Hang Onto Your Hats-Barry Manilow Is Gay!!

[+ Gar1eth]

https://www.google.com/amp/www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2017/04/05/barry-manilow-opens-up-about-being-gay-explains-why-kept-sexuality-secret.amp.html

 

Gman

[+ BenjaminNicholas]

Say it ain't so...

 

Next thing you're going to tell me that Liberace was gay

[Guy Fawkes]

Dang you red baron; You beat me to it...

Say it ain't so...

 

Next thing you're going to tell me that Liberace was gay

[BabyBoomer]

Oh, Mandy.

 

~Boomer~

[+ Robster]

My reaction:

 

Wait, wrong emoji. This was my reaction:

[handiacefailure]

Wow big shock!!! That's as surprising as when Clay Adkin or Ricky Martin came out:) Next thing we'll be hearing is that Richard Simmons is gay.

 

I remember in high school in the 80s kids called him Barry Fagalow and Barry the Fairy

[+ Gar1eth]

Wow big shock!!! That's as surprising as when Clay Adkin or Ricky Martin came out:) Next thing we'll be hearing is that Richard Simmons is gay.

 

I remember in high school in the 80s kids called him Barry Fagalow and Barry the Fairy

 

Even though his songs are often considered schmaltzy, he's a great talent!! And you may not know that he composed a lot of the advertising jingles that were popular for years and years!!!

 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxC2ALO1aHg

 

Gman

[Despardo]

Dang you red baron; You beat me to it...

I went to see Liberace at Radio City Music Hall about 6 months before he died. So glad I did. He was, well...FABULOUS.

[Despardo]

Wow big shock!!! That's as surprising as when Clay Adkin or Ricky Martin came out:) Next thing we'll be hearing is that Richard Simmons is gay.

 

I remember in high school in the 80s kids called him Barry Fagalow and Barry the Fairy

Richard Simmons too???? Where will it end.

[+ deej]

Even though his songs are often considered schmaltzy, he's a great talent!! And you may not know that he composed a lot of the advertising jingles that were popular for years and years!!!

Gman

 

His VSM has been entertaining for years. ("I'm a pepper", "You deserve a break today", etc.) but that video doesn't show any of them.

[rvwnsd]

Honestly, I thought he had already come out. My bad.

[Larstrup]

Even though his songs are often considered schmaltzy, he's a great talent!! And you may not know that he composed a lot of the advertising jingles that were popular for years and years!!

Gman

 

It's also worth noting that his musical genius was the only support which Bette Midler had in her early days at the Continental baths and later at Mans country Chicago and onward from there. They were not unlike Martin and Lewis - just in a different setting and time.

[mike carey]

Next thing you're going to tell me that Liberace was gay

Nah, not gonna happen.

[+ azdr0710]

very talented guy.....but I'd respect him a little more if he didn't feel the need to get so much plastic surgery....was certainly not bad-looking in his younger days

 

http://famousplastic.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/barrymanilowplasticsurgery.jpg

 

http://celebrityplastic.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Barry-Manilow-Plastic-Surgery4.jpg

[+ glennnn]

He writes the songs...... I love to sing along with him. His songbook is really amazing.

[+ glennnn]

My reaction:

 

Wait, wrong emoji. This was my reaction:

 

Rob, we should do a Manilow medley at the Karaoke bar in PS.

[Despardo]

I actually like Copacabana, but most of his songs have me reaching for my insulin--sappy lyrics, hackneyed rhyme schemes, trite tunes, obvious key changes, etc. (I'm glad when you're glad, I'm sad when you're sad--oh, give me a break.) Just not my type of thing.

[Kippy]

Does Bette Midler know about this?

 

Kipp

[Dave]

his reason, if you haven't read the link yet:

 

“I thought I would be disappointing them if they knew I was gay."

ouch, Barry... that's a pretty LGBT-negative statement there. disappointing people because you're gay? as an out-gay-celebrity (who is, whether you like it or not, a role model), that's a really shitty statement for those on their own path.

 

oh, ok, many of your songs were about loving women (and not men). so... you think people would fall apart knowing that you liked guys?

 

I know people in the spotlight often think about their fans, but really - at what point does that become an obsession?

 

let's take a big step back... who are you on this planet for - pleasing others first? or pleasing yourself, first and foremost?

 

 

I would love to have a conversation with this guy.

 

 

from your 2011 album (a fairly recent one, as far as I could tell in my research) -----

 

"Everything's Gonna Be All Right"

 

Take it from me

Everything’s gonna be all right

You wait and see

Everything’s gonna be all right

 

Take it from me

Everything’s gonna be all right

You wait and see

Everything’s gonna be all right

I can see the future

Starin’ right at me

I’m here to inform you

I like what I see

 

And here’s the key

Everything’s gonna be all right

You wait and see

Everything’s gonna be all right

 

Shoutin’ hallelujah

From the day 'til the night

Everything is gonna be all right

Shoutin’ hallelujah

From the day 'til the night

Everything is gonna be all right

All right!

 

Sure, you’ll hit resistance

In anything you do

Depend on persistence

And ride that dream on through

 

And there you’ll be

'Cause everything’s gonna be all right

You wait and see

Everything’s gonna be all right

 

Shoutin’ hallelujah

From the day 'til the night

Everything is gonna be all right

Shoutin’ hallelujah

From the day 'til the night

Everything is gonna be all right

All right!

 

Shoutin’ hallelujah

Joy is comin’ to ya

Everything is gonna be all right

Singin’ to remind you

Happiness will find you

Everything is gonna be all right

 

That’s right

Everything is gonna be all right

That’s right

Everything is gonna be all right

That’s right!

[+ purplekow]

his reason, if you haven't read the link yet:

 

“I thought I would be disappointing them if they knew I was gay."

ouch, Barry... that's a pretty LGBT-negative statement there. disappointing people because you're gay? as an out-gay-celebrity (who is, whether you like it or not, a role model), that's a really shitty statement for those on their own path.

 

oh, ok, many of your songs were about loving women (and not men). so... you think people would fall apart knowing that you liked guys?

 

I know people in the spotlight often think about their fans, but really - at what point does that become an obsession?

 

let's take a big step back... who are you on this planet for - pleasing others first? or pleasing yourself, first and foremost?

 

 

I would love to have a conversation with this guy.

 

 

from your 2011 album (a fairly recent one, as far as I could tell in my research) -----

 

"Everything's Gonna Be All Right"

 

Take it from me

Everything’s gonna be all right

You wait and see

Everything’s gonna be all right

 

Take it from me

Everything’s gonna be all right

You wait and see

Everything’s gonna be all right

I can see the future

Starin’ right at me

I’m here to inform you

I like what I see

 

And here’s the key

Everything’s gonna be all right

You wait and see

Everything’s gonna be all right

 

Shoutin’ hallelujah

From the day 'til the night

Everything is gonna be all right

Shoutin’ hallelujah

From the day 'til the night

Everything is gonna be all right

All right!

 

Sure, you’ll hit resistance

In anything you do

Depend on persistence

And ride that dream on through

 

And there you’ll be

'Cause everything’s gonna be all right

You wait and see

Everything’s gonna be all right

 

Shoutin’ hallelujah

From the day 'til the night

Everything is gonna be all right

Shoutin’ hallelujah

From the day 'til the night

Everything is gonna be all right

All right!

 

Shoutin’ hallelujah

Joy is comin’ to ya

Everything is gonna be all right

Singin’ to remind you

Happiness will find you

Everything is gonna be all right

 

That’s right

Everything is gonna be all right

That’s right

Everything is gonna be all right

That’s right!

So is this a gag song? Because otherwise it a song that made me gag.

[Dave]

So is this a gag song? Because otherwise it a song that made me gag.

 

oh jeez. you, gagging - again?

[jgoo]

Lots of good twiiter responses but my favorite is:

 

Paul Lander‏ @paul_lander

Barry Manilow announces he's gay In similar news, Chris Christie says he loves cake.

 

For others: https://www.queerty.com/twitter-response-barry-manilow-coming-hilarious-touching-20170405?utm_source=Queerty+Subscribers&utm_campaign=b6fc9b2bba-20170405_Queerty_Newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_221c27272a-b6fc9b2bba-429536065

[corymonroe]

“I thought I would be disappointing them if they knew I was gay."

 

Perhaps he thinks of himself as a Tom Cruise type.

 

It may sound like a peculiar thing to say about your coming out, but I suppose he has millions of adoring female fans who have been enjoying his music and concerts for many years. They've spent an extraordinary amount of money on this guy. If he's built his entire career on the fantasy of successful (heterosexual) love songs, then at age 73, he can say anything he wants to justify his coming out. I don't believe the quote above was speaking to gay men, and nor do I believe it was negative towards the LGBT community.

[+ Gar1eth]

His VSM has been entertaining for years. ("I'm a pepper", "You deserve a break today", etc.) but that video doesn't show any of them.

 

I was in a hurry. I didn't have time to look at the video in depth before posting. I had to go by the title.

 

Whatsa 'VSM'?

 

Gman

[+ Gar1eth]

his reason, if you haven't read the link yet:

 

“I thought I would be disappointing them if they knew I was gay."

ouch, Barry... that's a pretty LGBT-negative statement there. disappointing people because you're gay? as an out-gay-celebrity (who is, whether you like it or not, a role model), that's a really shitty statement for those on their own path.

 

oh, ok, many of your songs were about loving women (and not men). so... you think people would fall apart knowing that you liked guys?

 

I know people in the spotlight often think about their fans, but really - at what point does that become an obsession?

 

let's take a big step back... who are you on this planet for - pleasing others first? or pleasing yourself, first and foremost?

 

 

I would love to have a conversation with this guy.

 

 

from your 2011 album (a fairly recent one, as far as I could tell in my research) -----

 

"Everything's Gonna Be All Right"

 

Take it from me

Everything’s gonna be all right

You wait and see

Everything’s gonna be all right

 

Take it from me

Everything’s gonna be all right

You wait and see

Everything’s gonna be all right

I can see the future

Starin’ right at me

I’m here to inform you

I like what I see

 

And here’s the key

Everything’s gonna be all right

You wait and see

Everything’s gonna be all right

 

Shoutin’ hallelujah

From the day 'til the night

Everything is gonna be all right

Shoutin’ hallelujah

From the day 'til the night

Everything is gonna be all right

All right!

 

Sure, you’ll hit resistance

In anything you do

Depend on persistence

And ride that dream on through

 

And there you’ll be

'Cause everything’s gonna be all right

You wait and see

Everything’s gonna be all right

 

Shoutin’ hallelujah

From the day 'til the night

Everything is gonna be all right

Shoutin’ hallelujah

From the day 'til the night

Everything is gonna be all right

All right!

 

Shoutin’ hallelujah

Joy is comin’ to ya

Everything is gonna be all right

Singin’ to remind you

Happiness will find you

Everything is gonna be all right

 

That’s right

Everything is gonna be all right

That’s right

Everything is gonna be all right

That’s right!

 

I'm not sure you can fairly castigate him for that. Number 1- he's 73 years old. He grew up in a different time. Number 2-he became popular in the 1970's. How many out entertainers were there then? It very well could have ruined his career any time until the last 10 to 15 years. Number 3-he was brave enough to get married.

 

Gman