Blogcritics: Comments on Camp country?

Comment by The Theory

Wed, 20 Aug 2003 13:44:16 EDT

this is the sort of thing that sets gay rights back a couple of decades...

Comment by dude

Thu, 17 Jul 2003 14:26:49 EDT

How about Stephen Merritt of the Magnetic Fields? "Papa Was a Rodeo" is one of the greatest gay country songs ever.

Comment by Eric Olsen

Wed, 16 Jul 2003 21:54:30 EDT

Excellent point, but she is a woman and hasn't been "country" for some time

Comment by Bleudevil

Wed, 16 Jul 2003 21:42:41 EDT

What about k.d. lang?

Comment by Eric Olsen

Wed, 16 Jul 2003 21:21:43 EDT

I'm sure the gay songwriter wants to publicly break the stereotype - a lot lke why many want to see a major professional athlete come out

Comment by Andrew Ian Dodge

Wed, 16 Jul 2003 20:56:32 EDT

I always thought country was pretty camp anyway. Finding a gay bar in Nashville isnt't exactly hard. Last time I was there, there were two obvious ones. Lets face it country music for the men is camper than hard rock any day. One the things I found interesting about this piece was...er why is it needed?

Comment by Natalie

Wed, 16 Jul 2003 19:16:22 EDT

Told you Baltimore was backward. We didn't get country bars until the early '90s.

Comment by Eric Olsen

Wed, 16 Jul 2003 19:14:18 EDT

this was about '85

Comment by Natalie

Wed, 16 Jul 2003 19:05:42 EDT

Country-themed gay bars are nothing new. In fact, in the backward city of Baltimore, they're already passé. But for a while there, it was fun to go boot-scootin' with my lady.

Comment by Eric Olsen

Wed, 16 Jul 2003 18:34:42 EDT

I have been inside a gay cowboy bar in North Hollywood - for a time we were confused and wondered where the girls were, but we had fun anyway

Comment by Natalie

Wed, 16 Jul 2003 17:53:44 EDT

Another queer country artist (though he's not campy): Mark Weigle.

Comment by Eric Olsen

Wed, 16 Jul 2003 17:41:03 EDT

Hey, what about the bluegrass band, Queer in the Holler? Don't they count? I am deeply offended by this Balkanization of bluegrass from Nashville, where it is well-known they are all closet cases anyway.

Comment by Al Barger

Wed, 16 Jul 2003 17:23:39 EDT

Do you have to PROVE that you're gay to get this gig? The name Tatu comes to mind here. And just how gay do you have to be? Would you still be able to qualify if you liked girls, too? Would just ONE homosexual act qualify an otherwise straight guy for the job?