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PLUS we have 7 guests jostling for a future place in the Pop Gays of a Certain Age!!!
And the winner is? You'll have to listen to the pod to find out.
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@shckldg
On the surface, it feels very "What have you two got to be body conscious about?" But, we never know what anyone has been through in the past. There could be experience with eating disorders or body dismorphia
#bekind
So I think congrats are in order for
@kylieminogue
who is taking over with her Pademic.
Let’s hope for top 10 next week. It’s currently her 46th top 20 hit.
Padam Padam all the way!
@MrSteveAnderson
At age 12 my son announced he wanted to go to his school
#prom
in a gown. Four years later we made it happen. I’m so incredibly
#proud
of him for being true to himself & the reception he got from his whole school was incredible. What do you think
@michellevisage
@theebillyporter
🚨 BREAKING NEWS POP ALERT 🚨
Someone has been working their Super Magic on the Pop Gays, because… this week we’ll be talking to none other than
@LouiseRedknapp
! To say we’re excited is an understatement!
What questions do YOU want us to ask lovely Louise? Tell us below!
So here's another Donna Summer stormer from 1989.
Opinions on this gargantuan single remix of 'Love's About To Change My Heart' are still divided to this day.
35 years later, do YOU prefer the single remix or the album version? 🤔
@PWLHitFactory
#BreakfastBanger
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of
#NeonNights
by
@DanniiMinogue
, this week's
#BreakfastBangers
are dedicated to the singles from the album.
Dannii went and did it again & served us another mash up, this time with a Madonna instrumental track....
Another song that was produced/released in 1989 by the
@PWLHitFactory
and is turning 35 this year is this bona fide classic from the late great Donna Summer.
We think 'This Time I Know It's For Real' is the most joyous SAW song of all time.
Do you agree?
#TeatimeTreat
Three
@kylieminogue
Top Ten singles are turning 35 in 2024 and today we're showcasing two of them.
For our 2nd
#BreakfastBanger
this morning, 'Hand On Your Heart' went to number 1 in May 1989! ✋❤️
We're putting our hands on our hearts and telling you we love it!
@PWLHitFactory
It's coming! It's coming! Join us tomorrow for another Pop Gays Of A Certain Age Meets special, where we discuss all things "Homosexual" with the one & only
@DarrenHayes
. From song lyrics to comedy & from Scott Evans to his favourite pie filling.
#Podcast
#LGBTPodcast
#PopMusic
Our
@kylieminogue
late
#TeatimeTreat
is the second single from Enjoy Yourself, produced by Stock Aitken Waterman and released in the summer of 1989 by
@PWLHitFactory
.
We can hardly believe this dance routine is also 35 years old this year... did you know it off by heart too?
Well, with a MASSIVE 63%, you voted
@gwenstefani
the definitive version of "Santa Baby"
Next week, we are looking at the definite version of "Last Christmas" it's gonna get messy!
#Christmas2023
Wow! This debut
#1
smash hit single by lovely
@SoniaevansSonia
turns 35 in 2024!
We're also dying to ask Sonia who the fit dancer is in this video, but even when she's home she won't pick up her phone and take our call!
How unfortunate! 🤣
@PWLHitFactory
#BreakfastBanger
Hurrah, it's another
@DanniiMinogue
Saturday! I love all of Dannii's songs but
#SoUnderPressure
, with its very personal lyrics, written by Dannii during a very challenging time for the Minogue family, is one of my all-time favourites. -Graham xo
Ch-ch-check this out!
We're almost at the end of our week celebrating the
@PWLHitFactory
hits released in 1989 and turning 35 in 2024!
'Listen To Your Heart' was the third single from
@SoniaevansSonia
debut album, 'Everybody Knows'.
Is that really the Big Fun boys in the suits?
For our “Let’s Have A Heated Debate!” this week, we are looking at some of our fave artists tracks from the start of their careers (Then) & a modern track (Now)
#ThursdayThoughts
are dedicated to
@mattgoss
I've had the best fun choosing just 14 tracks for you this week and I hope you enjoyed the picks!
Who else could I finish the week with than one of the biggest music loves of my life,
@kimwilde
!
Dearest Kim, you can't imagine the joy you bring! -Graham xxo
For our Breakfast Bangers this week, we’re going back to the decade of VHS and MTV.
#1980s
For Wednesday, we're throwing back to this underrated banger from
@TheFizzCMJ
and its fantastic video where
#BucksFizz
look FIERCE!
Here is Rules of The Game...
For our Breakfast Bangers this week, we’re going back to the decade of Big Hair and Cherry Coke.
For Monday, here is vocal powerhouse
@Jaki_Graham
and her smash, Set Me Free – surely one of the greatest songs of the 1980s!
Here is the TOTP performance:
For this evening's
#TeatimeTreat
, it's the song that's often regarded as a "jump the shark" moment in SAW history. But what do YOU think?
In any case, 'I'd Rather Jack' by The Reynolds Girls is also turning 35 years old in 2024!
Can you believe it?
@PWLHitFactory
Our special
@Cher
episode, to finish off the year in the best way possible, is on the way!
We're talking
#Cher
bangers, ballads and movies!
There are good (and very bad) Cher impressions, voice notes from our followers and some epic Cher song selections, like 'Song For The
Next up we have
@JanetJackson
with this banger of a song. The album Janet is so good and I still love it to this day. Janet didn't give a damn about how the album cover was perceived and for that we love her for it.
So the
@PopGays
all have an extra spring in their steps this evening after having just spoken to the beautiful and charming
@LouiseRedknapp
. An extra special episode of the podcast is coming soon! Thank you lovely Louise ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
For this week's Teatime Treats we're celebrating songs produced/released by the team at
@PWLHitFactory
in 1989 and are turning 35 in 2024!
That includes this absolute stormer by Mark, Phil and Jason aka Big Fun and 'Can't Shake The Feeling'.
Enjoy!
#TheSoundofaBrightYoungBritain
And guess WHAT! I’m picking a second
@kylieminogue
song because I’m The One. And you all Love Me Love Me Love Me Love Me (
@cudgeecoo
)
AYAYAYAYAYAYAYYYY!!!!
Happy
#FeelGoodFriday
!
Our special
#FeelGoodBops
podcast episode is OUT NOW and features 16 happy, smiley, fun songs to brighten up your life - including this feel-good smash from lovely
@DanniiMinogue
! 🫶☺️☀️🪩🕺
Listen to the pod, right here 👉
So having a 2nd feature on my list of tracks, its probably one of the campest songs she has ever recorded and my love affair with
@kylieminogue
still carries on to this day. its a 10/10 from me!
@DanniiMinogue
is REALLY spoiling us this year!
#Girl25
2023 is turning out to be a total "Danniiversary"
It would be all the
@PopGays
ever wanted to have you guest on our pod!
Happy 28th Birthday to
@kylieminogue
5th album "Kylie Minogue"
Her 1st after leaving PWL & fully working with
@MrSteveAnderson
&
@daveseaman
Do you have a fave track?
Slam the top of a TV set & tell us!
So what’s the verdict on
@LouiseRedknapp
new single?
We’re loving it here at Popgays HQ and would love to have a chat with Lou about her new music.
@Massivemgt
On The Bible the Pop Gays will swear to love you!
This poptastic track from
@deuce_pop
gets an honorouble mention in Part 1 of our "Fave Boy/Girl Bands" podcast episode.
Listen here 👉
Now... throw caution to the wind, let's dance, let's sing!
So the new
@kylieminogue
single being played on
@BBCRadio2
tomorrow. We are mega excited!
What are we expecting it to sound like?
It also features
@BebeRexha
@ToveLo
so will be good.
Kylie just keeps surprising us.
Today has ALWAYS been "International
@kylieminogue
Day" for the
@PopGays
A day where we celebrate the birth of C.A.M by drinking
@kyliewines
whilst wearing our KM glasses, under our KM bedding. Spritzing ourselves with KM "Disco Darling" scent, & listening to her tunes!
Would you believe it, we released our very first podcast episode two years ago today! We want to say a huge Pop Gays THANK YOU to everyone who has supported us on our journey through 68 episodes and 38 different music topics!
That includes our wonderful and poptastic special
Justifiably, focus has been on
@kylieminogue
&
#Tension
this week.
But the equally amazing
@DanniiMinogue
has been in the UK this week, doing signings of her
#NeonNights25
album. Looking gawj & being genuinely lovely.
Dannii, we stalk you! We would LOVE you to come on our pod!
After our break, the breakfast bangers and teatime treats are back!
This week we're focusing on songs that were produced and/or released by the team at
@PWLHitFactory
in 1989 and are turning 35 in 2024!
Including 'Love On A Mountain Top' by
@sinittaofficial
. We 🩷 you Snit!
The Pop Gays are loving Tension
@kylieminogue
it’s one of her best albums to date.
Well done to all involved.
@MrSteveAnderson
@biffco
@BMGuk
What’s your favourite tracks?
P.S Min - we’d love to have you on.
The Pop Gays are talking about this storming track from
@TheFizzCMJ
#BucksFizz
in Part 1 of "Fave Boy/Girl Bands" which is OUT NOW, wherever you listen to podcasts!
Listen here 👉
We won't take no for an answer! We WILL restore all the laughter!
The
@PopGays
are really quite sad to hear tonight about
#TinaTurner
passing.
We knew that she had been poorly for a long time, but it's still sad to lose another true music legend.
I'm easing you into Sunday with this adorable song from the adorable
@LouiseRedknapp
. I've loved this track since the moment I first heard it and I can't wait to hear it again on 1st June for 'An Evening with Louise - The Greatest Hits Live'! -Graham xxoo
35 years since
@kylieminogue
released her debut album and "Hat Hair" became legendary!
What are your memories of the album?
Fave track? Fave single?
Where did you buy it from?
#musicmemories
The
@PopGays
(who aren't there) want to wish everyone who is there at
@BSTHydePark
to see
@kylieminogue
an absolutely dreadful time. No, we aren't bitter...
Hey!
For today's "Heated Debate" we are looking at artists who worked with "Stock, Aitken & Waterman" Primarily the first single they did with them.
SAW & PWL were MASSIVE in the late 80's/early 90's "Today's Sound, Tomorrow's Technology"
@PeteWatermanOBE
@mikestockmusic
With
@kylieminogue
now tearing up the
#Voltaire
stage in Vegas for
#MoreThanJustAResidency
, find out what the Pop Gays and followers say are their fave Kylie live performances!
The Pop Gays Break The Tension:
Part 1 👉
Part 2 👉
On this day in 1992,
@Madonna
released her 5th studio album 'Erotica'.
It reached
#1
in Australia, Finland and France, went top 5 in several other countries and coincided with the release of her SEX book.
What's your favourite song from this iconic era?
I 💜 Deeper & Deeper!
For our Breakfast Bangers this week, we’re going back to the decade of Pac-Man and Mister T.
#1980s
For Friday, here is an underrated classic from
@5starofficial
which debuted a harder, edgier style for the Pearsons - 'Another Weekend'.
We love Five Star!
Can we for just one minute appreciate
@Faye_Tozer
's "
#Madonna
La Isla Bonita Video-esque" outfit &
@Ianhwatkins
Leatherette, Kilt/Scort ensemble in
@OfficialSteps
latest video?
(Also the sea urchin/hedgehog spike outfits!)
We recorded our
#TopPopFlops
episode last night and Part 1 is on the way. But which of the Pop Gays unflopped this camptastic banger from none other than Sheena Easton? 🤔
I'm happy to take over the reins this week! And we're starting with this
#BreakfastBanger
from
@kylieminogue
. That mirror scene is iconic! FACT: They would play this every weekend in Glasgow's The Polo Lounge, back in my day!
#LoveYouLoveYou
-Graham x