beautyunaffected said:

http://youtu.be/KdMyQBNoalU 2:12 - 2:18 Any explanations for this? Who came up with this choregraphy?

My guess would be Prince. I wouldn't read anything special into it -- it's just choregraphy.

Huh? Explanation for what?

suomynona said:

Huh? Explanation for what?

Where Prince slides through the backup dancer's legs and... whatever the hell else P was doing after that. There was some assisted stage-humping happening. And prince totaly got flipped right over. By the hips.

The more I think about it, the more I realize his itty bitty ass got manhandled a lot by his crew. I gotta say he missed his chance to be a flyer for some competitive cheerleading team, man. Which would have been hilarious in a way.

Where Prince slides through the backup dancer's legs and... whatever the hell else P was doing after that. There was some assisted stage-humping happening. And prince totaly got flipped right over. By the hips.

The more I think about it, the more I realize his itty bitty ass got manhandled a lot by his crew. I gotta say he missed his chance to be a flyer for some competitive cheerleading team, man. Which would have been hilarious in a way.

q205 said:

beautyunaffected said:

Where Prince slides through the backup dancer's legs and... whatever the hell else P was doing after that. There was some assisted stage-humping happening. And prince totaly got flipped right over. By the hips.

The more I think about it, the more I realize his itty bitty ass got manhandled a lot by his crew. I gotta say he missed his chance to be a flyer for some competitive cheerleading team, man. Which would have been hilarious in a way.

q205 said:

I don't even have to look at the video to know what move you're talking about lmao. I wonder about it myself

Ok good so im not the only one! What was he thinking? If this was done in the dirty mind era i wouldn't think much of it. But diamonds&pearls/NPG era... uhhhh

Because he was Prince, and as Arsenio Hall said, with him you never know. He just liked doing provocative shit because he could.

Blakbear said:

beautyunaffected said:

Blakbear said:

Ok good so im not the only one! What was he thinking? If this was done in the dirty mind era i wouldn't think much of it. But diamonds&pearls/NPG era... uhhhh

Because he was Prince, and as Arsenio Hall said, with him you never know. He just liked doing provocative shit because he could.

Thats more than just provocative but ok.

Okay, what was it? Explain to me what you're seeing there, then, cause it doesn't seem particularly alarming to me. Raunchy, yes, but Prince was always raunchy in one way or another, so I'm kinda not really alarmed.

jdcxc said:

Didn't you know that Prince was always messing with gender and sexual norms...even during his "hip hop" influenced stuff?

Heh. This is why I am confused as to why they're worried. Didn't this man basically randomly do this kind of thing for about 20 years (or maybe longer, I don't even know, I don't tend to read much into shit Prince did since that would require more effort than I'm willing to put in.)? Mike stands, random guitarists, pianos, floors... whatever was clever.

I fail to see why this particular performance was so unusual for the time period. Wasn't this around the ame time period he literally showed his ass at the AMA's?

I'm gay as Christmas at Macy's, and even I was like "Bruh, down shift!"

Does it really need explaining? Can you imagine if we had all been on the org after watching that performance?

He liked to shock people then sit back and watch the reaction. I am sure it amused him no end.

Oh, Lord...

That just made me sad... Great performance but all I could think was "Do you have to jump so high off the piano?"

That and that Prince and the Game Boyz couldn't do choreography...that was some lame ass dancin'...better when he feels it...felt it.

Brilliant though. Brought a smile to my face.

I think it's HOT

probably one of the many things he really regretted later.

Maybe it goes with the lyrics? I don't always get his lyrics and these are hard for me to get. when he would say "do you know what I'm talking about" when singing PR I was always thinking heck no but Ima going to sing it anyway.

beautyunaffected said:

http://youtu.be/KdMyQBNoalU 2:12 - 2:18 Any explanations for this? Who came up with this choregraphy?

Are you serious??!! An explanation for a dance move?

MMJas said:

Blakbear said:

MMJas said:

Are you serious??!! An explanation for a dance move?

Yup. They're serious. And I'm not even gonna speculate on it. I figured somebody would be questioning his sexuality at some point like it even mattered.

It's not even about his sexuality, my dear. It's a bloody choreography! But do they question it also when he wears makeup, pink clothes, frills, sings I want to be your girlfriend, whatever??? 30 odd years later, still seeing comments like this just... just... I dunno.

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MMJas said:

Blakbear said:

MMJas said: Yup. They're serious. And I'm not even gonna speculate on it. I figured somebody would be questioning his sexuality at some point like it even mattered.

It's not even about his sexuality, my dear. It's a bloody choreography! But do they question it also when he wears makeup, pink clothes, frills, sings I want to be your girlfriend, whatever??? 30 odd years later, still seeing comments like this just... just... I dunno.

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Oh, no, I agree with you -- it was the first thing I said. I meant upthread when certain folks were all, it's MORE THAN PROVOCATIVE, and some halfwit was like "gay?" and other such nonsense.

Meanwhile, I just looked at that whole performance like, "Girl, it's whatever. Prince does that, where have you been."

But really, are you surprised? People just have to attach great meaning to something that's not even meaningful.

TrivialPursuit said:

I'm gay as Christmas at Macy's, and even I was like "Bruh, down shift!"

This is completely made me LOL here at work! I love this site cause someone always says something that makes me just ROTFL!

justAmeda said:

Blakbear said:

justAmeda said:

This is completely made me LOL here at work! I love this site cause someone always says something that makes me just ROTFL!

Not gonna lie, I almost died because I choked on coffee when I read that. He did look like he was enjoying that a little too much, the little bugger. Brah didn't need no downshift, he needed to be thrown into Lake Minnetonka.

I swear reading these kinds of witty comments must make me look like the happiest security guard ever! Employees and customers keep giving the "Are You Well?" side eye look when I randomly try to die laughing 'quietly'

justAmeda said: