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Song Name: Transgender Dysphoria Blues
Song Origin: Against Me!
Song Link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFgFGgjNQ4E" data-time="
Nominator: kateee (3/13)

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[FINAL NOTES: I spent several hours typing something up here, chaotically bouncing between serious topics and nonsense more irreverent than that one write-up, but have elected to delete the entire thing. The nonsense had no place around this sort of song and the serious parts were more than I wanted to discuss here.

...which I suppose is almost exactly the same write-up that other song got, so I have to try to say at least a little something.

The short answer: I support everyone's right to be whatever makes them happy and I don't feel right trying to critique a song that is so important to the creator and to the transgender community. Song wasn't created for me and I have no place in the discussion.

Truthfully, it reminds me a bit of a story about the recording of Elton John's "Someone Saved My Life Tonight":

"...A recollection from producer Gus Dudgeon. During the recording of the song's lead vocal, Dudgeon said he was pushing John for more in terms of his delivery of the vocal, not paying attention to the lyric. According to Gambaccini, guitarist Davey Johnstone leaned over and told Dudgeon, "You know he's singing about killing himself." Dudgeon was apparently mortified by the revelation and relented."

There's this sense that even though he was a music producer and critiquing Elton John's work was literally part of his job, the song was so emotional and significant to John that you just couldn't comment on it. And that's how I feel towards this song--due to its nature and the subjects it's dealing with, I don't have any place in the conversation, nor should I.]

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