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*has always like "Dirty Diana" way more than "Beat It" *

Dren5 said:

*has always like "Dirty Diana" way more than "Beat It" *

you're not the only one

bboy87 said:

Dren5 said:

*has always like "Dirty Diana" way more than "Beat It" *

you're not the only one

I remember when it came out, even my older cousin (who was a teenager at the time and wayyy into rap) came up to me and told me he really liked "Dirty Diana".

I was like :

The hell with this convo, I'm going to YouTube to watch it right nowwww.

bboy87 said:

Dren5 said:

bboy87 said:

you're not the only one

I remember when it came out, even my older cousin (who was a teenager at the time and wayyy into rap) came up to me and told me he really liked "Dirty Diana".

I was like :

The hell with this convo, I'm going to YouTube to watch it right nowwww.

bboy87 said:

Dren5 said:

*has always like "Dirty Diana" way more than "Beat It" *

you're not the only one

Shit I was always like that about the songs.

bboy87 said:

Dren5 said:

I remember when it came out, even my older cousin (who was a teenager at the time and wayyy into rap) came up to me and told me he really liked "Dirty Diana".

I was like :

The hell with this convo, I'm going to YouTube to watch it right nowwww.

I adore his rock-oriented songs..

Beat it

Dirty Diana

Give into me

yehhhh.

LiLi1992 said:

bboy87 said:

I adore his rock-oriented songs..

Beat it

Dirty Diana

Give into me

yehhhh.

Me too! And Shout <3

bboy87 said:

Dren5 said:

I remember when it came out, even my older cousin (who was a teenager at the time and wayyy into rap) came up to me and told me he really liked "Dirty Diana".

I was like :

The hell with this convo, I'm going to YouTube to watch it right nowwww.

I really did go directly to YouTube after that post to watch the video.

Dren5 said:

*has always like "Dirty Diana" way more than "Beat It" *

good riddance, Dirty Diana to me is the most boring uninspired calculated music-by-numbers garbage he ever recorded, by a looooooooong shot. the only track on the album I skipped right from the first spin in '87 and still skip today.

godawful

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I LOVE Beat It, Dirty Diana & State of Shock, my favorites of MJ/the Jacksons

LittleBLUECorvette said:

bboy87 said:

you're not the only one

State of Shock over both. Yeah I said it.

I go with I Am Love.

Dirty Diana does feature one of the most underrated guitarists ever... Steve Stevens

And Beat It had one of the best guitar players of all time on it

It's been said DLR didn't like the fact Eddie worked with MJ!

oh Dave

Gunsnhalen said:

Dirty Diana does feature one of the most underrated guitarists ever... Steve Stevens

And Beat It had one of the best guitar players of all time on it

It's been said DLR didn't like the fact Eddie worked with MJ!

oh Dave

Dave wanted to "work" with MJ he was sooo cute in California Girls/Just a Gigolo

MickyDolenz said:

LittleBLUECorvette said:

bboy87 said: State of Shock over both. Yeah I said it.

I go with I Am Love.

alphastreet said:

Gunsnhalen said:

Dirty Diana does feature one of the most underrated guitarists ever... Steve Stevens

And Beat It had one of the best guitar players of all time on it

It's been said DLR didn't like the fact Eddie worked with MJ!

oh Dave

Dave wanted to "work" with MJ he was sooo cute in California Girls/Just a Gigolo

Maybe that's where the shade came from was rejection

Gunsnhalen said:

Dirty Diana does feature one of the most underrated guitarists ever... Steve Stevens

And Beat It had one of the best guitar players of all time on it

It's been said DLR didn't like the fact Eddie worked with MJ!

oh Dave

I thought the rumor was that Dave thought it was stupid that Eddie played on the song for free.

Gunsnhalen said:

alphastreet said:

Dave wanted to "work" with MJ he was sooo cute in California Girls/Just a Gigolo

Maybe that's where the shade came from was rejection

He did after all pay homage to MJ in Just a Gigolo and it said on Pop Up video that MJ loved it.

MickyDolenz said:

jam

Dancelot said:

Dren5 said:

*has always like "Dirty Diana" way more than "Beat It" *

good riddance, Dirty Diana to me is the most boring uninspired calculated music-by-numbers garbage he ever recorded, by a looooooooong shot. the only track on the album I skipped right from the first spin in '87 and still skip today.

godawful

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Strange, because I've always kinda felt that way about "Beat It", like MJ went, "Okay, I want some of those rock sales, I know that stuff is big right now. Find me whoever the most popular guitar dude is and have him show up at the studio tomorrow."

LittleBLUECorvette said:

bboy87 said:

you're not the only one

State of Shock over both. Yeah I said it.

I love State of Shock...but I gotta go with Dirty Diana

State of Shock is FUNKIER than them both. And I think the video of DD bangs, but Beat It was groundbreaking in its time and I understand the LOVE it gets. classic. its success is what LED TO Dirty Diana.

MickyDolenz said:

Gunsnhalen said:

Dirty Diana does feature one of the most underrated guitarists ever... Steve Stevens

And Beat It had one of the best guitar players of all time on it

It's been said DLR didn't like the fact Eddie worked with MJ!

oh Dave

I thought the rumor was that Dave thought it was stupid that Eddie played on the song for free.

yeah it was the beginning of the end of the MKI VH era, they were barely on speaking terms for 1984.

datdude said:

State of Shock is FUNKIER than them both. And I think the video of DD bangs, but Beat It was groundbreaking in its time and I understand the LOVE it gets. classic. its success is what LED TO Dirty Diana.

I think "Beat It" gets so much love purely because it was like the first time MJ went the rock route and obviously a lot of people love the rock genre, and because of the iconic video. Put those aside and put it next to any other rock songs, or even other rock songs by MJ and honestly it's probably the weakest rock track he's done and there is something very contrived about it. The message in the song is good but even back as a kid when it first came out, I was more interested in the video than the actual song . I felt differently about "Dirty Diana" a few years later. "Beat It" came first but that doesn't necessarily mean it's the better song, by default - that's like saying "Purple Rain" is better than "Sign O the Times" or "Parade" because it came first.

I like "State of Shock" - it was one of those tracks that whenever I listened to Victory, I never skipped. But it still doesn't outdo "Dirty Diana", for me.

Dirty Diana is MJ's best rock song by a country fucking mile.