What Did You Expect...?: Songs About the Experiences of Being Gay

by Michael Cohen

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1.	The Last Angry Young Man 05:06	buy track
2.	Gone 04:53	buy track
3.	Pray to Your God 04:29	buy track
4.	Bitter Beginnings 03:39	buy track
5.	Praised Be 04:02	buy track
6.	Bitterfeast 03:22	buy track
7.	When I Grow Cold 04:35	buy track
8.	Orion 04:40	buy track
9.	Couldn't Do Without 05:10	buy track

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The late 1960s-early 1970s marked an important stage in the LGBTQ rights movement in the United States, and singer-songwriter Michael Cohen was a pioneering voice on the personal experience of being gay during this period. His poetic lyrics deal with coming out, drug use, love, promiscuity, self-doubt and self-worth. Out of "bitter beginnings...I'll know my life is worth living." Liner notes include handwritten lyrics and illustrations.

Learn more: folkways.si.edu/michael-cohen/what-did-you-expect-songs-about-the-experiences-of-being-gay/american-folk-struggle-protest/music/album/smithsonian

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released January 1, 1973

Michael Cohen - Artist
Ron Norman - Photographer (Cover)
Ronald Clyne - Designer

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