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Michael Stipe comes out....i think

StuffnJunkStuffnJunk Posts: 896
edited April 2008 in Other Music
and he did in in a pretty clever way:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=MuHayrdAP_k
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  • keeponrockinkeeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    Did he?

    Doesn't matter a god damn thing. If that was his coming out, it WAS clever!
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  • PrePre Posts: 17
    He did once say at the Rock and Roll HoF the following: "I'd like to thank all our girlfriends... and boyfriend."
  • MLC2006MLC2006 Posts: 861
    he came out of what? the closet? um, I don't think there's ever been any secret that he's gay. at least for the last 15 years it's not been a secret. he is pretty open about it.
  • StuffnJunkStuffnJunk Posts: 896
    well i can't say i've read or seen every interview he's ever done, but the ones i have he has always been vague....well, good for him either way
    "I'll tell you what: If all I had was Pearl Jam, and I didn't have another band in the world, I would not be worried. Because in there is the essence of making great music. You don't have to use it all at once, but it's there." - Neil Young
  • MLC2006MLC2006 Posts: 861
    StuffnJunk wrote:
    well i can't say i've read or seen every interview he's ever done, but the ones i have he has always been vague....well, good for him either way

    I can't quote particular interviews I've read over the years, but the most recent one I saw he said something to the extent that people should not live in the shadows or deny who they are or something like that. but even before that, I think he was pretty open. I think on vh1 "behind the music" which was probably 10 years ago now, he was open about being gay.
  • pjfan85pjfan85 Posts: 124
    He's been out of the closet for years, I thought. I remember on the R.E.M. "Behind the Music" he said "Uhhh....I thought people knew I was gay in 1983 when I was posing for pictures wearing make-up", or something along those lines.
  • brain of cbrain of c Posts: 5,213
    pjfan85 wrote:
    He's been out of the closet for years, I thought. I remember on the R.E.M. "Behind the Music" he said "Uhhh....I thought people knew I was gay in 1983 when I was posing for pictures wearing make-up", or something along those lines.

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  • JOEJOEJOEJOEJOEJOE Posts: 10,707
    StuffnJunk wrote:
    and he did in in a pretty clever way:

    http://youtube.com/watch?v=MuHayrdAP_k

    Its been known for a long time.....that was very clever!
  • in_hiding79in_hiding79 Posts: 4,315
    MLC2006 wrote:
    he came out of what? the closet? um, I don't think there's ever been any secret that he's gay. at least for the last 15 years it's not been a secret. he is pretty open about it.


    I didn't think it was a secret either!!! :)
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  • Jeremy1012Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    pjfan85 wrote:
    He's been out of the closet for years, I thought. I remember on the R.E.M. "Behind the Music" he said "Uhhh....I thought people knew I was gay in 1983 when I was posing for pictures wearing make-up", or something along those lines.
    He really said that? makes him sound as ignorant as a homophobe :D
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  • pjoasisrulepjoasisrule Posts: 3,412
    I think he was coming out when he made this song.
    http://youtube.com/watch?v=pwXSqWVXACE
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  • harmless_little_f***harmless_little_f*** Posts: 8,005
    Jeremy1012 wrote:
    He really said that? makes him sound as ignorant as a homophobe :D

    That's exactly what I was thinking.
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  • MLC2006MLC2006 Posts: 861
    pjoasisrule wrote:
    I think he was coming out when he made this song.
    http://youtube.com/watch?v=pwXSqWVXACE

    I don't know why everybody hates that song, I think it's a great song, even the video. surely not their best song by any stretch, but still a very good song.
  • DriftingByTheStormDriftingByTheStorm Posts: 8,684
    pjfan85 wrote:
    He's been out of the closet for years, I thought. I remember on the R.E.M. "Behind the Music" he said "Uhhh....I thought people knew I was gay in 1983 when I was posing for pictures wearing make-up", or something along those lines.

    yeah.
    "i thought it was pretty obvious in 1983, when i was wearing eye liner, but ..."

    i still love his classic, "labels are for cans" line.
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  • mattosbornemattosborne Posts: 339
    StuffnJunk wrote:
    well i can't say i've read or seen every interview he's ever done, but the ones i have he has always been vague....well, good for him either way

    vague is usually a pretty good indicator that someone ISN'T heterosexual.
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  • tybirdtybird Posts: 17,388
    Didn't he describe himself as an "omni-sexual" or some such once upon a time???
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  • PrePre Posts: 17
    tybird wrote:
    Didn't he describe himself as an "omni-sexual" or some such once upon a time???

    He has said that's been attracted to and has had relationships with men and women.
  • He_Who_ForgetsHe_Who_Forgets Posts: 200
    MLC2006 wrote:
    I don't know why everybody hates that song, I think it's a great song, even the video. surely not their best song by any stretch, but still a very good song.


    i love that song!
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  • rhcpjam1029rhcpjam1029 Posts: 1,981
    Genius.
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  • Eliot RosewaterEliot Rosewater Posts: 2,659
    Isn't Nightswimming about him coming out? So I've heard...and just a beautiful fucking song too.
  • DriftingByTheStormDriftingByTheStorm Posts: 8,684
    Eliot Rosewater wrote:
    Isn't Nightswimming about him coming out? So I've heard...and just a beautiful fucking song too.

    Nightswimming is just about drunk kids in Athens having fun getting naked and swimming in creeks late at night on weekends.

    :D

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  • PJamGrunge10PJamGrunge10 California Posts: 596
    I saw a "pop up video" but it was an SNL episode in which REM was the musical guest an Michael Stipe appeared in a skit. A bubble popped up and said he admitted to being bisexual. So this isn't exactly a secret...
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  • StuffnJunkStuffnJunk Posts: 896
    mattosborne wrote:
    vague is usually a pretty good indicator that someone ISN'T heterosexual.
    good point!
    "I'll tell you what: If all I had was Pearl Jam, and I didn't have another band in the world, I would not be worried. Because in there is the essence of making great music. You don't have to use it all at once, but it's there." - Neil Young
  • toastertoaster Posts: 152
    Haha, it was a clever way to do it indeed. I was a little surprised that many were so shocked about him coming out, though.
  • stargirl69stargirl69 Posts: 6,387
    pjoasisrule wrote:
    I think he was coming out when he made this song.
    http://youtube.com/watch?v=pwXSqWVXACE


    Its actually about Prozac and its popularity in the early 90's......my friend called her daily dosage her shiny happy pills.
    He also had nothing to come out of he's been quietly out for years.Stipe doesnt have an obsession with his sexuality.Its everyone else that does and why in 2008 does sexuality still grab headlines?
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