chamber said:

The bassline of "Bille Jean" and "Like a Virgin" are a ripoffs of The Four Tops' "I Can't Help Myself."

^

does this mean Hall & Oates was ripping off The Four Tops then,

I am confused => and I don't really believe any of these theories...

thedance said:

chamber said:

The bassline of "Bille Jean" and "Like a Virgin" are a ripoffs of The Four Tops' "I Can't Help Myself."

^

does this mean Hall & Oates was ripping off The Four Tops then,

I am confused => and I don't really believe any of these theories...

They STILL do not sound alike. The Four Tops song sounds NOTHING like Billie Jean.

The songs themselves don't sound alike, but the bassline to all three "I Can't Help Myself," "Billie Jean," and "Like a Virgin" are all similiar to each other.

http://en.wikipedia.org/w...omposition

Well, this is just silly. There is a fair bit of filler on the two Madonna albums while Off the Wall and Thriller are virtually flawless. Even Madonna would vote for Michael in this poll.

I prefer MJ's start to finish too and for all the talent,but find myself listening to Madonna's two though not for all the tracks.From that period, I would play Destiny and Triumph more and then later and earlier MJ

I re-listened to those songs to note the similiarities and they are not complete rip-offs though I could hear what you're talking about and all the songs were made their own

Even after BJ, lots of songs were copying it. Carribbean Queen, She Works Hard For The Money, etc.

Is this suppose to be a joke??? Who made this dumb thread

Easy

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It's not that dumb, most people who were around in the 80's know they were both the biggest stars of the decade

alphastreet said:

It's not that dumb, most people who were around in the 80's know they were both the biggest stars of the decade

That has NOTHING to do with quality and music. I wasnt calling you dumb... just saying it is dumb because the thread question is rather rhetorical.. Michael of course had the better albums... I busted out laughing at the comparision

mjscarousal said:

Is this suppose to be a joke??? Who made this dumb thread

Easy

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That third one...

"Shamonin'...ALL OVER U!!!"

^ LOVE it!

chamber said:

The bassline of "Bille Jean" and "Like a Virgin" are a ripoffs of The Four Tops' "I Can't Help Myself."

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Love them both equally and deeply

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I just posted that picture and started crying again because Michael is gone.

armpit said:

This should be illegal.

I agree, wholeheartedly!

heartbeatocean said:

I just posted that picture and started crying again because Michael is gone.

*hug* seeing michael and madonna pictures and signatures do that to me too quite a bit. The best of my top 3 favourites is no more

this is a joke

its MJ all the way. the madonna albums can't touch either two of MJ's

armpit said:

PlayboyOriginal said:

What music video was that?

I'm merely a casual MJ fan so go easy on me. Madge is a no talent so I had to get in a dig at her

To you she's a 'no-talent'. Your opinion is just that, an opinion, not a fact.

And - do your own homework, I'm not going to spoonfeed you. But yes, MJ did plenty of attention-whore shit himself and outdid Madonna in that respect a thousand times over.

No to SEVERAL people she is talent-LESS

do your damn homework. No one even agreed with your [Snip - luv4u] opinion that MJ was jealous of Madonna.

hey no fighting in my thread, let's keep it to the artists, k?

alphastreet said:

heartbeatocean said:

I just posted that picture and started crying again because Michael is gone.

*hug* seeing michael and madonna pictures and signatures do that to me too quite a bit. The best of my top 3 favourites is no more

It's STILL hard to believe, and sad.

smoothcriminal12 said:

thedance said:

^

does this mean Hall & Oates was ripping off The Four Tops then,

I am confused => and I don't really believe any of these theories...

They STILL do not sound alike. The Four Tops song sounds NOTHING like Billie Jean.

I don't think any of these songs are "ripping off" The Four Tops song.Many songs have similar chord structures.I've heard some people insist that "Billie Jean" borrows its bassline from Steely Dan's "Do It Again"...does this mean that Steely Dan are also ripping off the Four Tops? It's silly to look at music this way.

Nile Rodgers who produced Like A Virgin said on the BBC doco Walk On By that it was an homage to the Motown sound and influenced by I Can't Help Myself.

For me its

Off The Wall/Madonna

I don't care what others think. I love them both so.

alphastreet said:

Which of the two back to back albums from one of the artists do you prefer and why?

Off the Wall. Madonna has never made a good album to me but she has great singles

Michael.

Off The Wall/Thriller - stronger as a couple for me.

Off The Wall - I like most in this quartet.
Thriller - the most successful album, it is simply impossible to ignore.

armpit said:

This should be illegal.

But both Off The Wall and Thriller easily slays Madge's first two records. I play her deubt more than Like A Virgin as well.