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jayaredee said: Billie Jean is such an overrated MJ song.
I much prefer, Dont stop till you get enough, rock with you, smooth criminal, nd others compared to it Oh stop it! "Billie Jean" absolutely KILLS every other MJ song  | |
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DavidEye said: jayaredee said: Billie Jean is such an overrated MJ song.
I much prefer, Dont stop till you get enough, rock with you, smooth criminal, nd others compared to it Oh stop it! "Billie Jean" absolutely KILLS every other MJ song I wouldn't say "KILLS" . It may very well be his best, but it certainly isn't my favourite. | |
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LightOfArt said: purpleworld said: I take it that you've never heard the "Billie Jean" demos? Quincy didn't really have that much to do with the sound of this song.
Once Quincy wa outta the picture, MJ's music lost all its soul
listen to Who Is It (written/arranged/coproduced by MJ) and Stranger In Moscow (written/arranged/produced entirely by MJ), probably two of his most soulful songs. Have listened to them. In fact I've probably heard everything he's done otherwise I wouldn't have made the comment. I've never been a big MJ fan but live the first two albums especially Off The Wall. I just don't think much of what he did after. Too calculated and he didn't seem to be expressing himself honestly or when he did he was whining. Mind you I don't think tales of pyjama parties at Neverland would have sold so well. | |
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vivid said: LightOfArt said: listen to Who Is It (written/arranged/coproduced by MJ) and Stranger In Moscow (written/arranged/produced entirely by MJ), probably two of his most soulful songs. Have listened to them. In fact I've probably heard everything he's done otherwise I wouldn't have made the comment. I've never been a big MJ fan but live the first two albums especially Off The Wall. I just don't think much of what he did after. Too calculated and he didn't seem to be expressing himself honestly or when he did he was whining. Mind you I don't think tales of pyjama parties at Neverland would have sold so well. well, people who know him (ie, Quincy) said most of his songs are autobiographical | |
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I prefer "when doves cry" | |
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This is a very good question, I recently tired to ask this from myself as well. The truth is I cannot come up with an answer. They are simply just some of the best songs ever written. I mean if the question would have been "Billie Jean vs. Undisputed" or "Privacy vs. When Doves Cry" it wouldn't be hard to come up with some osrt of an answer but this is just impossible - it's like asking "what's the meaning of life?". I'm serious. | |
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Id say Billie Jean, because C'mon, its Billie Jean. I say that then i think hang on a minute, this is hard mayne. | |
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The songs are completely different, the artists are different, and both songs have been played to death. The Doves video is played and dated, just like some of P's early videos in which he used effects. Michael is the best video artist of all time and none of his videos look dated, not even "Don't Stop Till…" which utilizes effects. The only bad video he ever did was "Blood on The Dancefloor" which is piece of shit in both sight and sound. 
Billie Jean is all Michael, lyrically it sounds like Heartbreak Hotel (This Place Hotel) which is off the Jackson’s Triumph album; an album not produced by Q but by Michael and his bros. | |
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It is a tough choice, but one thing i have to admit: As much as i love BJ, i can't play it(or the Thriller album) anymore because it was played to death back in the day. I can still listen to WDC and the Purple Rain album though | |
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lilgish said: The only bad video he ever did was "Blood on The Dancefloor" which is piece of shit in both sight and sound.
The vid ain't great but I think the song is fine.  | |
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Cloudbuster said: lilgish said: The only bad video he ever did was "Blood on The Dancefloor" which is piece of shit in both sight and sound.
The vid ain't great but I think the song is fine. Yes but you thought Invincible was superduperlicious  | |
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VoicesCarry said: Yes but you thought Invincible was superduperlicious
And I still do. | |
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"When Doves Cry" is Prince's masterpiece.....
And you will have to hear the extended version of "Billie Jean" to appreciate it.....Micheal Jackson's funk.....  | |
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funkpill said: "When Doves Cry" is Prince's masterpiece.....
And you will have to hear the extended version of "Billie Jean" to appreciate it.....Micheal Jackson's funk..... extended version eh? hmmmmm | |
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jacktheimprovident said: funkpill said: "When Doves Cry" is Prince's masterpiece.....
And you will have to hear the extended version of "Billie Jean" to appreciate it.....Micheal Jackson's funk..... extended version eh? hmmmmm Yep!!! An extended version w/ an instrumental on the "B" side..... | |
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'Billie Jean' is one of my least favorite MJ songs....
'When Doves Cry' is one of my favorite P songs... so for me there is no question. you're only as old as you feel..............so how old do i feel 
Now that food has replaced sex in my life, I can't even get into my own pants. | |
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Cloudbuster said: RipHer2Shreds said: He's just telling a story. The song's not actually about him; it's about his brothers and the girls that followed them on tour. Odd. I heard that it was inspired by a woman who claimed that Michael was the father of one (yes, one) of her twins!!! She apparantly later ended up in a home for the mentally ill. That's what we were told in in school. I still can't get over that fact that my high school actually offered a "History of Rock and Roll" class! "A Watcher scoffs at gravity!" | |
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It's a draw. Billie Jean for it's bass, WDC for it's no-bass. "A Watcher scoffs at gravity!" | |
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meow85 said: Cloudbuster said: Odd. I heard that it was inspired by a woman who claimed that Michael was the father of one (yes, one) of her twins!!! She apparantly later ended up in a home for the mentally ill. That's what we were told in in school. I still can't get over that fact that my high school actually offered a "History of Rock and Roll" class! I shoulda gone to your school. And I'm glad that you heard the same story as me. I was beginning to think there was some conspiracy going on. | |
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