February 15, 2006
Willie Nelson Releases Gay Cowboy Song
Willie Nelson has released "Cowboys Are Frequently, Secretly (Fond of Each Other)", which may be the first gay cowboy song by a major recording artist. The song, which debuted Tuesday on Howard Stern's satellite radio show, features choppy Tex-Mex style guitar runs and Nelson's deadpan delivery of lines like, "What did you think all them saddles and boots was about?" and "Inside every cowboy there's a lady who'd love to slip out" and "if sexiness was corn, your ass would be Iowa." Amazingly, I only made that last line up.
But what could be hotter than the combination of Willie Nelson and homo-erotic love? I had no idea country music was full of so much rampant homesexuality. I guess the ten-gallon hats and chaps should've tipped me off. That, and being hit on buy some guy calling himself the Bone Ranger.
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Comments
1. Posted by PapaHotNuts on February 15, 2006 04:32 PM
Clay Aiken just bought a horse.
2. Posted by Jim Treacher on February 15, 2006 04:36 PM
"...may the first gay cowboy song by a major recording artist."
Or may not be:
http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/Cowboy-Love-lyrics-Reverend-Horton-Heat/B15B3F09F7D8A2CD48256ECD0004E05C
(And shut up, the Reverend IS major.)
3. Posted by PostAcidYouth on February 15, 2006 04:37 PM
Someone's cashing in on Brokeback Mountain's success...
4. Posted by Sheva on February 15, 2006 04:45 PM
Willie just kept on tokin and talking. Figured something's gotta go his way and help him pay off the IRS.
That's one smokin injun who knows how to cash in.
Next you'll have Neil Young signing:
Wish we could be,
on bareback mountain
with our 501 buttholes on....
Yall get back to bareback mountain now, hear.
5. Posted by wee bull on February 15, 2006 04:51 PM
Oh joy, a new gay joke for the entire internet to overuse instead of Brokeback Mountain.
6. Posted by cibby on February 15, 2006 05:11 PM
Remember Willie Nelson in Half-Baked?
Remember Snoop Dogg in Half-Baked?
Remember Half-Baked?
7. Posted by pookiedoo on February 15, 2006 05:14 PM
I always thought the title "The Redheaded Stranger" sounded like a gay superhero...
8. Posted by Go Sip on February 15, 2006 05:21 PM
I bet he is a bottom and he likes his braids pulled. Giddy up!!
9. Posted by LaydeeBug on February 15, 2006 05:22 PM
I'd hit it!
10. Posted by that-dog-is-shifty-eyed on February 15, 2006 05:29 PM
Finally music I can relate too. I am tired of ridin' and ropin' in utter shame. Thanks to Willie I can come out of the barn with my pants down, proud.
P.S. I love chaps (don't be afraid)
11. Posted by frozen_jesus on February 15, 2006 05:33 PM
Damn, the first thing I thought of was Rev Horton Heat too.
12. Posted by SMF121490 on February 15, 2006 05:35 PM
This is almost as bad as when I found out Rob Halford from Judas Priest was gay.
But, then Willy was probably loaded when he wrote that song and still doesn't know what happened.
13. Posted by HollyJ on February 15, 2006 05:50 PM
And here I thought the Buttless Leather Chaps chatroom was for bikers in studs and black leather masks.
14. Posted by Spindoc on February 15, 2006 05:58 PM
And NOBODY has commented that his first name is WILLIE.
15. Posted by that-dog-is-shifty-eyed on February 15, 2006 05:58 PM
Think again Holly J. "Cowboys like smokey old pool rooms and rim jobs from school boys....little warm puppies and hitting up Chip N'Dale's late in the night"
16. Posted by HollyJ on February 15, 2006 06:11 PM
"In other news, it was discovered today that Nashville is, in fact, the world's largest closet."
17. Posted by Jonboy in SF on February 15, 2006 06:12 PM
Willie's just singin' what we're all thinkin'
18. Posted by LoneWolf on February 15, 2006 06:16 PM
Kinda gives new meaning to "Cowboys ain't easy to love and they're harder to hold".
No wonder mamas shouldn't let their babies grow up to be cowboys - sounds like it's a good way to get ass-raped.
Yee Haw.
19. Posted by hafaball on February 15, 2006 06:29 PM
it's just that cowboys have been beating up and killing homos for so long, they realized they're homos too. it's all in the Evolutionary Law of Gays, written by Darwin.
20. Posted by Darby on February 15, 2006 06:32 PM
LadeeBug are you a ladee or a dude?? Just wondering...
21. Posted by Donna A. on February 15, 2006 07:23 PM
You guys are way to funny.
Donna A.
22. Posted by Breanny on February 15, 2006 07:24 PM
Willie didn't write this song, and he released it after one of his friends came out of the closet recently. Apparently, in the opinion of a 107.1 dj in Austin, it's willie's way of saying he's cool with his friend. I love WILLIE NELSON!!! coolest guy ever, especially in concert.
23. Posted by blackblackheart on February 15, 2006 07:55 PM
Hehehe...
"Bareback Mounting"..
For those of you who don't know what that is, google it... but not in image search.
24. Posted by KissMyIS350 on February 15, 2006 08:36 PM
With his long braids, I definitely see Willie as the catcher in any homo-erotic relationship.
25. Posted by ESQ on February 15, 2006 08:47 PM
In response to comment #8 - LMAO!
I think Willie is sad now that he was rejected by Jessica Simpson, he thought she was serious when she flirted with him in her video, "These Boots are Made for Walkin'" He now has gone the other way, WAAAAAAY other way now.
I was not mocking gays, I have some that are friends just in case some hater wants to try and jump all over my comment.
26. Posted by Donna A. on February 15, 2006 08:58 PM
What Ever!
27. Posted by fame is funny on February 15, 2006 09:29 PM
'ask me how much a condom cost' 'i don't know, we didn't use them'
28. Posted by stevie511 on February 15, 2006 09:36 PM
Jessica Simpson's enough to scare any straight man gay.
29. Posted by stevie511 on February 15, 2006 09:36 PM
Jessica Simpson's enough to scare any straight man gay.
30. Posted by fame is funny on February 15, 2006 09:45 PM
bone, bone on the range...where the 'deer' and the 'antelope' 'play'...
31. Posted by PKClover on February 15, 2006 09:52 PM
I bet every cowboy who has ever camped out with Willy, or smoked some bud with him on a hot summer's night is now shitting their pants. Because yes my friends, he was checking out your ass as you rolled up your sleeping bag. And now he's singing songs about it.
32. Posted by mnyc on February 15, 2006 09:54 PM
That song was originally sung by Pansy Division, a gay punk band from SF, on the album "Pileup" in 1995.
33. Posted by debs on February 15, 2006 09:56 PM
Every cowboy Willy has camped with has been a former date of PKClover.
34. Posted by xavierout on February 15, 2006 10:02 PM
I'm outraged and shocked, etc.
Hi Nikki Poe!
35. Posted by PKClover on February 15, 2006 10:14 PM
Glad to know they made it to the "top" one way or another Debs. You wouldn't be able to take the hint if your man was wearing this:
http://frenchbootman.free.fr/leather/chaps/logo%20chaps%20du%20web%201.JPG to bed.
36. Posted by Jacq on February 15, 2006 10:43 PM
One song... "Mama's Don't Let Your Babies Grow-Up to be Cowboys"
Seeing him Friday at the SA rodeo, it will be embarrassing to witness hot homo-cowboy sex since I'll be with my dad.
37. Posted by HughJorganthethird on February 15, 2006 11:35 PM
#32 mnyc You are my new hero.I don't want to know how you knew about this song and the Pansy Division but I went to AMG to check it out and of course it's true, all hilariously true.
I would recomend the uninformed check out the track listing for "Pileup" . Way too funny.
38. Posted by prideofchucky on February 16, 2006 05:00 AM
"Posted by Spindoc on February 15, 2006 05:58 PM
And NOBODY has commented that his first name is WILLIE."
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And he has a front tooth gap. With this campy song he finally has ALL the ingredients for a gay icon.
But seriously, I love Willie. All you cynics can say he's cashing in via Broke Back Mountain but I appauld him as a voice speaking up against the sickening homophobia of our current president and his administration, (note: expection = Cheney)
Also Ladybug is my idol for her(?) post.
39. Posted by debs on February 16, 2006 06:14 AM
PKClover, your man has a pimple on his behind :(
40. Posted by rachel on February 16, 2006 06:33 AM
I'm a cowboy
on a steel dick I ride
I want it
Up my behind
Want it, up my behind
41. Posted by veggi on February 16, 2006 06:56 AM
Not a funny comment here- I'm from Tennessee and am around a lot of real cowboys, none that are gay. My husband wears cowboy hats, boots, chaps (when it is cold- they do serve a purpose) , the whole git up... however, this song and movie may make him decide to wear a size larger wranglers....but really, Willie is just liberal and props to him for making some homophobs realize real men can be ok with homosexuality....
42. Posted by Fatty Boom-Batty on February 16, 2006 07:38 AM
I'm okay with gay guys, as long as they don't touch. I heard that shit is contagious.
43. Posted by Fatty Boom-Batty on February 16, 2006 07:40 AM
I left out the word "me" after "touch" on purpose. I didn't want any jokes about it...I'll just keep touching myself thank you very much!
44. Posted by CheekyChops on February 16, 2006 08:38 AM
#40 - HAHAHAHAHA!!!! Too funny!
45. Posted by CheekyChops on February 16, 2006 08:39 AM
#41 - Your husband, he is a gay.
46. Posted by veggi on February 16, 2006 09:10 AM
He is a gay? What does that even mean?
47. Posted by veggi on February 16, 2006 09:19 AM
#45, don't haaaaate, bruda-
48. Posted by ThirstyRanger on February 16, 2006 09:35 AM
#40 - HILARIOUS! I'm at work and you made me laugh out loud! WELL DONE! Although, would have liked to hear a "lube" reference in there! ;)
49. Posted by Go Sip on February 16, 2006 09:56 AM
A gap in his teeth, grease in his braids
He is just a Cowboy who wants to get laid
Not by a Cowgirl but by a Cowboy
He wants to "make naughty" and use some sex toys,
In reference to #40, Cowboys like it hard,
They dont use no KY, lube or pig lard
As I mentioned before in comment number eight,
He likes his braids pulled, he thinks it feels great.
He likes to fondle the knob on his saddle,
He likes it when you give his gray flabby ass a paddle,
Whether it is man or woman he just craves the touch,
He cant "F" his horse cause that pony weighs too much.
FEMINEM
50. Posted by MystressJade on February 16, 2006 10:09 AM
Go Sip, I've heard that song played by a band in a Country bar in Kennesaw, GA....
That is too fucking funny....Ya got skills..songwritin' skills that is...
51. Posted by Spacedog on February 16, 2006 10:11 AM
Anyone who smoked a bone on the roof of the White House is cool with the SpaceDog. Though, for the record, my behind is exit only.
52. Posted by A Nobody on February 16, 2006 11:01 AM
Whoops! There goes his fan club!
53. Posted by LaydeeBug on February 16, 2006 11:13 AM
Darby, I'm your momma's illegitimate child. Brother....(runs to hug Darby, and then punches him in the nose)
54. Posted by bone_daddio on February 16, 2006 12:11 PM
I agree that "bone my backside with ur mountain" opened the door for willie...but I think this song is a confirmation of his secret love affair with Wendy's founder Dave Thomas. And you all thought that "Wendy" was Dave's daughter..nope...it is really Willie. Just don't ask about the chili. please.
55. Posted by IRMV on February 16, 2006 01:29 PM
in regards to all the geniuses saying this is cashing in on brokeback mountain...
he wrote and recorded this song in 1981.
56. Posted by TheLusciousDeluxe on February 16, 2006 01:49 PM
To 55 ...okay, but why put it out now? Why not then?
57. Posted by TheLusciousDeluxe on February 16, 2006 01:51 PM
Correction: why play it up now is what I mean. Although I did read that his manager or someone close to him is gay, so it may be also in support of his long time friend.
58. Posted by bafongu on February 16, 2006 05:53 PM
Willie Nelson is a fag, always has been a fag and is using gay the cowboy movie to out himself. He's TOTALLY irrelevent now, and this is the only we that wrinkled old faggot can get any press. How sad the whole fucking scene is. Trying to shove fags and cocks down everyone's throats. Why no lesbo songs? Cause they don't need no stinking public approval. Faggy, bitchy she-males need to prance and act like flamers and expect everyone to see them as cute. They make me puke.
59. Posted by Hara on February 17, 2006 04:16 AM
Bafongu, she-males do NOT prance! They gallop wild and free and in a manner that deserves your respect thank you very much.
Why ARE there no lesbo songs? Probably because they don't do fun stuff like wear butt-less chaps or sparkly sunglasses while playing mirror pianos.
60. Posted by Hara on February 17, 2006 04:17 AM
Oh, and Screw Jessica Simpson. I think Willie's kind of hot.
61. Posted by fickleasfashion on February 17, 2006 02:23 PM
i didnt read all the comments so maybe someone mentioned it already, but nelson isn't the original author of the song. a man gave a friend of nelson's a copy, and that friend passed it on to nelson, 20 or so years ago. nelson had humorously played the song for people while in the tourbus, for visiting friends, etc, but felt now, with the release of brokeback mountain, that it would be a perfect time to up and record it.
62. Posted by meg on February 17, 2006 02:46 PM
oh, and just a small addendum/reference to my previous post...
http://www.eonline.com/News/Items/0,1,18366,00.html?fdnews
63. Posted by Grphdesi23 on February 19, 2006 09:38 AM
You know what's funny? When I open up the link to the story on Willie Nelson featured on Eonline immediately I see a picture of Ryan Seacrest.
Coincidence? I think not.
64. Posted by Jaron on February 20, 2006 09:43 AM
Ok people, This is how it is...The song was written in 1981 by a friend of Willie Nelson...It wasn't released back "then" because, well, look at the reaction by releasing it in this day and age. David Anderson(Willies Manager) is gay and YES to whoever said it, it IS Willie's way of saying, Hey, I don't care if you are gay or not. The music video will be out shortly after april. We start shooting the video on march 17th. And NO this has nothing to do with Brokeback Mountain. Although It was a good time 'cause poeple need to know that there are plenty of fags out there, Many of them are Married STILL to women and STILL go to the gay bars while their wives think they are "out" with the guys. And the fags who have children....but still haven't came out for fear of people. We are out there and its starting to scare the ones who ARE still in the closet...
65. Posted by Laurie Mann on February 25, 2006 11:35 AM
I heard the song on Whad'Ya Know today, and it was HYSTERICAL!
The author of the song is a musican named Ned Sublette (http://www.afrocubaweb.com/nedsublette.htm), a Texan musician who's lived in New York for many years. Ned was also on Whad'Ya Know, and he said he had two influences for the song:
* The Urban Cowboy phenomenon of 1981 (a movie with some famous scenes of John Travolta and Debra Winger on a bar-based bronco)
* A cowboy-themed gay bar in New York City
Willy Nelson first heard the song in 1988 and has been talking about performing it ever since. This month seemed to be the right time and place. Makes me want to run right out and buy a Willy Nelson CD (it's certainly possible Willy could be bi, but if you think he's gay you really haven't been paying attention!).
Sad there are still so many homophobes out there, but that's life. Maybe some day they'll grow up.