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Found copies of The Jacksons & Triumph for super cheap today. No Q's about the former - Enjoy Yourself, Show You the Way To Go - but the latter has me trippin...

• A song that I could SWEAR was called "Heartbreak Hotel" all these years (I had the album when I was a kid) is listed as "This Place Hotel" Am I nutty or was this always the title of this song?
  
  
• "Everybody" w/ lyrics like...
  
  Oh, everybody, get down on the floor
  I love the way you shake your thing...
  
  ... sounds ridiculously close (in the hook anyway) to "Get On the Floor" on the Off the Wall album...
  
  So get on the floor and dance with me
  I love the way you shake your thing, especially...
  
  The tempos are similar, both start out w/ blaring horns "Everybody" is written by MJ, Tito & Mike McKinney, while "Get On the Floor" is written by MJ & Louis Jackson - did Tito & Mike get jipped just a little bit?? :O
  
  
• Time Waits for No One still sounds good

Thanks for any info


NOTE: Maxxx, if you come up in here talkin' some King of Pop shit, I'm calling the police!!

They sing Heartbreak Hotel & that´s the original
title off that.I think they just named it This place hotel so it would´nt B confused with the Elvis Presley
song.I´ve always called it heartbreak hotel 2.
Such a great song & production.
/peace manki

manki said:

Thanks Manki I got curious & looked @ my vinyl copy, it was indeed called Heartbreak Hotel. I wonder when they made the switch??

Yeah,I have always wondered why they changed the title from "Heartbreak Hotel" to "This Place Hotel".So they didn't want people to confuse it with the Elvis Presley song? But there are MANY songs by different artists with the same titles.

CalhounSq said:

In Quincy Jones' biography,he claims that,everytime Michael came out with a big album,the brothers would immediately try to "follow it up" with an album of their own...lol...after 'Off The Wall',the brothers quickly released 'Triumph'...after 'Thriller',the brothers released 'Victory'...after 'Bad',the brothers released '2300 Jackson Street'.For awhile there,it looked like they were waiting for MJ to hurry up and finish his album,so they could release theirs...lol...or possibly ride on the coattails of his success??

But,since MJ's albums were such big sellers,it's obvious that the brothers borrowed ALOT of the same ideas that he used on his albums.That's why "Everybody" sounds suspiciously like "Get On The Floor".




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[This message was edited Tue Mar 11 2:22:10 PST 2003 by DavidEye]

Time Waits 4 No One is an awesome song.

Triumph is an album i have gotten back in2 recently.
i have VICTORY in a 12" picture disc.
only played it once cos i wanna keep it in good condition.

need the cd

I always thought that Get On The Floor and Everybody sounded just alike. I prefer Everybody, though. That's a jam. The whole album is. My favorite cut is Your Ways. Makes me wanna cry.

DavidEye said:

Triumph was AFTER Off the Wall??? WOW, I didn't realise that Seems like it was the other way around, but that was a LONG time ago. I'm OLD

'Off The Wall' was released in late 1979,while 'Triumph' came out in 1980.

King of Pop time: Sony then CBS forced MJ to change the title not to be confussed with Elvis's Song even though folks who bought it never got the two mixed up.the trip out thing:is that Sony still has it as "this Place Hotel" but Whitney Houston had a Hit Song with the title "Heartbreak hotel" A few years back&no static over that? go figure? Before "Thriller" blew up MJ was quite Prolific at realeasing a Album a Year.from 76-82 on Epic/CBS now Sony MJ had at least One Album out be it in a Group or Solo Setting.Mike used the Same Seashore Horn Players that were on "Get on the Floor" for "Everybody" as well.Greg Philigahnis(Misspelled) played on both Triumph&Off the Wall.

mistermaxxx said:

CBS is owned by Sony; Arista is owned by BMG...

..translation: BMG don't give a what!!!


-SWANG'slosingitagain

SWANG said:

I Know about who Owns what But I'm talking about the Song&the title."Heartbreak Hotel".

mistermaxxx said:

forget it, maxxx...bad joke!

-SWANG'ssorry

SWANG said:

I take the Jacksons Serious.that is One of My All-Time Favorite MJ Songs.

mistermaxxx said:

underrated MJ jam,probably because it is a Jacksons track & not a solo MJ hit.

NOW...I LOVE THE JACKSONS vs just Michael. I have every album by the jacksons from the first one to the last one. I sent my mom on a hunt for them all when I was in my teens.

Truimph is a good album and I think you get to hear the talent of the brothers on it.

Calhoun girl, you make me giggle...Call the damn police because maxxx done started his shit.

mistermaxxx said:

I done told you 'bout dat shit!! Am I REALLY supposed to keep reading after that???

Rhondab said:

Everytime I hear it, I can't stop thinking about how blaringly MJ stands out from the rest Even when someone just comes in for a second...

you got to believe in somethin
you got to believe in
give it up, give it up

...even just that little part, I'm like "WHERE'S MIKE??!!" :EVILLOL:

This may shock y'all,but I don't own ANY of the Jacksons albums.All I have is the "Greatest Hits" album from the 70s! I guess I'll have to do some CD shopping real soon.But I'm gonna stay away from the 1984 'Victory' album.Hearing Michael and Mick Jagger team up on "State Of Shock" is NOT something I wanna go back to...lol...

DavidEye said:

Davideye,

Yeah, it's probably a good idea to avoid the Victory album altogether. What a disappointment that was...

But definitely get Triumph and Destiny, they're great.

DavidEye said:

Peep the Jacksons Live.on Victory worthy of Down-Load are the Songs."Tourture","THe Hurt" which MJ&Randy did&"Wait" is also cool.the rest is very little Hit&alot of Miss.

CalhounSq said:

You are too Much Fun to Pick on&you as well Rhondab.gotta have a Laugh myself !!!