Barry Walters' 'Mighty Real' Chronicles Queer Music History from 1969 to 2000
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Alfred Soto
Summary
Journalist and critic Barry Walters has released a new book, "Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000," which chronicles queer music culture from Motown to Nirvana. The article explores Walters' career, including his coming out in a 1986 Village Voice review of Pet Shop Boys' debut album, and his decades-long reporting on LGBTQ+ music. The book offers a personal and cultural history that reexamines the queer canon, expanding boundaries of how queer music is understood and discussed.
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PitchforkBarry Walters' 'Mighty Real' Chronicles Queer Music History from 1969 to 2000pitchfork.comKey quotes
· 2 pulledThe choice of font, the song subjects, everything about them spoke of queerness.
I thought, well, it would be unfair to talk about them as possibly being queer without being honest myself. So I came out. Maybe that's tactical. I think that's just, again, my heart leading my head.
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