I loved it when Lordi won the Eurovision song contest last year. It was a triumph of pure entertainment over plastic, over-marketed pop, and I was pleased.<\/p>\n
This year it seemed that fluid sexuality was a theme. The over-the-top drag antics of Ukraine came second, and the bisexual, camp glitter of Sweden’s entry was very enjoyable. The winner, Serbia’s Marija Serifovic, performed what seemed to be a lesbian love song called “Prayer of Love”, complete with meaningful hand-clasping and butch suits. I haven’t found any official reports that Marija is a lesbian but it’s hard not to read some kind of dyke politics into the performance.<\/p>\n
This report<\/a> gives credence to the idea that Serbia’s entry is a gay song:<\/p>\n The victory also gave hope to Serbia’s tiny and harassed gay community, who celebrated the lesbian chic-tinged performance as a rare sight in the conservative Christian Orthodox country.<\/p>\n “A big win for Serbia, a small step for gay rights!” said one partygoer, leaving Belgrade’s only gay-friendly club. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n Here’s the English lyrics taken from the official Eurovision site<\/a>.<\/p>\n I’m wide awake I’m losing my mind, I walk around like crazy Prayer… I can’t lie to God I loved it when Lordi won the Eurovision song contest last year. It was a triumph of pure entertainment over plastic, over-marketed pop, and I was pleased. This year it seemed that fluid sexuality was a theme. The over-the-top drag antics of Ukraine came second, and the bisexual, camp glitter of Sweden’s entry was very enjoyable. The winner, Serbia’s Marija Serifovic, performed what seemed to be a lesbian love song Read More …<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-popular-culture"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t
\nAn empty bed drives my dreams away
\nLife melts like ice
\nDisappears in the twinkling of an eye<\/p>\n
\nPushing reality out of sight
\nOur lips are touching softly
\nYou’re the one I believe blindly<\/p>\n
\nFalling in love frightens me
\nDays are like wounds
\nCountless and hard to get through<\/p>\n
\nIt burns my sore lips like a fire
\nPrayer…
\nThy name is something I admire
\nHeaven knows just as well as I do
\nSo many times I have cried over you
\nHeaven knows just as well as I do
\nI pray and live only for you<\/p>\n
\nas I kneel down and pray
\nYou’re the love of my life
\nThat’s the only thing I can say<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"