"Control" (James Harris, Janet Jackson, Terry Lewis) – 5:53
"Nasty" (Harris, Jackson, Lewis) – 4:03
"What Have You Done for Me Lately" (Harris, Jackson, Lewis) – 4:59
"You Can Be Mine" (James Harris, Janet Jackson, Terry Lewis) – 5:16
"The Pleasure Principle" (Monte Moir) – 4:58
"When I Think of You" (James Harris, Terry Lewis) – 3:56
"He Doesn't Know I'm Alive" (Spencer Bernard) – 3:30
"Let's Wait Awhile" (Melanie Andrews, Harris, Jackson, Lewis) – 4:37
"Funny How Time Flies (When You're Having Fun)" (James Harris, Janet Jackson, Terry Lewis) – 4:28




and found this:


wrong!

@ the "censored" pic.

Anyway, my favorite joints from the "Control" album go as follows:
1.) The Pleasure Principle
2.) Let's Wait Awhile
3.) Funny How Time Flies (When You're Having Fun)
4.) Nasty
5.) Control

My favorite videos:
1.) The Pleasure Principle
2.) Control (the full shebang)
3.) Nasty

One of the greatest albums ever recorded IMHO in one of the greatest music eras ever.

Control is a great soundtrack!



1. Exit - New Order
2. What Goes On - Velvet Underground
3. Shadowplay - The Killers
4. Boredom (Live At the Roxy) - The Buzzcocks
5. Dead Souls - Joy Division
6. She Was Naked - Supersister
7. Sister Midnight - Iggy Pop
8. Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division
9. Hypnosis - New Order
10. Drive In Saturday - David Bowie
11. Evidently Chickentown - John Cooper Clarke
12. Roxy Music - 2HB
13. Transmission (Cast Version) - Joy Division
14. Autobahn - Kraftwerk
15. Atmosphere - Joy Division
16. Warszawa - David Bowie
17. Get Out - New Order

Cinnie said:

I knew one of y'all was gonna do this.

Don't forget "Start Anew", a bonus track from early Japanese pressings!

where Devon at

Cinnie said:

I should post the text from his old Control posts.

VoicesCarry said:

"Janet Jackson :: When I Think of You (Screwed by Cinister Cee) (2006)"



Actually he made the experiment sound way cooler than it was. I had shared with him that I was listening to a version of "When I Think Of You" at the wrong record speed, because I thought the intro beats sounded so good, and also to hear Janet's voice at a different speed because I'm weird and humorous like that.

I *just* dug up that and renamed it as JANFAN4L had. http://www3.telus.net/pub...r_Cee).mp3
[Edited 1/12/08 21:37pm]

Damn, JANFAN4L's been out of this forum for a long while! I remember reading his "Control" thread like . Since it was so informative and all. I'm surprised he's not around for the "FEEDBACK"!

Pleasure Principle is my fave. I had copied all the moves in that video back when I was 8 years old, even the chair jump. Nailed it. I was lucky I didn't bust my ass.

JuliePurplehead said:

I did everything BUT the chair... well the old chair that I did have, I tried it but I was too careful but everything else I did.

Favorites? How dare you make me choose!

Control-the full version:

bboy87 said:

Exactly, that's actually kinda silly. I love all nine tracks and six videos from "Control".

bboy87 said:

"I found a real cute apartment in Westwood. It's really nice." I love that video.

To be honest, I can't think of anything to say that I haven't already said at one time or another about Control; this album forever stays in my heart.

Timmy84 said:

I was thinking about this too.


The soundtrack's OK. But I prefer hearing the Joy Division tracks rather than the lame-ass cover versions.

I like the whole Janet Jackson album though. One of her best actually. She and the Flyte Tyme crew need to go back to this sound. It was funky!

NWF said:

I don't think that would even be that difficult, and people would love it; it could be marketed as a "roots" album. 20 YO was supposed to be a throwback but it wasn't, it only contained samples from "Rockit" and "Looking For The Perfect Beat" but those both had nothing to do with the Minneapolis sound.

i love The Pleasure Principle

RipHer2Shreds said:

NWF said:

I honestly feel that after this album coming out, if Janet, Jimmy & Terry reunite for the next one, they could try but it'll be tough since they ain't been in Minneapolis in a minute. I think that was one of the reasons why Janet decided not to include them in the new one because she felt so comfortable recording there (in Minneapolis). Then again, she did record parts of "20 Y.O." with 'em in California. Plus they had gotten so far with the hip-hop samples and then the neo-soul like stuff that it's gonna take them recounting how they created "Control" and all those other great '80s funk songs to bring that style back.

Timmy84 said:

Janet recorded All For You in Minneapolis and L.A., Damita Jo in Minneapolis and L.A. and 20 Y.O. in L.A.
[Edited 1/12/08 22:10pm]

Timmy84 said:

To me, those types of songs write themselves. No disrespect either, the (deceptive?) simplicity of them is what draws me in.

My fave songs from this classic are:
1. Control
2. Funny How Time Flies
3. Nasty
4. What Have You Done For Me Lately
5. Let's Wait Awhile

Fave videos are:
1.Control
2. Nasty
3. Pleasure Principle
That's my picks so deal with it! Peace!

Cinnie said:

No, I got ya. I wonder if that simplicity can come back if they work on the next album, lol.

Timmy84 said:

I loved that breakdown during the video for "All 4 You" with bits of Shannon's "Let The Music Play" and shit, not that that was Minneapolis really either.

Cinnie said:

I don't think sampling '80s funk brings back that sound. There was something organic about what was going on during the recording of "Control".

Timmy84 said:

I brought up that example because it was clear that it wasn't sampled directly from Shannon's recording, but replayed and captured the same essence.

Cinnie said:

Yep and that was actually clever because it did remind me of "Let the Music Play" a little.