TotalAlisa said:

The album was huge

We had TV specials, multichannel world premieres, a mini TV special, and loads of singles

TV specials like this one:

My favorite joints on Dangerous were:
"Remember the Time"
"In the Closet"
"Dangerous"
"Why You Wanna Trip On Me"
"Who Is It?"

musicman said:

Yeah but he didn't write "Man in the Mirror."

Seidah Garrett and Glenn Ballard did.

Maybe that was the main reason why it lacked soul for you?

"Earth Song" - never cared for that mess either.

Especially the video.

But each to their own.

anc282 said:

You might be right. I forgot Seidah and Glenn wrote that.

As far as Earth Song, I really like the end part with the choir.

Actually it could've also been the way he sang it.

classic track, classic album.

its forever in my rotation.

Swa said:

A great song from the weakest MJ album, in my opinion. Love the beat and the "sharpness" of it.

But from Dangerous, the only songs I really dig are this one, Remember the Time, and Will You Be There. The title track is also alright, but most of the tunes on this albumfeel slack in terms of songwriting compared to material released before and since.

My fav song on Dangerous, and in my list of all time fav MJ songs. The bass in the bridge is off the hook, and the backing vocals are awesome.

TotalAlisa said:

MJ is the one who pretends he only released Thriller. It's always Thriller, Thriller, Thriller.

bboy87 said:

yeah, but what a fuckin' special that is. They are repeating the same old rubbish again. How much he sold etc. But did they talk abot his NEW music?

graecophilos said:

That was only the first part. The second part talked about the release and success of Dangerous(the November release, the reaction of fans around the world, the release of Black or White) and the third part was the making of Remember The Time

the thing was an half hour

http://www.dailymotion.co...ever_music
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bboy87 said:

Well, but why does noone ever DISCUSS his music? You know, not talking about the hype or how expensive the amazing video was.

graecophilos said:

It was a MTV special "Rockumentary" specials never really went into depth like that

The only way you'll see a special about his music alone is if someone has the funds and support to go out and release it on their own

TotalAlisa said:

Well, the US is only a small part of the world.. there are many countries beside the US, so overall it's not underrated!

anc282 said:

I didn't care for Earth Song until I heard the Hani remix. When I heard that, I began to like the song.

Risico said:

You consider Dangerous "weak" compared to Bad? I liked both, but Bad was lacking to me. It had some great pop songs, but looking back, it doesn't hold up.

I remember the biggest issue I had with the Dangerous album was the sequence of the tracks.
Clearly he wanted to have two distinct vibes and the start and the end, but I'm not sure it really worked.
Having an up half and a slow half seemed to make the album labour somehow.

PatrickS77 said:

I used to feel the same way. When Dangeours got released, I always skipped this song. After several years, I gave it a listen and since then it has become my favourite MJ jam.

I just love the Dangerous album. There are some masterpieces.
Who Is It
Give Into Me
Keep the Faith
Will you be there
Gone Too Soon
Why You Wanna Trip On Me....actually all of the songs. My least favourite track of the album is Black or White. It just got overplayed. But for some reason, I enjoyed it at a concert the most though.

anc282 said:

I think it was a combination of the song writing and the passion he has when he was in the studio doing it.

He even took it to church on the 1988 Grammys.

I love “she drives me wild”. Good song.

Fans say that "dangerous" is MJ’s most creative effort but I disagree, his most creative effort is "history" considering the songs he solely wrote, composed and produced, " stranger in Moscow" is good enough to murder any song MJ ever written , genius lyrics and with a hauntingly beautiful melody, its where MJ at his peak as a songwriter.

As for dangerous , the album has many great moments, and one of the best albums in the 90’s ,

- “give in to me” is vastly underrated and should be appreciated more
-“In the closet” is the best production on the album, a clean great production…..and vastly underrated.
-”will you be there” got to be my favorite song on the album,

My least favorite on the album is “ black or white”

And by the way, just because the album sold about 30 millions doesn’t mean that there are not underrated(overlooked) songs, for example, the album “thriller” sold millions but I think “lady in my life” is very underrated and it didn’t get enough appreciation.

i think the album has great songs in remember the time , who is it , give in to me , will you be there those are the standout tracks to me , i also enjoy gone too soon , she drives me wild , why you wanna trip on me , in the closet on a lesser extent

seeingvoices12 said:

Yep! Songs, but we were talking about the album as a whole.... and yes, Lady in my live certainly is a criminally underrated song! I love that one! Other than the big 3 it's my favourite on that album!

graecophilos said:

In hindsight, MTV's rockumentaries always sucked. They NEVER talked about the music, just the hype. I remember the rockumentaries on MJ, Janet and Madonna.

This joint is the red headed step child among "Why You Wanna Trip On Me," "In the Closet," "Jam," "Who Is it?" and "Remember the Time." It's the weakest of the New Jack Swing sound IMO.

Risico said:

You gotta be kidding. Have you heard 'Invincible?'

badujunkie said:

Invincible is seven shades of terrible.

....possibly eight?

Earth Song was huge in Europe! haha, George Michael kicked it in the Uk with Jesus To A Child and Earth Song held the Beatles' Free As A Bird from #1- Macca musta been pissed!

In Germany Michael performed the song at Wetten Dass (Europeans biggest live show). It was totally spectacular, they reported about his hotel room, what chocolate he likes to eat, his bathtube etc.

And the performance was the world premiere of Earth Song. You can watch it on youtube. It was one of the best shows in Wetten Dass. The show had it's biggest number of viewers (18 mio of 80 mio Germans!!!) and the single was like 8 week on #1!!

TyphoonTip said:

No it's not! Whilst it is in no way as good as his good or great albums and certainly a step or two down, I cetainly think it's underrated and is reputation is worse, than it actually is! I mean, Butterflies, Whatever happens, Don't walk away, You rock my world, Cry, Speechless... I really like those songs... and also Heaven can wait, Break of dawn, apart from being standard RnB ballads, are not really that bad! Invincible, Heartbreaker and Unbreakable, even though they lack the certain something, still have some things going for them!

Of course Invincible is an album though, which you have to listen too several times to get into! If you listen to it once or twice and then discard it you might miss out!

motownlover said:

Yes, it does!

It's one of the first albums I can remember listening to.

My favorite tracks are:

Who Is It
Will You Be There
Jam
Can't Let Her Get Away
Dangerous