US Figure Skater Jason Brown gets a standing ovation at the US Figure Skating Championships last night with his interpretation of "A Question of U". Finishing 3rd in the mens short program.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0u6M6ALdK8

AWESOME!

Woah!

Now i know i need to buy some reading glasses, cuz i read that as James Brown.

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i actually did watch a bit of this.

the outfit is a bit much, eh?

great skater, though.

Prost!

What a pleasant surprise to log on and see this. Love everything about this kid. Totally love his song choice, and one of my favorite songs by Prince. The music is so haunting, the outfit with the symbol says it all and most importantly the performance was outstanding. Hope Prince checks it out. It made my day and I’m sure it will make his day as well. Thank u so much crpaisleyfan 4 sharing.

the on his back was cool

^ Yaeh. Wow, great little clip. Even Prince should be proud of this guy.

I mean.. that symbol and he's in purple and with that '82 "Prince coat"- thing on his right shoulder... very c-o-o-l.

Katarina Witt used the song in 1991.

http://www.goldenskate.com/figure-skating-results/figure-skating-results-professional-and-pro-am-competitions/ladies-focused-figure-skating-championships/

crpaisleyfan said:

Some incredible skating there! Love his Prince inspired outfit too; the symbol on his back, the shoulder pad and the buttons down his pants.

I just saw this! Great song choice and great performance as well. And only 19! Such a pleasant surprise.

he needs to invent high heal skates !

Superb! Impressive young skater, love it!

I saw a performance by Daisuke Takahashi last year and I thought it was The Question of U he was skating to, but it was Eddy Louiss "Blues For Klook"

SchlomoThaHomo said:

He has the Prince symbol also, YES

nayroo2002 said:

Woah!

Now i know i need to buy some reading glasses, cuz i read that as James Brown.

Same here. Damn, was all surprised and excited imagining how James might have performed it too.

Guess we should both book rooms in the Home for the Partially Sighted But Funky .

MarshallStacks said:

nayroo2002 said:

Woah!

Now i know i need to buy some reading glasses, cuz i read that as James Brown.

Same here. Damn, was all surprised and excited imagining how James might have performed it too.

Guess we should both book rooms in the Home for the Partially Sighted But Funky .

Save a room for me. I thought it said James Brown too and I was wearing my reading glasses.

dandan said:

Some incredible skating there! Love his Prince inspired outfit too; the symbol on his back, the shoulder pad and the buttons down his pants.

That is too cool! I also loved the '80s and '90s Prince-inspired designs of the costume. And a fantastic choice of song. This is my first time watching Jason Browne and he did Prince justice with his performance! He does not just skate; he is truly dancing on ice. Lot of style and dramatic flourish. Hope P. watches this. Jason did him proud.

funkylust said:

Let's see how long it take for Prince to sue this guy's ass for using the symbol on his outfit.

Prince will be honored that a 19 year old kid used the symbol and picked a stellar, obscure song of his to perform to, Says a lot about him

Prince will be honored that a 19 year old kid used the symbol and picked a stellar, obscure song of his to perform to, Says a lot about him

Wow! He's such a great skater - what an outstanding performance! I loved watching figure skating back in the golden late 80s-90s - my favorites were Gordeeva & Grinkov, but there were so many greats back then - but I haven't kept up for more than a decade, so I'd never heard about Jason Brown before. I will watch this Olympics because my niece is actually a competitive figure skater (only 12 y.o. now, but with future amibitions). She tells me that Ilia Kulik's daughter (with Gordeeva) skates competitively in the same So. Cal. circuit as she does.

SchlomoThaHomo said:

I just saw this! Great song choice and great performance as well. And only 19! Such a pleasant surprise.

Just found the performance

In a word... AWESOME.

Wow, that was a nice performance. I just heard of this kid this morning on one of the morning shows. I'll definitely be watching out for him.

Cool. His last move was straight up Prince.

I thought the title of this thread was "James Brown preforms a Question Of U"


I actually caught this when it aird on tv
My first thought was prince is gonna sue for using his symbol
Over all cool performance

didn't prince sue an infant baby dancing to his song on youtube few years ago?

[Edited 1/15/14 3:13am]

looks like he has been using the song for at least a few years now

http://en.wikipedia.org/w..._skater%29

let's hope he uses it in the Olympics but I somehow doubt he will wear the O+> outfit

Jason Brown is going to be on the Arsenio Hall Show tonight. Maybe he'll chat with him about Prince.