Living Colour - Bi (1993)

This was on repeat as a 12/13-year-old @drannex coming to terms with themselves, so for the end of pride month its rather apt to be stuck in my head, nonstop, lately.

They were years ahead of everyone else, a black rock band screaming off the wonderfulness of bisexuality in 1993? A music video that perfectly encapsulates gay, lesbian, bi, leather, etc cultures? Wonderful in every way (plus, those riffs? Insane.)

Edit: Found this quote from a 1993 interview (that it still online!)

TM: So, what’s up with Bi, one of the songs off your new record?

VR: It’s looking at the whole idea of being yourself. Sexuality is looked at as so polar: straight or gay. You’re in one camp or you’re in the other camp. There are so many shades of gray in between. When you come to someone who’s bisexual, their desire cuts both ways, they’re not uncomfortable in either situation. What I have seen happen with the bisexuals I have known is that other people reject not only their sexual desire, but their validation.