Do you believe that, like most of us, Prince ever tries doing those typical Michael Jackson dance moves when no one is watching..?


[Edited 9/26/05 6:09am]

didn't he kind of bust some of those moves in the "thieves in the temple" video?

Heiress said:

I don't know, did he? Which ones?

go to yahoo launch videos, and check it out... it's the extended version, and somewhere in the middle, he kind of does this little MJ "bad" era routine w/ his posse.

In '88 he played a snippet of The Way You Make Me Feel in a rehearsal, so who knows.

Randolph said:

Yes, in Theives in the Temple video he sorta copied the alley dance scene from the The Way You Make Me Feel video. He even had the pony tail going on.

On the Chris Rock show he does a little MJ kick and does the "Hee Heee!"
during his Face Down performance

I love that performance!

He reminds me a lot of MJ it the "Work" song on the Las Vegas DVD concert.

thekidsgirl said:

Exactly! That one's very obvious.

Also, in the Musicology show from Madison Square Garden (and maybe the other shows as well?), he did a dance routine on "When Doves Cry" that was very MJ-inspired - he even had the fedora hat!

I get the impression that Prince could have been at least as good a dancer as Michael, had he taken it more seriously. I guess most of Prince's dance moves are staged and rehearsed just like anybody else's, but still it looks very spontaneous, like he doesn't really care how it comes out - compared to Michael's dancing, which to me comes across as very meticulous and strict.

He reminded me of MJ when he did the "put the hat on while I take a cool stance in the spotlight thing" during the 'Musicology' tour. It was too much like some "Billie Jean" peerformances I've seen.

VanitySixx said:

yea! i thought i was the only one who noticed that!! i remember when i first saw the vid and i posted about how i thought some of it was michael jacksony, folks on here flipped! sayin stuff like mike be copying prince, only the ponytail looks like mike, etc..
but i knew i wasnt the only one!

On the other hand, compare Michael's "Why you wanna trip on me" (from 1991) with Prince's "Batdance" (from 1989) - some very striking similarities!

• Both songs start with a feedback guitar chord.
• MJ's rhythm track is very similar to the "Vicki Vale"-part of "Batdance", most notably the 16th-note guitar rhythm. Also, they're almost in the exact same tempo.
• Both the MJ groove and the "Vicki Vale"-part starts the same way - with a looped/syncopated snare drum fill.
• MJ's snare drum sound in the intro is reminiscent of Prince's "Work!" sample.

There might be other similarites as well, I haven't checked it out thoroughly.

Randolph said:

Moonwalking in high heeled boots and white socks???


I'd kill to see that!
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He was recreating the dance moves and the hat thing from the when doves cry video and performances from 84-5

AsianConnection said:

thekidsgirl said:

Ive never thought that was linked to MJ.
Seriously i just dont here it.

ufoclub said:

Nah, much more like "Billie Jean" (Motown 25 performance in '83 I think).

I don't try to dance like MJ, whatchoo talkin' bout, Willis?

how would you classify the moves with the hat in the "when doves cry" video and concert performances from Purple rain days?

AsianConnection said:

ufoclub said:

I'm very much familiar with the "When Doves Cry" video. That was definitely original and in no way similar to anything that I've seen MJ do. Of the 5 'Musicology' shows I went to, anything Prince did, did not resemble that video.

plus these days, it's Usher's moves that Prince was vamping... Usher has stolen the Jackson moves and subtley made them more up to date and "urban". Then Prince steals them.

AsianConnection said:

muirdo said:

you don't really? I mean its not like Prince goes "HEEE! HEE!" too often

He was just playing around, throwing that in there