Little Richard explains his flamboyant character

[tuckgod]

Damn he’s the greatest A&R of all time

Facts

 

[Born2BKing]

Brah was just gay, which is cool. Seems like some people on here want to say he was bi or liked women because it may help his legacy or some shyt. He made great music and was an icon regardless.

 

[get these nets]

OP

Have to call BS on his comments here, person posted it earlier in the tribute thread

Little Richard was a pioneering musician, and a natural showman. Part of being a showman is being media savvy and giving interviews that make people take note.

As keond mentioned, LR was known for telling stories of events differently depending on the setting. I've read/heard him tell 3 different versions of the story about his connection to JB.

As far as the social media post that Trill posted, a person who followed his books, interviews,films has heard multiple variations of the makeup/flamboyant story.
Doesn't surprise me that the tn would dig for that clip to post on the day that Little Richard passed away.

The versions that I've heard most often have LR copying elements of the stage persona of an artist named Esquerita. The biopic about him, starring Leon, is based on his auto biography & shows him adopting the flamboyance to enhance his stage show when he was early in his career playing in front of Black audiences. Added to his showmanship.

The look LR has in the David Letterman interview, points to him being in one of his religious phases of life. He would turn his back on show business and cling to the church on and off several times in his life. The clean face and natural hair look is when he was heavy on church....and he would speak out against the music industry.

His autobiography and those of legendary Black musicians who came up with him and before him will confirm it.

 

[ultraflexed]

Brah was just gay, which is cool. Seems like some people on here want to say he was bi or liked women because it may help his legacy or some shyt. He made great music and was an icon regardless.

The truth is, he was bi, he said it himself many many times.

 

[tuckgod]

OP

Have to call BS on his comments here, person posted it earlier in the tribute thread


His autobiography and those of legendary Black musicians who came up with him and before him will confirm it.

He says in this interview that he was gay.

I’m saying the flamboyant stage character that he pioneered.

He’s the archetype for everyone from Jagger, to James Brown, to KISS, to Freddie Mercury, to Prince, all because he intimidated some racist cacs.

 

[Booker T Garvey]

That was not a character

Sure wasn’t.

 

[Heafcliffe]

Much respect to Duke after this interview.

 

[KingsOfKings]