Tag: Marsha Wash
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songs that soundtracked the AIDS crisis: martha wash’s “carry on”
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known as the queen of clubland, martha wash has been a constant presence on the dance floor of queer clubs for close to half a century. her voice helped to propel songs by sylvester (“disco heat”), the weather girls (“it’s raining men”), rebbie Jackson (“centipede”), seduction (“you’re my one and…
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Songs That Soundtracked the AIDS Epidemic: Weather Girls “It’s Raining Men”
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what would the world’s dance floor sound and feel like if it weren’t for gay anthems? how would we bond, survive plagues, discover liberation, and dance? how might we forget about our broken hearts, if we did not have a gay anthem, blasting in the background of our lives? “it’s…