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The music in 'Its A Sin' really reminded me of songs which meant loads to me growing up. Like Ship of Fools ('88) by Erasure. I always thought this was about being gay & rising above hatred. @AndyBell_info was totally unapologetic...
In '92 went to post A level drinks with other students at a teachers flat and he put on Erasure as 'I thought you'd like them' Lol. He obviously did too. This 1988 PSB B-side Your Funny Uncle captures the refusal to speak openly about gayness then
both in how the funeral attendees can't talk about honestly this man and his death + the fact that it's not mentioned in the song. Jimmy Sommerville, Bronski Beat and the Communards are the unsung celeb heroes of that time. 100% out, political and angry. For A Friend ('87) is
one of the saddest songs ever written, expresses the loss of the time. Jimmy was always on the marches, political, put @switchboardLGBT's number on his records, did more than almost anyone famous. Beyond heroic. Don't really have words to express it tbh
@BoyGeorge was also totally incredible, maybe the highest profile gay man in the world. I still love Generations of Love ('90). 'I don't know you, but you know what I am, I don't need redemption, no government plan, no big AIDS sensation, no 28th clause'
I was too young to know that this beautiful @dionnewarwick single (
), which was the biggest selling US single of 1986, was to raise money for @amfAR AIDS research, with Elton, @MsGladysKnight and Stevie Wonder. It still always makes me cry
), which was the biggest selling US single of 1986, was to raise money for @amfAR AIDS research, with Elton, @MsGladysKnight and Stevie Wonder. It still always makes me cry
Madonna wrote about prejudice, HIV and AIDS, and her friends who had died, on her Erotica album with In This Life ('93), amidst being the most high profile ongoing celebrity advocate for the gay community. Seems like yesterday.
Elton's The Last Song ('92) is about a father rejecting his dying son, written after the death of Freddie Mercury, the first single to benefit his newly created AIDS Foundation @ejaf which he started after getting sober from drugs and alcohol 
Director Jonathan Demme asked @springsteen to write a theme for Philadelphia ('93) , the first mainstream film to sympathetically tell the story of a gay man living with AIDS. 'My wife and I sat down and listened to the demo. We were weeping by the end'
Loved this defiant Pet Shop Boys song about carrying on living and loving in the face of hatred, which came out when I was 18. 'I reserve the right to live my life this way, I dont give a damn when I hear people say I'll pay the price others pay,')
Two of the most beautiful songs are @BoyGeorge's Il Adore from his brilliant Cheapness and Beauty 1995 album which was one of my favourite LPs growing up and George Michaels Jesus to a Child (1996)
Always loved this 1996 David McAlmont song, Saturday, one of the only songs about Gay Pride Day. Love him.
@JanetJackson's 1997 hit Together Again was written about a friend who died from AIDS. I remember drunkenly dancing to it off my head in the basement of Kudos by Charing Cross, night after night, that and Ray of Light
I'm sure I'm not the only one for whom this 1990 song says so much about the time: about how things turn out as opposed to how you'd imagine them.
It's incredible how much has changed. Really interested to see what a younger generation makes of It's A Sin this evening on @Channel4 Final word to Holly Johnson and @petshopboys
