lowkey said:

I almost look at Triumph as a MJ solo album. But you can tell when the brothers would sing or have a solo spot (Tito).

midiscover said:

Agree. It's just that those albums get so over looked because of his solo work. In fact I prefer albums like "Going Places" and "the Jacksons" to some of his solo work. I hope that during this time people actually rediscover the work of The Jacksons as a group instead of harping on about Thriller.

whatsgoingon said:

I listened to some work from The Jacksons and Goin' Places and have to agree. I actually now think "Find Me a Girl" was the best MJ ballad he ever did and that's over "Lady In My Life"!

Timmy84 said:

Goin' Places is underrated. I love "Do What You Wanna" a Jacksons composition.

LittleBLUECorvette said:

Yeah "Do What You Wanna" is the bomb!

Great song from a great album.

It's my 5th favorite Jacksons track.

LittleBLUECorvette said:

I brought both their 1976 Epic debut album and 'Goin' Places' this morning. 'Find Me A Girl' and 'Blues Away' are just my jams.

I love this song! It's so funky
The whole album triumphs all of MJ's solo albums except for OTW

I adore this song! It's just one catchy and funky joint that's hard not to move to. In fact, what hasn't been said that has already been said about the Triumph and Destiny albums? Those two albums are classics and they both were blueprints for MJ's early solo work for Epic. The production on both of those albums could even rival Quincy Jones' productions for Off The Wall and Thriller also.

silverchild said:

Did anyone know that "Blues Away" is about depression? I heard Michael suffered from depression since his teenage years.

whatsgoingon said:

Yeah I did. I'm hearing it now. Michael actually did all the vocals on the song (both lead and background) so this technically was his first solo single but it was on The Jacksons. I can't hear his brothers at all. Just him.

whatsgoingon said:

Yeah I knew that! Lyrically, from 1976-1980 (maybe?) I began to see that the songwriting became more personal and dealt with the trials Michael was going through. I mean he was coming of age at that point anyway. The Destiny album is even harder to listen to because 80% of that album is straight autobiographical, more so than HIStory was probably, but that's a different story. It just saddens me that Mike was pouring his heart out on many of these songs and was hurt and unhappy.

silverchild said:

You thought he was spewing his guts out on Destiny.

Timmy84 said:

Of course. 'Push Me Away,' 'Things I Do For You,' 'Destiny,' 'Bless His Soul,' and 'That's What You Get (For Being Polite)' is just the naked truth of Michael Jackson's coming of age period. I mean, he just had his mask off on these songs and wasn't holding anything back. Hell, he kinda foretold his later years a little in this album if you listen closely to the lyrics of those songs. That's what makes this album and the tracks he did during this period so relevatory. It's just a same that the Jacksons period is one of the most forgotten and underappreciated periods of Michael's legacy.

silverchild said:

I agree. And I'm actually getting mad that people sometimes forget this. Going over MJ's career, it's obvious that while people either follow his Motown tenure (which was short in record label standards) and his Quincy Jones solo breakthrough albums, they don't EVER go to that mid-period. At that point, sales and spectacle be damned, Michael's soul really shined through those recordings, his vocals were very soulful and he definitely foretold his later years. If you really want the musical autobiography of Michael Jackson, don't go to Dangerous or HIStory go listen to the Jacksons' records instead.

Randy is too much!

midiscover said:

Randy was always a trip.

midiscover said:

True! Was Randy's microphone turned down or was it the fact that Randy just isn't a good singer? I nearly fell out of my chair when Michael took that mike outta his hands.

silverchild said:

The sound-check guy fucked his mic up! Bahahah I love Randy!

silverchild said:

Yeah that was hilarious. I loved MJ and Randy's interactions.

Michael fussed at Randy for playing the oldies during the J5 medley.

"Randy why are you doing this old stuff?!"

"Because people wanna hear it, they don't care about that (the new stuff), Michael!"

Timmy84 said:

Is this the one you're talking about, Timmy?

whatsgoingon said:

That's not obvious?

silverchild said:

YES!

Timmy84 said:

This is funny! But I don't know if Michael was serious about not doing the old tunes or if it was just part of the act. It seems that he was disturbed about doing the old stuff.

silverchild said:

Who knows? It was probably part of the act. But it's funny you flash forward to 2001 and MJ reuniting with his brothers and he's all like "you mean 'Never Can Say Goodbye'?" And he actually sing a bit of it before Marlon went "no, no, no Michael, we meant 'I Want You Back', I think this was after Jermaine did a little of 'Let's Get Serious' and Marlon had to correct him that "that was yours".

midiscover said:

Randy kills me with all that ass shaking!

Timmy84 said:

LOL, yeah at Jermaine mention his solo joint on Mike's show. Surprised Marlon didn't d\say let's do "Don't Go"
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trueiopian said:

Flashback to "Body" music video

LittleBLUECorvette said:

Now you know if Marlon had said that, all the other Jacksons would be giving him the look. Mike probably be like "WHAT!?!"

Timmy84 said:

LOL, at Jackie shouting out "Let's do Stay"