"seeklektek" <eclectics@comcast.net>
quoted 13 lines Wrong 'em, boyo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>Wrong 'em, boyo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>
>Bowie has ~far~ from "downplayed" his bisexuality.
>
>This is from an article published last Friday, Jan. 23rd, 2004:
>
>"At 57, he's as Establishment as can be,
>although he recently reassured an interviewer that he remains
>"a limey, bisexual communist." "
>
>http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/artsentertainment/2001841788_bowie23.html
>
>And that's the soft, pink truth of the matter.
well,that's the truth *this year*.
bowie is the quintessential chameleon. he says that now because it
suits him to say it now.
in the late 70's and early 80's he made clear attempts to downplay
his wilder past, one notable example being his bing crosby duet, in
which he did his best to appear as "normal" as possible. from the
various articles and biogs i've read, by the time of "serious
moonlight tour" he was making statements to the effect of the
bisexual issue being blown out of proportion.
since then, times have changed, his career's gone through several
upheavals, and perhaps he now feels like it's alright to admit that
again. he's a person who's always been very much in control of his
image, and that includes everything he says in interviews.
"nick filth" <human-albino-worm@priest.com> wrote:
quoted 4 lines i dont really think that david bowie being gay (or bi) had anything
>i dont really think that david bowie being gay (or bi) had anything
>to do with him becoming a star or famous. i think many people go
>through questioning their sexuality in their lives, especially in
>the seventies right after a marking point in sexual revolution.
there was a fairly big turning point in the type and amount of
coverage he got after saying he was gay in a 1973 interview. i'm not
discounting what you're saying about the rest of it, but i think he
saw this bubbling under and seized upon it. it all became a part of
the outrageous ziggy persona.
the interview quotes that turn up in 'alias david bowie' say he was
asked if he was "gay", and he said "yes," he always was, "even when i
was david jones." the story changes slightly in an interview i read
with him in the 80's when he said he told the interviewer he was
bisexual and the guy looked at him horrified, as though he'd never
heard of such a thing. bowie added that he thought the journalist
must have been thinking "oh god, this guy's got a cock and a cunt"
(those are the words bowie chose).
i don't condemn bowie for doing these things. we all go through
phases in our lives, and sometimes we may not feel like dealing with
all these issues 24/7. i agree that sexuality does have some bearing
on one's art, but at some point it must become tiresome to discuss it
from that perspective constantly. it's just sad that as a by-product
of this, he has at times seemed to abandon the audience that helped
make him famous: the closeted homosexuals, the bicurious or
confused, the outright freaks.
of course, in any of these cases there's always the possibility of
misquoting. fortunately, he is at the very least musically back on
track with 'reality', as far as i'm concerned. and that's the main
thing that matters.
d.
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