Ode to a Gym Teacher

Olivia Records was conceived as a recording company that would be geared to gay women.  The title of the label’s very first album, I Know You Know (1974) by Meg Christian is not hard to figure out; nor are the implications of the best-known song from this album, “Ode to a Gym Teacher” (written by Meg and performed live to an enthusiastic audience).  However, women’s music is not overtly sexual, or at least I have never heard any that was.  For the most part, the romantic songs are addressed to the lover; as with Melissa Etheridge, the gender is beside the point, lending the music appeal to all listeners. 

(January 2014)