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Michael Stipe on Gay Things

March 18, 2008

michael-stipe.jpgOld Perez posted a little tidbit from Spin Magazine’s interview with the ever-youthful Michael Stipe of R.E.M. that contained a few choice quotes like this one, “There are songs I wrote in the past that were gender-specific. ‘7 Chinese Brothers’ was about me breaking up a couple—and then dating both of them, a man and a woman, which is a terrible thing to do, but I was young and stupid….” That’s just the kind of gay admission we like.

He also talks about how he felt like it was obvious and he didn’t need to say anything, until he finally realized that being an out gay musician might help a kid somewhere. Totes, Mike. It was obvious. But it’s still cool that you finally got around to being a role model. Think of the poor gay children.

 

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