I am thinking of doing a weekly thread about the best things in amazing songs. Here's my first installment.



The Top 5 Best things about the song Wanna Be Startin Something...:




5 – The Lyrics… You're just a buffet, you're a vegetable, They eat off of you, you're a vegetable!

4 – That guitar boogie part towards the latter half of the song

3 – Mama Say! Mama Sa! Ma Ma Mokusa!

2 – Probably the most "Eeeee Hees" And "Woo Hoo's" than any other MJ Song. At least 20 of each



1 - And of course the Number 1 best thing about this song…HEEE HAW!

"..If you can't feed your baby, then don't have a baby"

So true.

Bishop31 said:

I should tell that to a couple of dumbasses that I know

His voice when he sings "I took my baby to the doctor..." Maybe my favourite bit of any MJ song.

1.Drum Machine
2.Mama say!
3.Lyrics
4.Jackson's voice
5.Synth line

Best thing about the song Wanna Be Startin Something

Mama Say! Mama Sa! Ma Ma Mokusa!

bboy87 said:

yea, I feel that. 'Cause I'm tired of payin' these high as taxes for these lazy ass 10 baby's Daddy havin' welfare Mom's.

I like it most when it ends. Thank goodness!

Bishop31 said:

Repetition makes the worst rhymes.

Bishop31 said:

cool thread
flamin' great song!

mike & prince were so damn cool!

What happened to them.
They became charicatures of themselves!


Ambition ruins and has ruined them.

I was a little anti mike back in the day, but 200 percent prince.

Now , I realise they were both great. Prince lasted a lot longer! But did Mike burn brighter?

"Billie Jean is always talking
When nobody else is talking
Telling lies and rubbing shoulders
So they called her a mouth a MOTOR!"

I think we could relate. There's been girls (and guys) talking bullshit and yet no one knows what the hell he/she's saying because they just flabbin' their gums.

Rightly said:

They've lasted a great deal of time. This year is Mike's 45th year in show business and this year is Prince's 30th

We're probably won't see 2 individuals that talented and creative ever again

Timmy84 said:

Hell yeah! I nearly beat down my former co-worker for that shit 2 weeks ago

but hitting a woman isn't right.....so I probably would've had one of my homegirls do it for me

bboy87 said:

Yeah that'll be better.

NDRU said:

Actually,that's my least favorite thing about this song The song has a killer groove but the background/choir stuff is overblown.

SoulAlive said:

let's fight!

NDRU said:

re-enacts knife battle scene from Beat It

bboy87 said:

you're so right!

Haven't I learned a thing from Beat It & Bad? Dance! Dance! Dance!!

I've always thought the music and lyrics to be somewhat trite, like a lot of MJ songs. But, like JB, Mike has a way of putting so much soul to it that you don't really focus on it. Having said that:

1. Lead Vocals--I love the tone and emotion of his voice on this song. Totally sets the tone for a much edgier album than OTW.

2. Vocal Arrangements-- Love the call and response style of the lyrics, the way the end phrases are stacked as well as the "yeah-yeah"s.

3. The high-hats!

4. The guitar solo.

5. The ad-libs at the end, only because Mike sounds hilarious, like he's losing his damned mind. Prophetic, actually.

NDRU said:

Adisa said:

SoulAlive said:

nah, I'm a lover not a fighter!

superspaceboy said:

hey thanks for the translation--I never could figure out what the guy was saying.

this song reminds me of soul makossa.

It sounds amazing in Rihanna's song! :

http://www.youtube.com/wa...zNkwyEkiUY
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