A gay old time

A lot of my friends have a thing for costume/theme parties.  Some of them even have entire closets devoted to storing old costumes.  It's generally not really my thing, but when some jokingly mentioned coming up with theme parties for an annual northern Minnesota cabin trip last summer (dubbed "Lake Edward Pride"), I suggested a gay pop icon party - not because I was thrilled to have to scrape together a costume, but because if there's one thing I can do, it's put together a pretty killer playlist.  The idea arose from a joke that's gone on for years now about Madonna (who?), a surprisingly polarizing figure among the gays.  Okay, not really, but that's kind of the joke.  Because when you have one or two friends with a borderline-unhealthy obsession, you give them shit for it.  It's much-deserved payback for largely controlling the campfire music for years and years now, at the very least.  So from Madonna sprung conversations about other gay pop icons, which culminated in an idea for a party with both costumes and music from those very icons.

I'm well aware that not all gay pop icons are represented here.  As I was reminded of several times, there are many, many omissions, particularly those who were big before the early 2000's.  Rest assured, it was a conscious decision to focus on just eight artists who retain pretty massive popularity today.  After all, this mix is already an hour and forty-five minutes long, and we had Rumchatta shots and uncomfortable games to get to.  And there's always next year for a sequel...

Also, my bad on the delay in posting this a whopping seven months after this party occurred.  I have no excuse for why a few minor edits took me so long.  But hey, at least it's not a year between mixes usual! :)

-Nate

Download link:
Nate Rusch - Lake Edward Pride 2019 Pop Icon Party [106 minutes / 97 MB]
or stream on Soundcloud here

Tracklist:
Lady Gaga - Born This Way (Bimbo Jones Club Remix)
Robyn - Handle Me (Soul Seekerz Extended Remix)
Britney Spears - Circus (Junior Vasquez Club Remix)
Pink - Please Don't Leave Me (Digital Dog Club Mix)
Madonna - Celebration (Benny Benassi Extended Mix)
Beyonce  - Ring the Alarm (Freemasons Club Mix)
Lady Gaga - Alejandro (Bimbo Jones Club Mix)
Christina Aguilera - Your Body (Country Club Martini Crew Dirty Extended Mix)
Madonna - Like a Prayer (Revolution & R.I.O. Remix)
Katy Perry - Unconditionally  (Cosmic Dawn Club Mix)
Pink - U + Ur Hand (Bimbo Jones Club Mix)
Britney Spears - Piece of Me (Bimbo Jones Extended Mix)
Madonna - Vogue (Luca Debonaire & Xenia Ghali Club Mix)
Robyn - Dancing on My Own (Buzz Junkies Club Mix)
Christina Aguilera - Not Myself Tonight (Jody Den Broeder Dirty Club Mix)
Katy Perry - Teenage Dream (Kaskade Club Remix)
Madonna - Give It 2 Me (Paul Oakenfold Remix)
Lady Gaga ft Beyonce - Telephone (DJ Dan Extended Vocal Mix)
Britney Spears - Work Bitch (7th Heaven Remix)
Pink - Raise Your Glass (Jump Smokers Extended Mix)
Christina Aguilera - Let There Be Love (Maison & Dragen Remix)
Katy Perry - Part of Me (Thiago Antony Remix)
Madonna - Girl Gone Wild (Dave Aude Remix)
Beyonce - Run the World (Girls) (Dave Aude Club Remix)
Robyn - Call Your Girlfriend (Kaskade Remix)
Lady Gaga vs Coldplay - Viva la Vida vs Bad Romance (DJ's From Mars Club Mix)
Beyonce - Partition (Dave Aude Main Mix)