Earlier this year NPR<\/a> in a segment lauding the legendary artist and his hit \u2018You Make Me Feel (Mighty real)\u2019 they said of the disco impresario, <\/em> \u201cFor him to be celebrated for all of his strangeness and all of the ways he inhabited who he wanted to be \u2014 who he felt himself to be \u2014 felt like\u00a0you<\/em>\u00a0being celebrated for that.\u201d<\/p>\n They continued: \u201cAnd it wasn\u2019t just how Sylvester looked and sounded. The song\u2019s lyrics openly celebrated that liberation:<\/p>\n When we\u2019re out there dancing on the floor, darlin\u2019 \u201cYou\u2019ve got the words of a person who is just matter-of-fact about their sexual desires, about the freedom to do with their bodies and their desires whatever they want to do,\u201dsaid\u00a0Joshua Gamson<\/a>, Sylvester\u2019s biographer.\u00a0. \u201cAnd you can dance to it!\u201d<\/p>\n Long before people identified as gender fluid and challenged the status quo, Sylvester did it in legendary fashion.<\/p>\n Sleep in peace, Sylvester.<\/p>\n Watch him perform \u2018You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) below.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n The post Why Sylvester Is Still \u2018Mighty Real\u2019 30 Years Later<\/a> appeared first on Towleroad Gay News<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n
\nAnd I feel like I need some more
\nAnd I feel your body close to mine
\nAnd I know, my love, it\u2019s about that time
\nMake me feel mighty real<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/h1>\n