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4. This is a pet peeve of mine

Reply to mwmisses4289 (Original post)

Tue Feb 10, 2026, 03:30 PM

21 hrs ago

Same with twerking. I just find it so unnecessary and offensive.

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To: Most Male Muscians [View all] mwmisses4289 21 hrs ago OP

LOL It seems really retro leftstreet 21 hrs ago #1

Don't forget the ladies! TheProle 21 hrs ago #2

That last paragraph made me lol! mwmisses4289 21 hrs ago #8

Truth. milestogo 18 hrs ago #38

I'm A Male Musician ProfessorGAC 21 hrs ago #3

Me neither. MineralMan 21 hrs ago #10

Beauty! So Do Guitar & Piano! ProfessorGAC 20 hrs ago #23

Well. I was taught at an early age MineralMan 20 hrs ago #24

Toga. Toga. Toga. CincyDem 19 hrs ago #30

... milestogo 18 hrs ago #39

So does the trombone. TomSlick 16 hrs ago #48

As a drummer, I also must use both hands and feet. MustBeTheBooz 17 hrs ago #47

This is a pet peeve of mine DET 21 hrs ago #4

twerking is simply a style of dancing with a specific history WhiskeyGrinder 21 hrs ago #6

So what? It is still weird and in the same style as crotch grabbing Tumbulu 19 hrs ago #26

eh, no weirder than square dancing WhiskeyGrinder 19 hrs ago #27

There is no butt action in square dancing. Mosby 19 hrs ago #31

Dont I know it WhiskeyGrinder 19 hrs ago #34

Agree, especially if only female twerkers are wearing little. But spooky3 21 hrs ago #14

So THAT's what those dancers at half time were doing!!!! Thx. nt LAS14 19 hrs ago #25

Jay-Z had an answer for Terry Gross on Fresh Air: WhiskeyGrinder 21 hrs ago #5

Very revealing answer senseandsensibility 21 hrs ago #7

LOL! MineralMan 21 hrs ago #9

It was the one thing that really annoyed me during Bad Bunnys' otherwise stellar performance. mwmisses4289 21 hrs ago #11

The first artist I ever saw do that was Michael Jackson Coventina 21 hrs ago #12

Most male *musicians* cannot grab their crotches Fiendish Thingy 21 hrs ago #13

I probably more correctly should have said male music performers. mwmisses4289 21 hrs ago #17

Robert Plant was rockin' the crotch grab with Zeppelin in the 70's OC375 21 hrs ago #15

I became more aware of it in 1980's, I was still pretty young in the 1970s. mwmisses4289 21 hrs ago #19

Jim Morrison was arrested in Florida for something like this DBoon 18 hrs ago #44

I can't imagine the Beatles or the Rolling Stones grabbing their crotches milestogo 21 hrs ago #16

Yes, Mick Jagger was way too classy for something like that WhiskeyGrinder 20 hrs ago #22

I never cared for it... 2naSalit 21 hrs ago #18

Dumb Rage-Bait. ruet 21 hrs ago #20

Just wear a codpiece! EuterpeThelo 21 hrs ago #21

Ehhh, it's rock and roll maxrandb 19 hrs ago #28

I didn't have "crotch grabbing male musicians" on my GD bingo card today. n/t flvegan 19 hrs ago #29

I am a musician sindri 19 hrs ago #32

I first became aware of this move when Michael Jackson... 3catwoman3 19 hrs ago #33

Freedom of expression is a factor. To each his/her own. Cultures too differ. twodogsbarking 19 hrs ago #35

I think it's sexy, if the guy is handsome. SunSeeker 19 hrs ago #36

"For man is a giddy thing, and this is my conclusion" Torchlight 18 hrs ago #37

Good grief Chicagogrl1 18 hrs ago #40

I think its actually more singers doing it when a flat 3rd is played. Eko 18 hrs ago #41

Crabs? multigraincracker 18 hrs ago #42

This message was self-deleted by its author PeaceWave 18 hrs ago #43

maybe it's for luck eShirl 18 hrs ago #45

A foil wrapped cucumber is hard to keep in place Strelnikov_ 17 hrs ago #46