Is it illegal to play songs that have a guy singing and he talks about how his relationship is for or love with a guy? I heard on the radio that plays todays hits like hip hop or pop music and every song is straight but is that possible? Not everyone is straight you know so I wonder why they don't play any gay relationship songs. The only one I hear talk about anything gay is Same Love but other than that not even one song is LGBT. I wonder if it's illegal to play those gay that talk about gay couples.
I don't think its illegal. I know a few radio stations would probably refuse to play them, but the main problem is gay ambiented songs don't usually get supported by big record labels therefore they never make it into the charts.
Well, I know for sure that some radio stations played Forrest Gump by Frank Ocean, and it's a gay love song. Also, Thinking 'Bout You by Ocean was inspired by his first intimate experience with a man. I think the reason you don't hear many gay songs on the radio is either because you don't realize you're hearing them (a lot of them refrain from using he/she) or because of the heteronormativity in society.
No it's not illegal for the US at least. Just uncommon because there aren't a lot of gay singers compared to straights. The few that are open about it probably have written gay love songs, whether they were given an audience or not.
So they are very little or if any people who are gay then that sing or make music? I just basically was surprised I heard nothing gay or about how much a guy loves a guy type song on the radio. Or maybe I missed some songs that did have that? Well just been listening to a public radio and heard nothing.
In a lot of songs it's really not clear whether the singer is singing to a man or a woman. For example, Darren Hayes is gay, and his song "So Beautiful" was written for his boyfriend. But the lyrics talk about "you", not "he" or "she", so a lot of people wouldn't pick up on the gay theme if they didn't already know.
You can say tits on the radio. They just "don't play the song on the radio." and "They don't show tits on the video." (Quotes are from Amanda Palmer's Map of Tasmania)
I was actually making a reference to the Scissors Sisters song, Tits on the Radio. Though I did take a little artistic license with it.
I don't recall that one. I'll have to look it up. As for Scissor Sisters, I just keep getting "I Can't Decide" stuck in my head.