It's still in the vault it's called –
”Dump MF with a plastic face”
It’s very funky

zaza said:

..

I'd really love to hear Mike try 'Insatiable' on .. With his falsetto, perhaps? Maybe not? I'm trying to imagine him singing it, but it's just not working for me

chocolatehandles said:

OOPS I meant - Dumb not Dump Sorry!

Here's the Chorus

Back in the day when I was cool
I decided to pay $$$ to a plastic surgeon fool
Now I look like I'm from outa space and I'm a
Dumb MF with a plastic face!

Ain't he dead yet?

Dayclear said:

Hmmmm, I think he'd do a nice job on these

Let's Work
Free
Paisley Park
Raspberry Beret
Life Can Be So Nice
Strange Relationship

Absolutely not what were you thinking MJ couldn't cope with any of those and do them better ? I think NOT in fact I am sure NOT Never ever land !!!!!

i can see mj doin
it
cream

I dont think Michael Jackson could honestly do justice to any of Princes' songs

ThreadBare said:

The answer is none... You cannot expect a performer to do the work of an artist.

nonsense

nyse said:

Bang on (bar the Bad mention).
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MantuaPharoah said:

I strongly prefer Prince on both counts... His vocal work is superb and he's pretty commonly considered the best live performer alive.

I'd certainly MUCH rather watch Prince play the guitar than watch MJ dance and grab his crotch.

And some of these songs listed, I really can't see anyone doing better

Adore
How Come You Don't Call Me Anymore

Are you kidding me?
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Why, Why, Why, It does NOT matter anyway.

Prince could do a better job on Dirty Diana... oh, wait a minute he did that first with Darlin Nikki and didn't need to hire a guitar player.

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None.

NastradumasKid said:

Word of advice: Take everything Imago says with a grain of salt.

weird thread, I wouldn't want Jacko to touch any Prince song...

buttcheeks said:

PanthaGirl said:

Bang on

There are very few songs that I could think of that Prince sings that Michael could pull off as well. Prince songs just fit Prince and I don't think Michael could ever pull most of P's songs off, but the few that come to mind:

1)Love (Always thought this sounded a bit like something MJ would sing anyway)
2)The Most Beatiful Girl In The World
3)Diamonds & Pearls

Cinnamon234 said:

Good choice

Byron said:

His band jammed on 'It's Gonna B a Beautiful Night' during the Bad Tour a couple of times.

Hmmm the question makes me wonder. Prince has done the MJ thing a few times, so how comes Mike has never done some Prince song? Maybe he would have an interesting take on something like Starfish and Coffee but better? I doubt it.

I never get the comparisons anyway. Other than being black guys who were icons in he '80s I don't see many similarities.

Mike=safe
Prince=edgy

Mike=entertainer
Prince=musician

Mike=accesible
Prince=enigmatic

Both are excellent performers and they both have interesting vocal stylings but when I think of great vocalists I think of people like Luther.

I wanna say "The Beautiful Ones" but I might laugh myself to death.

nyse said:

MJ is one of my favorite vocalist but he does not have the raw edge
that prince does... Prince would have performed Bad and dirty dianna better than mj....

But I would like to hear mj attempt "until ur in my arms again"..
Seems like the usual MJ sap fest....[/quote]


nyse, you are spot on with this regarding the raw edge. MJ may have done some of Prince's soppy songs justice, but not the ones with a raw edge and emotion. I actually prefer Prince as a vocalist compared to MJ because of the ability to portray emotion in so many different ways.

As mentioned above, I don't think any of Prince's greatest songs could have been done any justice by MJ singing but I guarantee you one thing. That if Prince had been MJ's songwriter throughout the 80's and 90's then MJ would have been even bigger than what he was. Prince would have kept MJ's ass on the straight and narrow and all of the Prince songs (95% of them) that the general public knows nothing about would be well known songs because MJ was always guaranteed airplay+success.

And MJ fans wouldn't have had to wait an average of 5 years for new albums. So as much as I disagree that MJ would do Prn songs better than Prn, I do believe the songs would have been huge hits for the reasons above and that Prince would be widely regarded as the greatest songwriter of his generation instead of being regarded as such amongst his fans and a handful of critics.
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