photo: club rapido amsterdam
as you have probably noticed, i have a thing for pop music. i love music, i love dance music, i love lyrics, i love music that makes me think and feel. so i have begun a series of posts entitled "dance hall days". this allows me to highlight some of my favorite dance floor anthems from over the years and also to remember what my life was like in those times. i believe that being gay is essentially being part of a tribe. a good portion of my tribe's history has taken and still does take place on a dance floor, especially our rituals. stonewall was a dancehall too, i believe. coming out, celebrations, courtship, mating, group conscience all take place in tribal fashion in dance halls, clubs, and parties around the world. i'm only a warrior who loves his tribe. who understands and is following his spiritual path and trying to follow his heart.
i remember so often that there seemed nothing more important than to be in the right corner of the dance floor, with the right group of friends, with the right mix of pharma, and the right song playing as our backdrop. that was a pinnacle for the weekend, for the month, or for the hour. it was festival, it was celebrant, it was ritual, and it was tribal.
this is a tune by faithless: the lyrics speak to me because i have used clubs as churches. i have worshipped and mourned there. i have grown there, i have gone there to be seen, and i have hidden out there.
my life has certainly changed, but i think the younger warriors are still participating with this ritual de la habitual(LOL). i am certain i will continue to love and look back with fondness on my dance hall days.
FAITHLESS LYRICS
"God Is A DJ"
This is my church
This is where I heal my hurt
It's a natural grace
Of watching young life shape
It's in minor keys
Solutions and remedies
Enemies becoming friends
When bitterness ends
This is my church [3x]
This is my church
This is where I heal my hurt
It's in the world I become
Content in the hum
Between voice and drum
It's in change
The poetic justice of cause and effect
Respect, love, compassion
This is my church
This is where I heal my hurt
For tonight
God is a DJ
This is my church
