Jonny McGovern is The Gayest of All Time

by Toby Click

The latest offering by Jonny McGovern (aka "The Gay Pimp") is The Gayest of All Time. The album represents a culmination of his work over the past year or so. To make this dream a reality, the Big Gay Sketch Show alum appealed to his fans through the online fundraiser site Kickstarter— first to produce a series of videos, and again to cover mastering, video captioning, and other technical stuff.
The finished product has a great polish to it, and the songs just work. They could fit right into the mix at Tracks, the Compound, or the Wrangler. Maybe even on the radio, if it weren't for some very, very naughty lyrics.

Fans of his podcast (Gay Pimpin' with Jonny McGovern, available for free on iTunes and elsewhere) will already be familiar with some of the songs. Things kick off with "Sexy Nerd" ("Take your clothes off... but leave your glasses on!"). There's a remix of "Likin' Big Dicks", a gay parody of the club hit "Like a G6" (I am actually more familiar with Jonny's version—don't ask me to sing "Like a G6" in mixed company!).

And of course, there is "Modified", a collaboration with Nadya Ginsburg, inspired by a true story about a middle-aged lady in their aerobics class, who really wasn't quite giving it her all. She does her workout "modified". A "modified" sit-up sounds intense, doesn't it? Uh, it's not. But there's a lesson to take away: when life throws stupid chores at us, it's OK to handle them in a halfassed fashion. We are all empowered to do things ... "modified."

There are some new songs too. The much-anticipated "Man Areas" video was released the same week as this album, full of scantily-clad gentlemen filmed at The Cock in New York City. The pop-infused "#Totdf" will have you "texting on the dance floor," with notification tones worked into the beat.
You'll laugh hard throughout, but especially at "Gay Questions". Trust me on this one.

"Blanche Deveraux" appears late in the album, one of a series of songs Jonny wrote about the Golden Girls. He puts a twist on the TV show's theme song, that would even make Betty White blush.
Things wrap up with the title track, an imagining of how great it would be if all the different folks throughout our wide, diverse community could join together and just dance.

And if you can't get enough of the Gay Pimp, be sure to watch all his videos, listen to his podcast, and follow him on Facebook and Twitter!