There's no way to objectively answer this question. I like Michael, but he isn't the greatest in my book, but I can understand why he is to others.

fwiw i'm not pretending to like his entire music catalog i don't even like most of his stuff from the 90s . i'm talking about stage presence.

Should you outgrow his music? No.

Should you outgrow the "Moonwalker" video? Yes.

hahaha

dearmother said:

Stage presence? No. I think Prince and Madonna have him beaten in that regard, as do others. Again, just my opinion.

BklynBabe said:

Well isn't that the same for Michael? He wanted to be what he wanted to be and he did. Michael did the music he wanted to do regardless of the reasons behind it, so did Prince. Michael was not into moaning on stage and performing in his underwear, but Prince was. I just hate people who use Michael's commercial success against him just because their favorite artists didn't even come close to that commercial level.

Like I said, I love Prince, but I personally do not think he is on Michael's level. And no, I don't think he was liked by children just because their parents allowed them to listen to him. He was just an extremely likeable person, unlike Prince. Is not a secret that Prince can be a reall donkey hole, and I have personally witnessed some of his "moods" when I attended one of his concerts a couple of years ago.

vainandy said:

never liked it except for speed demon and smooth criminal.

LaSeles said:

dearmother said:

nothing wrong with that but there's nothing wrong with liking his 90's and later work catalog. Dangerous is one of my favorite albums. I like history. I like some cuts on bodf as well as invincible....love butterflies . one of my top songs of his. It doesn't make anyone less of a fan or floon if they like his later work. We all grew up with michael whether u were born in the 1950s to the early 1990s.

is great

eehhh hope its okay i'm postin that


mj's moves are real crisp prolly b/c he's so skinny whereas prince is like an athlete
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Well, you were a child but I was already grown when that video first came out so I didn't grow up with it. I will never forget, I was working my first steady job at a convenience store and I bought it on the day of it's release. I got off that evening around 11:30 and there was a video store in the same shopping center that was open until midnight.

I got home around 1:00 a.m. and popped the tape in. It started out real good until it got to the children in the video for "Bad". I said..."What in the hell is this?!". Then it got even worse with those animated characters on that studio lot. And then even worse as he was running around playing in the fields with the children and the dog. It looked like a scene straight out of a Disney film. And then he turned into a race car, and then a robot, and then a space ship. Hell, I felt like I was watching Mister Rogers in the Land of Make Believe.

BoOTyLiCioUs said:

i looooove butterflies. his voice is perfect. i mainly get tired i guess with songs that have that vocal growl or seem angry.

BoOTyLiCioUs said:

Yup. His appeal was much broader. It was Dick Clark who said Michael was the ONLY star that appealed to White, Black, n every color in between and every age from the very young to the very old. Also, The Beatles n Elvis never experienced worldwide fame like MJ. Although mainstream media would have you believe this to be. For instance, they're not embraced in Africa.
I think MJ was 'the greatest' because of this broad appeal imo. I mean during Thriller 2 year olds to 92 year olds were in love with Mike. Saw it in my own family. How does one explain this appeal? has it ever happened before. Don't think so.

dearmother said:

WOW Thanks. Sure wanted to see MJ n Prince perform together. Always thought one day it would happen.... too bad.

Yes, I think he was the greatest entertainer. But hey, everyone is entitled to their own opinion.

thats another thing i love about mj..his style, he took all of that, floodwaters, hat, loafers.. and made it hip

Sorry to burst bubbles, but isolation will stunt your growth.

The Beatles are currently the #2 best selling artists of THIS decade, behind Emimen and maybe bumped to #1 with the release of their much hoopla-ed re-mastered boxed set on Wednesday.

That's 40 years after they called it quits, ..and are still the most respected and popular pop music artists to date. YES

MJ has his thing and the Beatles and Elvis theirs, and maybe each attracts polar opposite fans. There is something for everybody, but MJ is not everything to everybody, especially not the greatest.

violetblues said:

is it a problem to u that i'm a fan of mj?

yah right behind EMINEM

goes to show you this decade sucks

he was on my list of people i wanted to see before i died. just he and kylie minogue were left to see. i'm seeing her in 4 weeks.

we get it though, violetblues is a beatles fan

BoOTyLiCioUs said:

lol, this has nothing to do with you, nothing directed at anybody.

I really don't even know any of your posts because im not paying attention, I just find it amusing is all.

Like what you like, post your opinions and me mine. Its all just opinions kid, no harm meant.
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call me crazy but if i had my choice to watch for eternity

the beatles live (at their peak)
or michael jackson live (at his peak)

i'd say mj all the way


(listening to their catalog though,
i'd choose the beatles)
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To me he was. & about The Beatles and Elvis. I can say that The Beatles do appeal to the younger generation depending on the demographic but most people my age are not that familiar with Elvis' music.

violetblues said:

amusing how?

dearmother said:

right the beatles are boring imo.

BoOTyLiCioUs said:

violetblues said:

ok well i thought you were laughing at some of the mj fans in here that's all.

he/she is bein a lil condescending