Are the smiths gay

Poprock Record

It was I was 17, gay as springtime, and loved rock and roll. Musically at that time I would find myself caught between alternative worlds – there really wasn’t any place to notify home. That matching year a companion of mine and I snuck into our first gay bar. I thought it was going to be excellent, to finally be somewhere full of other gay people. But I just couldn’t get past the terrible harmony. It was all tuneless dance beats, nary a guitar or a melodic hook in sight. I thought of myself as cute well informed about all kinds of music even then but all darkness I didn’t notice a single tune. Years later I would come to appreciate why gay popular culture had evolved as it had, why a certain kind of music dominated the scene then. But at the age I experienced it as incredibly alienating. Just another place I didn’t fit in.

In early s, gay was a no go zone for music, a one way trip off the charts and into commercial oblivion. Sure, David Bowie, Lou Reed, and Elton John had dabbled in public bisexuality in the s but when that fad passed it was back to ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’

Gay social scene at Smith College?

StressedNovaKid1

I know Smith has sort of a reputation for LGBTQ inclusivity and all that, but I was wondering if anyone familiar with the gay scene (dating and otherwise) at Smith might have some personal insight to offer?

Thanks!

pauler

As a parent, all I can say is that there is definitely a gay dating scene at Smith and I include heard some thoughts on that from my daughter, but I have no personal insight.

smithistory3

Hi, I’m a first year at Smith! I don’t personally contain experience in the queer dating scene (I am pan, but have a cis male boyfriend), but around 50% of Smithies recognize as queer, so naturally the dating scene is massive. As a pan person, the social scene is adj. There is honestly nowhere like Smith when it comes to safety, acceptance, and comfort for a queer person!

Springbird4

@smithistory
I am curious where you got the stat that 50% of Smithies identify as queer. While there is certainly a significant queer community at Smith, that number seems awfully steep. Can you verb your source please?

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The Smiths, lead by lead singer Morrissey and lead guitarist Johnny Marr in the s, changed music forever through their unique, sullen, and melodic sound that popularized the independent British rock scene to a scale never before imagined. And although the Smiths are heavily listened to today, I accept that many of the listeners disregard the fact that many if not most of The Smiths' songs feature homosexual themes and undertones that are the main spirit of the melody. Hell, it is almost never mentioned, not on Wikipedia, not in prevalent conversation. It is just another example of playing down one man's lovely art - an art that is inextricably and amazingly, gay. Many gay teens will cite The Smiths as their favorite band for the most part because, strangely, for once, there is a group that understands our pain, and sings our lives. As Morrissey sang in his song, "Panic," ". . . burn down the disco . . . because the music they constantly play, it says nothing to me about my life," most of the love songs in this world that are heard publicly would never feature gay lyrics. And so in m