Budgie Drummer Gay4/17/2021
Perhaps the answer lies in his ability to craft songs of universal theme from the utterly personal: through honestly confronting his own demons, hes mastered the art of graciously handing emotional ownership of his songs to the listener.But when he sings this pain is a glacier moving through youcarving out deep valleys and spectacular landscapes, it becomes an anthem for human strength in the face of adversity in whatever form you want to take it.
Because its coming from one so open about his own struggles, including his 2011 HIV diagnosis and years of substance abuse, its utterly authentic. Between songs, there are the dark barbs of wit hes so known for. I know how much you like lullabies in this country, so this is a song I learned from my grandmother when I was just a little boy, he says, introducing Jesus Hates Faggots. The gleefully vindictive title track from his break-out 2010 album, Queen of Denmark, he tells us, was performed for the first time in Myrtlevilles Pine Lodge; somebody should immediately erect a plaque. GMF goes down as it always does, with the audience gleefully singing along. Drumming from former Siouxsie Sioux and the Banshees drummer Budgie, some choreographed dance moves, and a tongue-in-cheek keytar solo on He Is Strange are some of many nods to the 80s. The albums single, Hes Got His Mothers Hips, is disco with an acerbic sting: is he paying homage to gay clubbing culture, or parodying it, or a little of both Its catchy, but more superficial and less memorably anthemic than the songs hes best known for. There are so many danceable moments that the Opera House might be advised to remove the seats to host future Grant gigs, but then again, the gig oscillates between absolute bangers and piano anthems, leaving the audience caught between break-out patches of dancing and rapt, seated attention. But theres only time for one more, and its Caramel, a pure, sweet love-song utterly lacking in cynicism, Grant at his brave, expansive finest.
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