Music Legend Clive Davis Comes Out As Bisexual

[garbon]

http://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/music-legend-clive-davis-comes-out-as-bisexual

The legendary music producer Clive Davis comes out as bisexual in a new memoir, The Soundtrack of My Life, detailing long-term, monogamous relationships with men for the past two decades.
The news was first reported in a Rolling Stone report and an interview with ABC's Nightline Tuesday night.
From Rolling Stone:

In a candid five-page section toward the end of the book, due in stores today, he writes that he first had a sexual encounter with a man during "the era of Studio 54." "On this night, after imbibing enough alcohol, I was open to responding to his sexual overtures," writes Davis, who says he had only been with women before. Being with a man, he writes, provided "welcome relief."
After a period of "soul searching and self-analysis," Davis separated from his second wife in 1985, and says that he went on to have simultaneous relationships with two women and a man. In 1990, he entered into a "monogamous relationship" with a male doctor, who is not named in the book. Although that relationship ended in 2004, Davis says he has been in a subsequent relationship with another man ever since.

[Eddie Teach]

Never heard of him.

[garbon]

Never heard of him.

Truthfully?

[Eddie Teach]

Yes. Don't pay much attention to producers.

[Syt]

http://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/music-legend-clive-davis-comes-out-as-bisexual

The legendary music producer Clive Davis comes out as bisexual in a new memoir, The Soundtrack of My Life, detailing long-term, monogamous relationships with men for the past two decades.
The news was first reported in a Rolling Stone report and an interview with ABC's Nightline Tuesday night.
From Rolling Stone:

In a candid five-page section toward the end of the book, due in stores today, he writes that he first had a sexual encounter with a man during "the era of Studio 54." "On this night, after imbibing enough alcohol, I was open to responding to his sexual overtures," writes Davis, who says he had only been with women before. Being with a man, he writes, provided "welcome relief."
After a period of "soul searching and self-analysis," Davis separated from his second wife in 1985, and says that he went on to have simultaneous relationships with two women and a man. In 1990, he entered into a "monogamous relationship" with a male doctor, who is not named in the book. Although that relationship ended in 2004, Davis says he has been in a subsequent relationship with another man ever since.

Thanks for the info, Marty.

[garbon]

Yes. Don't pay much attention to producers.

Oh then here's the part I cut out. I just thought he was very well known.

Music producer signed Whitney Houston and Bruce Springsteen, worked with Aretha Franklin and many more.

@Syt - I thought this was interesting as he's at least very famous to me and something I wouldn't have expected.

And from wiki:

At Arista, Davis signed Aretha Franklin, Dionne Warwick, Patti Smith, The Outlaws, Eric Carmen, Exposé, Ace of Base, Air Supply, Ray Parker and Raydio, and Alicia Keys, and he brought to the label Carly Simon, The Grateful Dead, The Kinks and Lou Reed. He founded Arista Nashville which became the home to Alan Jackson, Brooks & Dunn, Pam Tillis and Brad Paisley. Davis founded LaFace Records with L.A. Reid and Babyface. LaFace subsequently became the home of TLC, Usher, Outkast, P!nk and Toni Braxton. He founded Bad Boy Records with Sean Combs and it became the home of the Notorious B.I.G., Puffy Combs, Mase, 112 and Faith Evans.

[The Brain]

Never heard of him.

[Caliga]

I look forward to Mart's upcoming post about how everyone important throughout history has probably been gay, so Davis's announcement isn't a surprise at all.

[Admiral Yi]

Never heard of him either.

Only producer I can remember the name of is Phil Specter.

Unless Quincy Jones did some producing as well.

[Caliga]

What about that Turkish dude who helped launch Ray Charles's career?  The one that Booger played in 'Ray'?

[garbon]

Never heard of him either.

Hmph, well I'll be. Perhaps it has to do with the acts that he helped foster (a lot of which were on the R&B side during my lifetime). I link him most closely in my mind with Whitney Houston.*

*"Fun" fact but she was supposed to be getting ready to go to a party thrown by Davis when she died.

[Syt]

@Syt - I thought this was interesting as he's at least very famous to me and something I wouldn't have expected.

Just teasing. You're not quite as "ZOMG U KNOW WHO'S GAY/BI???" as he is.

[Malthus]

For each pointless "gay/bi" thread launched by garbon, I get one free "Jew" thread. 

[garbon]

For each pointless "gay/bi" thread launched by garbon, I get one free "Jew" thread. 

Can you tell me what constitutes a thread with a relevant point? I'm afraid I didn't get a copy of the rubric.

[Admiral Yi]

Can you tell me what constitutes a thread with a relevant point? I'm afraid I didn't get a copy of the rubric.

One of two conditions must be met:

1. If it's just celebrity gossip, like this one, the principle must be someone the rest of us know and care about.

2. Alternatively, the story can contain some other issue of academic interest.