Was listening to NPR (yeah, don't all roll your eyes at once), Sound Check with John Schaefer as he was interviewing Iain Ellis about his new book, "Rebels Wit Attitude: Subversive Rock Humorists," about the history of humor in rock. Not the most obvious topic, but he made a good case. As usual, they asked for online comments. So I wrote:
I know this will probably show up in his Brit book, but Rob Halford of Judas Priest was himself one big joke, or rather he pulled off a joke on all his testosterone, hetero gay-bashing fans by getting them to sing along with essentially gay sex anthems. Heavy metal, heavy irony.
Schaefer chose to read it on air, struggling to hold back his laughter, while his guest--who is a Brit--laughed loudly and then said, "Brilliant! I couldn't agree more."
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