Totp 1979

[factor-fiction]

Just watched it on BBC4- it finished with Village People-YMCA. I wonder why it never occurred to me in 1979 as a student, when I thought I was so worldlywise, that they were so camp? To quote wikipedia "created by Jacques Morali and Henri Belolo to target disco's gay audience by featuring popular gay fantasy personas,".

[factor-fiction]

Yes, he must have been in the wrong video. He should have been in the I Want to Break Free video

[Ratty2E]

To be fair to myself I was a bit too young to spot gay anthems also I had no idea any of the afore mentioned people were gay until they came out. Seems daft as most of them seem obvious with hind sight.

[pixie373]

George Michael was obvious. I remember telling a friend that when i was ten- about '84.

[pixie373]

And Will Young. I often wonder why they bother to announce it.

[Peter Pedant]

Chewn FF - thanks- er my eyes must have been crossed ...

[Peter Pedant]

yesh and Armistead Maupin
who wasnt a singer I agree

people used to write to him and say he was nt real as his name was an anagram of ' is a name I made up'. But it was real to him when he was arrested in a men's lavatory in Picc. That'll teach him to write Tales of a City