As it’s the weekend of love, we thought it would be fun to have a few laughs and giggles with Scottish stand-up comedian, Larry Dean, and his take on how relationships really work…
Just when the world needs her most, Lady Gaga returns with this banger ‘Abracadabra’! Seeing her come out of a decade of mental and physical pain and create this is masterful… and I felt that scream!
English singer/songwriter Lola Young delivers an authentic anthem about her ADHD, deep relationships and her messy struggles. Following on from the success of her cover version of the Phil Oakey/Gorgio Moroder soundtrack collab hit “Together in Electric Dreams”, “Messy” is a soulful cry that connects with emotional, raw honesty through her melancholy, velvety, smokey voice. Her talent is creatively refreshing, genius and real… surely this will become a timeless classic?
Well, they may have tried to ban that rabbit hole of nonsense called Tik Tok, but we can’t deny that sometimes, that all consuming waste of time turns up with some nuggets like this…
Especially when the trend is something as adorable as hot boys dancing to classic 80’s Euro-pop — definitely your cutest porn break this weekend!
Bonus original 1986 version, by German duo ‘Modern Talking’, after the jump…
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Artemas manages to create a sound that is both old and new with his modern take on grunge. After watching the Kurt Cobain bio-doc as a teenager, Art knew he wanted to pursue his interest in music. And with the power of Tik Tok went from recording samples in his bedroom to performing live at festivals around the UK & Europe all in the space of just a few months — crazy!
Bonus ‘live’ version after the jump…
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Omar Apollo captures the raw emotion of heartbreak and betrayal in this amazing rendition. His voice carries so much pain and intensity that the sad, haunting melody sticks with you. This is one of those tracks that you can’t help but feel deeply connected to. The unusual and original choreography adds to the atmosphere of loss — brilliantly directed by Luca Guadagnino.
The Christmas and New Years parties may be over, but we know the best cure for those post party blues — dance your ass off to some classic ’80’s tunes! The late Pete Burns and band Dead or Alive created this glittery tune by bringing the underground gay club Hi-NRG sound to the mainstream. With the help of talented producers Stock, Aitken and Waterman, this was their first number 1 hit and can best be defined as techno-disco – amazing to think that this production team went on to create over 100 top 40 hits for so many other artists too. Keep on dancing!
Catch gay musical legend Holly Johnson in this interview on Jake Shears series, ‘Queer the Music’. Holly shot to fame in the mid ’80’s with the band Frankie Goes to Hollywood when their first single ‘Relax’, topped the charts. Initially banned by the BBC as too explicit, this caused even more people to want to listen to this overtly gay sexual dance track. In the same year they had two further number one hits with ‘Two Tribes’ and ‘The Power of Love’ — the subject for this weeks episode.
We’re feeling all Christmassy here today at QueerClick… before George Michael went solo, with his bestie Andrew Ridgeley and their first band Wham!, they had this unforgettable seasonal hit ‘Last Christmas’ — amazing to think it’s 40 years ago this was recorded, never seems to grow old.
This ‘blast from the past’ is Goldfrapp at their very best — the perfect blend of Glam Rock and Synth Pop… Ooh La La!
Mark Ballas and Derek Hough, besties forever, show the world the artistry of dance and athleticism when they perform to “Libertango” by Tango Bardo on Dancing with the Stars — simply beautiful.
From The Film “Never Too Late”, Elton John and Brandi Carlile perform this beautiful duet. Elton, at nearly 80, in the twilight of his astronomic career and with ongoing health issues is still able to roll out bangers like this — amazing!
This Pet Shop Boys release of the classic David Bowie song, ‘All the young dudes’ is taken from their latest double A-side single and filmed with a cast of very sexy dancers in NYC.
They also recently performed this live in a medley with “West End Girls’ at the MTV European Music Awards in Manchester (UK), the stunning stage set, orchestra and dancers can be seen here in an extra video after the jump!
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Be enchanted watching these two young male students from MAS Music, Arts & Show dance to “Masquerade”, a concept project based on the music of Peter Gundry and filmed at the Museo Circolante Casartelli in Como, Italy. The music is particularly dark with rich emotions, and the choreography allows an ambiguity in the interpretation of the gestures and the atmosphere. Based in Milan, MAS Music, Arts & Show have their own YouTube channel and these amazingly talented dancers are Francesco Brumat and Christian Ayrton Riga.
Shawn’s new album is out soon and we can’t wait! For now, lets listen to this song with his beautiful soothing vocals, written about his childhood friend who sadly overdosed at age 18, somehow this song envelops you, feeling like it’s wrapping you in warmth. We can’t get enough of it and we love ya Shawn!
When Lady Gagas demons appear, darker than ever her monsters emerge as she transforms and evolves into something beyond what most artists are capable of… deeply disturbing yet palpable too, watch as she serves, eats and devours! We went totally GAGA!