This is such a great write-up! Thank you for posting this. "Losing My Religion" has been part of the soundtrack of my life and its ability to be interpreted as a coming-out metaphor helped me on my own coming-out journey.
Really interesting! "Losing My Religion" is one of my all-time favorite songs. The video was always a bit elusive to me but I had my own personal connection to the song relating it a bit to my now husband. So I never bothered to analyze it. Thanks for your interpretation!
Having lived in Athens during the release of this album and witnessing its cultural reverberations, I read this and realized it is as if the song took on a life of its own in pop culture history. I took "losing my religion" first in its southern expression as in I'm about to blow a gasket. Great examples of the symbolism and iconography associated with this song.
Thanks for dropping knowledge and insights that will now drive me back to listening to song again (and getting it stuck in my head again). I’m new here and looking forward to whatever else you have in store for us.
Thank you so much for reading! And welcome to Substack. There's a great community to be found here. I've found it more nourishing than doom scrolling. Glad you're here!
Thanks so much! After so many years of short posts here and there, and giving up on my blog, I’m really enjoying being able to stretch out in so many ways here. Looking forward to it all!
This is such a great write-up! Thank you for posting this. "Losing My Religion" has been part of the soundtrack of my life and its ability to be interpreted as a coming-out metaphor helped me on my own coming-out journey.
Thank you Dan! That is beautiful to hear.
Really interesting! "Losing My Religion" is one of my all-time favorite songs. The video was always a bit elusive to me but I had my own personal connection to the song relating it a bit to my now husband. So I never bothered to analyze it. Thanks for your interpretation!
Just to add to the queer associations with Saint Sebastian -- Yukio Mishima: https://www.reddit.com/r/museum/comments/650vcf/kishin_shinoyama_yukio_mishima_as_st_sebastian/
Having lived in Athens during the release of this album and witnessing its cultural reverberations, I read this and realized it is as if the song took on a life of its own in pop culture history. I took "losing my religion" first in its southern expression as in I'm about to blow a gasket. Great examples of the symbolism and iconography associated with this song.
Thanks for dropping knowledge and insights that will now drive me back to listening to song again (and getting it stuck in my head again). I’m new here and looking forward to whatever else you have in store for us.
Thank you so much for reading! And welcome to Substack. There's a great community to be found here. I've found it more nourishing than doom scrolling. Glad you're here!
Thanks so much! After so many years of short posts here and there, and giving up on my blog, I’m really enjoying being able to stretch out in so many ways here. Looking forward to it all!