Originally Posted by the_dp

I disagree with all of these except for Michael Jackson. If anything Abba and Prince are underrated.

But back to Michael Jackson. Was America just stupid during the 80s? I mean, with Reagan as president and Michael Jackson as the number one artist, you just have to figure everyone was just using too much cocaine. I hadn't listened to MJ in years and when I was having a party a few months ago, someone put on the music and it occurred to me, "wow, this is just BAD." All of his little sniffles and whines that he injects into the music just ruin it. He sings like a whining girl who is having spontaneous orgasms. Seriously, it is the most annoying music I have ever heard. We were listening to "Man in the Mirror" (and keep in mind, I was not drinking) and it sounded like this to me:

"Gonna feel real good *ugh* (in high pitched voice) gonna make a difference *eeeeh* gonna make it riiiiiiiiiggghhghttt *eeeeuuhhh*. "

Those little injections of sounds just made it sound to contrived and I wonder how we all didn't know there was something seriously wrong with him then. He sucked. He always sucked. He always will suck and Europe needs to understand that they way we now do.