Please show me ONE, better yet multiple pics of people in THAT era, in the STREET, dressed like that. Y'all dudes will go all out to show ARTISTS in their STAGE gimmick wardrobe to prove a point.
Difference is, the Nae Nae vid posted was real-life. NOT a STAGE persona MEANT for shock and awe.
I already mentioned exactly what you are saying. They start naming a million other gay artists, start talking about perms and tight clothes which were just clothing styles that either everybody and their mama wore or shiny tight leather stage suits. Nobody in real life wears that.
There are also sexualized dances or stage shows. But naw the minute Jermaine Jackson thrusts his pelvis "Oh that's gay!". Really?
Soul Train had plenty gay dudes on there. Nothing new or strange. Tight bell bottoms were the style back then especially tight around the groin and especially for black dudes. "Oh that's gay." In 2014 yeah. In 1972 no.
Sexual or suggestive dancing is old as the hills but a feminine dance back then was a feminine dance by 70s or 80s standards.
And btw how in the world is the Wop supposed to be gay? You throwing and whopping your shoulders. We killed that stuff all night in the clubs back then.
You dudes just may not be dancers or just don't like to dance. Black people have dominated dancing and dance moves since The Nicholas Brothers and before that.
Gay dudes are gay dudes. Thousands of years of gayness. Gay dudes also have historically been known to be voracious dancers especially the black dudes. The gangsta era was the first time it became cool not to dance. First time.
So keep naming off gay dudes and showing dudes with tight clothes. If you like the Nae Nae knock yourself out. But when you get through it still looks gay in 2014. No excuses. Soul Train ain't got nothing to do with it.
Ever heard of The Funky Worm? A sexually suggestive dance.
Oh yeah The Butterfly? Not gay. Sexually suggestive.