OK, this I did not know! Corey (Sunglasses at Night) Hart Reworks Pro-Gay Track For Toronto Pride
Corey Hart Reworks Pro-Gay Track For Toronto Pride: AUDIO
Corey Hart remains most famous for his 1983 single "Sunglasses at Night," but 5-years later he released a song the Canadian national describes as more meaningful, "The Truth Will Set You Free."
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The track's revival began last year, when a local cab driver asked Hart if he could remix the long-forgotten track. Impressed by the man's interest, and eager to dust off the song, Hart agreed and will debut the remixed track at Toronto Pride on June 30th. He also says this latest version will go further to make the gay subtext more notable, in part because of Matthew Shepard's 1998 death.
He had been "very affected" by the death of Shepard, a gay Wyoming 21-year-old who was beaten and tortured before being tied to a fence and left to die. The public outcry that ensued eventually led to the revision of hate-crime laws in the U.S. in 2009.
"It really upset me," Hart said of the incident. "It really was a sad statement of how we think we've come far, but when we really look at it, we haven't come that far."
Where the original song's lyrics were intentionally elliptical, this version includes an all-new verse that renders Hart's mission statement in perfect clarity: "Dream a place/ Where there's no more crying/ Where there's no more hiding/ No cruel maligning/ Shepard's star surviving/ Set you free."
Read more: http://www.towleroad.com/2012/05/corey-hart-reworks-pro-gay-track-for-toronto-pride-audio.html#ixzz1wTkmGtjp
Edited to add a link to the song on Youtube:
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