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EuterpeThelo

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21. Just wear a codpiece!

Reply to mwmisses4289 (Original post)

Tue Feb 10, 2026, 04:06 PM

Feb 10

Ozzy Osbourne and Blackie Lawless come to mind. And, for the record, I am NEVER gonna complain about Robert Plant doing just about anything!

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To: Most Male Muscians [View all] mwmisses4289 Feb 10 OP

LOL It seems really retro leftstreet Feb 10 #1

Don't forget the ladies! TheProle Feb 10 #2

That last paragraph made me lol! mwmisses4289 Feb 10 #8

Truth. milestogo Feb 10 #38

I'm A Male Musician ProfessorGAC Feb 10 #3

Me neither. MineralMan Feb 10 #10

Beauty! So Do Guitar & Piano! ProfessorGAC Feb 10 #23

Well. I was taught at an early age MineralMan Feb 10 #24

Toga. Toga. Toga. CincyDem Feb 10 #30

... milestogo Feb 10 #39

So does the trombone. TomSlick Feb 10 #48

As a drummer, I also must use both hands and feet. MustBeTheBooz Feb 10 #47

This is a pet peeve of mine DET Feb 10 #4

twerking is simply a style of dancing with a specific history WhiskeyGrinder Feb 10 #6

So what? It is still weird and in the same style as crotch grabbing Tumbulu Feb 10 #26

eh, no weirder than square dancing WhiskeyGrinder Feb 10 #27

There is no butt action in square dancing. Mosby Feb 10 #31

Dont I know it WhiskeyGrinder Feb 10 #34

Agree, especially if only female twerkers are wearing little. But spooky3 Feb 10 #14

So THAT's what those dancers at half time were doing!!!! Thx. nt LAS14 Feb 10 #25

Jay-Z had an answer for Terry Gross on Fresh Air: WhiskeyGrinder Feb 10 #5

Very revealing answer senseandsensibility Feb 10 #7

LOL! MineralMan Feb 10 #9

It was the one thing that really annoyed me during Bad Bunnys' otherwise stellar performance. mwmisses4289 Feb 10 #11

The first artist I ever saw do that was Michael Jackson Coventina Feb 10 #12

Most male *musicians* cannot grab their crotches Fiendish Thingy Feb 10 #13

I probably more correctly should have said male music performers. mwmisses4289 Feb 10 #17

Robert Plant was rockin' the crotch grab with Zeppelin in the 70's OC375 Feb 10 #15

I became more aware of it in 1980's, I was still pretty young in the 1970s. mwmisses4289 Feb 10 #19

Jim Morrison was arrested in Florida for something like this DBoon Feb 10 #44

I can't imagine the Beatles or the Rolling Stones grabbing their crotches milestogo Feb 10 #16

Yes, Mick Jagger was way too classy for something like that WhiskeyGrinder Feb 10 #22

I never cared for it... 2naSalit Feb 10 #18

Dumb Rage-Bait. ruet Feb 10 #20

Just wear a codpiece! EuterpeThelo Feb 10 #21

Ehhh, it's rock and roll maxrandb Feb 10 #28

I didn't have "crotch grabbing male musicians" on my GD bingo card today. n/t flvegan Feb 10 #29

I am a musician sindri Feb 10 #32

I first became aware of this move when Michael Jackson... 3catwoman3 Feb 10 #33

Freedom of expression is a factor. To each his/her own. Cultures too differ. twodogsbarking Feb 10 #35

I think it's sexy, if the guy is handsome. SunSeeker Feb 10 #36

"For man is a giddy thing, and this is my conclusion" Torchlight Feb 10 #37

Good grief Chicagogrl1 Feb 10 #40

I think its actually more singers doing it when a flat 3rd is played. Eko Feb 10 #41

Crabs? multigraincracker Feb 10 #42

A heart for making coffee shoot out my nose maxrandb Thursday #49

This message was self-deleted by its author PeaceWave Feb 10 #43

maybe it's for luck eShirl Feb 10 #45

A foil wrapped cucumber is hard to keep in place Strelnikov_ Feb 10 #46

Ok. Nt Tommy Carcetti Thursday #50