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Music video: “Everyone is Gay”

From the YouTube description:

We are so proud and excited to release the new music video for our song “Everyone Is Gay.”

A while ago, our friends Kristin and Dannielle (who run a website called EveryoneIsGay.com that offers advice to LGBTQ youth) challenged us to write the “gayest song ever” for a compilation. And this song was the result!

We believe in their mission and stand by all those who live in fear of being their authentic selves. NO ONE deserves to be bullied or treated unfairly based on sexual preference. Diversity should be celebrated!

(h/t JMG)

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Sara Bareilles – “Brave”

“You can be amazing. You can turn a phrase in to a weapon or a drug. You can be the outcast or be the backlash of somebody’s lack of love or you can start speaking up.”

Sara Bareilles latest album, The Blessed Unrest, sees it’s release this coming Tuesday.

The album’s first single was “Brave,” an LGBT anthem about coming out. Co-written with fun.’s Jack Antonoff, the song is a declaration to live for yourself. “I think there’s so much honor and integrity and beauty in being able to be who you are,” Bareilles says of the song.“It’s important to be brave because by doing that you also give others permission to do the same.”

Plus, the fun video features people dancing like no one’s watching. But of course, people are. People watch and listen to us in life all the time.  For the folks watching, listening, standing by, nspiration sometimes comes when “you say what you want to say and let the words fall out.”

“I want to see how big your ‘brave’ is.”

The album comes out on Tuesday.  Check it out on iTunes.

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New music: Steve Grand “All-American Boy”

OK, I think this is pretty great. 

First of all, yes, everyone is A&F gorgeous in the video.

But even better, I think practically every gay young man has had this moment in their heads.

Great song, great singer.

Thanks, Steve Grand. Please keep singing. And one last thing – more please.

Follow Steve on Facebook.

Download the song here.

From Steve on the YouTube page:

July 2, 2013

I fought with who I was for most of my life. In every way a young person can fight with himself.

But starting today, I’m laying it out there. I’m done playing it safe.

I’m fortunate to have smart friends who believe in me, but I don’t have a manager or a label or any sort of funding other than the money I make playing piano downtown at The Joynt, and also, ironically to some, in the churches on Sunday morning.

As far as the ascetic achievements of the video… lets just say I was lucky to have a good friend introduce me to the best team I could have asked for… who held on to the roller coaster that was this project and dealt with all my intensity and craziness as the true professionals they are.

I wrote the song during a drunken piano jam session at a party. I recorded the vocals in my parents’ basement and worked with my friend Max Steger to record and mix the rest of the instruments.

I feel like most music industry people wouldn’t like the idea of me “pigeonholing” myself by telling this story as I have. But I don’t believe the world sees change until it sees honesty.

So I went in on my own.

I went all in. I’m nervous/excited/horrified/anxious about the effect that all of the choices I am making (and have made throughout my journey of discovering myself as a man and as an artist) will have on my future. But then I remind myself that I never really had a choice. This is the story I’ve been aching to tell my most of my life… the universal story of longing to be loved…it is what I hold dearest to me.

BUT my story would never have seen the light of day were it not for the people I have listed above, many of whom asked for nothing in return. I know my passion and intensity for this project were a lot to deal with (that might be the understatement of the year.. ;)) Thank you for doing your best to help me keep my sanity… just barely. And thank you for sticking with me; for your flexibility and patience and for helping to bring my vision to life. And to mom and dad… I know you guys don’t always understand just what the hell I am trying to do, but continue to love and support me nonetheless. It means everything to me…

-Steve

Download the song here.

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Music: The Classic Sound of Gay Pride

While you’re celebrating this week’s huge step forward for marriage equality and getting gussied up for another Pride Weekend, don’t forget the LGBTs and allies that paved the yellow brick road behind us. Rdio is highlighting the musicians and songs that championed same-sex equality with their third Pride focused playlist, The Classic Sound of Gay Pride.

Track Listing:

You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) (12″ Version)
Sylvester – Mighty Real: Greatest Dance Hits

I’m Coming Out
Diana Ross – Motown: The Complete No. 1’s

Y.M.C.A.
The Village People – Disco Gold

Is It All Over My Face? (Female Version)
Loose Joints – Is It All Over My Face?

Dancing Queen
ABBA – ABBA Gold

I Will Survive
Gloria Gaynor – Disco Gold

I Feel Love
Donna Summer – On The Radio: Greatest Hits Volumes I & II

We Are Family
Sister Sledge – We Are Family [Expanded]

Got To Be Real
Cheryl Lynn – Cheryl Lynn

I Was Born This Way (Larry Levan’s Live Edit)
Carl Bean – I Was Born This Way

I Need A Man
Grace Jones – Island Life

Menergy
Patrick Cowley – Patrick Cowley’s Greatest Hits

Macho Man
The Village People – The Casablanca Records Story
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I Love The Nightlife (Disco ‘Round)
Alicia Bridges – I Love The Nightlife

No More Tears (Enough Is Enough) (Duet with Donna Summer)
Barbra Streisand – Memories

Take Me Home
Cher – Take Me Home

Ain’t No Mountain High Enough (The Garage Version)
Inner Life – Journey Into Paradise: The Larry Levan Story

Under Pressure
Queen – Greatest Hits 1 & 2

Boys Keep Swinging
David Bowie – Lodger (1999 Remaster)

This Charming Man
The Smiths – The Sound Of The Smiths [Deluxe Edition]

All The Young Dudes
Mott The Hoople – All The Young Dudes

Sweet Transvestite
Tim Curry – The Rocky Horror Picture Show – Original Soundtrack

Good To Be Gay
Tom Robinson – Strong Love

Piece Of My Heart
Janis Joplin – The Essential Janis Joplin

We Will Rock You
Queen – Greatest Hits 1 & 2

Rebel Girl
Bikini Kill – Kill Rock Stars Sampler 2009

Dig Me Out
Sleater-Kinney – Dig Me Out

I Hate Myself For Loving You
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts – Up Your Alley

Bring Me Some Water
Melissa Etheridge – Melissa Etheridge

Constant Craving
k.d. lang – Recollection

Fast Car
Tracy Chapman – Tracy Chapman

Possession
Sarah McLachlan – Closer: The Best Of Sarah McLachlan

Passionate Kisses
Mary Chapin Carpenter – The Essential Mary Chapin Carpenter

Closer To Fine
Indigo Girls – Retrospective

Faith
George Michael – Faith (Remastered)

Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover
Sophie B. Hawkins – The Best Of Sophie B. Hawkins

Situation
Yaz – Upstairs At Eric’s

Holiday
Madonna – Madonna

Lovergirl
Teena Marie – Ultimate Collection: Teena Marie

Male Stripper
Man 2 Man – Male Stripper (Retrospective 1983-1990)

You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)
Dead Or Alive – Rip It Up

The Loco-motion (7″ Mix)
Kylie Minogue – The Best of Kylie Minogue

Xanadu
Olivia Newton-John – Xanadu (Soundtrack)

It’s Raining Men
The Weather Girls – Success

Karma Chameleon (2002 – Remaster)
Culture Club – Colour By Numbers

Smalltown Boy
Bronski Beat – The Age Of Consent

Always On My Mind (2003 – Remaster)
Pet Shop Boys – PopArt: The Hits

I Am What I Am (ReMastered)
Gloria Gaynor – I Am What I Am

Chains Of Love
Erasure – The Innocents

Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)
Eurythmics – Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)

Fascinated
Company B – Company B

Relax
Frankie Goes To Hollywood – Welcome To The Pleasuredome

Deep In Vogue (Introducing Lourdes & Willie Ninja)
Malcolm McLaren & The Bootzilla Orchestra – Waltz Darling

Vogue
Madonna – Celebration (double disc version)

Finally
Cece Peniston – Finally

Free
Ultra Naté – Free

I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Junior’s Happy Handbag Mix)
Whitney Houston – Whitney The Greatest Hits

Believe
Cher – Believe

True Colors
Cyndi Lauper – True Colors

And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going
Jennifer Holliday – 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: Best Of Jennifer Holliday

Over the Rainbow (The Wizard of Oz)
Judy Garland – The Wizard of Oz

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Music: Father Tiger “First Love”

Father Tiger has brought us some great music and videos in the past (remember their Christmas-time video featuring a younger, sexy Santa) and this one lives up to their reputation.

By the way, that rainbow-flavored tiger xylophone should be a clue that the video has something to do with today’s SCOTUS rulings.

(via Towleroad)

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Cher Releases New Remixes For “Woman’s World”

“Woman’s World” is the first song from her upcoming new Warner Bros. studio album, Closer To The Truth,  which will be released on September 24th.

“Women’s World” features some of the world’s finest remixers/DJs each adding their flavor to the original including Danny Verde and R3HAB (see below).

“Woman’s World” is available now. Fans in the US and Canada can pre-order Cher’s new album on iTunes, Amazon or Cher.com.

“Woman’s World” Danny Verde Club:

“Woman’s World” R3HAB Remix: