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Printablethesexofit said: AlexdeParis said: As far as "The Lost Children" goes, I think it's probably his worst song ever as a solo artist. It's not as terrible as I used to think, but it's not good either. I love "Heal the World," but I can't defend "The Lost Children" or (to a lesser extent) "Childhood."
I love "childhood", and the video to that really is quite sweet and underated. Whilst its obvious the tone of the video would be sad, the flying boats thing was a nice idea. Particually when you see the boy on the ground near the end of the video getting lifted up with Mike just sitting there. Its really quite nice. As for the track, anyone who likes it (like I do), would love Streisand. Even the way he sings it is like her. Maybe David Foster, who produced it along with Jackson, told him to sing it like her (Foster had worked with Streisand a couple of times by prior to "childhood"). The way he sings "Have" or (Hhhhave" I should say) on the "have you seen my childhood" line is just like her for example. Its hard to descibe it without actually singing it to you LOL. The video is quite easily one of the least seen out of all his videos. Shame really as I like it alot. Its quite unique. I also liked this montage WMA did in 2000. Odd choice of track, but it works well. is MJ the all-time leader in montages or what?  | |
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errant said: thesexofit said: I love "childhood", and the video to that really is quite sweet and underated. Whilst its obvious the tone of the video would be sad, the flying boats thing was a nice idea. Particually when you see the boy on the ground near the end of the video getting lifted up with Mike just sitting there. Its really quite nice. As for the track, anyone who likes it (like I do), would love Streisand. Even the way he sings it is like her. Maybe David Foster, who produced it along with Jackson, told him to sing it like her (Foster had worked with Streisand a couple of times by prior to "childhood"). The way he sings "Have" or (Hhhhave" I should say) on the "have you seen my childhood" line is just like her for example. Its hard to descibe it without actually singing it to you LOL. The video is quite easily one of the least seen out of all his videos. Shame really as I like it alot. Its quite unique. I also liked this montage WMA did in 2000. Odd choice of track, but it works well. is MJ the all-time leader in montages or what?  Iam sick of them, but I think "childhood" fits well with it. Its the only montage I bother to watch sometimes. Iam pretty sure thats Gregory Peck's voice on the beginning? | |
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JackieBlue said: shorttrini said: This is one of the MAIN reasons, why I pick "Off The Wall" album, over "Thriller" every time. This track is straight up NASTY!! Louis Johnson's bass lines are NUTS!!  Isn't it sick?! And when those horns come in after the break forget it. OTW is just tight tight tight. Love MJs vocal performance as well.This to me, was when he was at his best and the most happy. Had he stuck with this formula, things would have been great. "Love is like peeing in your pants, everyone sees it but only you feel its warmth" |
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In my opinion it's "They don't care about us". This song seriously rocks. Jacko sounds angry as hell on that track and I love it!! | |
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AlexdeParis said: As far as "The Lost Children" goes, I think it's probably his worst song ever as a solo artist. It's not as terrible as I used to think, but it's not good either. I love "Heal the World," but I can't defend "The Lost Children" or (to a lesser extent) "Childhood."
Worst song ever? Really? I skip through Speechless with the quickness although I find it endearing now when I used to find it intolerable. I thought it was his boderline worse but maybe that You Are My Life cause it just drags. I really don't get the point of it but then I haven't listened to it in years. Been gone for a minute, now I'm back with the jump off | |
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JackieBlue said: AlexdeParis said: As far as "The Lost Children" goes, I think it's probably his worst song ever as a solo artist. It's not as terrible as I used to think, but it's not good either. I love "Heal the World," but I can't defend "The Lost Children" or (to a lesser extent) "Childhood."
Worst song ever? Really? I skip through Speechless with the quickness although I find it endearing now when I used to find it intolerable. I thought it was his boderline worse but maybe that You Are My Life cause it just drags. I really don't get the point of it but then I haven't listened to it in years. I should give "you are my life" another try, but its probably one of the worst songs he has ever done LOL. I like "speechless" alot though. I need to hear "shout" again aswell. I gotta find my "cry" cd single LOL. I know its on youtube, but I need to hear it properly. I guess it sounded too much like "2000 watts" that it got the boot? Only problem with "shout" were the lyrics on the chorus. Very ordinary and cliche next to those killer verses. Mikes singing voice on that and "2000 watts" were odd, but I liked it. | |
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JackieBlue said: AlexdeParis said: As far as "The Lost Children" goes, I think it's probably his worst song ever as a solo artist. It's not as terrible as I used to think, but it's not good either. I love "Heal the World," but I can't defend "The Lost Children" or (to a lesser extent) "Childhood."
Worst song ever? Really? I skip through Speechless with the quickness although I find it endearing now when I used to find it intolerable. I thought it was his boderline worse but maybe that You Are My Life cause it just drags. I really don't get the point of it but then I haven't listened to it in years. now see, I love "Speechless" and always have. THAT's the kind of cornball sap that I like from MJ, when it's so naked and pure, rather than contrived sonically or lyrically. | |
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errant said: JackieBlue said: Worst song ever? Really? I skip through Speechless with the quickness although I find it endearing now when I used to find it intolerable. I thought it was his boderline worse but maybe that You Are My Life cause it just drags. I really don't get the point of it but then I haven't listened to it in years. now see, I love "Speechless" and always have. THAT's the kind of cornball sap that I like from MJ, when it's so naked and pure, rather than contrived sonically or lyrically. Thats how I feel about "TLC" also. "Speechless" blew me away when I first heard it (I avoided a very obvious pun there), and I still love it, but "TLC" has really grown on me bigtime. | |
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Let's hear it for the "no more sticky's"!!! 
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errant said: JackieBlue said: Worst song ever? Really? I skip through Speechless with the quickness although I find it endearing now when I used to find it intolerable. I thought it was his boderline worse but maybe that You Are My Life cause it just drags. I really don't get the point of it but then I haven't listened to it in years. now see, I love "Speechless" and always have. THAT's the kind of cornball sap that I like from MJ, when it's so naked and pure, rather than contrived sonically or lyrically. Speechless is incredibly sweet and precious but I don't need to hear it more than once or twice. I particularly like the accapella part. TLC has a great arrangement and is fun to sing.  I actually like the kid chorus on this. Childhood is another great vocal performance and his falsetto is like butter so that stays.
I'm thinking maybe one of the fast songs could be the worst but I haven't decided on which. I don't think they've aged well on Invincible. Altho I can still enjoy Unbreakable and Threatened. Been gone for a minute, now I'm back with the jump off | |
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JackieBlue said: errant said: now see, I love "Speechless" and always have. THAT's the kind of cornball sap that I like from MJ, when it's so naked and pure, rather than contrived sonically or lyrically. Speechless is incredibly sweet and precious but I don't need to hear it more than once or twice. I particularly like the accapella part. TLC has a great arrangement and is fun to sing. I actually like the kid chorus on this. Childhood is another great vocal performance and his falsetto is like butter so that stays.
I'm thinking maybe one of the fast songs could be the worst but I haven't decided on which. I don't think they've aged well on Invincible. Altho I can still enjoy Unbreakable and Threatened. I have a hard time telling the first 3 tracks on that album apart. At some point they all just run together in my head and I have no idea which one I'm listening to unless I force myself to pay attention. | |
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errant said: JackieBlue said: Speechless is incredibly sweet and precious but I don't need to hear it more than once or twice. I particularly like the accapella part. TLC has a great arrangement and is fun to sing. I actually like the kid chorus on this. Childhood is another great vocal performance and his falsetto is like butter so that stays.
I'm thinking maybe one of the fast songs could be the worst but I haven't decided on which. I don't think they've aged well on Invincible. Altho I can still enjoy Unbreakable and Threatened. I have a hard time telling the first 3 tracks on that album apart. At some point they all just run together in my head and I have no idea which one I'm listening to unless I force myself to pay attention. I actually prefer listening to the first 3 tracks back to back then the first 3 on "HIStory". Not that I ever play either of those albums all the way through anymore. Too damn long LOL (infact, I never play any MJ album all the way through )
The first 3 tracks are all too long though. Mikes middle 8 on "heartbreaker" is one of my fav "moments" in music. Like when the guitar comes in on "dont stop till you get enough". I just love it! Then comes "break of dawn"  Never have liked that track much.... | |
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tracks 4 thru 7, plus track 15 are the best songs on Invincible
the first three  and the others | |
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The first three on Invincible are like one big sound effects festival. I only know them because I listened to them recently but I couldn't sing them off the top of my head. Unbreakable stands out a little because it's the very first and his enunciation is crazy. There's some nice chord progression as well.
I can't even recall the first three on HIStory. I pick and choose basically. Been gone for a minute, now I'm back with the jump off | |
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JackieBlue said: AlexdeParis said: As far as "The Lost Children" goes, I think it's probably his worst song ever as a solo artist. It's not as terrible as I used to think, but it's not good either. I love "Heal the World," but I can't defend "The Lost Children" or (to a lesser extent) "Childhood."
Worst song ever? Really? I skip through Speechless with the quickness although I find it endearing now when I used to find it intolerable. I thought it was his boderline worse but maybe that You Are My Life cause it just drags. I really don't get the point of it but then I haven't listened to it in years. Yep, I looked it up and I rate "The Lost Children" as his worst solo song ever. I like "Speechless" well enough. "Whitney was purely and simply one of a kind." ~ Clive Davis | |
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Keep the Faith
Why You Wanna Trip On Me This Time Around [Edited 7/15/09 20:11pm] | |
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JackieBlue said: The first three on Invincible are like one big sound effects festival. I only know them because I listened to them recently but I couldn't sing them off the top of my head. Unbreakable stands out a little because it's the very first and his enunciation is crazy. There's some nice chord progression as well.
After the big 5 that funkpill mentioned, "Unbreakable" would be my next favorite. I can't even recall the first three on HIStory. I pick and choose basically.
The first 3 are excellent: "Scream," "They Don't Care About Us," and "Stranger in Moscow." The songs get progressively better with SIM being the album's best track. "Whitney was purely and simply one of a kind." ~ Clive Davis | |
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AlexdeParis said: JackieBlue said: The first three on Invincible are like one big sound effects festival. I only know them because I listened to them recently but I couldn't sing them off the top of my head. Unbreakable stands out a little because it's the very first and his enunciation is crazy. There's some nice chord progression as well.
After the big 5 that funkpill mentioned, "Unbreakable" would be my next favorite. I can't even recall the first three on HIStory. I pick and choose basically.
The first 3 are excellent: "Scream," "They Don't Care About Us," and "Stranger in Moscow." The songs get progressively better with SIM being the album's best track. Dont like "scream" much. More media bashing. Love the video though. | |
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How about?
He sings it so beautifully. I´ve always adored this song and now it will always break me into tears. "When Michael Jackson is just singing and dancing, you just think this is an astonishing talent. And he has had this astounding talent all his life, but we want him to be floored as well. We really don´t like the idea that he could have it all." | |
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Stranger In Moscow and They Don't Care About Us for sure. His masterpieces.. | |
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Thats what i love about Michael Jackson his songs can be so corny that your gringe. But it's because it's so raw and beautiful you become embarrassed.
And my vote is goes to...Be Not Always... This song just give me CHILLS down my spine. | |
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P2daP said: Thats what i love about Michael Jackson his songs can be so corny that your gringe. But it's because it's so raw and beautiful you become embarrassed.
And my vote is goes to...Be Not Always... This song just give me CHILLS down my spine. WOW, that´s the quote of the year! Can I use it? Another totally forgotten, yet such a beautiful song. Michael´s vocals make this song heavenly. [Edited 7/16/09 2:46am] "When Michael Jackson is just singing and dancing, you just think this is an astonishing talent. And he has had this astounding talent all his life, but we want him to be floored as well. We really don´t like the idea that he could have it all." | |
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dag said: P2daP said: Thats what i love about Michael Jackson his songs can be so corny that your gringe. But it's because it's so raw and beautiful you become embarrassed.
And my vote is goes to...Be Not Always... This song just give me CHILLS down my spine. WOW, that´s the quote of the year! Can I use it? Another totally forgotten, yet such a beautiful song. Michael´s vocals make this song heavenly. [Edited 7/16/09 2:46am] haha, sure. Why is another beautiful song... His voice was just so pure. | |
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P2daP said: dag said: WOW, that´s the quote of the year! Can I use it? Another totally forgotten, yet such a beautiful song. Michael´s vocals make this song heavenly. [Edited 7/16/09 2:46am] haha, sure. Why is another beautiful song... His voice was just so pure. Thanks.  "When Michael Jackson is just singing and dancing, you just think this is an astonishing talent. And he has had this astounding talent all his life, but we want him to be floored as well. We really don´t like the idea that he could have it all." | |
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I love this demo from the Ultimate Collection. A lot goes on in this song musically and vocally check it out with headphones.
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dag said: How about?
He sings it so beautifully. I´ve always adored this song and now it will always break me into tears. what's sad about the video now is the last picture in the frame now they both are gone |
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definitely STRANGER IN MOSCOW ... and TWYGFBP |
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Get outta here, it's this!
Music, sweet music, I wish I could caress and...kiss, kiss... | |
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its quite weird but since his death i have listened to the lost children a lot.
Its nowhere near his worst track, i think its timeless and beautiful! | |
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