Gay Kosmopol

The Hidden Cameras est un groupe indie-pop formé en 2001 à Toronto. Mené par l'auteur-compositeur-interprète Joel Gibb, le groupe a compté et compte encore plusieurs musiciens dans ses rangs (dont Mike Olsen de Arcade Fire), autant en studio que sur scène, pour créer ce que Gibb a déjà décrit comme étant du gospel gai ("gay church folk music", dans The Advocate, 29 avril 2003). La formation a fait paraître des albums sur des étiquettes prestigieuses comme Rough Trade et Arts & Craft. En 2006, leur pièce Boys of Melody se retrouve sur la trame sonore du film Shortbus de John Cameron Mitchell, qui explore de façon assez explicite la sexualité de différents personnages à New York.

Le groupe est actuellement en tournée européenne en Allemagne, Autriche et Suisse. 

Underage

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Ban marriage

I was late getting to church on the morning of my ceremony

Stayed up too late, the night before
From fingering foreign dirty holes in the dark
The morning sun blinded my eyes
And made my skin look pale and tainted in light

And there were steps to climb as I unloosened my tie
As I began to walk the aisle
The congregation looked behind but I continued past the pews
And met my angel in a suit with a smile

As I looked him in the eye, I heard my best friend cry
We aren't fools to fall in love but let coupledom die

Ban marriage, ban marriage

The minister was drunk and high from
His rewrite of holy verse with more lies
But the organist she played
With a tenacity and grace that was fine

The whole room was filled with the thunder and flood                     

With just one chord, the thrill and clarity of sound

But soon the song went slowly dead
And I was forced to take a stand on one side
It was him or my fag hag, oh, well
I guess, she was never that good of a friend

After my fag hag friend had fled
The minister looked mighty fed and content
We said his rewritten vows that I could hardly pronounce
But was soon drowned it out by that organ and the shout

Ban marriage, ban marriage
Ban marriage, ban marriage

The congregation, stunned and dumbed
Looked upon me with an innocuous stare
I went down on my knees, I prayed that
There be truth and there be light in my day

In my hungover daze, I felt the thunder of God
It was the orders that I take the wrath upon my own rod
Then I repeated my own vows
They were perverted and they smelled of myself

That there is splendor in the harshness of bum
That consummation makes a grumble
And the sound that I have learned called

Ban marriage, ban marriage
Ban marriage, ban marriage
Ban marriage, ban it all

On peut évidemment préférer l'original de Katy Perry

Et dans tous les cas s'essayer au karaoké: les paroles

This was never the way I planned
Not my intention
I've got so brave drink in hand
Lost my discretion
It's not what I'm used to
Just want to try you on
I'm curious for you
Caught my attention

I kissed a girl and I liked it
The taste of her cherry chapstick
I kissed a girl just to try it
I hope my boyfriend don't mind it
It felt so wrong, it felt so right
Don't mean I'm in love tonight
I kissed a girl and I liked it
I liked it

No I don't even know your name
It doesn't matter
You're my experimental game
Just human nature
It's not what good girls do
Not how they should behave
My head gets so confused
Hard to obey

I kissed a girl and I liked it
The taste of her cherry chapstick
I kissed a girl just to try it
I hope my boyfriend don't mind it
It felt so wrong, it felt so right
Don't mean I'm in love tonight
I kissed a girl and I liked it
I liked it

Us girls we are so magical
Soft skin, red lips, so kissable
Hard to resist so touchable
Too good to deny it
Ain't no big deal, it's innocent

I kissed a girl and I liked it
The taste of her cherry chapstick
I kissed a girl just to try it
I hope my boyfriend don't mind it
It felt so wrong, it felt so right
Don't mean I'm in love tonight
I kissed a girl and I liked it
I liked it

Un article qui se trouve sur le blog pop rock du journal Le Soir, qui est décidément en ce qui concerne les sujets LGBT le journal le plus rafraîchissant en Belgique francophone. L'article est intitulé L'album le plus gay de l'histoire:

Dans les classements, ça fait partie du jeu, on trouve à boire et à manger. Des plus classiques, comme ceux de fin d’année, aux plus originaux. Celui publié par le mensuel Out dans son prochain numéro ferait plutôt partie de la seconde catégorie, qui visait à élire l’album le plus gay de l’histoire. Le magazine gay américain a sollicité, pour son classement, l’avis d’acteurs et de musiciens, écrivains, DJ, critiques de musiques…

Ont répondu à l’invitation des musiciens aussi illustres que Boy George, Rufus Wainwright ou Cyndi Lauper. Tout ce petit monde s’accordant pour faire émerger “The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders m Mars”, de David Bowie, comme vainqueur de ce scrutin pas comme les autres. The Smiths, qui placent deux albums dans le ranking, prennent la seconde place avec “The Smiths”. 

Sur la première place remportée de haute lutte par Bowie, le mensuel estime “plutôt ironique de constater qu’un disque qui s’ouvre par une reflexion sur la fin du monde, et se termine par une critique acerbe de la célébrité et de ses excès, puisse être considéré comme l’un des albums les plus libérateurs de tous les temps - à peu près aussi ironique que de voir un hétéro figurer en tête de liste“.

L’album le plus “frais” de ce classement, qui recense une flopée d’album déjà datés est “I Am A Bird Now” d’Antony And The Johnsons.

(C.Pt)

Les aficionados liront  avec profit en anglais l'article plus développé et en ligne du mensuel Out (cliquer sur l'hyperlien)

Je ne sais pas pourquoi je me suis dit que cela allait vous plaire aussi. C'est quand le prochain vol (de l'ange) pour l'Azerbaïdjan? Bon, day after day, à chaque jour suffit son plaisir...

Elnur & Samir
Day After Day
Paroles: Zahra Badalbeyli
Musique: Govher Hasanzadeh

For peace we pray
Save us from all fears
Oh Lord! Save us!

You can feel me in your mind
With every breath you take
Burn the earth by flame of sins
I`ll make you feel dismay

Our feelings play with us
But you must keep yourself under control
If you`re searching for resolves
Be ready for the tolls

Show us the right way
Day after day
All fears we must forget
Then better world we`ll get

If you have the greatest aim
Keep it in your soul
I`ll be always by your side
Always in your heart

Our dreams can play with us
Even if we think that we keep control
From all horrors in the world
Salvation is love!
 

The earth in flame
And you must share the blame

Look inside yourself
We both are there
Day after day....

Sur son CD l'Archangelo, le chanteur italien Ivano Fossati chante l'amour gay, et notamment celui de DENNY.

Allez visiter le site d'Ivano Fossati en cliquant ici. En français, on pourra aussi lire l'article que le journal TETU a consacré à ce CD en 2006 en cliquant ici.

Paroles 

Non c'è giustizia nè pace
Qua intorno
Tutte le ore di un anno
E tutto il tempo del giorno
Io giù da un letto sicuro
Mi butto alle sei
Un caffè di acqua sottile
Ti porto

Nessuno sa e nessuno
Nemmeno mi capisce
Nessuno vede l'amore
Nessuno lo intuisce

Io fra i tuoi occhi splendenti
Ci sto perduto nel mezzo
Se accendessi un'altra luce
Non la vedrei

Non c'è lavoro nè pace
Qua intorno
Non c'è futuro nè paga
Qua in fondo

C'è il mio capo al cancello
Che aspetta
Un'altra sigaretta
Poi vado
E lui di certo non sa
E di certo non capisce
Lui non lo vede l'amore
E nemmeno lo intuisce
Io fra i tuoi occhi splendenti
Sto perduto nel mezzo
Se si accendesse un'altra luce
Non la vedrei

Certi giorni non so nemmeno
Come pregare
Certe volte non so davvero
Cosa aspettare
Certe notti sono sicuro
Che sbaglio io
Toccami la mano e lo saprò
Non c'è giustizia nè pace
Qua intorno
Tutte le ore di un anno
E tutto il tempo del giorno
Io giù da un letto sicuro
Mi butto alle sei
Un caffè di acqua sottile
Ti porto, Denny

Nessuno sa e nessuno
Nemmeno capisce
Nessuno vede l'amore
Qualcuno lo intuisce

Sto fra i tuoi occhi splendenti
Perchè l'attimo è ora
Toccami la mano e ti sentirò
Toccami la mano e capirò
Accendi quella luce e la vedrò

Les Queentastic avec Absolutely fabulous

Et si vous tenez absolument à les accompagner en karaoké et à connaître les inoubliables paroles de cette chanson, les voici: 

Hey…Hey…Hey…
You gotta make me come alive
With one drop of Chanel No 5

Yeah…Yeah…Yeah…
Make me feel like a V.I.P
And let me shine for the world to see

Cause I can be your million dollar babe
Kiss your heart…make it sizzle and shake
I can be your supermodel doll
Stand by you at your beck and call

(Chorus)
It takes a little bit of Gucci
And a little bit of love…
It takes a little piece of Heaven
And a diamond-studded heart…
To spin my wheel…
And make me feel…
Absolutely…
Absolutely…
Absolutely fabulous tonight!

Hey…Hey…Hey…
You gotta give me all I need
And it takes more than love to succeed

Yeah…Yeah…Yeah…
If I am an expensive girl
Blame it on this material world

Cause I can be your private beauty queen
Spice your life….make it dazzle and shine
I can be your Galliano girl
Stand by you and won’t kiss & tell!

(chorus)  

Les paroles en hébreu  

Yesh isha
Gdola meha'haim
Yesh hoshim sheyesh rak la
Yesh ksamim
Veyesh yamim kashim
Ubama she'he kula shela
Lamalhachim Diva he imperia
Al habama Diva he hysteria
Vehe kula
Shir a'ava

Diva naria
Diva Victoria
Afrodita
Viva la Diva

 Viva Victoria
Cleopatra

Yesh nashim
Yesh isha
Gdola meha'haim
Yesh hoshim sheyesh rak la
Yesh ksamim
Veyesh yamim kashim
Ubama she'he kula shela
Lamalhachim Diva he imperia
Al habama Diva he hysteria
Vehe kula
Shir a'ava

Diva naria
Diva Victoria
Afrodita
Viva la Diva

La traduction en anglais

There is a woman who is bigger than life
She has sense nobody else has
There are magics and there are though days
And a stage which is all hers
For the angels Diva is an empire
On the stage Diva is a histery
She ias all a love song
�
CHORUS
Diva, we shall shout in joy
Diva Victoria
Aprodita
Viva for Diva
Viva Victoria
Cleopatra
�
There are women, tears of life
They will carry out a prayer with no words
For the angels Diva is an empire
On the stage Diva is a histery
She is all a love song
�
CHORUS 2X
Diva, we shall shout in joy
Diva Victoria
Aprodita
Viva for Diva
Viva Victoria
Cleopatra

Des références sur le net

Le site officiel de la chanteuse: cliquer ici
Un excellent blog consacré à Dana International, en français: cliquer ici