Thank you, Brandon Flowers, for reminding me of Bronski Beat
Dear Brandon Flowers,
Hey, pal! I’ve enjoyed a couple of your tunes with your band, The Killers, in the past; the nonsensical-but-fun “Human” is probably my very favorite. But I think it’s your recent “I Can Change” that’s made me happiest — because it reminded me I hadn’t listened to Bronski Beat in a minute.
Your single isn’t bad, though I can’t say it stuck with me. What did stick with me, though, was the sample of “Smalltown Boy,” which I immediately cued up — you know, the gay anthem on Bronski Beat’s 1984 debut, Age of Consent. Here’s the video; I would not call it subtle.
I’ll grant that’s a massive synth groove. But separately from how weird it is to hear a famous gay anthem sampled in a song where the chorus goes “Girl, I…
Source:: The Verge
