beatnikside

No matter dark the night, no matter how dire the circumstances, "Under Pressure" always serves to bail me out. The song was released when I was ... what, 12 years old? Long before I fully understood who David Bowie was and what he'd accomplished, and long before anyone knew that Freddie Mercury was concealing his sexuality from stadiums full of hard-rocking homophobes. No matter how many times I hear this song, it never fails to take the edge off of me.



Fuck you, Vanilla Ice -- now and forever.