I talked about Sam Smith’s new music video at the top of this week’s Lovecast and the notable—even if I was the only person who noted it—absence of larger dancers from the gyrating selection of potential new lovers humping the floor in front of the non-binary pop star. Richard says…
Re: bigger people in pop music. Gotta shout out Martha Wash and Izora Armstead aka The Weather Girls and before that aka Two Tons O’ Fun who sang backup for Sylvester back in the ole French/Greek days. Could sing and shake a move.
— Richard Herrell (X|Y) (@rkherrell) February 8, 2023
Love the Weather Girls! It’s Raining Men was, is, and always will be a seminal anthem of gay joy and liberation, right up there with YMCA, Go West, They Don’t Know, Somewhere, I Will Survive, You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real), and We’re a Couple of Misfits. But I was talking about featured dancers in the video, not the singer/songwriter—the eye candy, not the star.
More on that intro...