Michael Jackson
 

ok, i generally for rock music and whatever, but ive recently been getting into some michael jackson, what do you guys think? ignore the whole him being strange thing, and the pedophile thing, and the turning white thing, and lets talk about his music.....bille jean kicks arse!

micheal jackson is some good music. hes going to jail but he has some really good songs.

Thriller was an awesome album. It does't matter about his personal life, all that matters is he has made some good music.

Off The Wall is a work of genius , no matter what you might think of the guy & far far superior to Thriller.

I agree 100% . People think it unusual that its one of my favorite albums, because its so different from what i normally listen to and because MJ is mainly associated with the crappy pop hes produced in the past 20 years. But from beginning to end the whole album is a masterpiece.

The Bad album aint bad either.

yeah, michael jackson spurned crappy pop, but he himself was a great songwriter etc

:offtopic: Pictures of Michael Jackson scare the living **** out of me!

I agree witht aht 10000000% He amde some excellent music. I must say Rock with You takes the cake for me.

Michael Jackson
 

Does enybody still listen to Michael Jackson? I have been listening to him since I was 10 years old and I will continue to!

Did he tell you to say that?

I did'nt listen to him in the first place.

Creepyness aside, it's hard to argue that Jacko's not a talented guy. He can dance, he can sing, and who can ever forget the video for 'Thriller'. There was nothing like it at the time.
I'm not really a fan, but give respect where it's due.

Thanks.
Precisely. Aside his behavior, his music is very good! But, this is my opinion..

His song with Paul McCartney, "The Girl Is Mine", is a really good song.


other than that,
he sucks.

Prince>Michael Jackson. Sign O The Times defined the 80's more succinctly than Thriller/Bad.

No argument on Prince's talent, very weird mofo, but he can play guitar like EVH. Man that guy can shred when he wants to!

i still like him
back in the day before he went really crazy with the surgury & all the whacko 30 minute long super expensive videos, he was pretty good
they dont call him the king of pop for nothing

I Love Michael jackson & Yes I still listen to Him
I am looking forwatd to His new album!

prince can play like 15 instruments. he is INCREDIBLY talented... just happens to be pretty far out there. i remember when he did this interview about how he doesn't believe in time and all this other nonsense, quite a peculiar cat. he could not have got away with what he did had it not been the 80's.

Jackson has to thank Quincy Jones for most of his success musically.

Prince did it all himself.

Prince has made a lot of errors in his career, but he has more talent in his left finger than Jackson entire does. The commercial machine is a wonderful thing. Why do they not champion Jackson anymore?

Jackson is a pedophile so...

He's certainly fun to dance to. But yah, he's not exactly a prodigous musical talent.

Peadophile. I was being ironic. I was pertaining to the fact that a lot of Jackson's success is media led, put his talent into proper perspective. He rarely writes his own songs. Has limited instrumentation and his vocal range is limited. Why he is held up as a great artist is frankly terrifying. He can dance and recognise a good tune, but how many of you have listened to SIGN O THE TIMES? If you are serious music fans, you can see how good pop music can be.

:wave: haha. good joke.:finger: :afro:

lol I have to know, was this before or after Brandy & Monica's "The Boy Is Mine"?

Heinz sell millions of cans of baked beans everyday.

Does that mean baked beans are the height of haute cuisine ?

Nice words CelebG ;) whose music do you listen, is matter of your choice, but to look objectively, who had major impact on music in 80 – 90’s..
I love Avil Lavinges music, but I will not insist that she is the greatest female singer!

Beans – 5$ haute cuisine – for example 20$
Michael Jackson CD – 20 $ Prince CD – 20 $

You can't compare two different sistems...

Prince gave his last album away for the price of a newspaper , so yes I can

Yeah but it was'nt a joke. ROFL.

Bacause noone want's to buy him :usehead:

Totally which is why everyone applauded him for doing it and people who didn't even like Prince went out and bought the album...

Well lets have a look at the difference shall we.

Neither man is anywhere near as popular as they were in the 80s , however ...

Prince - Always recording , writing , producing , always wanting to do his own thing , even against his record companies wishes. Last couple of albums have been a huge improvement over anything he's done over the last 10/15 years. Recently sold out 21 shows in London alone.

Jackson - Sh*ts out another greatest hits compilation because he's skint.

Yeah I totally still listen to MJ. He is awesome. Although I didn't really become a fan until I was about 19. Wierd huh?

Btw I'm 23 now so i'm talking 4 years ago, not the 80's or anything hehe.

Definitely.

That said, I am a fan of Michael Jackson (the music, not the man) and recent events have had no effect on that.

I really liked You Rock My World. Didn't seem to go down too well with some of his hardcore fans.

Billie Jean was a great song to pass the time with when running over civilians in vice city, but apart from that Lionel richie hasn't been black since the commodores.

I just wanted an excuse to post this......so why not in this thread
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