Queer Issue 2018 Jun 20, 2018 at 4:00 am

The First Gay Pop Song I Ever Heard

What I learned from the Magnetic Fields's "When My Boy Walks Down the Street."

Eli Sanders
Stephin Merritt has a deep, fetchingly weary voice, and lyrics at once intellectual and hot. LEVI HASTINGS
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SLOG articles are all very positive today. This is nice.

Dougsf on June 21, 2018 at 6:00 PM Report this
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Revisiting 69 Love Songs now. Rich stuff.

avatar on June 21, 2018 at 9:24 PM Report this

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