Monday, May 04, 2020

My Music Monday - Straightening Up The House

I wonder if Oscar Wilde struggled with what mom and dad would think?  I didn't come-out until my early 30's.  I never had the official coming out conversation with my parents, I figured after I brought J home for easter a couple of years in a row, they would figure it out, and they did - the words of Mrs. Slocombe "eventually." 

 The artist on last week's Music Monday was apparently politically incorrect, Romanovsky and Phillips I think had an album by that name.  When I need a little reaffirmation, I cue up their old CDs and remind myself, it is all okay. 


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18 comments:

  1. Mistress Maddie5/04/2020

    "Children begin by loving their parents; after a time they judge them; rarely, if ever,do they forgive them." Oscar Wilde

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  2. Moving with Mitchell5/04/2020

    I used to really enjoy Romanovsky and Phillips. Saw them perform at a small club in Palm Springs in the '90s. "Be political, not polite." An inspiration.

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    1. Travel5/04/2020

      J heard then in Minneapolis in the late 80's.

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  3. Breenlantern5/04/2020

    I listened to these guys all through college as I was coming out, and still listen to them today, despite some of their dated material. They were great with lyrics. Favorites are this one (“Straightening up the house” still tear up with the lyric “the one that says I Love You John With All My Heart And Soul”) “Give me a homosexual” “Only an Asshole would care” and “We’re not gonna stop (loving each other.)”

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    1. Travel5/04/2020

      There is a surprising amount of their music on YouTube.

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  4. Debra She Who Seeks5/04/2020

    Yeah, they had several albums back in the day. I enjoyed their music too and saw them in performance once.

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    1. Travel5/04/2020

      Jay shared their stuff with me about the time they quit performing together, one of them did a couple of solo albums. The last I read they were living in New Mexico and one of them was a computer programer.

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  5. Deedles5/04/2020

    Huh?

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    1. Travel5/04/2020

      The things we do for love.

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    2. Deedles5/04/2020

      "Like walking in the rain and the snow when there's no place to go..."
      10cc

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    3. Travel5/04/2020

      I never would have known what that line was, without your prompt and google.

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  6. Sharon5/04/2020

    I had never heard of Romanovsky and Phillips but I love that song. Thanks for sharing.

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    1. Travel5/04/2020

      They never went mainstream, they wrote some good music.

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  7. Anonymous5/04/2020

    I had forgotten Straightening up the House. It is funny and has some resonation with me.

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  8. Ur-spo5/10/2020

    I use to have all their albums; I still know the lyrics to most of their songs.

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    1. Travel5/11/2020

      You are of the age to know them well.

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