For One Night Only

7 Jun 2022

Robert Gibson – An Out Proud Journalist, Activist and DJ – Part 1

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Robert Gibson – An Out Proud Journalist, Activist and DJ – Part 1

In Part 1 of this episode of For One Night Only (FONO), Pete Holmes talks to his very special guest co-host, Robert Gibson about his mixtape. Robert has been out and proud since his school days, is a journalist, an activist and was a DJ at many of the gay venues back in the early 80s. His mixtape and story lead us on a journey that explores his activism over the years and includes some of the favourite gay songs of the 70s, 80s and 90s. We also learn much about the venues around Melbourne in that era.

Here’s the list of Robert’s mixtape songs but you’ll have to listen to find out the significance of each song:

Play Order	Song Title	Song Artist	Song Release Year
1	Suzanne	Leonard Cohen	1967
2	Shades of Grey	The Monkees	1967
3	Tomorrow Belongs to Me	Cabaret (film) sountrack	1972
4	Blowin in The Wind	Bob Dylan	1962
5	Stairway to Heaven	Led Zeppelin	1970
6	Someone to Love	Queen	1975
7	I am Woman	Hellen Reddy	1973
8	Also Sprach Zarathustra	2001 film Soundtrack	1973
9	Gaudete	Steeleye Span	1972
10	Daniel	Elton John	1972
11	We Shall Overcome	Pete Seeger	1963
12	Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds	Elton John	1975
13	Imagine	John Lennon	1971
14	Isa Lei	The Seekers	1967
15	Glad to be gay	Tom Robinson	1978
16	I Will Survive	Gloria Gaynor	1978
17	I only Want to be With You	Dusty Springfield	1964
18	I Only Want to be With You	The Tourists	1979
19	Echo Beach	Martha and The Muffins	1980
20	White Wedding	Billy Idol	1982
21	Celebration	Kool and the Gang	1980
22	Dancing Queen	ABBA	1976
23	Don’t Leave Me This Way	Thelma Houston	1976
24	Can’t Stop The Music	Village People	1980
25	Please Don’t Go	KC and The Sunshine Band	1975
26	Sacrifice	Elton John	1989
27	Freedom	George Michael	1990
28	Somewhere Over The Rainbow	Judy Garland	1938
29	Born This Way	Lady Gaga	2011
30	Thank You For The Music ABBA	ABBA	1977

For One Night Only is a late-night show on JOY 94.9 and a podcast where people from our rainbow communities get to talk through the mixtape of their lives so far.

Note: This podcast is only available to our Australian listeners due to music copyright requirements.