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always, you can find it on
YouTube). Allow me to set
the scene: You're watching a
James Brown concert in Los
Angeles from 1983. The clip
begins with Brown calling up
Michael Jackson - by then a
super-duper star - and MJ
killing everyone by singing
averse and busting out a
few signature dance moves.
As everyone is going wild,
he's whispering something
in JB's ear. JB walks up to
microphone and, gesticulat-
ing wildly toward MJ, says,
"and give him a big round of
applause, because he insisted
that I introduce Prince!" He
walks on stage, ambles past
Brown and grabs the lead
guitarist's axe. After a little
guitar teasing, Prince shakes
the strap off and ditches his
shirt to wild applause. He
strides up to the microphone,
kicks the mic stand forward,
catches it with his foot and
falls back in one fluid motion.
He gets back up, dances
around the microphone stand
a little more and unleashes
one pained scream before
strutting across the stage,
bowing and taking a huge
light post with him on his
way out.
I get a little worked up just
thinking about it. He hardly
has to play or sing a note
to own the stage, and don't
forget the feat was infinitely
more remarkable as he fol-
lowed both The Godfather of
Funk and the King of Pop.
I admonish you to buy a
few Prince albums if you
haven't already. Start with
Purple Rain, and go from
there, and you'll feel like a
new man (or woman) in no
time. While he's surely not
poor, you owe it to the man -
you were probably conceived
to his music.
- Cargo wasn't joking about
his latent desire to perform
fellatio on Prince. And he loves
to talk about it. E-mail him at
Ihcargo aumich.edu.
This column originally ran in
another form on Feb. 15, 2007.
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