The Age Of Consent

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But if you were a kid from the suburbs and looking for something more relatable, you couldn't go past Bronski Beat. Whether or not it was true, what she said and how it was interpreted by the media, but it was this idea this [AIDS] was God's retribution," Somerville told The Music Show. I left in 1983. AIDS had arrived and, to me, gay sex equalled death. It would take a long time to deal with those feelings of shame, guilt and fear. Thank you Catholic Church!" The inner sleeve of the album has a table listing the minimum age for lawful homosexual relationships between men in each country in Europe, accompanied by the telephone number of a service giving gay legal advice. It was removed from the United States release of the album by MCA Records on the basis of "past sensitivities of several record store chains". [9] Singles [ edit ]

The third single, released before Christmas 1984, was a revival of " It Ain't Necessarily So", the George and Ira Gershwin classic (from Porgy and Bess). The song questions the accuracy of biblical tales. It also reached the UK Top 20. [9] Why?', dedicated to murdered gay playwright Drew Griffiths, is fuelled by outrage at homophobic prejudice, yet also a plea for compassion, plainly heard in lyrics likeOf course, again, we were so outraged by this so we decided to take the song but we wanted to turn it into like a duet between two men. And, if you do a cover of 'I Feel Love' you can't then suddenly do a nice soft kind of version of it, so we decided to make it really almost like harsh. It's almost like a pop/disco kind of punky kind of sound. You either like it you just think, 'My god that's painful'."

a b c "Bronski Beat keyboardist Larry Steinbachek dies at 56". BBC News. 12 January 2017 . Retrieved 12 January 2017. Andrews, Marc; Isaac, Claire; Nichols, David (2011). Pop Life: Inside Smash Hits Australia 1984 – 2007. Affirm Press. p.39. ISBN 978-0-98713-267-3. The song is dedicated to the memory of playwright Drew Griffiths, a victim of a homophobic murder in 1984. a b Steve Bronski: co-founder of Bronski Beat dies aged 61, Laura Snapes, The Guardian, 9 December 2021 Classifiche". Musica e dischi (in Italian). Set "Album" for option "Tipo", then write the name of a wanted album in the "Titolo" field and search for the artist.

More subversive are Bronski Beat’s songs about desire, each delivered in a distinct feminine mode. “Ain’t Necessarily So” is a cover of the Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess song about doubting the bible—the implication here obviously being its statements on homosexuality—reinterpreted as a slice of sophisticated percolation more akin to fellow 1984 breakout star Sade than gritty British synth-pop. “Heatwave” finds Somerville playing at being Peggy Lee (another of his childhood obsessions), updating “Fever” as a steamy come-on fit for the beaches of Fire Island or Venice. It sounds a million miles from London’s dank clubs and Glasgow’s damp streets, a sheer fantasy that makes Somerville an agent of lust, rejecting yearning diva worship with its nose pressed up against the glass.