Good for them for continuing to perform for many years, I'll definitely support it. I saw them at their tour opening night a few years ago, and I'm glad I didn't let the grief of losing mj or media or negativity of fans influence take away from how much their music inspired me and made me feel. I understand the anger and they can't turn back time, but someone brought up a good point about some not getting rewarded till much later on, including big artists that are white. Even madonna was not rewarded at the grammys aside from 1 or 2 until she won tons for Ray of Light much later than her 80's peak in populairty.

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alphastreet said:

Good for them for continuing to perform for many years, I'll definitely support it. I saw them at their tour opening night a few years ago, and I'm glad I didn't let the grief of losing mj or media or negativity of fans influence take away from how much their music inspired me and made me feel. I understand the anger and they can't turn back time, but someone brought up a good point about some not getting rewarded till much later on, including big artists that are white. Even madonna was not rewarded at the grammys aside from 1 or 2 until she won tons for Ray of Light much later than her 80's peak in populairty.

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That's true Madonna have never been a favourite to the Grammys i do not know why, cause Like A Prayer (the song) deserved it one for Song of the Year or Record of the Year, and the album itself deserved it aswell

MichaelJackson5 said:

no worries...MJ got enough for all if you all on his own! baahahahaha!

MotownSubdivision said:

MichaelJackson5 said:

The Chauffeur and Save a Prayer, while not chart hits were very underrated songs. And Duran Duran reinvigorated their sound with Ordinary World and Come Undone in the early 90s. The J5/Jacksons weren't even an entity by then.

Year	Single	Peak chart positions[					Album
		US	US R&B	UK	IRE	Aus

1971	"How Funky Is Your Chicken"
	"Never Can Say Goodbye"	2	1	33	—	77	Maybe Tomorrow
	"Maybe Tomorrow"	20	3	—	—	—
	"Sugar Daddy"	10	3	—	—	—	Greatest Hits
1972	"Little Bitty Pretty One"	13	8	—	—	47	Lookin' Through the Windows
	"Lookin' Through the Windows"	16	5	9	—	—
	"Doctor My Eyes"	—	—	9	—	—
	"Corner Of The Sky"	18	9	—	—	—	Skywriter
1973	"Hallelujah Day"	28	10	20	—	31
	"Skywriter"	—	—	25	—	87
	"Get It Together"	28	2	—	—	—	G.I.T.: Get It Together
	"Reflections"
	"I Can't Quit Your Love"						Skywriter
1974	"Dancing Machine"	2	1	53	—	—	Dancing Machine
	"The Boogie Man"[11]	—	—	58	—	—	Skywriter
	"Whatever You Got, I Want"	38	3	—	—	—	Dancing Machine
	"Life of the Party"	—	—	—	—	—
	"What You Don't Know"
	"I Am Love"	15	5	—	—	—
1975	"Forever Came Today"	60	6	—	—	—	Moving Violation
	"All I Do Is Think of You"	—	50	—	—	—

"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Epic/CBS releases (The Jacksons)

Year	Single	Peak chart positions[3][4]					Album
		US	US R&B	UK	IRE	AUS
1976	"Enjoy Yourself"	6	2	42	—	—	The Jacksons
1977	"Show You the Way to Go"	28	6	1	5	—
	"Dreamer"	—	—	22	—	—
	"Goin' Places"	52	8	26	13	—	Goin' Places
	"Even Though You're Gone"	—	—	31	—	—
1978	"Different Kind of Lady"	—	—	—	—	—
	"Music's Taking Over"	—	—	—	—	—
	"Find Me a Girl"	—	38	—	—	—
	"Blame It on the Boogie"	54	3	8	15	4	Destiny
1979	"Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground)"	7	3	4	9	59
	"Destiny"	—	—	39	—	—
1980	"Lovely One"	12	2	29	17	—	Triumph
	"This Place Hotel" (a.k.a. "Heartbreak Hotel")	22	2	44	—	—
1981	"Can You Feel It"	77	30	6	12	10
	"Walk Right Now"	73	50	7	16	—
	"Time Waits for No One"	—	—	—	—	—
	"Things I Do for You" (live)	—	—	—	—	—	The Jacksons Live!
1984	"State of Shock" (with Mick Jagger)	3	4	14	8	10	Victory
	"Torture"	17	12	26	13	32
	"Body"	47	39	—	—	—
	"Wait"	—	—	—	—	—
1987	"Time Out for the Burglar"	—	88	—	—	—	non-album single
1989	"Nothin' (That Compares 2 U)"	77	4	33	—	89	2300 Jackson Street
	"2300 Jackson Street" (The Jacksons featuring Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson, Rebbie Jackson and Marlon Jackson)	—	9	—	—	—
	"Art of Madness"	—	—	—	—	—

Duran also wrote all of their hits. The J5 did not until they left Motown.

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That's true. And it takes nothing away from The Jackson 5. Duran Duran's credentials have nothing to do with that of The Jacksons.

Agree!

What exactly does Duran Duran have to do with the fact J5 deserved grammys?

That poster just loves to bash Michael for some reason. The Grammys are full of politics and always been.

^He's saying that Duran Duran deserves to be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame over The J5, who are inducted. They keep getting passed over.

CynicKill said:

^He's saying that Duran Duran deserves to be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame over The J5, who are inducted. They keep getting passed over.

But its pointless though because regardless J5 deserves to be in the RHOF. They BOTH deserve to be in the RHOF. It takes nothing away from J5 or Duran Duran. Considering the RHOF snubs a lot of black artists Duran Duran will eventually get inducted and be okay. I find it more alarming that there are more black artists that get snubbed by the RHOF.

LOL yeah you're the third person to point that out.

Its the truth though. He had the nerve to point out Duran Duran when black bands and artist like WAR and Whitney Houston are not even it it. They have been slighting black artists since the beginning of time. Before we talk about Duran Duran, lets talk about THEM! Hell it took Donna Summers death for them to finally induct her after countless years of snubbing her so Bye Felicia with the Duran Duran bullshit. Its just another argument for that crazed MJ hater to use against MJ. I must admit they are on a roll!

CynicKill said:

^He's saying that Duran Duran deserves to be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame over The J5, who are inducted. They keep getting passed over.

That isn't what I was insinuating. I was trying to say that the Jacksons should be happy they were immortalized when they were inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame. Many acts such as Duran Duran haven't even received such an honor eventhough they've contributed as much to music and more to music videos. Both acts deserve to be in the Hall of Fame.

On top of that, a Grammy award lost it's lustre after Milli Vanilli won two in 1990. The awards became a joke after that fiasco. And if a shitty artist like Kanye West can win 21 Grammys sampling music, the Grammys mean nothing anymore.

Whitney Houston has never written a song in her illustrious career. Duran wrote every one of their songs. This is a classic example of

And MJ wasn't even really a part of the Jacksons since Triumph. He wasn't involve much with Victory, wasn't even in the Torture video so the brothers had to use an MJ mannequin in the video as a substiution.

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MichaelJackson5 said:

CynicKill said:

^He's saying that Duran Duran deserves to be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame over The J5, who are inducted. They keep getting passed over.

On top of that, a Grammy award lost it's lustre after Milli Vanilli won two in 1990. The awards became a joke after that fiasco. And if a shitty artist like Kanye West can win 21 Grammys sampling music, the Grammys mean nothing anymore.

I'm going 2 have 2 agree with this................

Graycap23 said:

MichaelJackson5 said:

On top of that, a Grammy award lost it's lustre after Milli Vanilli won two in 1990. The awards became a joke after that fiasco. And if a shitty artist like Kanye West can win 21 Grammys sampling music, the Grammys mean nothing anymore.

I'm going 2 have 2 agree with this................

After many years fighting with this concept, I must concur.

Cinny said:

Graycap23 said:

I'm going 2 have 2 agree with this................

After many years fighting with this concept, I must concur.

Cinny said:

Graycap23 said:

I'm going 2 have 2 agree with this................

After many years fighting with this concept, I must concur.

Me too - I totally agree that the Grammy's are a joke. It's sad really as I used to live and die for them when I was younger. Now, I just don't give a fu*k.

The Grammy's?

It's still a good show though.

Graycap23 said:

MichaelJackson5 said:

On top of that, a Grammy award lost it's lustre after Milli Vanilli won two in 1990. The awards became a joke after that fiasco. And if a shitty artist like Kanye West can win 21 Grammys sampling music, the Grammys mean nothing anymore.

I'm going 2 have 2 agree with this................

Beyonce, Kanye, Alicia, Jay Z all have over 20 something Grammys while James Brown and Marvin Gaye only have one and Diana Ross has 0. That lets me know that it is a joke!!!

SoulAlive said:

"I Can't Help It" is quite possibly the best song that Michael ever recorded....it's so damn soulful!! After all these decades,this song still knocks me out!! Wow!!

I just listened to this album today for the first time in years.

Get On the Floor is tight. You can hear Louis Johnson poppin those bass strings.

I Can't Help It is a nice song and Grover Washington's jazz rendition of it is nice too.

About time prince.org had another classic Jacksons thread.

hell no we won't get over it. they should get a grammy lifetime achievment award.

phunkdaddy said:

SoulAlive said:

"I Can't Help It" is quite possibly the best song that Michael ever recorded....it's so damn soulful!! After all these decades,this song still knocks me out!! Wow!!

I just listened to this album today for the first time in years.

Get On the Floor is tight. You can hear Louis Johnson poppin those bass strings.

I Can't Help It is a nice song and Grover Washington's jazz rendition of it is nice too.

This album is so amazing,isn't it? One great song after another.The entire Side One is a groovefest! My favorite MJ album.

babybugz said:

About time prince.org had another classic Jacksons thread.