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From: Oscar Gomez
Date: Sun Oct 12, 2003 11:53am
Subject: Re: [thebumpsquad] Musicology Video Shoot

"when people finally wake up and wipe the sleep out of
the eyes" -- INDEED!!!
I'm not much of a reporter, but here goes my
recollection:
I got there around 2:30 pm, i figured that even
thought they had said 2 b there @ 3:00 pm that we'd b
there long b4 they actually needed us. However, i did
NOT expect 2 sit in that parking lot til after
sunset!!! The coolest thing about that, as usual, was
getting 2 meet new ppl & have GREAT conversations
about (among many other topix) spirituality, religion,
politix, &, of course, Prince & his music.
I'm not sure what time it was when they finally let us
in2 the Tower Bldg, but i'm pretty sure it was after
10:00 pm!!! There were a lot of paid extras &
dancers, & ppl chosen 2 play cops & reporters
(w/cameras & video cameras). There weren't as many
fans as i thought there would've been, but although
few, we were MIGHTY!!! Our group was told 2 go
upstairs (balcony) & we were happy about that since it
was a great view (it was DAMN hot up there though!!!),
then they came & told us 2 go down stairs in2 the
crowd by the stage! We did as told. We were
stationed by the doorway that led 2 the alley, which
was good 4 me since i could enjoy the cool breeze
blowing in. I had no idea that the band would b
coming in from that direction. Mr. Blackwell was
already hangin out in that same area, we greeted
eachother & i asked him if they were gonna play live
after the shoot, 2 which he replied "Ur askin' the
wrong guy", & we both laffed. Then Mr. Neto came in
(from the alley) & i greeted him (i didn't ask him the
same ? i asked Mr. Blackwell since i figured he wasn't
the "right guy" 2 ask). It was kinda frustr8ing 2
stand around while they set all the minute details in
preparation 4 the actual filiming, but again, it was
nice 2 b surrounded by new "family". FINALLY the rest
of the band came in: Mr. Boyer, Miss (Mrs.?) Smith,
Mr. Parker & a beautiful Asian woman (name escapes me,
but very sexy!!!).(Editor's note: her name is RAD, former Sheila E bandmember.-j7) Once they had every1 in place &
had told all of us 2 scream & act surprised, Prince
walked in. I'd heard about him smelling like a garden
of flowers, but had never been close enuff 2 him 2
know whether or not this was true, but u know what, he
REALLY DOES!!! They played MUSICOLOGY (the best way i
can describe it is like a combination of "The Work" &
"Rock & Roll is Alive, & it Lives in MPLS"). They did
around 4 takes, each time with him coming in from the
side of the stage we were @. They (members of the
film crew) made ppl climb on stage (only 2 get pulled
off by the actors playing policemen) & the last time
they pushed me 2wards the front! The beautiful woman
in front of me was having a hard time getting up there
so i just lifted her up, & then i followed! Suddenly
there was this skinny guy with big holes in his ears
infront of me who was getting pushed back, thereby
pushing me back, i thought i was gonna fall off the
stage so i pushed him 4ward & held on @ the same time,
1 of my new friends, Erika was pushing me so i would
stay on the stage & it worked, i got my balance (after
breaking 1 of the light bulbs @ the edge of the stage
& danced a little bit b4 they pushed us off again. IT
WAS SOOO MUCH FUN!!! I think Prince like that shoot
the best cause we REALLY got wild on that 1. He was
grinin' ear 2 ear & when he walked by me 2 go in the
back where they were viewing what they'd just filmed i
said something like "That was a good 1, i liked that",
he laffed & replied something like "Yeah, y'all nearly
knocked me down" 2 which those around him (including
myself) laffed & then as if nothing HE SHOOK MY
HAND!!! I hate 2 sound giddy, but HE SHOOK MY HAND!!!
& not just mine, he shook another of my new friends'
hand, Tony (Erika's husband)!!! Well everything else
was just tiring after that. It was over by about
1:00am, & i was BEAT. I also had a cool little moment
with Miss (Mrs.?) Smith, but i'm still tired & i gotta
lotta work 2 catch up on. Special thanx 2 Jeremy &
Alan (u guyz should really b a comedy duo!!!) & my new
friends/family (which i introduced 2 J7 so they could
join the "squad") Erika, Tony (warm & beautiful cpl),
Edsil (the Pretzel) (all the way from India!!! - kind
of), Regina (sweetest smile i've seen in a while),
Kevin (stand up guy among stand up men), Anisa (fine,
fine woman, even though u wasn't thick enuff 4
Beyonce!!! - i wish u coulda stayed 4 the shoot, but
ur baby comes 1st!).
C y'all soon

that was cool. thanks J7 and Oscar Gomez. wish i could have been there. i read the script on another thread. sounds like this video is going to be GREAT!! i live in california and i wish i would have known about it sooner, maybe i could have done something in it. if anyone wants to read the script of the video it is on the thread MUSICOLOGY VIDEO TREATMENT in the Prince forum.