Did something happen in it while I was away? What'd I miss?

Apparently, this was missed:

I was going to check out the video, watched a few seconds, left the computer for a few minutes and when I got back the video was removed from youtube and later also the entire thread. Dang

So what was that about, what was the orger posting saying with the video? What were thew news?

VenusBlingBling said:

Oh, it's gone from YouTube also? I don't know what she said, I didn't have the patience to sit through it and jumped right to the performance.

The chick was getting her chain yanked by someone that is not Prince. The video is still on the internet, though... minus the fammy blathering.

squirrelgrease said:

Wow, that's kind of embarassing.

squirrelgrease said:

I wonder if one of the boot outfits played her or if it was an intentional stupid viral marketing thing by them where she knew what was up?

Serena said:

All I know is that the sound accompanying the video is far superior to what is generally available from these shows, while the video seems to still be sourced from the screens via cell-phone. I'm guessing that this is some bootlegger fun.

squirrelgrease said:

So she's NOT the chosen one then?

xlr8r said:

I'd like to hear her tell the full story...I'm bored and avoiding tedious crap.

WTF was I saying edit: I'd like to READ the story, not HEAR her tell it.
[Edited 9/20/09 18:27pm]

squirrelgrease said:

Eh, the video looked way too good to be from cell-phones. It was just as good as the other lotusflower videos and even had the logo on the side.

Gohi said:

Well if it's from a boot release, I imagine they had better equipment. Wonder if they had the logo on the screens during the performance, anyone here who went who could answer that?

Or, P's camp could've released it to Dr. Funkenberry (considering he showed up towards the end of the thread to defend the chick) or something like that to get it out there...which hopefully means we'll be seeing more of it!
[Edited 9/20/09 19:49pm]

Serena said:

All very interesting

Serena said:

The Montreux logo was on the screens at the show. It appeared in the previous cell-phone videos of the multi-angle projection. At this point, anything's a possibility as to the source of this scrunched 16:9 video. It looks sub-par to me, but it could be coming from a direct feed and just be highly compressed. Still, I wouldn't believe a thing J7 says.

I still say Shelbey was a pawn in an elaborate game of international bootleg espionage.

squirrelgrease said:

Yup, it's certainly a possibility!

squirrelgrease said:

I don't remember it being on there, but then again I can't remember my own name half the time so I could be wrong!!

See to me the live footage looked real albeit the wrong resoltion, picture good quality, sound good quality.


we'll see won't we.

squirrelgrease said:

I know there were large screens at Montreux, but there's no way this footage was taken via a cell phone of those screens. Firstly, you have the Montreux logo in the corner; Secondly, there's not a trace of wobbling as you'd expect from a hand held device; And thirdly, it doesn't appear to have been filmed on an angle. In other words, if this was taken from a cell phone/camera, the person would have had to have had it on a tripod of some sort, been directly in front of the screen, and had a shit hot camera! It should also be noted that the video is in the incorrect ratio - the same as the other lotusflow3r.com Montreux videos.

IMO, there are only 4 plausible reasons for this video leak:
1) Everything Shelbey said was the truth - Prince's camp sent it to her to use as promotion for an upcoming project.
2) She somehow stole it and made up some crap story about her being the "chosen one".
3) The Prince camp sent it to her privately and she went behind their backs and released it.
4) Someone else stole it and sent it to her pretending to be Prince's camp.

toejam said:

Valid points. But this video leak has nothing to do with Prince's camp. It was a bootleg endeavor.