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Johnny, Are You Queer?

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(thing) by Quizro (2.7 mon) (print)   ?   (I like it!) Fri Mar 03 2000 at 18:10:40

Song by Josie Cotton from her 1982 album Convertible Music and featured in the movie Valley Girl. Josie wants a straight answer from her boyfriend, who inexplicably will not put out for her. When she sees him dancing with his friends, she can't help wondering where she stands. Whether Johnny is indeed queer or not is never answered, but I personally suspect that he is.

There's some debate over whether "Johnny" should be spelled with one 'n' or two, but most sites I've seen, including the Bomp Records site (the label Josie was on before she went major), spell it with two.


(thing) by metalangel (3.2 wk) (print)   ?   (I like it!) Wed Apr 17 2002 at 11:44:30

This song is also present on the Return to the Valley of the Go-Go's compilation released in 1994 which contains several previously unreleased tracks from The Go-Gos shady underground punk past.

'Johnny Are You Queer' is a live recording marked as 'Live at The Mabuhay, San Francisco, 8/79'. Hmmmmm! *puzzled look*. The liner notes don't provide any clues as to whose song it is, so I'll wager it was Josie's, not Belinda's.


(thing) by maxClimb (2.2 hr) (print)   ?   (I like it!) 1 C! Wed Apr 17 2002 at 12:28:10

Back when this song was a hit there was a small uproar when some radio stations (KROQ among them, I think) played the 45 RPM single at the 33 1/3 RPM LP speed.

This change brought Josie's voice down a few octaves, so she sounded like a guy, making the song into something entirely other.


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For the love of God, I am not a homosexual! Every artist is a cannibal, every poet is a thief Junk Male The skinny British fag effect
Josie Cotton So I was balls deep in the guy's ass that night when he turns to me and asks for a kiss. Damn. What a fag. Ma'am, we thought you should know: Your son is a homo sapien the Green Glass Door
Valley Girl The Go-Gos AIDS Kills Fags Dead queer
Folsom Prison Blues KROQ penis worship Penis Size and Cars
The Everything Family dysthymia LP blowing a fag
Fag hag Soft Cell John Knoll put out
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