Queery: Existence is Resistance

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Sat, 11/16/2024 - 10:00pm to Sun, 11/17/2024 - 12:00am
"It is a serious thing, just to be alive, on this fresh morning, in this broken world" -Mary Oliver

This month, we’re exploring queer protest songs.

The Invitation, Mary Oliver

Rid of Me by PJ Harvey.

Uprising of Love by Melissa Etheridge. Inspired by the Russian governments’s violent abuse toward the LGBTQ community, which was only highlighted by the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi

I Know a Place by MUNA, released in 2016.  "In June of 2015, we as a band decided that our LGBTQ community deserved a new song for Pride week,” said Muna’s Katie Gavin.

Boot by Tamar-Kali, released in 2002.

Quem soul eu released in 2021 by transgender Brazilian artist Linn de Quebrada and BADSISTA. Relying on the Internet’s translation from Portuguese, the title translates roughly to who am I? The song’s closing lyrics are “pleased to meet you, I’m the new Eve, Daughter of the fetters, work of the darkness, I didn’t eat the fruit of what’s good and what’s bad, I wrenched its leaves and I smoked its grass.”  

Abomination from 2022’s Heterosexuality by queer artist Shamir. The entire album is a noise pop, avante garde, shoegaze, art punk journey through queer existence. 

Standing in the Way of Control by Gossip from 2005’s album of the same name.

Make America Great Again by Russian protest group Pussy Riot released just before the 2016 election.

You Will Not Die by South African artist Nakhane, who came out as gay at age 19 and in a Christian fundamentalist community.

Queen by Perfume Genius released in 2014 on the album Too Bright is a powerful statement of nonconformity. At it’s 10th Anniversary, Too Bright and Queen continue to be a defiant and avowedly queer anthem. 

Glad to be Gay by Tom Robinson Band, originally written for the 1976 London Gay Pride Parade. This recording is from their live performance in 1978. Tom Robinson credits the Sex Pistols with inspiring him to write more confrontational music.

Talking ‘Bout a Revolution by Tracy Chapman. This song appeared on Chapman’s 1988 debut album. Revolution was a song Chapman carried around while she was still in college.

Fuck You by Lily Allen, released in 2008 and included in 2009’s It’s Not Me, It’s You. Allen confirmed the subject of the song during a concert in LA 

2005’s Entertain by Sleater-Kinney from the Woods. 1984, truth, and reality is the new fiction.

A quien le importa by 1980s new wave band from Spain, Alaska y Dinarama.

Battle Cry by pansexual gender-fluid artist Angel Haze

Rise (Sam Feldt Remix) by English musician Calum Scott and Sam Feldt released as a single in 2021.

The Joke from 2018’s By the Way, I Forgive You by Brandi Carlile. Carlile wrote the song from the perspective of queer kids ultimately triumphing over adversity, and having the last laugh. The joke won 2 Grammys.

Peaches Fuck or Kill from 2006’s Impeach My Bush.

Turntables by non-binary artist Janelle Monae.

Fuck these Fucking Fascists by The Muslims

I was in a Cult by singer songwriter, teggy geiger

Fuck Your Labels by Carlie Hanson from 2022’s Tough Boy. Hanson says “Just don’t box me because I’m a million things.”

Kill the Bill by Ghanaian transgender musician Angel Maxine, Wanlov Kubolor, and Sister Deborah. Kill the Bill was released in 2021 in protest of Ghana’s anti-LGBT bill, known as the Family Values Bill. In an interview with BBC, Angel Maxine says the bill won’t erase the LGBTQ community. “We exist and we are in Ghana. It’s this Ghana that we will stay.”

This Hell from 2022’s Dirty Hit by pansexual Japanese artist Rina Sawayama. Sawayama says she wrote the song while thinking about recent religiously motivated attacks on LGBTQ rights: "When the world tells us we don't deserve love and protection," she said in a statement, "we have no choice but to give love and protection to each other."

To the Enemies of Political Rock by local heroes Team Dresch from their 1996 album Captain My Captain.

I Was Born This Way by Carl Bean, released in 1975. 

 

 

Episode Playlist

  • Time
    10:08
    Artist
    PJ Harvey
    Song
    Rid Of Me
    Album
    Women's Songs
    Label
    Universal Music
  • Time
    10:12
    Artist
    Melissa Etheridge
    Song
    Uprising Of Love
    Album
    Uprising Of Love
    Label
    MLE Music, Inc
  • Time
    10:15
    Artist
    MUNA
    Song
    I Know A Place
    Album
    I Know A Place
    Label
    Sony Music Entertainment
  • Time
    10:20
    Artist
    Tamar-Kali
    Song
    Boot
    Album
    Geechee Goddess Hardcore Warrior Soul EP
    Label
    OyaWarrior Records
  • Time
    10:23
    Artist
    Linn da Quebrada
    Song
    quem soul eu
    Album
    Trava Línguas
    Label
    Linn da Quebrada
  • Time
    10:26
    Artist
    Shamir
    Song
    Abomination
    Album
    Heterosexuality
    Label
    Antifragile Music
  • Time
    10:29
    Artist
    Gossip
    Song
    Standing In the Way of Control
    Album
    Standing in the Way of Control
    Label
    KILL ROCK STARS
  • Time
    10:33
    Artist
    Pussy Riot
    Song
    Make America Great Again
    Album
    xxx
    Label
    Big Deal / Nice Life / Federal Prism
  • Time
    10:37
    Artist
    Nakhane
    Song
    You Will Not Die
    Album
    You Will Not Die
    Label
    BMG Rights Management France SARL
  • Time
    10:41
    Artist
    Perfume Genius
    Song
    Queen
    Album
    Too Bright
    Label
    Matador
  • Time
    10:44
    Artist
    Tom Robinson Band
    Song
    Glad to Be Gay
    Album
    Pub Rock
    Label
    PLG UK Catalog
  • Time
    10:55
    Artist
    Tracy Chapman
    Song
    Talkin' Bout A Revolution
    Album
    Tracy Chapman
    Label
    Elektra Records
  • Time
    10:58
    Artist
    Lily Allen
    Song
    Fuck You
    Album
    It's Not Me, It's You
    Label
    Parlophone UK
  • Time
    11:02
    Artist
    Sleater-Kinney
    Song
    Entertain
    Album
    The Woods
    Label
  • Time
    11:07
    Artist
    Alaska Y Dinarama
    Song
    A Quien Le Importa
    Album
    The Platinum Collection: Alaska
    Label
    Parlophone Spain
  • Time
    11:10
    Artist
    Angel Haze
    Song
    Battle Cry
    Album
    Ultimate R&B 2014
    Label
    Universal Music
  • Time
    11:15
    Artist
    Calum Scott
    Song
    Rise (Sam Feldt Remix)
    Album
    Rise (Sam Feldt Remix)
    Label
    Capitol Records (US1A)
  • Time
    11:18
    Artist
    Brandi Carlile
    Song
    The Joke
    Album
    The Joke
    Label
    Low Country Sound/Elektra
  • Time
    11:28
    Artist
    Peaches
    Song
    Fuck or Kill
    Album
    Impeach My Bush
    Label
    XL Recordings
  • Time
    11:29
    Artist
    Janelle Monáe
    Song
    Turntables (from the Amazon Original Movie "All In: The Fight for Democracy")
    Album
    Turntables (from the Amazon Original Movie "All In: The Fight for Democracy")
    Label
    Bad Boy
  • Time
    11:32
    Artist
    The Muslims
    Song
    Fuck These Fuckin Fascists
    Album
    Fuck These Fuckin Fascists
    Label
    Epitaph
  • Time
    11:34
    Artist
    teddy<3
    Song
    I Was in a Cult
    Album
    I Was in a Cult
    Label
    Whatever Records
  • Time
    11:37
    Artist
    Carlie Hanson
    Song
    Fuck Your Labels
    Album
    Fuck Your Labels
    Label
    Warner Records Label
  • Time
    11:40
    Artist
    Angel Maxine
    Song
    Kill the Bill
    Album
    Kill the Bill
    Label
    TRUMU
  • Time
    11:44
    Artist
    Rina Sawayama
    Song
    This Hell
    Album
    This Hell
    Label
    Dirty Hit
  • Time
    11:48
    Artist
    Team Dresch
    Song
    To the Enemies of Political Rock
    Album
    Captain My Captain
    Label
    Jealous Butcher Records
  • Time
    11:55
    Artist
    Carl Bean
    Song
    I Was Born This Way - Original 12" Vocal
    Album
    Keep On Dancin: A Tribute to the Godfather Of Disco Mel Cheren (Part 2)
    Label
    West End Records

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