"An Englishman In New York" by Quentin Crisp

For the life of me, I'll never understand what might have moved Sting to write a song about Quentin Crisp as long ago as 1987*... Oh for the clear** mind of the typical YouTube commenter, who mainly attribute the inspiration to Sting's being gay. Apparently they missed the small blurb in the obscure newspaper that one time about him having all those tantric sex marathons with Trudie Styler.

A n y w a y... Here's An Englishman in New York, from Sting's album ...Nothing Like the Sun, which has a pretty funky sound if I do say so myself!

*Then again, I secretly think all straight people are homophobic, so what do I know?
**That is to say empty...
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