Some say that Let's Dance is Bowie's most "heterosexual" album. This is because the cover portrays him in a "masculine" boxing pose in boxing gloves, and there are few homoerotic or androgynist references in the lyrics. But bowie has said before that he was a "closeted" straight man. It's funny in our culture that it's even possible to be a closeted straight man. Anyway, because of this comment from the artist, I think that Let's Dance is an album he made when he had reached a certain level of self-esteem, because there is such little acting on it. He has often said he felt more like an actor portraying a singer than a singer that added acting into the performance. I think that Let's Dance was an album made when he reached a certain level of honesty that he had not attained before. He had seen what "fame" was and abandoned it for a simpler album. And as much as I LOVE the theatrics of the Ziggy Stardust era, I find the non intellectual emotionalism of the Let's Dance album refreshing.
Some say that Let's Dance is Bowie's most "heterosexual" album. This is because the cover portrays him in a "masculine" boxing pose in boxing gloves, and there are few homoerotic or androgynist references in the lyrics. But bowie has said before that he was a "closeted" straight man. It's funny in our culture that it's even possible to be a closeted straight man. Anyway, because of this comment from the artist, I think that Let's Dance is an album he made when he had reached a certain level of self-esteem, because there is such little acting on it. He has often said he felt more like an actor portraying a singer than a singer that added acting into the performance. I think that Let's Dance was an album made when he reached a certain level of honesty that he had not attained before. He had seen what "fame" was and abandoned it for a simpler album. And as much as I LOVE the theatrics of the Ziggy Stardust era, I find the non intellectual emotionalism of the Let's Dance album refreshing.