnet website.
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@Ihopyourpancakes Damn right you are! Wonderfully put. Let's celebrate life, I'm with you bro.
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Power to all Oppressed! From a straight black man
6 months ago 2
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I'm gay. Are you saying that I deserve to be celebrated because I'm different, but that the average Joe is less worthy of praise? I think that the gay liberation is about celebration of humanity, not of any single minority. Let's celebrate people. Celebrate straights. Celebrate tolerance. Love. Laughter. Life. Celebrate all of it and embrace all others.
7 months ago 6
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Legend!!
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@xXMargaritaXx1 You are not (as straight people) a persecuted minority!!!!!
8 months ago 2
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I understand this "sleeping with the opposite sex" thing is a lifestyle choice. But how did you break it to your parents, Tom? ;)
Rumpio 2 years ago 8
@Rumpio It was a big shock, of course. But they took it surprisingly well, considering.
bothways 2 years ago 16