Oct 12 2009

georgetterox

And There, He’s Gone

Posted at 7:36 am under Current Affairs

I was enjoying my blogwalking yesterday as my friend updated her Facebook status with news which shocked me then: Stephen Gately was dead.

As a teenage chick of nineties, I remember exact that Stephen Gately was a member of Boyzone, and though I refused to be called as a Boyzone’s fan, but I should admit that I had two of their first albums completely at home, and I argued with my dad coz my dad declined to buy me the third one.

Stephen Gately was the prettiest Boyzone’s member –I’m not kidding ya-, his face was as pretty as a girl.

I’d suspected him that actually he was a wimp, if only he didn’t shock his girl fans at ’99 that actually he was gay.

Stephen Gately performs in the clip of Boyzone's No Matter What.

Stephen Gately performs in the clip of Boyzone's No Matter What.

When I was a teenager I loved collecting pictures of music groups, and my hobby was determining who’s the cutest of them all (what a shallow!).

People said the cutest among the Boyzone was Ronan Keating, though I preferred Shane Lynch (coz of a cheesy reason, I love men with strong mandibles :-p).

Lotta girls loved Stephen Gately coz he’d got a sweet smile, but I was always suspicious to guys with sweet smiles.

Look at his thin smile. A normal guy won't smile like that.

Look at his thin smile. A normal guy won't even smile like that.

Stephen confessed that he was gay at ’99 and girls got disappointed.

He had been gay for long time, far before he entered Boyzone, but he admitted later after the group became a hit.

Louis Walsh, the producer who casted the Boyzone’s personnel, didn’t know that Stephen was gay.

He said later that if only he knew it from the start, he might gonna think twice to input Stephen into Boyzone.

It’s not cool if a boys group which created to make girls hysterically, has a member who doesn’t love girls, but prefer boys, is it?

This is an important lesson for any casting manager, next time if you wanna create a handsome artist which targeted girls as his fans, ask him first, “Do you love pussy or Mr P?”

Stephen must’ve known that Boyzone’s created for girl fans, but he insisted to apply.

I think he’s got crushed on the money, though he must suppress his different sex orientation.

Then I ask his motive, should we sell the whole of ourself, including our sex orientation, just for reaching popularity and high income?

I don’t know whether Stephen’s breakthrough as he confessed that he was gay at ’99 made a better condition for him or not. Definitely, another year later, Boyzone split.

Their latest single, Everyday I Love You, hit the chart, but essentially they split.

Stephen made his own solo album, A New Beginning, another year later, and promoted himself in my country.

His management team warned the Indonesian press, not for asking Stehen’s sex orientation. Dunno why.

Stephen Gately and his husband, Andrew Cowles.

Stephen Gately and his husband, Andrew Cowles.

Stephen Gately married his gay partner, Andrew Cowles, at ’03.

He died two days ago while he was enjoying vacation at Majorca, Spain.

As I’m writing this, I haven’t got a definite reason of the death.

The dead of Stephen Gately, another storymaker of my teenage age, has just reminded me that another part of my teen side has gone.

10 responses so far




10 Responses to “And There, He’s Gone”

  1.   t3phon 12 Oct 2009 at 9:42 am 1

    wow baru tau kalo dia mati… (dan baru tau juga klo dia pernah merit). knapa ya matinya?

  2.   elmoudyon 12 Oct 2009 at 10:55 pm 2

    whaatt… he is dead….
    Moga damai bersama Tuhan…
    kenapa meninggal? kecelakaankah? atau sakit??

  3.   OSHon 13 Oct 2009 at 3:48 am 3

    Hi, thanks for dropping by at my place. Hah ha…you dont think that boys band is also for the guys (or gays!), don’t you?

  4.   georgetteroxon 13 Oct 2009 at 5:21 am 4

    Well..until now I haven’t found out why Stephen was dead. Somebody said that he had just been home from a party, got into his hotel room, fell asleep and never woke up anymore. Before, he was absolutely fine.

    Actually, some boys at my school loved boys band. And Boyzone was one of their favorite list. I mocked those of my friends..such as lesbians in masculine bodies. Hahahah.. :-)

  5.   suwungon 14 Oct 2009 at 4:41 pm 5

    meningal baru kali ini ya beliau?

  6.   georgetteroxon 15 Oct 2009 at 10:09 pm 6

    Kebetulan kalau meninggalnya baru kali ini, Mas. Kalau sebelumnya belum pernah meninggal..

  7.   Bang Aswion 16 Oct 2009 at 2:39 am 7

    Saya malah tahu Pak Ronan yang dah jadi bisnisman para boys band setelah boyzone ^_^

  8.   georgetteroxon 16 Oct 2009 at 9:42 pm 8

    Iya, Bang, Ronan memang jadi produsernya Westlife.. Memang susah ya kalau yang meninggal kebetulan kalah beken ketimbang saingannya. Jadi kalo meninggal pun jarang ada yang tahu ^^

  9.   Desri Susilawanion 20 Oct 2009 at 8:35 pm 9

    Mati rasa gw sama Mr.SG. Padahal dulu pun aku fans BZ

  10.   georgetteroxon 20 Oct 2009 at 11:37 pm 10

    Untung dia juga nggak pernah ada rasa sama gw. Lha gw juga nggak pernah ada rasa sama dia tuh.. :-p

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