A few things come to mind. At sports events, the fans sing along & do the cheerleader moves spelling out- Y M C A... do they know that they are celebrating the gayest song by the gayest musical group of all time? The Husband I & caught a showing of Can't Stop The Music deep in the cable line-up this summer. Has there ever been a more demented movie, & has there ever been a gayer film with no direct reference to gaydom? What was going on in the 1970s (I can't remember through the drug haze)?
Today is the 60th birthday of RANDY JONES: actor, author, American Music Award winner & multi-platinum recording artist, the original Cowboy & a founding member of Village People. In his career spanning 4+ decades before, with & since Village People, he has sold 100 million records. Perhaps best known for his hits with the group: Macho Man, In the Navy, & Y.M.C.A, he has had 65 Gold & Platinum hits, toured worldwide, starred in Can't Stop the Music, made the cover of Rolling Stone Magazine & in 2008, garnered a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame.
Village People's original member: Victor Willis (police officer), Felipe Rose (Native American), Randy Jones (cowboy), Glenn Hughes (biker), David Hodo (construction worker) & Alex Briley (GI). Originally created to target disco's primarily gay audience by featuring stereotypical gay fantasy personas, the band's popularity quickly brought them into mainstream. my favorite isIn Hollywood (Everybody is a Star).
Jones is developing a new reality show about same-sex marriages: “In each location, we’re going to bring other couples that want to have same sex ceremonies or weddings.So it’s not just about me & my partner. It’s about everybody.”
The show follows Jones & his partner of 26 years- Wil Grega, as they travel to each state in America & foreign countries in an attempt to set a world record in the Guinness Book of Records for commitment ceremonies & weddings. Jones acknowledged that not every place may welcome the idea of same sex marriage, but he has a plan for when they encounter those who do not. Sounds crazy & fun, a bit dangerous. I will be watching, although getting married once was enough for me. Good Luck, Randy... & happy birthday!
We were married, on our 25th Anniversary of being a couple, in Vancouver B.C., on the roof of a building with a beautiful view of that singularly striking skyline. Our dear friends from Seattle- Ken & Eiric (this summer they celebrated 24 years) stood up for us. We wrote our own vows & had not shared them with each other. We became teary eyed when, independent of each, we both quoted the same song lyric as a section of each of our pledges to love each other forever.
That song lyric was from You’re The First, The Last, My Everything by 5 time Grammy Award winner Barry White, known for his rich bass voice & romantic image. White's greatest success came in the 1970s as a solo singer & with his Love Unlimited Orchestra, crafting many sexy hits of soul, funk, & disco songs that I used for background music for seduction & sex. A worldwide favorite, White had many platinum albums & singles, with combined sales of over 100 million, & he helped get me laid countless times. Thanks, Barry, I needed your assistance.
Barry White left this world in the summer of 2003, just when I needed him the most. Today marks the 66th year of the day of his birth.
These are just a few of the vintage photographs of male couples from my collection of 100+. I love to study them & wonder about the subjects. I make up names & back stories for them, click on an image to enlarge:
My first, my last, my everything, & the answer to all my dreams. You're my sun, my moon, my guiding star. My kind of wonderful, that's what you are.
I know there's only, only one like you There's no way they could have made two. You're, you're all I'm living for Your love I'll keep for evermore. You're the first, my last, my everything.
In you I've found so many things, A love so new, only you could bring. Can't you see if you, You'll make me feel this way, You're like a first morning dew on a brand new day. I see so many ways that I can love you, 'Till the day I die...
You're my reality, yet I'm lost in a dream. You're my first, my last, my everything.
I know there's only one, only one like you There's no way they could have made two. You're my reality. But I'm lost in a dream, You're the first, you're the last, my everything.
