I prefer J5's Pride & Joy to Marvin Gaye's!!

DawnD said:

Well, none of those are J5 songs!

lonelygurl8305 said:

My favorite song featuring little Mike.

But again, it's not a J5 song. It is a great Marvin Gaye song, though (especially the unedited version on the I Want You Special Edition).

Ellie said:

I don't think I like it MORE than Gaye's but I certainly like this it. Actually Joyful Jukebox Music was the first album I ever had (my sis gave to me for Christmas back in like 76 or 77). I still pull it out every once in awhile. I have only good nostalgic warm feelings for just about all those tracks. Remember Window Shopping? Love Is the Thing You Need? Make Tonight All Mine?

LittleBLUECorvette said:

I would LOVE to hear them one day.

Ellie said:

WHOA!!! I wouldn't go that far. That's just me though. Ain't nothing like the real thing, baby.

AlexdeParis said:

Amen.

I love his shout out to his family on that version.

And "I Wanna Be Where You Are" was a little MJ solo joint. #16 pop and #2 R&B in 1972. It was sampled by MC Lyte's "Georgy Porgy".

Willie Hutch's version of that same song was nice too.
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My personal fave
"Let Me Show You The Way TO GO"

Soulchild82 said:

Thats not a Jackson 5 song, it's by a group formed in 1976 called "the Jacksons."

LittleBLUECorvette said:

It's my favorite song by the Jacksons.

LittleBLUECorvette said:

Well to defend Soulchild here, I would call "Show You the Way to Go" a J5 song, only difference is the group just changed their name to the Jacksons and the same lead singer, just no Jermaine, no Motown and no bubblegum but they're the same group.

LittleBLUECorvette said:

Same thing really just without Jermaine and with Randy. Regardless of which incarnation of the J5 its still a great song

Timmy84 said:

No Jermaine = different group

AlexdeParis said:

Then Jermaine came back eight years later.

They changed their sound so yeah "different group" but same last name: Jackson.

The daggone Rock & Roll Hall of Fame even lists some songs from the catalog into what they did as "The Jackson 5". They never look at the Jackson 5 and Jacksons as different groups. Only thing is they had a different sound, Michael wasn't sharing much leads much like before, and they were actually playing instruments on the records. It was like they shed skin and became a different snake so I can see why they're "different groups".

Timmy84 said:

Apparently the Rock Hall does see them as different groups as only "The Jackson 5" are in and not little bro Randy. They do however lok at Parliament / Funkadelic as the same group.

great thread, J5 filler is better than most lead singles today.

lilgish said:

Fixed.

LittleBLUECorvette said:

Hmm, good point... They do look as P-Funk as the same group because in some way they were.

This is a great thread. That's why I like this forum you can get an indept discussion of the J5 underrated songs. Sometimes I truely believe that fans of other artists tend to know more about MJ and the J5 music than most of his actual hard-core fans.

if i don't love u this way

looking through the windows

corner of the sky

maybe 2morrow

but surpised no one said i betcha from abc

does anyone remember the song daper dan from MJ's solo album? i still remember the inlay pics, mj in the phone booth with a soda in one hand and that powder blue denim jacket and pants

LittleBLUECorvette said:

Michael cover of People Make The World Go Round from the Ben album is another underrated song. It's not strictly J5, but it's still a 13 yr old Mike that takes a song and gives it's his own intrepretation.
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one song:

I AM LOVE!!!!

Well,
Darling Dear & The Love You Save are incredible.

Wonderwall said:

I LOVE 'Love Is The Thing You Need'. You can mix it well wth 'Bring It Back' by Moloko

^ oooh I lvoe love is the thing you need

did anyone mention "Can You Remember"? It's a remake of a Delfonics song.

SoulAlive said:

Yeah I think someone did. Great song too.

- Reach "mutha F-N" In
- She's Good
- Ain't Nothin Like the Real Thing