Prince "controversy"

[emmagrant01]

I totally noticed this phallic imagery during Prince's Superbowl performance, but I thought it was just my mind in the gutter, as usual. Turns out other people noticed it too!

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[lauramcewan.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I noticed that, too, but I combined it with "OMG he looks like the devil!"

[tm-nicholas.livejournal.com]

Best.halftime.show.EVAR.
And, omg... he was totally stroking that thing.

-coughs-

[house-illrepute.livejournal.com]

the guitar has been the extension of 'teh cock' since its inception practically... i mean, yeah... you're gonna think it's a cock.



that's why its so sexy, innit?


bass guitars and guitars... (tho' NOT the casiotars!!!!)

anything longer than it is wider in some dude's hand is gonna send me into fits of giggles... because i'm immature that way. ;)

i think it's just people WANTING prince to go 'ha ha got one over on you...'

[house-illrepute.livejournal.com]

PS. i guess the weblogs are up in arms about the SNICKERS ads....

[aliciajd]

While, I was quietly noticing the phallic symbolism, my 81 year old father was hung up on how the silk scarf was creating the silhouetted image... Perhaps that's how it got past most of the Bible belt's self appointed censors ... a little bit of old fashioned slight-of-hand.

[topaz7.livejournal.com]

I've always thought rock guitarists are having mental wanking sessions, every time they solo. But maybe that's just me. So Prince was just like, whatev. Same old same old.

[emmagrant01.livejournal.com]

Yes, absolutely, but THAT was over the top. WAY over the top. It wasn't the usual "penis extension"! ;-)

[emmagrant01.livejournal.com]

LOL! Perhaps so. ;-)

[emmagrant01.livejournal.com]

I think it's pretty well known that guitars are phallic. But THAT was more than just a suggestion. ;-)

[emmagrant01.livejournal.com]

It was a great show, absolutely!

[emmagrant01.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it was a pretty evil-looking... guitar. ;-)

[house-illrepute.livejournal.com]

looked about right to me



hummina hummina hummina

nyuck nyuck


woop-woo-woowoowoo-woop

why i oughta!!!

~shakes fist~


(ps. and no, i'm not a size queen)

[starrysummer.livejournal.com]

I was watching with six or seven other people and we all just looked at each other incredulously and burst out laughing.

I am so surprised that more people haven't said anything. It was so so very phallic to all of us.

[house-illrepute.livejournal.com]

plus, are we forgetting the guitar-wank-cum-spray of Darlin' Nikki-era days (a nod to Jimmi Hendrix yet taking it a step further)...?

double-69-wink

[topaz7.livejournal.com]

LOL! Being Prince, of course it had to be BIGGER than everyone else's phallic symbol.

Great performance, with or without a giant penis. *g*

[amy-leone.livejournal.com]

LOL! I thought that guitar was phallic when they handed it to him. In silhouette, as his hands moved up and down the frets... yeah, it was suggestive. Frankly, I laughed. So did the dozen or so other people of varying ages and types who also attended the same party. It's about as offensive as this:

[majilique.livejournal.com]

Yep, couldn't miss that shot if we had pour backs turned to the TV. :) But since it's just his guitar and not a real body part, it'll blow over in a matter of days.

[dramedy.livejournal.com]

I didn't see it live, but lol penis.

XD *runs away*

[frickonastick.livejournal.com]

Heh. I noticed that too, and burst out laughing. Everybody I was watching the Superbowl with looked at me like I was crazy. Apparently, I'm the only one with my mind in the gutter.

[joesther.livejournal.com]

All I can say is, from the practical aspect, that's gotta hurt. ;)

[daybreaq.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's how I saw it too. I really thought it was supposed to be a devil's tail. I didn't actually see the phallic imagery initial though. It was a very brief moment actually. Now I see the photo clips, I think it was both (devil's tail and phallic ... which some may claim could be the same thing anyway {grin}) and deliberate (for both) as well. Prince is definately a Slytherin. ;)

[vlredreign.livejournal.com]

You know what? I totally didn't. I was too busy remembering watching Prince perform Purple Rain back in 84. When that song's playing, nothing else exists for me.

[darth-kittius.livejournal.com]

oh we soooo caught that at my superbowl viewing party. We also had a discussion about if any of the same people who were so outraged after the boob incident would even notice that. I argued they wouldn't care because it didn't actually show flesh and that's all the uber!religious people care about.

[shakespearechic.livejournal.com]

They brought it up on The Colbert Report last night! :-D

[jameschick.livejournal.com]

What got me was that as my husband and I were trying to keep a straight face and not say anything (or burst out laughing) my 12 year old daughter says "that is just so wrong. And on so many levels!"