Re: Pete's sexuality and the music

["L. Bird" <pkeets@hotmail.com>]

Anybody see Mick's ad?  He says something like, "When I started this, I 
never thought I'd be a stripper.  I'm just another one of the girls out 
on the runway."  

Think Mick and Pete will do a video together now a la Mick and David 
Bowie?

keets


>Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 19:39:27 -0500
>From: Brian Cady <cadyb@home.com>
>Reply-To: cadyb@home.com
>To: TheWho@igtc.com
>Subject: Re: Pete's sexuality and the music
>
>Howard Powers wrote:
>> And personally I welcome open discussion of sexuality in any forum.  
>
>I agree with this as well and I've wanted to fight for my position but 
I always
>try to avoid trouble.  Whenever the subject of Pete's sexuality is 
raised or
>even if anyone is curious enough to ask a question, what you usually 
get is a
>chorus of "Who cares about his sexuality?"  Behind this I thought was 
the hidden
>phrase, "Stop bringing up this embarrassing and disgusting subject.  I 
don't
>want to hear anything about it!"
>
>Some might argue that we're protecting the man's privacy.  Well, it 
seems a
>little silly to go to such lengths to protect the privacy of a man who 
goes on
>U.S. TV and tells everyone he wants to fuck Mick Jagger.
>
>Personally I don't think Pete is gay or even really bisexual although 
he
>probably has a few same-sex experiences under his belt, so to speak.  
And I do
>think that much is to be gained by looking at Pete's work through a gay 
prism as
>long as you don't look through that prism exclusively.
>
>		-Brian in Atlanta
>		"I think it's love but I can't explain"
>


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