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Notice : e.g. I heard 'Smalltown Boy' in July 1984 on commercial FM radio and it immediately caught my attention as a gay boy dealing with coming out. It was emotionally honest and inspiring and gave me, and others, strength and hope that there were other 'gay' voices out there. (corny but true) In retrospect, lyrically, the song had an (obvious now) queer subtext, coded for 'queers' worldwide and a political 'vibe' about it, like Jim. Too deep, maybe but up until then, with a few commercial exceptions like 'Killing of Georgie' by (ewww) Rod Stewart or 'At Seventeen' by Janis Ian although she was very broad in her lyric content, nobody, actually directly addressed a point of queer alienation with such emotional honesty combined with commercial success it brought. Yeah, 'Smalltown' was positive and life affirming unlike the 'dead victim' status of that Rod Stewart song. An important turning point in pop music history universally as far as 'queer culture' is concerned.