Michael aside, which Jackson brother do you prefer? I think most of us will agree that both Randy and Jermaine are talented.

Randy used to be a great composer and played alot of instruments (piano, congas, keyboards, guitar etc). http://en.wikipedia.org/w...usician%29

He wrote or co-wrote songs like:

On Destiny:

That's what you get for being polite
Shake your body to the ground
Things I do for you
All night dancin
Destiny

On Triumph:

Lovely one
Time waits for no one
Walk right now
Give it up
Wondering who

On Victory/alone

One more chance
The love we almost had


Jermaine is smooth and talented singer and plays the bass in an impressive way. He is especially impressive due to the fact that he masters the vocals, bass and choerograpy simultaneously IMO. He is the brother who has had a somewhat succesful solo carrier.

http://en.wikipedia.org/w...ne_Jackson

Jermaine has made the best music. Randy has skills aswell. I would need to see tito live.

Jackie and Marlon are the bottom two.

manthevan said:

Jermaine is the second most talented Jackson after Michael.
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lilgish said:

I agree. Even though Michael is monumentally a better entertainer than Jermaine, Jermaine is a true multi-instrumantalist and actually has a lot of albums (that nobody bought).

lilgish said:

I love the song "Castles of sand" with Jermaine. There is a sample of it here http://www.amazon.com/exe...c&n=507846

I wish I could get a hold of the entire song.

manthevan said:

I like the somewhat raspy vocals Jermaine used to blend with his smooth style in the 70's.

manthevan said:

Randy CAN write lyrics that matters!

BlaqueKnight said:

Agree!

I can't decide.

Tito..actually Tito and Latoya should make a record..

Didn't Michael say Joseph beat on Marlon alot worse because he couldn't get dance steps right? "Do like Michael"

CinisterCee said:

oh yeah..then he would..send one of he kids..outside to get a switch..and then you can hear a women's voice going " NO JOSEPH HE's ONLY A CHILD!"

this is familiar..to my past..


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CinisterCee said:

Now I agree with Mike being the most talented. He is followed by Jermaine and then Randy.

But y'all are underestimating Marlon. MArlon produced basicaly his whole Baby Tonight LP, playing all instruments fromGuitar and Bass to Keyboards and Drums/Percussion.

Then Tito comes right after Marlon, or he can come before looking at the material he worked on.

Jackie would have too come in last. Thats not a bad thing, as he produced tracks like Your Ways and Torture.

So in order from most talented would be

Michael - Multi-Insrumentalist, Producer, Singer and Dancer
Jermaine - Multi-Insrumentalist, Producer, Singer and Dancer
Steven - Multi-Insrumentalist, Producer, Singer and Dancer
Marlon - Multi-Insrumentalist, Producer, Singer and Dancer
Toriano - Multi-Insrumentalist, Producer, Singer and Dancer
Sigmund - Multi-Insrumentalist, Producer, Singer and Dancer

LittleBLUECorvette said:

Marlon is alright...he is just not cut to be a lead singer IMO...Body is an example of that IMO

i love randy's songwriting so he gets my vote..

apart from Michael they all suck!

Xavier23 said:

wait..i thought mj was the only one who sucked.....



thank you, good night!!!

Xavier23 said:

Not that I think that it matters to you but I'll say it anyway. On what grounds do you say they all suck? The songs they have produced are not bad. Or do you honestly think that songs like Can you feel it, Shake your body suck?

Everything doesn't come in black and white, maybe you should try to see thinks in shades of grey. Just a thought.

ive already said this in another thread about this topic but its defiently got to be jackie and randy. they are the most amazing songwriters behind michael out of all the family, and in my opinion being able to write great songs is the most hardest and talented thing one can do in the music industry

hellomoto said:

Didn't Jackie produce and sing lead on 'Wait'? I love that song. Ha, and he did backing vocals for Madonna on 'White Heat'.

Looking forward to Tito's Blues album too.

actually janet was born a guy but had a sex change

its funny how these jacksons behave michawel was born black

O'Shea 'Ice Cube' Jackson

Jermaine Jackson

Colin!

Ellie said:

Wait was one of my favorite songs off of Victory. I also liked his song Cruisin' and Wondering Who kind of grew on me. The funk at the end is crazy.

JackieBlue said:

Love all those cuts u mentioned. Amazing someone actually owns Jackies "be the one" album "cruizin' is awesome.

I love "wait" alot too. Best cut off "victory" by far. Jackie sounds so great on it. And the middle 8 is awesome, then Mikes vocals come in at the end. Goosepimple stuff.

Anyway, the question? I'd say randy (just). His randy and the gypsies album is very funky in places. And no denying "one more chance" is perhaps the most underated of all jackson related songs ever! Again the middle 8 is gorgeous.


Marlon had "baby tonight" too around 1987.

Randy, jackie and marlon all had albums out in the late 80's. And all are very hard to find. Particually jackies.

I've only got Jackie's self-titled first solo album on vinyl. It's mostly just covers.