[GateandGarden]

Originally Posted by Johnny Stew

...And I didn't have to be a rich and famous straight woman in her early 40s to relate to them... I related to the very real longings, desires, fears, etc., that she was singing about. I related to trying to "just get through the day," and I related to depending on music and art to fill the emptiness I was feeling in my own life as I struggled with my sexual orientation and being ostracized by my peers.

I became a diehard because of my love for those songs... not the other way around.

I just can't nod enough!

And y'all don't stop now! This debate is absolutely fascinating to me!!!