Currently listening to...

...Pete Townshend's amazing, aggressive, nearly manic "Rough Boys" from "Empty Glass," his first official solo release in 1980. It is a rocking ode to not only the punks of that era (liner notes for the album say the song is dedicated to The Sex Pistols) but also to his attraction to men. Ten years later, Townshend publicly declared his bisexuality.

It is a pretty sexy song, and the homoerotic horseplay (full of the macho bravado and posturing of inexperienced youth) in the video is fun to watch too...

"Tough boys
Running the streets
Come a little closer
Rough toys
Under the sheets
Nobody knows her
Rough boys
Don't walk away
I very nearly missed you
Tough boys
Come over here
I wanna bite and kiss you

I wanna see what I can find
Tough kids
Take a bottle of wine
When your deal is broken
Ten quid
She's so easy to find
Not a word is spoken
Rough boys
Don't walk away
I'm still pretty blissed here
Tough boy
I'm gonna carry you home
You got pretty pissed dear

Gonna get inside you
Gonna get inside your bitter mind
I wanna see what I can find

Rough boys
Don't walk away
I wanna buy you leather
Make noise
Try and talk me away
We can't be seen together
Tough kids
What can I do?
I'm so pale and weedy
Rough fits
In my Hush Puppy shoes
But I'm still pleading

Tough boys
Running the streets
Come a little closer
Rough toys
Under the sheets
Nobody knows her
Rough boys
Don't walk away
I very nearly missed you
Tough boys
Come over here
I wanna bite and kiss you

I wanna see what I can find!"

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