ALL of the lyrics, every one of them, are thinly veiled and expressing frustration about living a public life as a persona he was NOT. Simply put, he was saying he liked living in the public's eye and wanted to continue to do so, but wanted to live his life authentically, as who he was -- a gay man.
Apparently, more than one meaning can be discerned from this song, however, only one of the meanings fits all of the lyrics neatly. The two meanings debated here are: 1) It's about the breakup of Wham and his feelings about his record label, and 2) It's about his wanting to come out of the closet. The song is about his wanting to come out of the closet, which he eventually did, although most fans likely knew he was gay long before he came out of the closet.
Its obvious. Lyrics like, "I was every little hungry schoolgirl's pride and joy and I guess it was enough for me" speaks to his sexuality and his settling for something less than who he was, and has nothing to do with the breakup of Wham nor his feelings about his record label. "Sometimes the clothes do not make the man." That's very obvious. Someone claiming mightily this isn't about his wanting to come out of the closet might be able to employ enough mental gymnastics to explain why the above lyrics relates to something other than his wanting the world to accept him as a gay man, but the simplest explanation is usually the right one. ALL of the lyrics, every one of them, is expressing frustration about living a public life that is NOT who they are AND he is letting us, his fans, know who is IS and wanting us to accept him for who he is (was). RIP.
ALL of the lyrics, every one of them, are thinly veiled and expressing frustration about living a public life as a persona he was NOT. Simply put, he was saying he liked living in the public's eye and wanted to continue to do so, but wanted to live his life authentically, as who he was -- a gay man.
Apparently, more than one meaning can be discerned from this song, however, only one of the meanings fits all of the lyrics neatly. The two meanings debated here are: 1) It's about the breakup of Wham and his feelings about his record label, and 2) It's about his wanting to come out of the closet. The song is about his wanting to come out of the closet, which he eventually did, although most fans likely knew he was gay long before he came out of the closet.
Its obvious. Lyrics like, "I was every little hungry schoolgirl's pride and joy and I guess it was enough for me" speaks to his sexuality and his settling for something less than who he was, and has nothing to do with the breakup of Wham nor his feelings about his record label. "Sometimes the clothes do not make the man." That's very obvious. Someone claiming mightily this isn't about his wanting to come out of the closet might be able to employ enough mental gymnastics to explain why the above lyrics relates to something other than his wanting the world to accept him as a gay man, but the simplest explanation is usually the right one. ALL of the lyrics, every one of them, is expressing frustration about living a public life that is NOT who they are AND he is letting us, his fans, know who is IS and wanting us to accept him for who he is (was). RIP.