Hudson112;4302499 said:I know it was planned and rehearsed but I don’t get why they wrote that in the show to begin with.
It's a James-Brown style bit of banter, like when Slash pretended to refuse to leave the stage at the 95 Grammys, or when the Jacksons would argue with MJ about doing the old Motown songs back when they toured together. It's meant to be fun and humanizing to see the brothers pretend-argue. At the 30th anniversary show, the bit didn't come off quite right because MJ's face was unexpressive on that night, kind of ruining the desired impression, which is that it was in good fun.
I Have to agree with the OP. In all those instances you mentioned the disruption had a purpose. In 95 Slash shreds with the solo and keeps on going. That's why the faux interruption is engaging. When they did the Triumph tour the disruption was because they wanted to play the new songs with MJ finally conceding "Ok I'll do it for you not for them" which was hilarious and engaging. But what was the purpose of the disruption in the 30th anniverary? It really served no purpose and could very well be taken the wrong way imo. Just my two cents.
Reading your comments I had to go and rewatch this.
But it's way more harmless than you guys make it sound.
To better understand this:
Randy shouts that 'You down with O.P.P.' from the Naughty by Nature song 'O.P.P.'
that sampled bits of 'ABC' and became a US hit in 1991.
According to wikipedia:
"Its declaration, 'Down With O.P.P', was a popular catchphrase in the U.S. in the early-1990s."
"Its lyrics concern sexual infidelity, with 'O.P.P.' standing for 'other people's pussy',
'other people's penis', and (euphemistically) 'other people's property'. "
So it's basically Randy dropping something naughty in this innocent 'ABC' performance...
and Michael playing to be not down with it.