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Reply #30 posted 08/28/07 5:05pm

mimi07

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Timmy84 said:

lilgish said:

Isn't it MJ's birthday?


No, he'll be 49 on the 29th (tomorrow)...

Wow... Michael Jackson of the Jackson 5 is approaching fifty... damn. lol
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i know, michael, madonna and prince
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Reply #31 posted 08/28/07 5:06pm

Rodya24

Timmy84 said:

lilgish said:

Isn't it MJ's birthday?


No, he'll be 49 on the 29th (tomorrow)...

Wow... Michael Jackson's approaching fifty... damn. lol


I know. It makes me sad. I wish him another fifty years. Hopefully the next couple of decades will be more peaceful for him.
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Reply #32 posted 08/28/07 5:07pm

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Timmy84 said:

ehuffnsd said:



i can't listen to that one, i don't like the way he says help.


i wanna scream there is an h at the beginning of the word!!!
[Edited 8/28/07 16:49pm]


lol You think he pronounced "human" better than "help"? lol



i don't notice it as much as i do with help
You CANNOT use the name of God, or religion, to justify acts of violence, to hurt, to hate, to discriminate- Madonna
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Reply #33 posted 08/28/07 5:09pm

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well happy birthday to MJ smile
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Reply #34 posted 08/28/07 5:11pm

Timmy84

Rodya24 said:

Timmy84 said:



No, he'll be 49 on the 29th (tomorrow)...

Wow... Michael Jackson's approaching fifty... damn. lol


I know. It makes me sad. I wish him another fifty years. Hopefully the next couple of decades will be more peaceful for him.


Yeah I for one generally hope so.
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Reply #35 posted 08/28/07 5:11pm

Timmy84

ehuffnsd said:

Timmy84 said:



lol You think he pronounced "human" better than "help"? lol



i don't notice it as much as i do with help


Oh ok. lol
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Reply #36 posted 08/28/07 5:12pm

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i like earth song but i like 'HTW' and 'will you be there' better. i dont think there are too many on here that like HTW I guess.
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Reply #37 posted 08/28/07 5:14pm

Timmy84

kash said:

i like earth song but i like 'HTW' and 'will you be there' better. i dont think there are too many on here that like HTW I guess.


It's just "ok".

Actually when you compare "Earth Song" to those other "save the world" joints, ES actually holds up better to me than the rest of them, even "We Are the World".

In those respect, I dig what lilgish is saying.

I loved the gospel breakdown in the end of "Earth Song" too. I mean, yeah he was a Jehovah's Witness but he had roots in the church.
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Reply #38 posted 08/28/07 5:14pm

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Timmy84 said:

And yeah "Get on the Floor" is boss, I love the chant leading up to the end of the song:

"Get up, won't you gon' get down
Shake yo body, won't you gon' get down..."


And how his voice rises and rises while chanting... I love it! woot!

and u can't listen to that song without listening to "burn this disco out" cool
"we make our heroes in America only to destroy them"
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Reply #39 posted 08/28/07 5:14pm

Rodya24

kash said:

i like earth song but i like 'HTW' and 'will you be there' better. i dont think there are too many on here that like HTW I guess.



I like HTW. But it scares me when some ONLY know that song out of all the others.

"Will You Be There" is fantastic too. I love his vocals on that one.
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Reply #40 posted 08/28/07 5:16pm

Timmy84

mimi07 said:

Timmy84 said:

And yeah "Get on the Floor" is boss, I love the chant leading up to the end of the song:

"Get up, won't you gon' get down
Shake yo body, won't you gon' get down..."


And how his voice rises and rises while chanting... I love it! woot!

and u can't listen to that song without listening to "burn this disco out" cool


Actually I can't listen to any song without playing the entire "Off the Wall" album. Nearly 30 years later, it STILL holds up!!!! woot! The perfect mixture of disco, funk, jazz, pop and soul in one album... classic. fro
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Reply #41 posted 08/28/07 5:19pm

Timmy84

Rodya24 said:

kash said:

i like earth song but i like 'HTW' and 'will you be there' better. i dont think there are too many on here that like HTW I guess.



I like HTW. But it scares me when some ONLY know that song out of all the others.

"Will You Be There" is fantastic too. I love his vocals on that one.


Yeah, it's not that I think he got corny but some songs where he's doing songs that are more either humanitarian or personal, there's an opinion on which song is great or not.

You think he was crying for help in "Will U Be There?" hmmm

"Everybody's taking control of me
Seems like the world's got a role for me
I'm so confused, will you show to me
You'll be there with me and care enough to bare me!"


I think he was calling for God in that one. If a gospel singer covered it, you'd gotten the message.
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Reply #42 posted 08/28/07 5:24pm

Rodya24

Timmy84 said:

Rodya24 said:




I like HTW. But it scares me when some ONLY know that song out of all the others.

"Will You Be There" is fantastic too. I love his vocals on that one.


Yeah, it's not that I think he got corny but some songs where he's doing songs that are more either humanitarian or personal, there's an opinion on which song is great or not.

You think he was crying for help in "Will U Be There?" hmmm

"Everybody's taking control of me
Seems like the world's got a role for me
I'm so confused, will you show to me
You'll be there with me and care enough to bare me!"


I think he was calling for God in that one. If a gospel singer covered it, you'd gotten the message.


I think the lyrics of "Will You Be There" reveal a lonely, insecure, and paranoid person.

Yes, I agree that songs like these generate differing opinions -- more so than songs like "Get On The Floor."
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Reply #43 posted 08/28/07 5:31pm

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Timmy84 said:

mimi07 said:


and u can't listen to that song without listening to "burn this disco out" cool


Actually I can't listen to any song without playing the entire "Off the Wall" album. Nearly 30 years later, it STILL holds up!!!! woot! The perfect mixture of disco, funk, jazz, pop and soul in one album... classic. fro

YES SIRRRR biggrin
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Reply #44 posted 08/28/07 5:37pm

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Timmy84 said:

ehuffnsd said:




i don't notice it as much as i do with help


Oh ok. lol



yeah the lack of h isn't as pronounced in human nature as in I Can't Elp It.
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Reply #45 posted 08/28/07 5:38pm

Rodya24

ehuffnsd said:

Timmy84 said:



Oh ok. lol



yeah the lack of h isn't as pronounced in human nature as in I Can't Elp It.


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Reply #46 posted 08/28/07 5:43pm

JoeTyler

The ten best MJ songs


1.Don't stop till you get enough
2.Rock with you
3.Who is it
4.Beat it
5.Human Nature
6.Billie Jean
7.Get on the floor
8.She's out of my life
9.I can't help it
10.Wanna be startin' something
tinkerbell
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Reply #47 posted 08/28/07 5:45pm

Rodya24

JoeTyler said:

The ten best MJ songs


1.Don't stop till you get enough
2.Rock with you
3.Who is it
4.Beat it
5.Human Nature
6.Billie Jean
7.Get on the floor
8.She's out of my life
9.I can't help it
10.Wanna be startin' something


If you added "Earth Song" and "Stranger In Moscow," I would agree. biggrin
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Reply #48 posted 08/28/07 5:59pm

JoeTyler

Rodya24 said:

JoeTyler said:

The ten best MJ songs


1.Don't stop till you get enough
2.Rock with you
3.Who is it
4.Beat it
5.Human Nature
6.Billie Jean
7.Get on the floor
8.She's out of my life
9.I can't help it
10.Wanna be startin' something


If you added "Earth Song" and "Stranger In Moscow," I would agree. biggrin


Stranger in Moscow would be Nº11 nod
tinkerbell
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Reply #49 posted 08/28/07 9:35pm

uPtoWnNY

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The ten best MJ songs


1.Don't stop till you get enough
2.Rock with you
3.Who is it
4.Beat it
5.Human Nature
6.Billie Jean
7.Get on the floor
8.She's out of my life
9.I can't help it
10.Wanna be startin' something



For my list, I'd take out 'Who Is It', 'Get on the Floor', and 'She's Out of My Life'. Substitute 'Working Day & Night', 'I Wanna Be Where You Are', and 'Wings of My Love'.
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Reply #50 posted 08/29/07 2:53am

EmbattledWarri
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I still say Stranger In Moscow is the Best MJ song ever.
Utterly masterful...
Closest he'll get to a masterpeice in my eyes
I am a Rail Road, Track Abandoned
With the Sunset forgetting, i ever Happened
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Reply #51 posted 08/29/07 3:23am

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EmbattledWarrior said:

I still say Stranger In Moscow is the Best MJ song ever.
Utterly masterful...
Closest he'll get to a masterpeice in my eyes


I was about to say this , Althought Earth song is a brilliant piece but Stranger in moscow is just from another planet, I wonder how he came with the melody , the lyrics are pure genius and chorus is just breathtaking , Its the greatest interpretation of loneliness ....Masterpiece.




Written and composed by michael jackson.
Produced by michael jackson.


I was wandering in the rain
Mask of life, feelin insane
Swift and sudden fall from grace
Sunny days seem far away
Kremlins shadow belittlin me
Stalins tomb wont let me be
On and on and on it came
Wish the rain would just let me

How does it feel (how does it feel)
How does it feel
How does it feel
When youre alone
And youre cold inside

Here abandoned in my fame
Armageddon of the brain
Kgb was doggin me
Take my name and just let me be
Then a begger boy called my name
Happy days will drown the pain
On and on and on it came
And again, and again, and again...
Take my name and just let me be

How does it feel (how does it feel)
How does it feel
How does it feel
How does it feel
How does it feel (how does it feel now)
How does it feel
How does it feel
When youre alone
And youre cold inside

How does it feel (how does it feel)
How does it feel
How does it feel
How does it feel
How does it feel (how does it feel now)
How does it feel
How does it feel
When youre alone
And youre cold inside

Like stranger in moscow
Lord I must say
Like stranger in moscow
Lord I must say
Were talkin danger
Were talkin danger, baby
Like stranger in moscow
Were talkin danger
Were talkin danger, baby
Like stranger in moscow
Im livin lonely
Im livin lonely, baby
Stranger in moscow

(kgb interrogator -
Russian to english translation)
Why have you come from the west?
Confess! to steal the great achievements of
The people, the accomplishments of the workers...
music
[Edited 8/29/07 3:23am]
[Edited 8/29/07 3:25am]
MICHAEL JACKSON
R.I.P
مايكل جاكسون للأبد
1958
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Reply #52 posted 08/29/07 4:17am

MikeMatronik

One song:

Cheater (demo)

woot! woot! woot! woot! woot!
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Reply #53 posted 08/29/07 4:20am

whatsgoingon

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seeingvoices12 said:

EmbattledWarrior said:

I still say Stranger In Moscow is the Best MJ song ever.
Utterly masterful...
Closest he'll get to a masterpeice in my eyes


I was about to say this , Althought Earth song is a brilliant piece but Stranger in moscow is just from another planet, I wonder how he came with the melody , the lyrics are pure genius and chorus is just breathtaking , Its the greatest interpretation of loneliness ....Masterpiece.




Written and composed by michael jackson.
Produced by michael jackson.


I was wandering in the rain
Mask of life, feelin insane
Swift and sudden fall from grace
Sunny days seem far away
Kremlins shadow belittlin me
Stalins tomb wont let me be
On and on and on it came
Wish the rain would just let me

How does it feel (how does it feel)
How does it feel
How does it feel
When youre alone
And youre cold inside

Here abandoned in my fame
Armageddon of the brain
Kgb was doggin me
Take my name and just let me be
Then a begger boy called my name
Happy days will drown the pain
On and on and on it came
And again, and again, and again...
Take my name and just let me be

How does it feel (how does it feel)
How does it feel
How does it feel
How does it feel
How does it feel (how does it feel now)
How does it feel
How does it feel
When youre alone
And youre cold inside

How does it feel (how does it feel)
How does it feel
How does it feel
How does it feel
How does it feel (how does it feel now)
How does it feel
How does it feel
When youre alone
And youre cold inside

Like stranger in moscow
Lord I must say
Like stranger in moscow
Lord I must say
Were talkin danger
Were talkin danger, baby
Like stranger in moscow
Were talkin danger
Were talkin danger, baby
Like stranger in moscow
Im livin lonely
Im livin lonely, baby
Stranger in moscow

(kgb interrogator -
Russian to english translation)
Why have you come from the west?
Confess! to steal the great achievements of
The people, the accomplishments of the workers...
music
[Edited 8/29/07 3:23am]
[Edited 8/29/07 3:25am]

Stranger in Moscow is his best song in the last 20 years. Earth Song is a good composition, but the actual song is corny as hell along with Lost Children, HTW and Childhood. How did this one time funky singer become so sappy and corny?
He sounds sappier in the last 20 years than he ever did at Motown.
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Reply #54 posted 08/29/07 5:43am

dag

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I love Earth Song too. Definately one of his best ever.
"When Michael Jackson is just singing and dancing, you just think this is an astonishing talent. And he has had this astounding talent all his life, but we want him to be floored as well. We really don´t like the idea that he could have it all."
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Reply #55 posted 08/29/07 5:43am

seeingvoices12

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whatsgoingon said:

seeingvoices12 said:



I was about to say this , Althought Earth song is a brilliant piece but Stranger in moscow is just from another planet, I wonder how he came with the melody , the lyrics are pure genius and chorus is just breathtaking , Its the greatest interpretation of loneliness ....Masterpiece.




Written and composed by michael jackson.
Produced by michael jackson.


I was wandering in the rain
Mask of life, feelin insane
Swift and sudden fall from grace
Sunny days seem far away
Kremlins shadow belittlin me
Stalins tomb wont let me be
On and on and on it came
Wish the rain would just let me

How does it feel (how does it feel)
How does it feel
How does it feel
When youre alone
And youre cold inside

Here abandoned in my fame
Armageddon of the brain
Kgb was doggin me
Take my name and just let me be
Then a begger boy called my name
Happy days will drown the pain
On and on and on it came
And again, and again, and again...
Take my name and just let me be

How does it feel (how does it feel)
How does it feel
How does it feel
How does it feel
How does it feel (how does it feel now)
How does it feel
How does it feel
When youre alone
And youre cold inside

How does it feel (how does it feel)
How does it feel
How does it feel
How does it feel
How does it feel (how does it feel now)
How does it feel
How does it feel
When youre alone
And youre cold inside

Like stranger in moscow
Lord I must say
Like stranger in moscow
Lord I must say
Were talkin danger
Were talkin danger, baby
Like stranger in moscow
Were talkin danger
Were talkin danger, baby
Like stranger in moscow
Im livin lonely
Im livin lonely, baby
Stranger in moscow

(kgb interrogator -
Russian to english translation)
Why have you come from the west?
Confess! to steal the great achievements of
The people, the accomplishments of the workers...
music
[Edited 8/29/07 3:23am]
[Edited 8/29/07 3:25am]

Stranger in Moscow is his best song in the last 20 years. Earth Song is a good composition, but the actual song is corny as hell along with Lost Children, HTW and Childhood. How did this one time funky singer become so sappy and corny?
He sounds sappier in the last 20 years than he ever did at Motown.


I disagree on Earth song, maybe you can say that about the Lost children but the song is just powerful and brilliant melody,I have met non MJ fans who love this tune, Maybe its not your cup of tea but its definitley not corny....Its absurd to say this.
MICHAEL JACKSON
R.I.P
مايكل جاكسون للأبد
1958
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Reply #56 posted 08/29/07 5:51am

DarlingDiana

The best Michael Jackson is definately Billie Jean. There's not question about it. That song is perfect. It's the perfect song.
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Reply #57 posted 08/29/07 5:58am

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NO.
It is not known why FuNkeNsteiN capitalizes his name as he does, though some speculate sunlight deficiency caused by the most pimpified white guy afro in Nordic history.

- Lammastide
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Reply #58 posted 08/29/07 7:05am

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Lovesexy82 said:

I forgot to add that I think "I Can't Help It" is his best song. This was his minor foray into jazz-like compositions. If he had've kept going, I think he would've blown us all away.

"Human Nature" is a very close second.
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hell yeah... "I Can't Help It" is the shit
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