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Quote from: "bec"Snoopy I was starting to think I was alone in this. I'm glad you noticed too. It was also an immediate connection I made, and I have never thought of MJ as gay! Not that I would care, I've just never gotten a vibe in that direction to have a preconceived notion from. But the gay audience is minute, really super tiny. Considering gays make up ~10% of the population, and certainly not all gay people like the same music, so we're talking a small cross section of 10% of the population? I don't think market targeting makes much sense here either, but it's an interesting thought.I personally don't care if Michael is straight, gay, bi-sexual or metro sexual...that's his business, I just dissect what information is presented to me.I only say "targeting a gay audience" because of recent "trending media events" could fuel their motives. Issues like same sex marriage, artists who are now "openly" gay like George Michael or Ricky Martin etc...Akon must have sensed the reception of this song would raise eyebrows eventually because of his need to "prove he is not gay" in the media.So then you are left with the lingering question...what's this song and its release really all about? :?:
Snoopy I was starting to think I was alone in this. I'm glad you noticed too. It was also an immediate connection I made, and I have never thought of MJ as gay! Not that I would care, I've just never gotten a vibe in that direction to have a preconceived notion from. But the gay audience is minute, really super tiny. Considering gays make up ~10% of the population, and certainly not all gay people like the same music, so we're talking a small cross section of 10% of the population? I don't think market targeting makes much sense here either, but it's an interesting thought.
Personally I don't think the track is weak, I like it alot, the message I get from the song is to love, pure and simple, L.O.V.E. If you love someone you hold their hand, gives you a warm feeling of not being alone.Maybe my ears are playing tricks with me, but at the start of the song I hear "I'm alive" and at the end I also hear "home again" instead of "hold my hand". Remember MJ loves to create controversy and get the world talking about him ... this album is doing exactly that.
Okay @Bec I did not mean your narrow mindedness, that is why I said our.I read the comments on youtube and I know what the OP means, that it has a chance to be misconstrued and so they should not have used this song. You must understand that there are many haters out there, so they will twist and turn any good song of Michael's into something negative, just so that he does not succeed. You must have read the bad comments about Do you know where your children are too.There have been many male duets before (like bridge over troubled water) and none of them have ever been homosexual - so why should we allow the haters to make us feel that way. Akon is definitely not gay so maybe we just need to nullify the negativity to this song. Remember how simple Enid Blyton books have been twisted saying that Noddy was gay when she just meant to use the word as happy? Thanks to TMZ we also have confirmation of the theme for this video - it isn't gay at all. And now people will make fun of the no hands guy, but I am sure the video will show that those who can't stretch their hand out will be embraced.
Have you people lost your minds?? (Firstly, no need to be rude- everyone has an opinion just like you, which is why we came here to express it-just like you) This song was leaked 2 yrs ago and is nothing but a lovley lovely song! I have not read all the post but are you people nuts !!(Second, you may want to try to do this first before making a comment, if you had read any of it, you'd understand the purpose of the thread)This is a song that sent chills up my spine the first time I heard it and as I have it on my ipod I have listened to it over and over again and it is just a SONG....a very nice song......a very lovely song by two people who respected one another and wanted to collaberate on a song together. (You are right it is a lovely song-but that's not what this thread is about)It is a great song for goodness sake just listen to the song and enjoy it. Who cares about a freaking picture (The visual representation of a song is just as important as the song itself, it can set the tone of its meaning)Stop now and go to bed and get up in the morning and stop trying to see things where there are no things to see . (Again, no need to be rude, If you yourself are comfortable in your life to only see the surface of things, then that's your perogative, but don't berate others who choose to dig deeper.) Just my opinion
I am going to disagree with you on this. I love the song and that picture is of a man on the left holding the hand of a woman on the right.The bodies are shaped differently, the body on the left has muscles...masculine looking and the arm on the right is more slender, the hand appears smaller and more feminine, look at the wrist. All only IMO of course.[attachment=0:15v3lazo]HMH.jpg[/attachment:15v3lazo]
I am going to disagree with you on this. I love the song and that picture is of a man on the left holding the hand of a woman on the right.The bodies are shaped differently, the body on the left has muscles...masculine looking and the arm on the right is more slender, the hand appears smaller and more feminine, look at the wrist. All only IMO of course.[attachment=0:18jhlrkz]HMH.jpg[/attachment:18jhlrkz]
Quote from: "Serenitys_Dream"I am going to disagree with you on this. I love the song and that picture is of a man on the left holding the hand of a woman on the right.The bodies are shaped differently, the body on the left has muscles...masculine looking and the arm on the right is more slender, the hand appears smaller and more feminine, look at the wrist. All only IMO of course.[attachment=0:1bnjgz6z]HMH.jpg[/attachment:1bnjgz6z]hmmm feminine body with no waisteline
I am going to disagree with you on this. I love the song and that picture is of a man on the left holding the hand of a woman on the right.The bodies are shaped differently, the body on the left has muscles...masculine looking and the arm on the right is more slender, the hand appears smaller and more feminine, look at the wrist. All only IMO of course.[attachment=0:1bnjgz6z]HMH.jpg[/attachment:1bnjgz6z]
Quote from: "suspicious mind"Quote from: "Serenitys_Dream"I am going to disagree with you on this. I love the song and that picture is of a man on the left holding the hand of a woman on the right.The bodies are shaped differently, the body on the left has muscles...masculine looking and the arm on the right is more slender, the hand appears smaller and more feminine, look at the wrist. All only IMO of course.[attachment=0:1gag2ys2]HMH.jpg[/attachment:1gag2ys2]hmmm feminine body with no waisteline To me this could have been clarified if they had shown a full body silhouette (head to toe) - then you would know conclusively it is a man and woman. But they did not do this, so it seems it was very intentional that the wanted anyone looking at it to get a "different meaning" out of the song, something more than just the simple act of holding hands. People have commented that this song could represent humanitarian or brotherly love---so then if you take that meaning from it, why would they show just a picture of a man and woman's silhouette holding hands which would indicate it is a "romantic song" instead? You can't have it both ways.... :? It's like his song "Leave Me Alone"- the video was about Michael being harrassed by the media and all the things they critcized him for, yet the lyrics of the song are about a woman. So you can't conclude "Hold my hand" is one dimensional...I think the artwork related to this album is going to be just as interesting as the songs themselves. and there is more to this song than it seems.
Quote from: "Serenitys_Dream"I am going to disagree with you on this. I love the song and that picture is of a man on the left holding the hand of a woman on the right.The bodies are shaped differently, the body on the left has muscles...masculine looking and the arm on the right is more slender, the hand appears smaller and more feminine, look at the wrist. All only IMO of course.[attachment=0:1gag2ys2]HMH.jpg[/attachment:1gag2ys2]hmmm feminine body with no waisteline
I am going to disagree with you on this. I love the song and that picture is of a man on the left holding the hand of a woman on the right.The bodies are shaped differently, the body on the left has muscles...masculine looking and the arm on the right is more slender, the hand appears smaller and more feminine, look at the wrist. All only IMO of course.[attachment=0:1gag2ys2]HMH.jpg[/attachment:1gag2ys2]