Bright Light Bright Light, You Want My… | Beaming with Pride 🏳️‍🌈

In the 3^rd edition of Beaming with Pride 🏳️‍🌈 (2024), we highlight the song, “You Want My…” performed by Bright Light Bright Light.  

Prepare to beam with P-R-I-D-E 🏳️‍🌈! Beaming with Pride 🏳️‍🌈 celebrates, embraces, and spotlights songs by LGBTQ musicians or allies.  In this column, we provide background and insight into the respective musician(s), as well as analyze + go gaga over the decadent bops being served up.  Furthermore, when the music dictates deeper, more transcendent discussion, we ensure the point is articulated to the fullest.  All styles of music are welcome while the songs can be classics or brand-spanking new. So, without further ado, in the 3^rd edition of Beaming with Pride 🏳️‍🌈 (2024), we highlight “You Want My…” performed by Bright Light Bright Light.

“You want my (sex), You want my (sex) / I’m never gonna let you see that part again.” Anytime that sex comes into play, or is even uttered, the ears perk up. Bright Light Bright Light (Rod Thomas) mentions the universal, three-letter word many times throughout his spirited, minor-key, LGBTQ+ bop, “You Want My…” Fill in the ellipsis yourself – it’s sex that he wants! But, as Thomas assertively sings in the tuneful chorus, “I’m never gonna let you see that part again.” Woo! Hmm, wonder why that’s the case? There has to be a legit reason! “You Want My…”appears as the opening track from Thomas’ 2024 LP, Enjoy Youth.

“You Want My…” shines from the onset. It’s the busy, dizzying synths, the danceable beat, and, of course, a confident and fierce Bright Light Bright Light (again, Rod Thomas, ladies and gents).  The sex is introduced just seconds in, though without context. It sets the tone, however.  Thomas sings superbly, killing the vocals.  Lyrically, “You Want My…” is equally intriguing, beyond explicit mention of the three-letter word.  “First time tonight you see the little light in my eyes,” Thomas sings in the first verse, adding, “I’ve been soft spoken in words I don’t even thing you heard me.” Uh-oh… Perhaps this is the reason why the sex isn’t happening: “Oh, you’re sorry that you let me go? You’re sorry that you couldn’t read in-between / What I have been and have yet to be? / And now? / You want my (sex).” My, my, my! Thomas provides additional context in the second verse, where it’s clear this guy ‘didn’t really see him’ and now, he wants him back, but Thomas can read right through the BS.  All told, “You Want My…” is a lit, gay pop banger, PERIOD.  Hold that dude accountable that just wants your sex but doesn’t really see you!

🎙 Bright Light Bright Light •💿 Enjoy Youth • 🏷 YSKWN! / Megaforce • 🗓 2024

Bright Light Bright Light, You Want My…: Beaming with Pride 🏳️‍🌈 No. 3 (2024) [📷: Brent Faulkner/ The Musical Hype; YSKWN! / Megaforce; Elias Souza, Los Muertos Crew from Pexels; CatsWithGlasses, Maicon Fonseca Zanco, Square Frog, Sudo from Pixabay]