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Originally Posted by mszee
I guess what I was trying to say it this...If somebody like Adam Lambert created so much noise and controversy...and "bad boy - wild child" names...and lost to the gray guy...what would have happened to Meat should AI/X Factor existed back then and he was a contestant...
People on this forum specifically pointed out they would never vote for Adam...so the question is...would have they voted for Meat where the only big difference is that Meat is straight?
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Ah .. well I wouldn't refuse to vote for Adam Lambert because he's gay .. I don't watch AI so didn't have the opportunity, but if he sounds even close to Freddie he'd have got my vote were I in the US.
And Meat? You bet! I wasn't bowled over because I fancied the pants off him
I was swept away by the power of his performance .. as was my then husband, who didn't fancy him either
And I adored Freddie from the first moment I heard him .. but his wildly encompassing sexual preferences were pretty obvious .. who cares? He had a wonderful voice, was brimming with passion, and exuded sex appeal on stage. But I didn't need to fancy him to adore him as a performer .. (think the overbite would have got in the way
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Over here Will Young, who just lost out in his X-factor final, has made a big career for himself and has a massive female following, despite the fact he's come out since winning.
But if that many people on here have said they woudn't vote for Adam Lambert simply because he's flamboyant and gay? .. who knows how they'd view Meat if he were .. He'd still have got my vote .. given his performance was just as powerful with that voice as huge
We have fey little things like stick insects with wisps of blond hair singing close to falsetto on our talent shows, and they don't move me at all .. not because they're gay; most of them are straight but just too ephemeral for my taste. They'll be chucking embryos on stage soon! I think you need to have left childhood to give a passionate performance that stirs the senses!
Caryl