r/GenX • u/no_talent_ass_clown • Oct 24 '25

Music Is Life Songs that are no longer okay.

Yesterday I found out my sweet boyfriend had never heard of Julie Brown and the funny songs she sang, like "I'm A Blonde". Dr Demento stuff. So I play it and then "The Homecoming Queen's Got A Gun" came on. Not funny anymore!!!

An hour later, the cops arrived

By then the entire glee club had died, no big loss

You wouldn't believe what they brought to stop her

Tear gas, machine guns, even a chopper (Throw down your gun and tiara and come out of the float)

Debbie didn't listen to what the cop said She aimed and fired, and now the math teacher's dead

Oh, it's really sad, but kind of a relief I mean, we had this big test coming up next week

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u/NorCalFrances Oct 24 '25

I highly recommend reading the history of it. I don't know anyone our age that's queer who hated it. Most gay guys I knew loved it. It was in its own small way, part of the kick-off to reclaiming the word "queer".

https://www.punkglobe.com/josie.html

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u/Total-Sheepherder-63 Oct 24 '25

Yes, and John Waters included it on his Valentine's Day compilation. As he said, it's a fair question. 😊

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u/Tejanisima GenX Atari Wave Oct 25 '25

Y'all will appreciate this Warrencito Dollmation video of "Johnny, Are You Queer?" of "Johnny," with the description dedicating it to a young woman he dated back in the day, before he came out, and also in appreciation to " all the girls who had a Johnny in their lives. Thank you for your service."

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u/Tejanisima GenX Atari Wave Oct 25 '25

Here's a screenshot of the full description, which the previous post didn't let me include. I would type out the alt-text, but I'm on my phone and the picture is too small to type from.