Comments on: What the Hell is Sissy Bounce?

By: MarignyMohican

MarignyMohican — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Oh yeah, also, in New Orleans (at least amongst the school kids that make fun of me) ‘sissy’ is a derogatory word for a gay guy.

Nobby and Freedia have taken it and made it much more (and less offensive?) than than :)

By: DeWynken

DeWynken — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Scott is an amazing dude, thanks to him I ended up where I am through a chance encounter.

As far as the whole Sissy bounce thing..sure, why not?

By: scifijazznik

scifijazznik — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I can guarantee death by laughter if you were to watch me attempt this new-fangled dance sensation.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

VOCKAH REDU IS NOT ACTUALLY PUCK HE IS NOTICE HE IS JUST ART POP ROCK NEO VOCK IS WHAT HE CALLED IT AWSOME PERFORMER GLAD HES BACK THE VERY BEST OF SXSW THIS YEAR HAND DOWN

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

EXACTLY! Vockah Redu is as punk as it gets!

By: sissy nobby

sissy nobby — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

support the sissy bounce movement by buying many songs from the one and only sissy nobby from itunes right now.

such as beat it out the frame (the ring tone is also available for the iphone)

http://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/beat-it-out-the-frame/id376000571

heres the official music video for “beat it out the frame” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5n7BK6Mt_E

http://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/beat-it-out-the-frame/id376000571

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wine it up-hey dj ( the ring tone is also available for the iphone)
http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/wine-it-up-hey-dj-single/id370851741..

suport the sissy bounce movement and purchase a one of these sissy nobby songs

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Look up “Wuk Fah Thursday” on the ‘tube if you want to see some really weird raw Jamaican dancehall grinding.

By: flatfive

flatfive — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Can anybody speak to the etymology of Sissy in New Orleans slang? Upon seeing the title of this phenomenon, I immediately thought of the Meters’ song ‘Sissy Strut.’ Seems like they would be related.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbg-ChJScqo&h

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Check out this article on Sissy Bounce as well:
http://www.slepton.com/slepton/viewcontent.pl?id=2602

It gives more context on the Bounce community.

By: klobouk

klobouk — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

The video anon at 20 linked is gorgeous, and to a non-dance-literate person kinda looks more like really tightly controlled krumping than almost anything else. The o.p. video, while nice, seems to be a lot of people doing pretty much the same move, which makes my interest trail off over time.

By: klobouk

klobouk — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Er, sorry, 20 is quite nice but I really meant anon at 23.

By: glaborous immolate

glaborous immolate — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

“Thereâ€™s a thin line between enjoyment and violence.”

Well, that just says it all.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Here in the US men shaking their hips is considered sissy, but over in west africa men wiggle around just as much as the women.. Check it out:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXvHrRt4YEE

This is a typical west african music video..

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

@MarignyMohican: props to Jazz Fest for the multiple bounce artists on the roster this year, but it’s not due to any new overwhelming popularity. The Fest has been booking bounce since ’89-’90.

By: Antinous / Moderator

Antinous / Moderator — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I have sacral pain just from watching the video.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Was the Toys-R-Us parking lot the only place available in all of New Orleans to film that woman singing?? Hilarious.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

gracias por ponerlo ..aprendemos mas del tema..

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

anon #20…

and here’s one way the boys do it…shoulders, knees and necks…tho lotsa the boys (gay or straight) can pop it here too!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCzIHsGTRgQ&feature=player_embedded#

~rusty

By: JoshP

JoshP — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

if you were living in the overgrown marble puddle between ponchartrain and that armpit we call the gulf you’d get up to some shenanigans as well… bounce on. Have some fun before we have to start calling the place Houston Bay.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Thanks again, Xeni.

By: DangerJackson

DangerJackson — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I can’t say enough about how inspiring sissy bounce is for me.

With Big Freedia and Sissy Nobby I feel like have a good and relevant voice in hiphop. This is a big deal considering that just being gay let alone, stepping anywhere outside the gender binary, in the hiphop community marginalizes you to the point of invisibility. Yes, there have been been “out” MC’s but they where drowned out by the heteronormative hyper masculine mainstream sounds of everyone else. Sissy Bounce is different it’s loud and raw and it’s got serious momentum. Freedia can get up on a mic anywhere in the US right now and and expect a packed room with booty shaking like it’s going out of style. Tracks off Sissy Nobby’s latest mixpack are set to become some of this summer’s hottest cuts across multiple genres. There’s no denying this blowing up.

Success and acceptance of sissy bounce is about more than just hiphop. This music is coming out of the club and into the hearts and minds of a generation. Its a gleaming beacon of hope for all those with a queer identity, its a another big crack in the facade of homophobic societal norms, and a sign of brighter future where we’re all allowed to define ourselves rather than being confined to one of two check boxes. Shake that ass and change the world.

By: BethNOLA

BethNOLA — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Xeni keeps posting cool New Orleans stories. Thanks.

By: redhead

redhead — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

not being sure of the gender of a (hot) dancer?

i think that’s kinda hot.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Must…ergh… resist… getting… up… and trying this… ergh… in front of… ergh.. my… bathroom mirror. Pant pant.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

this is sissy nobby and if you would like more music like dis please purchase my new single on itunes call wine it up (hey dj)

http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/wine-it-up-hey-dj-single/id370851741..

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

ummm…and if you wanna support this culture please buy the music!

Trax by Big Freedia are available on itunes, amazon and emusic…Sissy Nobby’s got songs for sale (check his facebook or myspace page)…Katey Red and Vockah Redu I can’t say for sure, but both are on facebook definitely!

Bounce mixes by Rusty Lazer are at http://soundcloud.com/rustylazer and Lefty Parker posts mixes up at http://planarianproductions.blogspot.com/

By: little green

little green — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

so this looks an awful lot like what we always called Dutty Wine. A little different though as regional differences dictate. In my house it’s called kitchen dance and it’s completely unsexualized and my kids and I bounce around, we’ve always just called it Jumbies (but after a brief check on the web, I believe we must be the only family to call it Jumbies).

By: Rob Thornton

Rob Thornton — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Speaking of neo-New Orleans funk, I strongly recommend the new Galactic album. It’s got Big Freeda on it and is a walloping good time to boot. These days I’m quite the music grump but Galactic got me going with this one! I’m talking Funkadelic or Parliament here….

By: agentouchie

agentouchie — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

AMAZING!