Re-discovering

I was still in college when this album was released. I remember being home for Summer vacation and driving to a Tower Records to scan the stacks of cassette tapes for one in particular: Red, Hot + Blue, one of the first AIDS benefit albums. I was still closeted at the time but paying more and more attention to anything gay or gay-related in the world around me. So when I heard about this album on MTV, I had to get it. I listened to it non-stop and kept it in my car's player at all times. By the time Christmas break rolled around, I think everyone in my dorm -- er, "residence hall" -- was sick to death of it.

That cassette tape disappeared some time ago, and recently, I finally purchased the CD on Amazon. Listening to all those Cole Porter songs interpreted by the big artists of that time (1990) reminds me just how much I loved the album: David Byrne, The Thompson Twins, Aztec Camera, Neneh Cherry, Annie Lennox, U2, and many more. Yet one song has always stuck with me, both because it seemed suited to k.d. lang and because the video sent such a strong message for the time it was made, and the images are still strong today, a little over twenty years later.

I know the sound is off a bit, but the video presents the clearest image I could find on Youtube. So without further ado, this is k.d. lang singing Cole Porter's So In Love:

Image from Rickey.org.