31 Aug '07 - 124 W - + 23 - 10 Friday Night Bronski Beat

I was going to say that ‘Smalltown Boy’ was a remarkably positive gay themed song for 1984. This was back in the days when the age of consent for gay men in the UK was 21. On re-watching the video, I see that it’s not quite as positive as I remember it...
Bronski Beat - Smalltown Boy

Actually, while the early ‘80s weren’t a hugely ‘gay-friendly’ time (even George Michael and Boy George were not exactly ‘out’), the ‘80s were by no means as bad as the ‘70s. In spite of this record and an album called ‘Age Of Consent’, Bronski Beat weren’t the best known gay group of 1984, however. That honour went to Frankie Goes To Hollywood. :-)

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