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Willie Nelson Releases Gay Cowboy Song (not that there's anything wrong with that!)
2006-02-15
This is not, repeat NOT, ScrappleFace! EFL'd.
Country music outlaw Willie Nelson sang "Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys" and "My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys" more than 25 years ago. He released a very different sort of cowboy anthem this Valentine's Day.

"Cowboys Are Frequently, Secretly (Fond of Each Other)" may be the first gay cowboy song by a major recording artist. But it was written long before this year's Oscar-nominated "Barebutt Brokeback Mounting Mountain" made gay cowboys a hot topic. Available exclusively through iTunes, the song features choppy Tex-Mex style guitar runs and Nelson's deadpan delivery of lines like, "What did you think all them saddles and boots was about?" and "Inside every cowboy there's a lady who'd love to slip out."
"Roses are red/Violets are blue/I've always wanted/To rope and brand you."
The song, which debuted Tuesday on Howard Stern's satellite radio show, was written by Texas-born singer-songwriter Ned Sublette. Sublette said he wrote it during the "Urban Cowboy" craze and always imagined Nelson singing it.
Sublette: "John Travolta inspired me to write a gay love song."
Travolta: "Great. Kill me now. Thanks for nothin' pal!"
Someone passed a copy of the song to Nelson back in the late 1980s and, according to Nelson's record label, Lost Highway, he recorded it last year at his Pedernales studio in Texas. . . .
But how gay is it, really? Does it feature guest vocals by Boy George and KD Lang? A sheep chorus doing backup? Techno club dance beats? A Liberace piano sample?
Posted by:Mike

#7  Flush that old hairy turd in the bowl.
Posted by: Captain America   2006-02-15 18:22  

#6  Some clarifications. (1) Fonzi was on waterskies when he jumped the shark. Yeah the bike would look better but some serious photoshop would be required. (2) There are no cowboys in Brokeback Mountain, they are sheepherders and considering those guys are known for doing the dirty with their flick I would think doing another guy is probably a step up.

Willie Nelson lost it long ago. Its sort of sad.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2006-02-15 15:41  

#5  For the longest time, I thought the movie title was Brokeback Mountin' and it was about gay and severely overweight cowboys. Sort of a My Big Fat Western.
Posted by: psychohillbilly   2006-02-15 13:32  

#4  I can't help but think that our supply of graphic images needs to be expanded.

This article in particular calls for the Fonz on his motorcycle jumping over the shark tank.
Posted by: Phil   2006-02-15 11:52  

#3  "Inside every cowboy there's a lady who'd love to slip out."

One could argue that he's calling them a bunch of cannibals. Not that there's anything - well, yes, that would be bad.
Posted by: BH   2006-02-15 10:45  

#2  "The song's been in the closet for 20 years. The timing's right for it to come out," said Nelson.
"I'm just opening the back door," added the performer, who recorded the track at his home in Texas last year.

Posted by: Besoeker   2006-02-15 09:49  

#1  Flush
Posted by: Captain America   2006-02-15 09:36  

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