A cartoon he may be but he's not funny
I AM shocked to hear that Elton John has called queer-baiting rapper Eminem "the most important voice since Bob Dylan" and has said he intends to kiss his feet if he ever meets him.
I don't know how Eminem will feel about Elton kissing his feet but I have to assume that Elton is using reverse psychology. Cool singers or bands hate being championed by fellow artists that they consider uncool and Eminem will not take too kindly to being championed by one of the world's most famous diamond-studded homosexuals.
Elton might have found the perfect way to force Eminem underground but I for one will not support anyone who spouts anti-gay nastiness.
Danny Goldberg, the head of Eminem's record label Interscope, has told the American media that Eminem has the right to air his views, whatever they may be. I wonder if he would support Eminem if he was anti-semitic? This proves that homosexuals are the last minority it's cool to hate but it also suggests that Eminem has issues around his own sexuality. Homophobia is, in my opinion, a form of self-hatred because we are all made up of equal parts of Rambo and Lucille Ball. We are all as gay as we are straight and vice versa.
I can't help worrying that Elton might be trying too hard to be trendy but popular culture is so confused right now I am sure Pol Pot could get to number one with the right remix. I keep hearing folk say that Eminem is pure cartoon and that it's all about the groove but I don't buy it. Bob Dylan rallied against war and hatred in his day and I can't think of any similarity between the man with a voice like sand and glue and Eminem. (Express column)
From Salon.com's Nothing Personal Column, by Amy Reiter:
Boy George's new macrobiotic recipe tome, "Karma Cookbook," hit stores this week. And to celebrate, the meat-eschewing former Culture Clubber is apparently cooking up a little bad blood. With Eminem.
"Eminem is just another homoerotic icon in denial," the karma chameleon opines in the U.K.'s Alternative Press magazine. "Any man or woman who craves fame is often slightly in love with themselves."
But it seems Boy George doesn't really want to hurt Eminem. In fact, he suspects he knows the perfect recipe to cure him of his love/hate relationship with himself.
"Someone introduce him to the male G-spot," Boy George says, "please."
That's one introduction we'd be happy to miss.
(Speak for yourself, Amy... ;))) |
