“The response was, ‘Thank you, but I’m not interested,’” he recalled. His first experience of unrequited love occurred when he was just 16. “The time that I’ve spent being in love has never been reciprocated. In the same Vibe interview, Vandross admitted that he had never been in love. Like any Black gay man, closeted or not, Vandross only desired what anyone wanted out of life: love and happiness. Who would’ve wanted to come out in such a nasty climate? Nothing about being out at that time seemed safe or worthwhile. What’s worse, years later, in 2000, there was an erroneous report that he had died from the disease.
Not being candid about his sexuality brought an onslaught of rumors that he had contracted AIDS. “I know that I’m paying a price for being so private…and I do wonder if it’s worth it,” he added. “Am I bicoastal? Yeah, I have houses in Beverly Hills and New York.”
In a 2001 interview with Vibe, Vandross jokingly responded to the years-long chatter about his sexuality. In fact, it doesn’t appear Vandross ever really cared that people thought he was gay–he was simply unwilling to confirm or deny it. The tragedy is that he had to hide it in the first place. Turn it up on maximum volume when you get to Superstar.The tragedy is not that LaBelle outed Vandross without his blessing. And all that greatness to come from Luther can never be.So, if you love Luther, this would be the product to get in my opinion.
In another bonus feature Luther sings The Impossible Dream reminding us listeners that it sadly, simply all must've been an impossible dream in one sense or another. In retrospect, now, that was a historic performance. The best tribute is the hidden bonus feature-Luther doing his signature version of A House is Not a Home to one of his idols Dionne Warrick, who, of course sang one of the original versions. Engineer Ray Bardani relates how Luther was more interested some days in how people liked his hair than putting the tracks down and composer/arranger Nate Adderly Jr. Then there are interviews with his partners in crime these many years-bassist Marcus Miller tells of years with the Roberta Flack entourage, how Luther songs are made and his fond memories. In the extras on the DVD is the David Ritz (of Marvin Gaye's biographical "Divided Soul") biographical Luther piece. They show his various incarnations and size fluctuations, his ongoing love/hate affair with visually stu nning Lisa Fischer ('Va-va voom' Luther and I both have said about her), his forages in spirituality and philosophy.even when gas was under a dollar a gallon. This presentation shows the videos telling the listener what's he's about. That means a lot to people even if-especially if-all the other singers of the time are talking the gutter and whatever backwards type attention getting effluvia. His approach was talking about love in all that satiny vocalisation.
LUTHER VANDROSS SONGS ABOUT HIS BOYFRIEND FULL
The glass was half full rather than half empty even when he was telling his no good, man chasin' woman, it's over now.(but be on the lowdown cuz my nosy neighbors are lookin'). The tunes starting from the 80s' Never Too Much to his most recent grammy winner Dance with My Father all reflected the singer's overall approach to love, life and even the blues.
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