Originally Posted by
gordy_hunk
Looking at the list - probably at least 75% of the tracks I don't know - any many of the artists I've not heard of before.
Certainly Sylvester, Weather Girls, Gloria Gaynor, Thelma Houston, Village People are very well known - and within the gay community too. Similarly, Bronski Beat for the forthright lyrics - which despite it being extremely clear what Jimmy Somerville was singing, was never banned on the BBC. I'm sure I read somewhere that Diana had no idea what 'I'm coming out' symbolised and even the term was not known to her. I can't believe this, given her rather large gay fan base [[well, I assume that she has a large gay fan base). I don't know if the general population in 1980 [[within Germany) knew what this song title was meaning.
Would I have placed it as number one? I'd probably place Gloria or Sylvester or even the Weather Girls at number one, and Diana's 'I'm coming out' in the top ten.
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