i want you like a kangaroo

i have desperately tried to force this song and music video on all my friends and loved ones, with varying success.

my beautiful, cultivated former boyfriend introduced me to this song/video, and we later covered it in our band. this is a cover of a big star song, which i am too afraid to listen to for fear it will taint my love of this version. the bizarreness of the final line: "i want you like a kangaroo" -- i understand it more as an illogical, excited expression of love and desire, rather than a statement that makes obvious sense.

the video is a gem: i love the truly gender queer presence of the singer, and the ache in his singing and gestures. and i love the part where he/she/they stand on a spinning wheel, holding a bouquet of flowers. very what-the-fuck and precious. beauty still exists in these faggy latter days.