Soulflower

I LOVEEE Prince but I have to disagree with this.

Prince was not a natural dancer. He mostly did splits and his performances were sexually charged. I am not knocking him but I wouldn't call that "dancing"

Michael did intricate footwork, intricate choreography, came up with iconic dance moves and did different styles of dance.. i.e. tap, jazz, hip hop etc.

He is the best pop male dancer of all time. The man had NO FORMAL training. Ive never seen a dancer move the way he did.

Prince does not compete with him on the dance floor and Michael was a MUCH better singer than Prince... I like Prince singing but just saying.

Dont get me wrong, Prince is a GREAT performer but if we are just talking about dancing skills... he is not even in the same conversation as MJ in reference to that

Necromancer

I like both artist but Prince always had more of a sophisticated funk to his sound more so than Jackson did. Prince added more of sexual flavor to his music as well. The closest thing Jackson ever had in comparison to Prince is Blood on the Dance Floor.

Soulflower

Prince is definitly more funkier of the two
but

Michael had more funkier tunes with his brothers as "The Jackson's". You should check out albums like "Triumph", "The Jackson's", "Goin Places" or "Destiny"

Michael could definitly get funky and gritty with the vocals and his production. Check this out...




Michael cuttin up on this and when I mean cuttin up.... I mean getting down, dirty and funky! lol I can not stand Joe Jackson but he had their production, songwriting down to the T during this era. And that Motown polished sound is not there with those albums . They definitly got more funkier.

Also, Off The Wall had alot of funk elements as well. Get On The Floor is FUNKY like I dont know what lol

I think MJ tried to go back to his R&B roots with Invincible I would have loved to see him do more funk too.

butthead aka 216

from a non music standpoint these 2 are such a weird group of ppl


jacko was a child molester (alleged but cmon)
and prince has been a totally self absorbed prick pretty much forever

Soulflower

I dont know why people label people simply because they don't "understand". I think its easier for us to sit back and judge someone who has been performing since five or someone who has been playing multiple instruments since grade school. Alot of people do not know that Prince also had an abusive father and a bad childhood too. That possibly has something to do with his arrogance who knows? Prince is very protective of his music.


I think MJ was a fasctinating human being and I am still fascinated by his personality and talent. He was a very sweet man. He was exploited for money because he would try to help families of children who were very ill and they unfortunately took advantage of that. Michael never had a childhood and sought these children and animals as companions because they never judged him and because he was trying to re-live his childhood. He probably should have had psychological counseling for his childhood trauma but the point is those actions were harmless and not criminal like the media makes it. There was nothing weird about him. He was unique.

Necromancer

Thats a good point and I'm glad you brought it up, I never hold the Jackson 5 into consideration when discussing music concerning Michael solo career. I agree with you as well concerning his Off the Wall album too. I've always wanted to cover the bass guitar on some of the Jackson 5 singles playing the old Motown classics.

Soulflower

No problem!

Not sure if you know this but "The Jackson 5" and "The Jacksons" are slightly different

Alot of people confuse The Jackson 5 with the The Jacksons. They are two seperate groups. When the Jacksons left Motown and went to Epic Records they had to change their name because Motown owned The Jackson 5 name. They switched labels and changed their name to "The Jacksons" Jermaine Jackson left the group and stayed at Motown because he married Berry Gordy's daughter and didn't want to cause conflict with him because Motown really did not want the Jacksons to leave. Randy Jackson replaced him when they became The Jacksons on Epic Records.


The Jackson 5 and The Jacksons are technically the same group except Jermaine is no longer in it and Randy replaces him. Also, their Jacksons material is alot more mature and has more depth. Its the Jackson 5 as the young adults so to speak. lol They also had more artistic control. They all contributed to the songwriting, arrangement, instrumentation and production unlike when they were with Motown.

Michael and his brothers did not want to leave Motown but their father pushed them to because he said they should be writing and producing their own music. Joe was a horrible father but that was the best career move he did for them. Michael grew tremendously as a songwriter as well as Randy and Jackie as a result.

tmaximus

You can be both, and he was.

If you want to believe none of the kids' stories, then I guess you can stay on the "not weird" island. Maayyyyybe.

Soulflower

I think I will stay on the "not weird" island as you say because unlike you I don't succumb to the "group think" mentality and I also don't label people that I don't know personally.


He was weird to YOU because you define normal differently and your expectations is that he should be "normal" based off how YOU define normal and the reality is EVERYONE does not live their life based on how YOU define normal


You wasn't a child star at 5, grew up in the spotlight, never had a childhood, or had an abusive father. You do not have a right to label someone as weird when you have not experienced any of those things and especially if you do not know the person personally.

Its ignorant and judgmental just like our society.

djchameleon

Oh come on now. Are you denying that he was eccentric? That is a fact not a matter of perception.

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