![]() ![]() We give props to Queen for their tongue-in-cheek spoof and theatrical ballet talents. Either way, Mercury was a pioneer, as an artist as well as a gay man in popular culture. Great Britain saw the band’s true intentions of parodying the popular British soap opera Coronation Street, but the rest of the world (specifically the United States) equated Freddie Mercury ’s drag as his coming out. ![]() Your perspective on “ I Want To Break Free ” by Queen probably depends on where you live. Crawling out of a bathtub fully nude, no other artist could embody the aesthetic of sexuality better than Prince himself. The steamy visual for “ When Doves Cry ” wasn’t selling sex-it was selling Prince. A provocative pioneer of gender ambiguity, Prince flawlessly used music videos as a means to further solidify his public image and aura. ![]() Prince ’s career and the rise of music videos couldn’t be more perfectly aligned. “When Doves Cry” – Prince & The Revolution Without these 15 music videos, the ‘80s wouldn’t have been the cultural reset we know it as. ![]()
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