Comments on: The politics of a gay musician, Pt 1.

By: JW Richard

JW Richard — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 03:17:31 +0000

@Matt Thanks for the feedback. We’ll see what happens.

@Jake It’s a double standard that still exists for us. We, in the black gay circle, “knew” about Luther Vandross. In fact, it’s still believe my many of us that his death was caused indirectly from not being true to his personal self. However, it’s the price that some artists pay for their fame. I want to believe that we will have that out artist whose songs will move everyone. I really do.

By: Jake

Jake — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 16:01:55 +0000

In SOME ways thinking has taken a steep backwards.

“Back in the day”, Johnny Mathas, was the artist of choice for the last dance, he sang the most romatic songs ever, he was gay, everyone knew that (rummors everywhere) no one asked and no one cared. No one said, “keep it real”.

Todays mind set, Sean Penn plays a gay man, It was called “acting”. BUT if a Gay artist dares to sing a gender straight song, the out cry is “keep it real”?

IF we had evolved, no one would be asked, no one would be told to “keep it real”.

By: Matt D.

Matt D. — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 22:33:41 +0000

I’ve heard Lambert’s pre-Idol recordings and they were nothing special. A lot of monotonous dance tracks and some post-punk garage band crap. The Idol Machine really seems to be pushing him, so I can see them hooking him up with good producers who can get him a few club hits. Whether Top 40 radio will care depends on how much promotional money RCA allows him. If they want to prove something, he’ll have a few hits thanks to them. I don’t see him outselling Aiken, tho. So far, only Underwood & Clarkson have been able to do that.