Elton John makes one big mistake here (and it's the same Lady Gaga already made with declaring here next whatever the biggest whatever):
You can't give a song an attribute before it's even released, a song has to become a (gay or whatever) "anthem" on its own merits. Neither I Will Survive, It's Raining Men nor YMCA were "gay anthems" before they were released (I didn't even know until now that I Will Surive was considered a gay anthem).
I bet We Are The Champions wasn't planned by Mercury & Co. as a worldwide sports stadium anthem either. Imagine didn't become a freedom anthem because Lennon said so beforehand (but I bet he hoped). It doesn't work that way.
Go West by Village People (made famous by the Pet Shop Boys) ironically became a football anthem.
I'm surprised Elton John made this mistake as I'm pretty sure stereotyped thinking is the last thing gay people want. Why does he declare a song "the new gay anthem." and then say "Actually, it's not a gay anthem - it can apply to anybody."
It seems with the last part Elton suddenly remembered that all his career he was the one who was (successfully) fighting against stereotyped thinking, not the one with the narrow mind.
