# Prince and his manly guitar **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 5, 2007, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-and-his-manly-guitar/390861 "2007-02-05T01:24:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2007, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-and-his-manly-guitar/390861/61 "2007-02-07T18:59:20Z")
Yeah, sorry, that was indeed too snotty. Most of my favorite music is electronic, actually, but I can’t stand synth pop (or about 80% of the stuff that people think of when they think of electronic music). ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2007, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-and-his-manly-guitar/390861/62 "2007-02-07T18:59:29Z")
[QUOTE=Kalhoun] CNN has an article on the Schlong Guitar of Death [http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/TV/02/07/prince.superbowl.ap/index.html](http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/TV/02/07/prince.superbowl.ap/index.html) I’m sure Prince is thinking the Superbowl Halftime Show is the best thing that’s happened to his career in the last decade. The reviews are overwhelmingly positive. [/QUOTE] Excellent article- I really had forgotten how much I enjoyed Prince- I kknow the half-time show will make me get his music on CD now. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2007, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-and-his-manly-guitar/390861/63 "2007-03-06T20:47:02Z")
Bumping this thread to link to [The Smoking Gun section on FCC complaints from this](http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2007/0305072fcc1.html) (not worth a Pitting or even its own MPSIMS, but worth sharing anyway). My favorite is from [here](http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2007/0305072fcc4.html) (capitalization and spelling unchanged): > [@](#): > > It was obscene to show Prince, a HOMOSEXUAL person through a sheet, as to show his siluette while his guitar showed a very phalic symbol coming from his below-midriff section. I am very offended and would preffer not to have showed it to my 4 children who love football. One of them has hoped to be a quarterback and now he will turn out gay. I am actually considering to check him for HIV. Thanks CBS for turning my son GAY. Whether the above is lunacy or a prank would be interesting to know. Even so, I want to send CBS my thanks too as it’s always good to have more GAY guys (especially the ones so gay they’re capitalized). ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2007, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-and-his-manly-guitar/390861/64 "2007-03-06T22:29:03Z")
[QUOTE=Sampiro] Bumping this thread to link to [The Smoking Gun section on FCC complaints from this](http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2007/0305072fcc1.html) (not worth a Pitting or even its own MPSIMS, but worth sharing anyway). My favorite is from [here](http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2007/0305072fcc4.html) (capitalization and spelling unchanged): Whether the above is lunacy or a prank would be interesting to know. Even so, I want to send CBS my thanks too as it’s always good to have more GAY guys (especially the ones so gay they’re capitalized). [/QUOTE] You have got to be kidding… :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Pullet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Pullet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pullet)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2007, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-and-his-manly-guitar/390861/65 "2007-03-07T02:21:29Z")
Dropping by to add another link to the Smoking Gun article. Apparently, you can only write to the FCC if you have a particular flaw in your grammar. Here’s my [favorite](http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2007/0305072fcc6.html) so far: > [@](#): > > I find it highly unacceptable to have a family watching a sporting event only to find Prince stroking, manipulating and fondleing his guitar behind a curtain. The image only made him look extremely large which made the rest of us feel small, and unable to perform this evening. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-and-his-manly-guitar/390861.md?page=3)