Adam's Competition for the Queen gig? JSS...

[Don]

Queen doesn't NEED a Cinderella story. They lost Freddie TRAGICALLY and everyone will root for them to find another singer and will want to know who he is when the time comes. No points for Tito

He did not die tragically, he did it to himself.

Well, he did.

One day, someone's gonna kick in your closet door Tito.

[Luvsaugeri]

How about Arnel? He does Queen. He can do Queen in the winter, Journey in the summer. More money to feed those homeless kids and make enough to retire in two years between both gigs, and both bands will have slots open again and the infighting on MR can begin again on who should be the next singer with Journey. Just a thought.

Seeing how May and Schon are such good chums, maybe they could work something out, sort of like a timeshare.

[StevePerryHair]

Queen doesn't NEED a Cinderella story. They lost Freddie TRAGICALLY and everyone will root for them to find another singer and will want to know who he is when the time comes. No points for Tito

He did not die tragically, he did it to himself.

Yeah, that is something that could happen to ANYONE who has sex and in the 80's people hadn't hardly heard the word AIDS until him! And any young death is tragic no matter WHAT the cause Whatever

[Rhiannon]

Queen doesn't NEED a Cinderella story. They lost Freddie TRAGICALLY and everyone will root for them to find another singer and will want to know who he is when the time comes. No points for Tito

He did not die tragically, he did it to himself.

Well, he did.

Because heterosexuals are immune to HIV and AIDS, right?
It is sad that he had to die like that, and so in that respect it is tragic. Regardless of your or anyone's core values.

[Tito]

Queen doesn't NEED a Cinderella story. They lost Freddie TRAGICALLY and everyone will root for them to find another singer and will want to know who he is when the time comes. No points for Tito

He did not die tragically, he did it to himself.

Yeah, that is something that could happen to ANYONE who has sex and in the 80's people hadn't hardly heard the word AIDS until him! And any young death is tragic no matter WHAT the cause Whatever

No one heard of the word AIDS until late 1991? Come on. Who/where did he get it from? Either way, he did it to himself.

[Tito]

Queen doesn't NEED a Cinderella story. They lost Freddie TRAGICALLY and everyone will root for them to find another singer and will want to know who he is when the time comes. No points for Tito

He did not die tragically, he did it to himself.

Well, he did.

Because heterosexuals are immune to HIV and AIDS, right?
It is sad that he had to die like that, and so in that respect it is tragic. Regardless of your or anyone's core values.

No, but is that where he got it from?

[brywool]

Queen doesn't NEED a Cinderella story. They lost Freddie TRAGICALLY and everyone will root for them to find another singer and will want to know who he is when the time comes. No points for Tito

He did not die tragically, he did it to himself.

Yeah, that is something that could happen to ANYONE who has sex and in the 80's people hadn't hardly heard the word AIDS until him! And any young death is tragic no matter WHAT the cause Whatever

No one heard of the word AIDS until late 1991? Come on. Who/where did he get it from? Either way, he did it to himself.

Freddie got aids in like 84/85. It was only in the late 80s or early 90s that it was let out that he had it. I highly doubt that at that early time, he thought that he could get it and not sure if anyone knew how to prevent it at that time. So I don't think it was like a drug addict that knows what he's doing has consequences. Could be wrong...

How bout that Journey band huh? Wow, those guys is good...

[StevePerryHair]

Queen doesn't NEED a Cinderella story. They lost Freddie TRAGICALLY and everyone will root for them to find another singer and will want to know who he is when the time comes. No points for Tito

He did not die tragically, he did it to himself.

Yeah, that is something that could happen to ANYONE who has sex and in the 80's people hadn't hardly heard the word AIDS until him! And any young death is tragic no matter WHAT the cause Whatever

No one heard of the word AIDS until late 1991? Come on. Who/where did he get it from? Either way, he did it to himself.

It can take at least 10 years to die from AIDS, which means it was contracted LONG before people were even talking about that virus. I am very familiar with HIV and it's history, so don't even try. He did not set out to get HIV. No one does and you are so shallow to even see it that way.

[StevePerryHair]

Queen doesn't NEED a Cinderella story. They lost Freddie TRAGICALLY and everyone will root for them to find another singer and will want to know who he is when the time comes. No points for Tito

He did not die tragically, he did it to himself.

Yeah, that is something that could happen to ANYONE who has sex and in the 80's people hadn't hardly heard the word AIDS until him! And any young death is tragic no matter WHAT the cause Whatever

No one heard of the word AIDS until late 1991? Come on. Who/where did he get it from? Either way, he did it to himself.

Freddie got aids in like 84/85. It was only in the late 80s or early 90s that it was let out that he had it.

Yes, but it became bigger news when celebrities contracted it or died from it. When it came out Freddie died from it, that was huge news and made people more aware. Just as Magic Johnson did that in the heterosexual world. It opened people's eyes is what I am saying. And look at Magic Johnson still alive! Do you know why?? Because he was lucky enough, if you want to call it that, to find out at a time when they had better medications and he has the money to pay for the best drugs. If Freddie had contracted it later, I bet he could possibly even still be alive today.

[Tito]

Queen doesn't NEED a Cinderella story. They lost Freddie TRAGICALLY and everyone will root for them to find another singer and will want to know who he is when the time comes. No points for Tito

He did not die tragically, he did it to himself.

Yeah, that is something that could happen to ANYONE who has sex and in the 80's people hadn't hardly heard the word AIDS until him! And any young death is tragic no matter WHAT the cause Whatever

No one heard of the word AIDS until late 1991? Come on. Who/where did he get it from? Either way, he did it to himself.

It can take at least 10 years to die from AIDS, which means it was contracted LONG before people were even talking about that virus. I am very familiar with HIV and it's history, so don't even try. He did not set out to get HIV. No one does and you are so shallow to even see it that way.

I don't think anyone intentionally tries to get AIDS or any disease for that matter. However, and this is my point, his lifestyle (intended or not) is why he got AIDS. Therefore, he did it to himself.

[Jana]

Queen doesn't NEED a Cinderella story. They lost Freddie TRAGICALLY and everyone will root for them to find another singer and will want to know who he is when the time comes. No points for Tito

He did not die tragically, he did it to himself.

Yeah, that is something that could happen to ANYONE who has sex and in the 80's people hadn't hardly heard the word AIDS until him! And any young death is tragic no matter WHAT the cause Whatever

No one heard of the word AIDS until late 1991? Come on. Who/where did he get it from? Either way, he did it to himself.

It was tragic. It would have been tragic if heterosexuals began suffering from AIDS and dying at an alarming rate just from having sex.

I can just see it, Tito. Not only will you probably have a gay son, but he is going to be a flamer, very flamboyant, not a GQ gay like my good friend. Karma's a bitch.

[Tito]

Queen doesn't NEED a Cinderella story. They lost Freddie TRAGICALLY and everyone will root for them to find another singer and will want to know who he is when the time comes. No points for Tito

He did not die tragically, he did it to himself.

Yeah, that is something that could happen to ANYONE who has sex and in the 80's people hadn't hardly heard the word AIDS until him! And any young death is tragic no matter WHAT the cause Whatever

No one heard of the word AIDS until late 1991? Come on. Who/where did he get it from? Either way, he did it to himself.

It was tragic. It would have been tragic if heterosexuals began dying at an alarming rate from having sex.

I can just see it, Tito. Not only will you probably have a gay son, but he is going to be a flamer, very flamboyant, not a GQ gay like my good friend. Karma's a bitch.

I'll kill him.

P.S. I hope SteveW doesn't see your post.

[StevePerryHair]

Queen doesn't NEED a Cinderella story. They lost Freddie TRAGICALLY and everyone will root for them to find another singer and will want to know who he is when the time comes. No points for Tito

He did not die tragically, he did it to himself.

Yeah, that is something that could happen to ANYONE who has sex and in the 80's people hadn't hardly heard the word AIDS until him! And any young death is tragic no matter WHAT the cause Whatever

No one heard of the word AIDS until late 1991? Come on. Who/where did he get it from? Either way, he did it to himself.

It can take at least 10 years to die from AIDS, which means it was contracted LONG before people were even talking about that virus. I am very familiar with HIV and it's history, so don't even try. He did not set out to get HIV. No one does and you are so shallow to even see it that way.

I don't think anyone intentionally tries to get AIDS or any disease for that matter. However, and this is my point, his lifestyle (intended or not) is why he got AIDS. Therefore, he did it to himself.

Hmm, and I bet you don't know anyone who has casual sex with different people from time to time? Would it not be tragic if that happened to a young friend of yours? The only lifestyle you need for HIV is promiscuity, which is pretty damned common in todays world

[Tito]

Queen doesn't NEED a Cinderella story. They lost Freddie TRAGICALLY and everyone will root for them to find another singer and will want to know who he is when the time comes. No points for Tito

He did not die tragically, he did it to himself.

Yeah, that is something that could happen to ANYONE who has sex and in the 80's people hadn't hardly heard the word AIDS until him! And any young death is tragic no matter WHAT the cause Whatever

No one heard of the word AIDS until late 1991? Come on. Who/where did he get it from? Either way, he did it to himself.

It can take at least 10 years to die from AIDS, which means it was contracted LONG before people were even talking about that virus. I am very familiar with HIV and it's history, so don't even try. He did not set out to get HIV. No one does and you are so shallow to even see it that way.

I don't think anyone intentionally tries to get AIDS or any disease for that matter. However, and this is my point, his lifestyle (intended or not) is why he got AIDS. Therefore, he did it to himself.

Hmm, and I bet you don't know anyone who has casual sex with different people from time to time? Would it not be tragic if that happened to a young friend of yours? The only lifestyle you need for HIV is promiscuity, which is pretty damned common in todays world

I know plenty of people who have casual sex (including swingers) and with the exception of an occasional cold soar, no problems.

[StevePerryHair]

Queen doesn't NEED a Cinderella story. They lost Freddie TRAGICALLY and everyone will root for them to find another singer and will want to know who he is when the time comes. No points for Tito

He did not die tragically, he did it to himself.

Yeah, that is something that could happen to ANYONE who has sex and in the 80's people hadn't hardly heard the word AIDS until him! And any young death is tragic no matter WHAT the cause Whatever

No one heard of the word AIDS until late 1991? Come on. Who/where did he get it from? Either way, he did it to himself.

It can take at least 10 years to die from AIDS, which means it was contracted LONG before people were even talking about that virus. I am very familiar with HIV and it's history, so don't even try. He did not set out to get HIV. No one does and you are so shallow to even see it that way.

I don't think anyone intentionally tries to get AIDS or any disease for that matter. However, and this is my point, his lifestyle (intended or not) is why he got AIDS. Therefore, he did it to himself.

Hmm, and I bet you don't know anyone who has casual sex with different people from time to time? Would it not be tragic if that happened to a young friend of yours? The only lifestyle you need for HIV is promiscuity, which is pretty damned common in todays world

I know plenty of people who have casual sex and with the exception of an occasional cold soar, no problems.

Well that is just LUCK I know the numbers Tito, and it is like russian roulette for ANYONE playing, not just homosexuals

[Rhiannon]

Because heterosexuals are immune to HIV and AIDS, right?
It is sad that he had to die like that, and so in that respect it is tragic. Regardless of your or anyone's core values.

No, but is that where he got it from?

No, but the point is that it can happen to anyone, I mean today you have tests and the smarter/safer approach to physical relationships so most of us are smart enough to take preventative measures and avoid contracting it. But all it takes is trusting someone a little too much or (since the symptoms sometimes don't surface for 10 years) being totally oblivious by accident. Back in his day, people weren't so aware of it as they are today. Could he have been more careful? Probably. Who knows. But this stigma that AIDS is the "gay disease" is backwater rubbish, and anyone of any intelligence knows that.

If you drink after someone with mono who doesn't know they have it yet, and you get it too, did you bring it on yourself? No. Could you have been safer and not drank after anyone at all, yeah. But, oh well. That's life. We're just humans who don't always think.

[brywool]

I don't think anyone intentionally tries to get AIDS or any disease for that matter. However, and this is my point, his lifestyle (intended or not) is why he got AIDS. Therefore, he did it to himself.

But your statement makes it sound like "He knowingly did it to himself". I don't agree. I think it was too early for him to know much about it.

[brywool]

StevePerryHair,

why do you have "Go Penis" in your sig...

oh

wait....

[Ehwmatt]

Does anyone here really believe Magic Johnson has HIV? I mean really, come on. The guy has gained about 400 pounds, looks better than me with a light case of morning seasonal allergies, and appears generally vibrant. It's a conspiracy!

[Behshad]

If you wanna get technical, he didnt do it to himself, someone else did it to him.

[brywool]

Does anyone here really believe Magic Johnson has HIV? I mean really, come on. The guy has gained about 400 pounds, looks better than me with a light case of morning seasonal allergies, and appears generally vibrant. It's a conspiracy!

I was SO going to write this, the first sentence anyway.

[Ehwmatt]

Does anyone here really believe Magic Johnson has HIV? I mean really, come on. The guy has gained about 400 pounds, looks better than me with a light case of morning seasonal allergies, and appears generally vibrant. It's a conspiracy!

I was SO going to write this, the first sentence anyway.

I mean come on, after all these years that he's supposedly had it too!

[RedWingFan]

Even comparing JSS and Adam Lambert is a joke - JSS is a legit frontman and seasoned rock performer.

This Lambert kid was just a runner up in a televised karaoke contest - he's a rock star in the same way that the Harlem Globetrotters were a championship basketball team. Meaning - "it was just a show folks"

I don't know , next year when Adam outsells JSS's career of cds on his first cd ,you will have to say "Comparing Adam lambert to JSS(who?) is a joke-Adam is a multi platinum selling superstar and that other guy got let go from that girl lovin 70/80's band ..Journey

This is probably the greatest comeback I've ever seen here at MR..

I have to admit, it was pretty brilliant! Funny as hell too!

[fredinator]

There were rumors of a deadly "gay" disease going back to the 70s. I remember they think it originated here with a male flight attendant; I don't remember his name but I remember what he looked like--blonde, handsome; he was very promiscuous. I don't remember what country he was from.

[Ehwmatt]

There's no fuckin way I believe someone in Africa screwed a monkey and then boom we had an epidemic on our hands, either.

[Behshad]

There were rumors of a deadly "gay" disease going back to the 70s. I remember they think it originated here with a male keyboard player ; I don't remember his name but I remember what he looked like--kinda gay ; he was very promiscuous. I don't remember what country he was from.

Jonathan ?

[Rhiannon]

There's no fuckin way I believe someone in Africa screwed a monkey and then boom we had an epidemic on our hands, either.

I thought it was because of missionaries taking vaccines to Africa? Since primate DNA is so close to our own, scientists made a vaccine (for smallpox, malaria... whatever the hell it was) which was carted over by missionaries in the early-mid 20th century. Unknowingly giving them HIV, and the shady missionaries who were banging the tribespeople brought it back to America. Or something. Then there's the whole government conspiracy bullshit, too.

[fredinator]

[Behshad]

There's no fuckin way I believe someone in Africa screwed a monkey and then boom we had an epidemic on our hands, either.

I dont believe it either. I mean look at Michael Jackson and Bubbles..... Or Stevew2 & Tito.....

[Ehwmatt]

There's no fuckin way I believe someone in Africa screwed a monkey and then boom we had an epidemic on our hands, either.

I thought it was because of missionaries taking vaccines to Africa? Since primate DNA is so close to our own, scientists made a vaccine (for smallpox, malaria... whatever the hell it was) which was carted over by missionaries in the early-mid 20th century. Unknowingly giving them HIV, and the shady missionaries who were banging the tribespeople brought it back to America. Or something. Then there's the whole government conspiracy bullshit, too.

Who knows, but let me ask you, do you believe Magic Johnson has HIV?