WWIII Frontman MANDY LION Comments On New Video For Cover Version Of PRINCE Hit
March 30, 2008, 16 years ago
WWIII frontman Mandy Lion has issued the following update:
"There have been a lot of questions about what song I chose to cover ('Kiss' by PRINCE) and why. Well, I could have done the obvious and re-done an old rock song or I could have done something a little different and rock a song that is outside the box so to speak. I chose the latter. Reason being that I love the artist who wrote the song and I thought that putting a completely different spin on a song that would otherwise never be heard in my genre of music would be more fun. I am glad to see most of you have reacted with great enthusiasm while some of you are slightly confused. Well, the way the song is arranged now it is something very close to what I do in the first place and quite frankly I had a great time doing this piece.Here is the funny part...
Some guy was offended by my 'gyrations'...??? I swear that guy could not have been more angry at me if I had pissed in his soup! For some reason I got him more frustrated than a pervert with palsy trying to draw a vagina on an etch a sketch. To this guy I have to say this...
Some guys bang their heads, some guys run around onstage a lot, some guys jump a whole lot. I am sure that no matter what I do or don't do there are some people who just won't like it. I can't please everybody so I won't even try. When I am onstage I don't care what I look like or if anyone thinks whether I look 'cool' or not. I feel the music and I follow. Anything less or different would be posing and fake. If that offends you then I am not your cup of tea... OK? I perform for those who like what I do. It would be a waste of anyone's time to try to please those who don't like what I do, don't you think? If I don't like someone or something I just ignore it.
It always amazes me as to how personal some people take what other people do. I am not here to offend people. I am here to live my life my way until my time is up... Life is too short to worry about things you do not like. Just live, let live and have fun doing it.
I hope I didn't ruin your day with my 'gyrations'...???
Mandy Lion -- going to gyrate his ass to the closest Starbucks now..."
Love you all,
Your friend Mandy.
Click here to go to Lion's official MySpace page. Check out the video for 'Kiss' below:
