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re: Did Johnny Mathis specifically avoid lyrics with "he", she", "his" or "her" to avoid outing himself?

Posted by:	Chromolume 02:46 pm EDT 09/08/14
In reply to:	re: Did Johnny Mathis specifically avoid lyrics with "he", she", "his" or & ... - LegitOnce 02:43 pm EDT 09/08/14

So far as the sexual orientation question goes, I never think of the singer as expressing these emotions strictly personally. That is, when Eydie Gorme sang "IF He Walked Into My Life," I never imagined she was singing it about Steve Lawrence, or for that matter about either of her sons: rather, Eydie was playing a character singing about a man who walked out on her or in whatever other way was no longer around. Right. And of course as originally written, it's a song sung by an aunt about her nephew - not a song of romantic love at all. (And same of course with "My Best Girl/Beau".)

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