Irvine511
Blue Crack Supplier
joyfulgirl said:Why doesn't Bruce Springsteen have a bigger gay following? All my gay male friends are unimpressed, even annoyed, by him, and the audience at the show I just saw was so white and straight it was unbelievable. Of course it was also white, straight Denver. I take it back, I have one gay friend who likes Springsteen but he is an anomaly in every way. I guess it's the whole blue collar working man thing but, geez, he's also hot, especially today.
while i don't think Bruce is hot, i am a HUGE fan. i think he is, as opposed to Bono, overtly heterosexual. he's not homophobic, but his lyrics are very specific, and very specifically male-female, and i do find them a bit of a barrier sometimes ... i'm not really interested in her secret garden, but i do understand about leaving a bad taste in your mouth, if you know what i mean. his rock stuff is also pretty macho, and rather rah-rah, and when i saw him in concert (very awesome) he did lots of guitar-as-pahllus poses and struts. but his solo accoustic stuff is rather astonishing in it's literary qualities -- he really is Steinbeck in leather. but, yes, his fands tend to be very white and straight.
and i'm sorry, but any gay man who can't appreciate the poet of the working classes being brave enough to write "streets of philadelphia" way back in 1993 really needs to get some perspective.
and many gay men (including me) find the blue collar thing really hot, very butch.