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Record of the Month

"I Want to be Straight" Ian Dury and the Blockheads
Released August 1980 on Stiff Records BUY 90
7 weeks on the chart reached no.22

**A perfect lyrical antidote to "Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll"**

This months Record of the Month is dedicated to the dad in waiting Mr Elton John. There once was a time when gay folk used called us Breeders - in a non derogatory loving way of course. But now Elton seems to be confused, is he gay or is he a breeder; or does he just want to be straight? I mean surely if you are naturally homosexual, if it's in your nature to be sexually attracted to other men, then surely it means you negate the possibility of having children. Or am I missing something.

I was born and brought up within ear shot of the Molineux Ground by a father who was born and brought on Waterloo Road Wolverhampton. Naturally I was a Wolves supporter, it was in my nature to be attracted to the WOLVES, and that meant that I negated any possibility of having any kind of happiness in my life. It's hard (ooh err). It's nature. And you don't get a choice, unless you want to go against nature and be a Man U supporter.

Anyway fun over. This is what you get for mentioning the musical non entity that is Elton John; you start to sound like a crypto new Christian fundamentalist. [Sarcasm warning] I mean I'm sure it's fine that a 63 year old bloke (of whatever sexuality) can advertise the fact that he's buying a human life for hard KA$H, and I'm sure its right that BBC News runs the story as a good news item. There's nothing wrong here surely, let's start selling a few unborn human lives on Ebay, no problem, but hey wait a minute, what are the fees going to be like?

Shit, I have become a crypto new Christian fundamentalist and all because Gay people want to be Breeders, whatever next, penguins being given jet packs so they can fly like other birds? Ladies and Gentlemoan we are truly living in the epoch of the idiot, goodnight.