How To Do the Moonwalk

noone stole as much as white people they stole an entire race and countries; now thats a direct steal.

Wrong on the "In The Mood" riff It was written by Wingy Manone in 1930 as the opening to "Tar Paper Stomp" Your reference is obviously to Henderson's "Hot and Anxious" written a year later. As you say "a direct steal". You just have the races backwards.
Nobody believes you deliberately lie you're just, shall we say, misinformed.

Your first sentence proves that your comfort level is right there with silly generalities. Of course I don't think only Black people can play jazz. That's just silly, although certain famous jazz licks have been "stolen" by white jazzists and commendeered as their own, e.g. the fabulous opening to Glenn Miller's "In the Mood" was a direct steal, but that's another post.

I stand by what I've written about the origins of the Moonwalk and I've told no lies or made up any fairy tales. Attacking the messenger and ignoring the message is a favorite tactic of certain white people can't handle the truth and prefer to live in denial. They usually lean wa-a-a-a-a-a-ay to the right. You sound like you belong.

Just because you don't agree with the truth, doesn't mean it ain't so!

You're welcome to your opinion, phred001.
Like a butt-hole, everyone has one.
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You're first sentence shows that your comfort level is smack in the middle of non sequitur generalities. Of course I don't think only Blacks can play jazz; although certain jazz licks have been commendeered by white jazzists. The fabulous opening to Glenn Miller's "In the Mood" is a direct steal, but that's another post.

You've attacked the messenger and ignored the message. It's a favorite tactic used by people who get uncomfortable when a truth smacks 'em upside the head. I haven't told any lies about the origins of the Moonwalk, nor have I made up any fairy tales. I stand by what I've written and would suggest you do a little more reading other than the Sons of the Confederacy Newsletter.

What I wrote is the gospel.
Just because you don't like it doesn't mean it's not the truth.
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The next thing you'll tray and tell me is that only blacks can play jazz. The likes of you and your racist ideas I had thought disappeared years ago. I suggest you read up and stop being so bigoted

Oh, puh-leeze, phred001 ... just like I said: a certain kind of white person just can't stand to be left out of anything that remotely glorifies any aspect of Black America. Furthermore, you're wrong, phred001, about dance steps and Black people. EVERY dance move that has moved into popular American culture came out of the Black community. Period. Al Norman and every other white dancer of talent and note, including Fred Astaire, used to high-tail it up to Harlem in the 1920's because they knew they could steal unique dance moves. Astaire gave credit where credit was due. The rest of 'em just stole. The 1921 all-Black musical, "Shuffle Along" finally got to Broadway attempting to break the color barrier and electrified Broadway, literally. White producers, dancers and actors FINALLY learned how to dance! But that's another story. Go study, phred001. You're way off on this one.

The dancer I spoke of was Al "Rubberlegs" Norman I'm sorry aliq but not every dance step was originally done by blacks. Both Al and George were white.

The "moonwalk" goes back at least to the late twenties. There's a dance in the movies" Paramount on Parade" and The King Of Jazz" that did it and the actor/dancer George Raft also performed the "walk" in a movie. I will say that Jackson did a remarkable job with the step.

I didn't know any of that Aliq. Thanks much!