Adam Lambert the newest disco queen??

[nrgbeat]

Check out his new album cover.

[paul]

Yah but, ya gotta do a disco song to earn that title. Where's the disco song?

By the way my gay friends. Do you guys find him that appealing?

[markydefad]

Originally Posted by paul

Yah but, ya gotta do a disco song to earn that title. Where's the disco song?

By the way my gay friends. Do you guys find him that appealing?

Hey tall Paul...do you mean me?

I think that cover is awful. Big mistake. I think he is a pretty good singer--but why the airbrushed glamour girl LP cover? Maybe I'm old-school--but I say change the cover, dude. You ain't Shirley Bassey, bitch.

[BrunoRepublic]

Originally Posted by paul

By the way my gay friends. Do you guys find him that appealing?

I can only speak for myself, but my answer is a resounding NO. I like men who look like men. Androgyny does not appeal to me at all.

Actually, this goes well beyond androgyny... I mean, come on, this guy makes Andy Bell look like a construction worker.

[BrunoRepublic]

Originally Posted by markydefad

I think that cover is awful. Big mistake.

Maybe not. It's already gathered a lot of attention, which is the whole point of an album cover, and isn't easy to pull of these days when everyone is so jaded. I heard it mentioned on the radio today, and they described it as "really weird".

I guess I've been out too long, because camp factor 9 shots don't seem weird to me at all, just... camp.

[markydefad]

Originally Posted by BrunoRepublic

Maybe not. It's already gathered a lot of attention, which is the whole point of an album cover, and isn't easy to pull of these days when everyone is so jaded. I heard it mentioned on the radio today, and they described it as "really weird".

I guess I've been out too long, because camp factor 9 shots don't seem weird to me at all, just... camp.

You might be right. But it seems to marginalize him into the "camp" section of Pop--which isn't exactly a big market. [Liberace....uh...Liberace--oh, Peter Allen--Andy Bell--Sylvester--Boy George....who else?] "La poo-bliss-i-taaaay" might get him some notice--but he's already famous. He's been on the cover of the Rolling Stone with a snake in his crotch, fer chrissakes!

[paul]

Originally Posted by markydefad

Hey tall Paul...do you mean me?

Now Marky, you know I would get in trouble if I answered this either way. Let's just say you were my original friend here so we will always have that bond

[paul]

Well, given the reaction at work among the women here they love him. One here has already ordered his album. She thinks he's sweet and cuddly in a puppy kinda way. Her gay friend though says he's not butch enough.

Umm, Sandy. Your thoughts please

[SandraDee]

I'm so conflicted regarding this topic guyz. Although I find femaninity a turn-off sexually, I absolutely love it when people are androgynous and fuck with the stereotype images that the public expect. Although I regard myself as neither camp nor butch, I have often toyed with the idea of being more androgynous or feminine in my appearance but I would then alienate the masculine men that I've always wished to attract - why is it that on the gay scene men are usually only attracted to men who are like themselves? (The butch-fem thing doesn't seem to apply to male gay couples does it?) That's the beauty of getting older - I no longer try to be something I'm not which is good news 'cos I always looked terrible with a moustache! If I were a straight man I'd hope that I'd experiment with make-up & skirts 'cos that's quite subversive, whereas If I, as a gay man did it, people would say 'oh that's no surprise 'cos he's gay', so i don't. I'm very much a fan of the comedian Eddie Izzard & his views that men, gay/straight or whatever, should have equal 'clothing rights' to women who can wear pretty much whatever they like & nobody bats an eyelid (with or without false eyelashes!).

[remicks]

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Originally Posted by markydefad

You might be right. But it seems to marginalize him into the "camp" section of Pop--which isn't exactly a big market. [Liberace....uh...Liberace--oh, Peter Allen--Andy Bell--Sylvester....who else?] "La poo-bliss-i-taaaay" might get him some notice--but he's already famous. He's been on the cover of the Rolling Stone with a snake in his crotch, fer chrissakes!

I think he perhaps assessed his career and asked himself,

"Do I wanna spend the next several years going the Bobby Sherman/ Clay Aiken route and consume my valuable time on earth performing light weight crap for clueless screeching 12 year old girls ....or would I rather bypass that bullsh*t ....
- be who I am (it is 2009 fer crying out loud ) , theatrically do it "my way" ... sink or swim ... and happily perform for whatever the crowd is that wants to go with it .... "

quite a choice ....

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