Not only was the video eye-catching but it was one of the most honest "I'm coming out gay" songs ever done. Included was the chorus:
All we have to do now is take these lies and make them true somehow..."
which was really him saying that "coming out is going to kill my popularity in some of the audience areas I've cultivated but I can't hide this anymore. You'll just have to accept that."
I respected his craft even if I didn't always like his viewpoint.
There's always something just a little askew when you find out that incredibly handsome men (Rock Hudson, Tab Hunter, etc.) women were agog about had no interest in women except to disguise their homosexuality. Something oddly cruel about that.
But this guy looked like a homosexual, whereas Hudson did not. This old lady still finds it hard to believe when I see an old clip of Hudson.