"Smalltown Boy"

Ever since Sully posted the video on his blog last week, I can't seem to get Bronski Beat's "Smalltown Boy" out of my head. As one of his reader's wrote:

Being from a small town and being gay in the '80's was never easy...I endured black eyes, broken bones, ostracism, and generally being the town "fairy". Needless to say, on the day I turned 18, I was gone.

I wasn't from a small town, but the northwest suburbs of Chicago weren't any easier. And that is why, when I turned 18, I couldn't wait to get out and move into the city.

And so, your Song of the Day is "Smalltown Boy" by Bronski Beat. No song or music video spoke as powerfully to young gay men in the 1980's as this one did.