Rocket Man!

[tomcat]

[Buckaroo Banzai]

This must be the year of the gay british rock star movies.

[Texpat]

All Brittle musicians are bent as a dog's back leg. Name one that doesn't take it up the shitter.

Brittles have an additional queer gene.

[foobar]

All Brittle musicians are bent as a dog's back leg. Name one that doesn't take it up the shitter.

Brittles have an additional queer gene.

Led Zep, Pink Floyd, Stones and The Beatles ...that's 16 I can think of in just 10 secs.

[YourDaddy]

Yep, all are gay, but they are great musicians.

Who do Yanks got? Adam fucking Lambert and Ricky Martin. Is Ricky Martin even American according to Trump?

[Buckaroo Banzai]

Yep, all are gay, but they are great musicians.

Who do Yanks got? Adam fucking Lambert and Ricky Martin. Is Ricky Martin even American according to Trump?

Lambert and Ricky Martin? I had to google Lambert and is Ricky Martin still in the music industry?
Just how old are you?

[cyrille]

This must be the year of the gay british rock star movies.

And tc will be trooping along to see them all.

[kmart]

Elton John is gay royalty in the UK these days.

Never liked him or his music even when he was still pretending to be straight, tbh.

[David48atTD]

Elton John is gay royalty in the UK these days.

Never liked him or his music even when he was still pretending to be straight, tbh.

I don't like him either ... but I do like some of his music.

Ditto Madonna

[Maanaam]

even when he was still pretending to be straight, tbh.

You say that as if it may have made a difference.
I don't like his performance, but some of his songs are good.
Freddie Mercury, on the other hand, great performances and great singing and songs.

[kmart]

You say that as if it may have made a difference.
I don't like his performance, but some of his songs are good.
Freddie Mercury, on the other hand, great performances and great singing and songs.

Singing fake love songs to women, and even having a fake marriage to a woman marks him out as a erm,.. fake. Makes a difference in how I perceive him for sure.

[Maanaam]

Singing fake love songs to women, and even having a fake marriage to a woman marks him out as a erm,.. fake. Makes a difference in how I perceive him for sure.

Yeah, sure, the person, but to be fair it was harder to come out in those days and one of the reasons was that regardless of how good an artist he was, it would have affected sales.
Not like that these days, I'm pretty sure.

Whatever happend to Boy George?
Tiny Tim?

[cyrille]

Yeah, sure, the person, but to be fair it was harder to come out in those days and one of the reasons was that regardless of how good an artist he was, it would have affected sales.
Not like that these days, I'm pretty sure.

I was reflecting on the previous comment though that a huge country like the US, which dominates movies and music worldwide, hardly seems to have any major stars who have come out.

So my guess is that the impact on sales is the reason, in the land of the free.

[kmart]

Yeah, sure, the person, but to be fair it was harder to come out in those days and one of the reasons was that regardless of how good an artist he was, it would have affected sales.
Not like that these days, I'm pretty sure.

Whatever happend to Boy George?
Tiny Tim?

It was the 80's, and AIDS was in the headlines for sure. But as Elton was singing love songs addressed to women and undergoing a sham marriage, there were singers like Boy George, Frankie Goes To Hollywood, etc, who were openly gay and didn't give a fuck what people thought, or how it might affect sales / radio airtime.. Boy George went on to a successful career as a DJ after his band finished. Still doing very well, I think.

[DrB0b]

Singing fake love songs to women, and even having a fake marriage to a woman marks him out as a erm,.. fake. Makes a difference in how I perceive him for sure.

He's an entertainer, he's meant to be fake. That's what they do. Do you really believe musicians have to have lived every word of heir songs and that movies are fly on the wall documentaries of actor's real lives?

[cyrille]

I won two primo tickets to see him play in Abu Dhabi.

Gave them to a colleague.

[jabir]

I won two primo tickets to see him play in Abu Dhabi.

Gave them to a colleague.

Should've left them on your dash, someone would break your window to leave two more, then you could've insulted 4 people!

[cyrille]

^^ His missus did look decidedly glum the next day.

Even by her standards.

[Texpat]

The Boy just before he went to prison. I suppose that can be considered "very well" for a Brittle.



Karma chameleon.

[cyrille]

Old pic that, though.

I'd put up a newer one but who can be bothered to spend the time, really?

Oh, well there's you obviously.

[kmart]

^^He'd let himself go a bit, obviously.

[cyrille]

But as Elton was singing love songs addressed to women and undergoing a sham marriage, there were singers like Boy George, Frankie Goes To Hollywood, etc, who were openly gay and didn't give a fuck what people thought

Different generation though, eh?

Reg was born in 1947.

Growing up gay in the '50s would have been a very different experience to doing so in the '70s.

[fishlocker]

[cyrille]

Right, ummm...thanks for that.

[tomcat]

...living overseas for most of my adult life, I'd never seen an EJ concert until vids became available...what I had was his songs and my imagination: a potent combination...