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Re: cross-post
On Sat, 25 Feb 1995 DAWSONCHR@urvax.urich.edu wrote:
>[Rough Boys, And I moved, etc., snipped]
>
> And how about the song a few tracks down the groove, "And I Moved." This
> is a weird one. Being a piano player, I like the music in the song, but
> the words kinda' give me the willies:
Pete's writing will do that to ya sometimes :-).
> Then Pete turns around and writes "Slit Skirts," on his "...Chinese
> Eyes" album, and it's a (seemingly?) heterosexual theme. Boy, am I
>confused.
While you're at it, don't forget 5:15's "he-man drag in a glittering
ballroom" et seq. (from 1972-3). That was the one that first tweaked
my attention, but looking back it seems like "I'm A Boy" was the first
overt reference to sexual-orientation issues in Pete's writing. In
other words, IMHO the issue is fairly old news.
Alan
There is on earth...no more dangerous thing than a richly endowed and
adroit reason...for reason must be deluded, blinded, and destroyed.
-- Martin Luther (what a guy!)