Dixon Dallas
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What’s the story behind the Dixon persona?
Basically the first song was just a fun gay cowboy thing. I think it can best be described as my dad would say "for shits and giggles". And it was very well received. The queer community embraced him and showed him a ton of love and support over it so he felt that the persona deserved more songs. And so he's let it grow and become what it is.
xanthis2001
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Translation: “I was doing alt music and released a skater punk parody song about gay sex that did well on Tik Tok. I thought a gay cowboy singing with a twang about gay sex would be funnier and then suddenly the character started selling out clubs and got invited to perform in venues that wouldn’t book me before and I realized the joke was profitable.”
I was just think that it’s spring so it’s about the time Jake dusts off the cowboy hat, takes the Dixon Dallas merch out of storage, and releases another song where gay sex is the punchline so he can start booking those summer bar and festival gigs.
I think this is a pretty interesting analysis. Genuine question, do you think he's queerbaiting? Specifically, do you think he was queerbaiting when he first started (when he did it for fun), and do you think he is now (when it garners him a lot of attention)?
xanthis2001
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“Queerbaiting” would imply he’s pretending to be queer to draw in queer audience. I don’t think he’s queer baiting because most of his audience is actually straight and those people don’t really question Jake’s sexuality. They are laughing at the joke.
I don’t think he cares about the sexuality of his audience as long as they pay for the music, show tickets, and merchandise.
The frat boys, rednecks, and whoo girls aren’t even slightly confused because they know it’s parody.
It’s obvious with all the homophobia and attacks on the queer community happening in the USA and then he gets zero or minimal backlash or protests that they just see it as a gay minstrel show to laugh at but find nonthreatening. Even if they lack the understanding to explain It that way. They would just say it’s funny.
I get why it was funny. But if he keeps doing it then he should at least find a way to support the queer community in a more substantial way than a one time donation from a small percentage of sales from one specific T-shirt (not even all Dixon merchandise just that specific one) sold for one week during Pride.
All the humor to the songs was lost when I found out he was straight.
His music to me feels like in the same vein as CupcakKe. Hypersexual comedic artist.
I feel like none of y'all have actually listened to any of the lyrics. Yeah some of the songs are very sexual. But the others are honestly better gay love songs than any of the out gay country artists. Nothing TJ Osborne has done comes remotely close lyrically to a single Dixon song. So I'm not exactly sure what you are basing all of this on. Good lookin' only maybe? Like, go listen to all the songs. The lyrics and the actual quality of them. The only gay country artist that even comes close is Chris Housman. Ironically, the fact that Jake is straight let's him do even gayer songs because he's not worried about alienating some demographic or something that other gay artists maybe worry about. If Jake Shears decided to go country, he could easily match Dixon's quality and lyrics, but it's not his genre. The straight version is Wheeler Walker, Jr. (Who is oddly enough Jake Shears' brother). I mean, no one is accusing Kenny Chesney of straight baiting with his romance songs. Or Toby Keith. So I don't see why all the hate from Jake doing a persona, something he's well known for. And the fan base for this one isn't "in on the joke" because it's honestly not a joke. I'll go and say some of the music is playful, but the true romantic and heartfelt ones are absolutely not a joke. The crowds are vastly gay men and queer. I get that bitter gays can't accept the fact that a straight man can do something and accept them without being one of them, but damn. Calm down.
I do think there are other gay country artists doing very queer non-sexual music you are glossing over, and admittedly it’s because it’s very difficult for them to find work desperate appeal for a niche genre. Hayden Joseph, Andrew Mitch, and Adam Mac all have some really solid queer country music (Andrew Mitch has yet to release a song I don’t like). Brandon Stansell has moved more Pop but has solid music as well.
That being said, I mostly agree; my issue is less with Jake Hill himself and more frustration with the general industry, where the songs that get attention are the ones that treat gay men like a sex joke and so many really great songs get no attention; even among Dixon Dallas’s music, the songs about queer love and intimacy (Leave This All Behind, Sleeping All Alone) are mostly unknown while Good Lookin’s chorus is on constant loop. It feels wrong to blame Jake specifically for that, even if it is symptomatic and he could do more.
Do y’all think his hole is hairy or shaved?
Hairy for sure
That’s what I’m saying. I guess a smooth ass, and just a little fluff on that pussy
