sexuality/spirituality

[Trish Pottersmith <trish.pottersmith@Colorado.EDU>]

Gordie and JBoswell,

Yeah!  You guys are speaking my thoughts.  Pete's music is full of 
both sexual and spiritual...confusions, longings, angst.  Certainly
part of the attraction for me.

One time I posted something to this list about "Bargain" being a prayer.
I had previously thought that the lyrics (I'd gladly lose me to find you)
just didn't work for me.  I didn't want to think that way about another
human being anymore .  But one time I heard this christian group's version 
of it and it got me thinking that it really did seem more like a song about
God than about another person, to me.

Someone else from this list sent me a note after that saying that he 
heard Pete on the radio one time talking about "Who Are You" being a
prayer.  The key line being "I can measure up to anyone now after such a 
love as this."

The gay take on Quad/Tommy/etc was enlightening for me.  It reminded me of
when "And I Moved" came out.  A friend of mine kept saying "See, he must
be bisexual!"  And I'd say, "NO! NO! he wrote it for Bette Midler!"
At that point in my life, I couldn't deal with Pete possibly swinging
both ways.  As I got older, I started to understand and see it in his 
music.  And relate to it.

Trish


Trish Pottersmith
University of Colorado     
303-492-9579
trish.pottersmith@colorado.edu