2.21.12 Sonisphere confirmed! QUEEN + Adam Lambert

Well I take it to mean that someone doesn't want the song played. People always assume that Adam broke any barriers in radio because WWFM and IIHY got played. I call bullshit. The fact that the played those songs just gives them cover and a way to skirt around things. From the tone of that post and his statement that he won't say anything else I wonder if there isn't MORE resistance to Adam within radio rather than less. Given the conservative nature of radio and the volatile political climate with respect to LGBT I am not surprised. Radio to my seems to be playing the game of "cover my ass" with respect to Adam. They give him just enough headway to forestall claims of homophobia but they can also find endless excuses to not really jump on the bandwagon. While we know about the complaints to ABC and the FCC about the AMA's we have no way of knowing what kind of feedback these radio stations are getting in response to his songs. Given the amount of homophobia rampant in public comment sections isn't it naive to think that the homophobes aren't complaining to radio stations too? Also, these "moral majority" campaigners have a long standing operating procedure of targeting advertisers with complaints.

It seems very easy for many to dismiss the idea of homophobia simply because WWFM and IIHY got played, but both of these songs had to struggle to get where they did and we have no idea exactly how hard RCA had to push to get them where they did. My top 40 station added WWFM very late in the game and significantly dropped spins the minute the song peaked then IIHY was also added VERY late and the second it lost it's bullet it was totally GONE from the playlist. WWFM was played very lightly compared to other recurrents from the same era.

Growing up in Louisiana taught me very well how subtle prejudice can be. I saw how many so called reasonable explanations can be created to cover racism. Blatant homophobia is much easier to battle than the subtle and pervasive institutional prejudice that exists throughout our society. I will say again I think women really need to wake up and realize that we haven't gotten near as far along as we may think when it comes to equality. Women will not be truly equal as long as femininity is used as an insult with respect to gay men. Their battle is ours too.