NY Times Podcast Review:Ricky Martin’s Sells Out On His New Album Sings About Loving Women & Not Other Men!!!
The NY Times reviews Ricky Martin new album Musica + Alma + Sexo since he came out as a gay man.
The question, Ricky Martin fans are probably wondering is how specific will Ricky discuss his love for men?
According to Jon Pareles, Ricky is trying to be relevant in 2011 because he wants to appeal to
heterosexual women.
Gay men will notice that Ricky Martin’s new single with the female singer Joss Stone The Best Thing About Me Is You is a heterosexual love ballad.
Of course, Ricky choosing to sing a song with a woman is clearly a marketing gimmick to appeal to heterosexual women. After all, heterosexual women are still Ricky Martin’s target demographic audience.
I wonder though, what does this say about Ricky Martin’s integrity? If Ricky Martin is so proud to be a gay man why can’t he make music videos about falling in love with another man? Why is Ricky making music videos with heterosexual women? Does this make any sense?
Will straight female still purchase this new album? Or will women reject Ricky Martin since they know their sexual fantasies will never materialize now that he’s out of the closet?
Adam Lambert utilized the same strategy as Ricky Martin make himself appear as heterosexual as possible and appeal to straight women.
It just seems that the more things change the more they stay the same.
A gay man can be gay but he can’t be TOO GAY. So what’s the point of Ricky Martin coming out anyway?
He claims he is so proud to be a gay man, yet he’s singing generic romantic love songs with heterosexual women?
It doesn’t make sense to me, if you come out of the closet you go all the way you don’t compromise to appeal to heterosexuals!
Of course, Ricky is a good entetainer and he wants to sell records, but if Ricky is being honest about his truth, why won’t he sing more about his homosexuality?
Well, the consensus is, the album is just trying to reach a universal audience.
Ricky sings mostly in Spanish and he says in some song lyrics that he is not a liar and he will live his life.
It is just disconcerting that Ricky refuses to be specific about his sexual attraction to other men on the album.
I am kind of disappointed, I was hoping that he would sing about his love for other men in more detail and be a bit more specific.
The message is still negative that a gay man can be out of the closet but he must still compromise and conform to compulsory heterosexuality.
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