DiamondGlove said:

Ok, I stopped reading right here. Nevermind then.

No one mentioned the Kang yet?

^

MrSoulpower said:

They are.

MrSoulpower said:

You stopped reading because someone disagrees with you?

I disagreed with your original post, but I still took the time to watch the videos and consider your point. I still disagree, but at least now I know exactly what I'm disagreeing with and I'm able to respect your point of view.

/emo - back to fun thread!

Timmy84 said:

YOU KNOWS IT BE TRUE!

^^yes, that's Free from 106 and Park

Annika said:

My quote obviously was not meant literal. Of course I read his/her comment. But it's obvious that he/she has long made up his/her mind, so I really see no point trying to debate taste.
We can discuss Brown's historical significance, but there's no way I'm gonna try to convince someone to like James Brown when he/she obviously isn't feeling it.

The Godfather

bboy87 said:

OMG all the years I've wasted on that talentless hack MJ! Where can I trade in my Off The Wall CD?

MrSoulpower said:

Sorry, I get a little carried away sometimes.

Annika said:

That's the mentaility I can't stand.
I don't have to love these old acts; James Brown, The Beatles etc... just because people say they're the best. I don't find them inspiring or entertaining. Big deal. Then people think you don't know anything about music. Pfft. If you think that Suck it!

its unfair to compare anyone to michael at his peak i stress his peak but as a whole brown and prince are more consistant and there for greater. stevie wonder might not be a dancer but he is onehelluva singer

bboy87 said:

jackie wilson anyone>?

Funny, I now find MJ’s Motown 25 performance a little boring. At the time it was the greatest thing ever but looking back at it, I’m not that moved.

Jackie Wilson, James Brown, Prince and Michael Jackson are all great performers. I wouldn't compare them. IMHO, all of them are the G.O.A.T.'s.

JackieBlue said:

His 1984 performance of it was the best one. Marvin's performance on "Motown 25" is actually now my favorite performance from that show.

Timmy84 said:

Unfortunately I appreciate Marvin more now than I did then.

JackieBlue said:

I understand. Marvin was hard to appreciate when he was alive because he was an edgy artist. Now that he's been dead almost 25 years, people are giving him this respect that he never really got in life until near the very end of his life.

Greatest live performer? Y'all know the answer to that one...

Cinnamon234 said:

I was waiting for someone to say that!

Everything you said along with the bolded statement was on point Cinnamon234.

For a time I might say yes. But quickly after Thriller, he became so posed & artificial, that he lost this particular fan. How many times can I be excited by the same moves, especially when he's not just dancing from the heart but it's all planned out? Plus he wasn't even singing much of the time. The lack of spontaneity hurt my appreciation.

Not that everyone feels this way. He had a unique ability to create hype, mania. Even Prince, who had a huge wave of excitement follow him, and more on the musicology shows I saw than any since Purple Rain. But it was not the same mania seen at a Beatles or Michael Jackson concert. That particular type of mania is interesting fro a cultural standpoint, but it doesn't sweep me up. The music or the performance itself is what I look at, and James Brown, Prince, Jimi Hendrix, and even Nirvana & P-Funk at times did stuff that is more exciting than post 1987 Michael Jackson.

Timmy84 said:

what does G.O.A.T s mean ?

motownlover said:

Greatest Of All Time.

Timmy84 said:

Doesn't having four G.O.A.Ts kind of defeat the purpose then?

midnightmover said:

Not to me.

Well, I often say each of them are the greatest in their own ways. I don't like to play favorites, lol.

Timmy84 said:

Muhammad Ali would be pissed if you said he was one of four G.O.A.Ts.

midnightmover said:

Ali is in his own universe. To me he really owns that title. Maybe I should call MJ, JB, Jackie and Prince four of the greatest.

Okay, some of y'all need to check yourselves. Not naming any names, but James Brown on wax is electrifying, much less live. He turned it out like Goldie everywhere he put his feet down.

I don't recall Prince or MJ ever saving a city from burning with the power of their voices and feet.

Now, the case can be made for MJ. He was, at his peak, colossal. My favorite is Prince, he's jaw-droppingly awesome live.

But let me put a word in for Sammy Davis, Jr. The man could sing, dance, impersonate and play.

I hear people find religion at Springsteen concerts.

Duke Ellington?

John Coltrane?

So many others to consider.

namepeace said:

I nearly did earlier this year when I saw him live for the first time. FUCKING PHENOMENAL! I repeat, PHENOMENAL! Although I think if you didn't know the songs and understand where he's coming from, it would probably be lost on you. But if you know the songs and you know what he's talking about, then you'll see it for the hellfire earth shaking experience it really is. Springsteen has something that neither Prince or MJ has. He stands for something. And it's there everytime he sings (of course, the E Street Band are a big part of that too, both sonically and symbolically). Both P and MJ seem pretty superficial by comparison.

funkpill said:

Honestly!!! That man could sliiiide across the stage like no ones business.