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Printablebboy87 said: whatsgoingon said: What MJ death has also done is to make people who weren't aware already, more aware of how much music he did. From the Jackson 5 at Motown to the Jacksons at Epic, to Off The Wall to Thriller to Bad to History. There is so much music there, that you can pick a particular era and just discover gems after gems. I know people who until MJ died had gone to parties and heard songs like "Let Me Show You the Way to Go" and "don't Blame it on the Boogie" and didn't realize it was MJ on those records, because to them MJ was just about "Thriller","Bad" "shamone" and wackiness. I know kids that are just now discovering the Jackson 5/Jacksons. I've alway said to people if you want to hear the "soul" of Michael you need to listen to the first 15 years of his career because that is truely, vintage Michael. I told a friend (and fellow MJ fan) this. We had the opportunity to go to the record store and discover his music on our own. I grew up in the 90s but by the time I was 10, I had The Jacksons, Goin' Places, Destiny, Triumph, Got To Be There, Ben, and Soulsation all on heavy rotation. I remember being 8 or 9 when HIStory came out (I already had OTW, Thriller, Bad, Dangerous), going to the record store with my sister and seeing ROWS of stuff. One side of the store was vinyl, one side was CDs, one side was videos, and one side was cassettes and me searching the "Jackson" parts of each 
Kids these days don't have that pleasure of doing that because record stores are an endangered species Yeah that's why online can be your best friend if kids use it properly rather than just going online and looking at things they SHOULDN'T be looking at. Or making YouTubePoop videos. | |
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I recently got "the Jacksons" and "Going Places" albums and I am loving them. "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: I recently got "the Jacksons" and "Going Places" albums and I am loving them.
I just have destiny and truimph.How are those.I have some songs from those two albums you have on greatest hits cd's I had for a couple years now | |
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SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said: Have we covered all the negatives?
 
LOVE HARD. | |
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babybugz said: How long we going to keep these RIP threads going , until after the movie?
until the verdict after his death trial and the good old doctor is locked away LOVE HARD. | |
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Evvy said: babybugz said: How long we going to keep these RIP threads going , until after the movie?
until the verdict after his death trial and the good old doctor is locked away Well I guess these threads will be up for a while lol | |
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babybugz said: dag said: I recently got "the Jacksons" and "Going Places" albums and I am loving them.
I just have destiny and truimph.How are those.I have some songs from those two albums you have on greatest hits cd's I had for a couple years now Great. I love all the songs on "the Jacksons" maybe escept for Style of Life, which is just OK. But I love Strength of One Man and Living Together. And the best songs on "Going Places" are: Music´s Taking Over Different Kind of Lady Do What You Wanna Find Me a Girl "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: I recently got "the Jacksons" and "Going Places" albums and I am loving them.
I remember when Sony announced they were going to release remastered editions of Destiny and Triumph, fans over at MJFC were complaining about "Sony just wants our money! I'm not buying them, boycott Sony!" I asked "How many of you even have the albums much less even heard them entirely" it got pretty quiet after that "We may deify or demonize them but not ignore them. And we call them genius, because they are the people who change the world." |
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I don't have a lot of MJ's old stuff except for the well know tracks but when you talk of soul, the ballads/slow tracks on Invincible and others over the years...breathe soul.
Songs like Speechless, Cry, Whatever Happens, Don't walk away, Why (with 3T)U r not alone, heal the world,. They are all such sensitive songs that touch me like no other music does. The voice, music and lyrics are so simplistically pure . In this busy world it just transports me to another planet where everywhere is peaceful & beautiful. It's not 70s soul but it's so exquisite 
I still can't believe he is not here anymore to not make any more beautiful music  "Free URself, B the best that U can B, 3rd Apartment from the Sun, nothing left to fear" Prince Rogers Nelson - Forever in my Life - | |
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i love this song, it's special to me cause i actually wrote him aletter when i was younger lol but it wasn't a sexual kind of letter
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Mike a "macho".
I remember when Sony announced they were going to release remastered editions of Destiny and Triumph, fans over at MJFC were complaining about "Sony just wants our money! I'm not buying them, boycott Sony!"
I asked "How many of you even have the albums much less even heard them entirely" it got pretty quiet after that I got "the Jacksons" album over here, but my aunt had to buy me "Going Places" on her recent trip to NY cause I haven´t seen it over here. "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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Bohemian67 said: I don't have a lot of MJ's old stuff except for the well know tracks but when you talk of soul, the ballads/slow tracks on Invincible and others over the years...breathe soul.
Songs like Speechless, Cry, Whatever Happens, Don't walk away, Why (with 3T)U r not alone, heal the world,. They are all such sensitive songs that touch me like no other music does. The voice, music and lyrics are so simplistically pure . In this busy world it just transports me to another planet where everywhere is peaceful & beautiful. It's not 70s soul but it's so exquisite
I still can't believe he is not here anymore to not make any more beautiful music Yeah, I need to catch up with the Jackson 5 albums. I just have one collection. "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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too cool 
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It will be really hard for me when THIS IS IT leaves movie theaters, because that will be like, the final act.
Not only will I have to see the first midnight showing, but I will make it a point to see the very last showing in my hometown also. (Probably a few in between too.) MJ Fan 1992-Forever
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Yea, a PT 13.
I have caught up on so many memories from PT1 to now. Thanks everybody for all the vids, comments, pictures. And Timmy84 for being fair. ^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^
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babybugz said: whatsgoingon said: What MJ death has also done is to make people who weren't aware already, more aware of how much music he did. From the Jackson 5 at Motown to the Jacksons at Epic, to Off The Wall to Thriller to Bad to History. There is so much music there, that you can pick a particular era and just discover gems after gems. I know people who until MJ died had gone to parties and heard songs like "Let Me Show You the Way to Go" and "don't Blame it on the Boogie" and didn't realize it was MJ on those records, because to them MJ was just about "Thriller","Bad" "shamone" and wackiness. I know kids that are just now discovering the Jackson 5/Jacksons. I've alway said to people if you want to hear the "soul" of Michael you need to listen to the first 15 years of his career because that is truely, vintage Michael. That's his best years to be honest Not ony were those his best years, they were his most "crucial" in laying down the foundation up through OTW. With that established, he conquered the world lights out! |
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Superstition said: Push Me Away is a tremendous track, so underrated and forgotten. Blues Away as well.
I love the Destiny album. | |
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'Michael Jackson Tapes' to air on 'Dateline': Michael Jackson said, 'I don't want to grow old'
Old age isn't for sissies, as Bette Davis used to say. Michael Jackson wasn't cut out for old age, evidently. "When the body breaks down, and you start to wrinkle, I think it's so bad," he says in tapes that a friend made. That friend is Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, who asks: "So you would die before that happens?" Jackson replies: "I don't want to grow old." And he didn't. The King of Pop died this summer. The rabbi made the tapes, with Jackson's permission, from 1999 to 2001. Boteach will discuss them with Meredith Vieira on "Today" on Friday and Tuesday. The tapes also will be heard in "The Michael Jackson Tapes: A 'Dateline' Exclusive" at 9 p.m. Friday on WESH-Channel 2. Other Jackson nuggets from "Dateline NBC": Jackson on the importance of children: "If it weren't for children, I would choose death. I mean it with all my heart." Jackson on his experiences: "Anybody else would probably be dead by now, or a junkie, with what I've been through, Shmuley." Jackson on his use of mannequins to replace human company: "I needed someone. That's probably why I had, uh, the mannequins, I would say. Because I felt I needed people, someone, and I didn't have, I was too shy to be around real people." Jackson on his belief that he had a healing power: "I've seen children just shower all over me with love. They want to just touch me and hug me and completely just hold on and cry and not let go...and mothers pick their babies and put them into my arms: 'Touch my baby, and hold them, touch my baby, touch my baby.' " "we make our heroes in America only to destroy them" | |
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sag10 said: Yea, a PT 13.
I have caught up on so many memories from PT1 to now. Thanks everybody for all the vids, comments, pictures. And Timmy84 for being fair.  | |
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bboy87 said: whatsgoingon said: What MJ death has also done is to make people who weren't aware already, more aware of how much music he did. From the Jackson 5 at Motown to the Jacksons at Epic, to Off The Wall to Thriller to Bad to History. There is so much music there, that you can pick a particular era and just discover gems after gems. I know people who until MJ died had gone to parties and heard songs like "Let Me Show You the Way to Go" and "don't Blame it on the Boogie" and didn't realize it was MJ on those records, because to them MJ was just about "Thriller","Bad" "shamone" and wackiness. I know kids that are just now discovering the Jackson 5/Jacksons. I've alway said to people if you want to hear the "soul" of Michael you need to listen to the first 15 years of his career because that is truely, vintage Michael. I told a friend (and fellow MJ fan) this. We had the opportunity to go to the record store and discover his music on our own. I grew up in the 90s but by the time I was 10, I had The Jacksons, Goin' Places, Destiny, Triumph, Got To Be There, Ben, and Soulsation all on heavy rotation. I remember being 8 or 9 when HIStory came out (I already had OTW, Thriller, Bad, Dangerous), going to the record store with my sister and seeing ROWS of stuff. One side of the store was vinyl, one side was CDs, one side was videos, and one side was cassettes and me searching the "Jackson" parts of each
Kids these days don't have that pleasure of doing that because record stores are an endangered species Memories. I was the same when I was around your age. Me and my brother and sister would go to the local wreckawd stow (TOP HITS) and we'd pick up the latest Jackson family stuff. DRoss Presents Original Soul of MJ Dangerous The Legend Continues Moonwalker Rhythm Nation 14 Greatest Hits Triumph Destiny Ben Got To Be There PRINCE: Always and Forever
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When does the Dateline show air? | |
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dreamfactory313 said: When does the Dateline show air?
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I hope that when "This Is It" is released (the movie) people remember that this was Michael in rehearsals 3 weeks out from opening night. I know the neysayers will jump at the chance to say "see he doesn't have the same old moves" but then they need to be reminded that people at their prime work up to an opening night - like an athlete training you don't break the world record three weeks out from an event, you work up to so that when it matters you are at your best.
That said, the footage I have seen has been surprising how much energy is giving, and I am looking forward to seeing how the documentary plays out. Swa "I'm not human I'm a dove, I'm ur conscience. I am love" | |
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dag said: Mike a "macho".
"He's like a bond villian" 
I remember when Sony announced they were going to release remastered editions of Destiny and Triumph, fans over at MJFC were complaining about "Sony just wants our money! I'm not buying them, boycott Sony!"
I asked "How many of you even have the albums much less even heard them entirely" it got pretty quiet after that I got "the Jacksons" album over here, but my aunt had to buy me "Going Places" on her recent trip to NY cause I haven´t seen it over here. Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life. ~Berthold Auerbach | |
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Does anyone know why Michael didnt want to sing on The Simpsons episode even though he did everything else? It confuses me. | |
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Arnotts said: Does anyone know why Michael didnt want to sing on The Simpsons episode even though he did everything else? It confuses me.
i think i remember it was contract stuff beyond his control "we make our heroes in America only to destroy them" | |
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dreamfactory313 said: When does the Dateline show air?
it says it in the article, friday 9 pm "we make our heroes in America only to destroy them" | |
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mimi07 said: Arnotts said: Does anyone know why Michael didnt want to sing on The Simpsons episode even though he did everything else? It confuses me.
i think i remember it was contract stuff beyond his control Yes, Sony wouldn't let him. | |
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Here's my attempt at creating a "LIVE" version of "Scream". I used Michael's live vocals from HIStory tour in Brunei, a piece of the hook from the album version, and Janet's "live" vocals from the VMA's. It sounds a little off, but Since the qualitys are so different, it was a little difficult to blend them correctly.
http://www.zshare.net/aud...1d077a02c/ | |
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