Gregory Dillon, Burning Kisses | Beaming with Pride 🏳️‍🌈

In the 65th edition of Beaming with Pride 🏳️‍🌈 (2024), we highlight the song, “Burning Kisses” performed by Gregory Dillon. 

Prepare to beam with P-R-I-D-E 🏳️‍🌈! Beaming with Pride 🏳️‍🌈 celebrates, embraces, and spotlights songs by LGBTQ musicians or allies.  Here, we provide background and insight into musician(s) and analyze + go gaga over the decadent bops served up.  When the music dictates deeper, more transcendent discussion, we ensure the point is fully articulated.  All styles of music are welcome while the songs can be classics or brand-spanking new. So, without further ado, in the 65^th edition of Beaming with Pride 🏳️‍🌈 (2024), we highlight “Burning Kisses” performed by Gregory Dillon..

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“Every night, every day / It’s a spell I’m under / And there you were glistening.” Oh, snap, Gregory Dillon (Gregory Dillon Scherer).  I still hadn’t recovered from that stimulating “wet dream” and yet this hot, synthpop rebel strikes again! This time, he’s damned and gonna dance, baby! His words… mostly! “Burning Kisses” marks another surefire vibe from Dillon. Dillon and LeyeT (Angela Mukul) penned this fierce synthpop joint.  Arthur Besna produced it, kicking ass and taking names in the process.

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Part of the charmed of this damned musical experience (more on that to come) is the cinematic elements.  It begins dramatically. Besides those cinematic effects (bar chimes), Gregory puts his best foot forward with gorgeous, nuanced vocals.  The use of chant, sung in Latin is epic (“Oscula Ignis”). Face it, this man is a beast – in the most gifted and handsome way possible.  Adding to the allure of “Burning Kisses” are the dramatic, tuneful melodies. After setting the tone, a perfectly timed  “damn” marks a pivotal moment of “Burning Kisses,” setting up a kick-ass drop.  The groove be groovin’ hard! The ‘blasphemous,’ damned lyrics are everything:

“Praise to the damned if I’m damned then I’m gonna dance

Chained to your hands as I fall down to wonderland

Crave another taste take me like a saint

Chained to your hands if I’m damned then I’m gonna dance.”

Ooh-wee.  Being damned never felt better in this instance, not to mention more danceable! Dillon delivers more music bullets.  Lust fuels the fire: “Baby, you’re the reason I’m in so deep / Burning kisses look I’m down on my knees.” Deep? Down on my knees? Given the tenor of “Burning Kisses”, and his admission of being damned and frankly not giving a damn, I doubt he’s on his knees for prayer.  This joint by Gregory Dillon is the sugar honey iced tea!

Gregory Dillon // “Burning Kisses” // Sad Magic // 2024

Gregory Dillon, Burning Kisses: Beaming with Pride 🏳️‍🌈 No. 65 (2024) [📷: Brent Faulkner/ The Musical Hype; Sad Magic; Elias Souza, Los Muertos Crew from Pexels; CatsWithGlasses, David, Maicon Fonseca Zanco, Square Frog, Sudo from Pixabay]