MJ played the piano. He also played most everything on "Morphine" except the solo (which was Slash).

"Morphine" Written by, Composed by, Arranged by, lead and backing vocals, guitar, percussion, drums by Michael Jackson

He was just as musical as Prince, I believe. Music flowed out of both them. I remember watching the Oprah interview and he started doing the percussion and bass, all with his mouth, to "Who Is It". Just you know - cuz why not. I was watching it with a friend who loved MJ as well. I remember her just literally screaming at the TV, "OH MY GOD I LOVE HIM!" It was a moment that we hadn't seen from MJ before. No effects, no preface, just him being musical.

The difference in them both being so musical is that Prince chose to live and breathe music. Music was his escape from conflicts with his father, or stepfather, etc. It gave him an out.

MJ had a love/hate relationship with music. Who knows what MJ would have turned out to be had Joe not pushed them into music. On that same tip, for MJ to live and breathe music would have been a constant reminder of the altered life he was forced into. He might have loved music, but it was clear he wanted to do anything else but music more often than not. But his talent was obvious. His disdain for the business of it was just as clear.

Great, who woud have thought he admired Michael, not me.

DonRants said:

Everyone was inspired by MJ...its a shame it took his passing for them to admit it.

great article

DonRants said:

Everyone was inspired by MJ...its a shame it took his passing for them to admit it.

Tired of the MJ cult. Sucka didn't even write dat many tunes.

His new album is great.

TrivialPursuit said:

MJ played the piano. He also played most everything on "Morphine" except the solo (which was Slash).

"Morphine" Written by, Composed by, Arranged by, lead and backing vocals, guitar, percussion, drums by Michael Jackson

He was just as musical as Prince, I believe. Music flowed out of both them. I remember watching the Oprah interview and he started doing the percussion and bass, all with his mouth, to "Who Is It". Just you know - cuz why not. I was watching it with a friend who loved MJ as well. I remember her just literally screaming at the TV, "OH MY GOD I LOVE HIM!" It was a moment that we hadn't seen from MJ before. No effects, no preface, just him being musical.

The difference in them both being so musical is that Prince chose to live and breathe music. Music was his escape from conflicts with his father, or stepfather, etc. It gave him an out.

MJ had a love/hate relationship with music. Who knows what MJ would have turned out to be had Joe not pushed them into music. On that same tip, for MJ to live and breathe music would have been a constant reminder of the altered life he was forced into. He might have loved music, but it was clear he wanted to do anything else but music more often than not. But his talent was obvious. His disdain for the business of it was just as clear.

Michael Jackson was NOT in any way the same kind of musician that Prince was, and most of this
post is just silly, especially how you compare the differences in Prince and Michael Jackson's sense
of musicianship (living and breathing music, love/hate relationship with music, etc.)

Dude played with kids, period.

Dasein said:

Michael Jackson was NOT in any way the same kind of musician that Prince was...

If you wanna have that argument, this ain't the place.

2freaky4church1 said:

Tired of the MJ cult. Sucka didn't even write dat many tunes.

For someone who clearly doesn't like Mr. Jackson, you sure do spend a lot of time going into threads about him to post snarky comments.

Ignore his threads. Problem solved. Mike's popularity is not going away, and nothing you say is going to change that.

what percentage of his music did he actually write?

2freaky4church1 said:

Dude played with kids, period.

Yes. As every father does. Fool.

TrivialPursuit said:

Dasein said:

Michael Jackson was NOT in any way the same kind of musician that Prince was...

If you wanna have that argument, this ain't the place.

LOL!

Dude, you made the claim initially - not me. I'm simply disputing it. There is nothing in Michael
Jackson's body of work or documented history that suggests he was of the same caliber of musician
that Prince was: music composition, vocal abilities, and music production all while being a virtuoso
on several instruments?

No. Fucking. Way.

Dasein said:

TrivialPursuit said:

If you wanna have that argument, this ain't the place.

LOL!

Dude, you made the claim initially - not me. I'm simply disputing it.

Well, then that's that. I wasn't arguing, nor looking for an argument (not that you were going there). I just didn't want it to be another MJ vs. Prince thread. It's apples and oranges to me, and I noted a few differences that I see in their careers. That's all.

2freaky4church1 said:

Dude played with kids, period.

Idiot.

2freaky4church1 said:

His new album is great.

Jack's new album is awesome.

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214 said:

Free2BMe said:

214 said:

Idiot.

Add uninformed,ignorant of the facts,too lazy to research for facts,herd mentality,etc. [Edited 3/30/18 19:19pm]

All that and more...

2freaky4church1 said:

Dasein said:

TrivialPursuit said:

Dasein said:

LOL!

Dude, you made the claim initially - not me. I'm simply disputing it.

Well, then that's that. I wasn't arguing, nor looking for an argument (not that you were going there). I just didn't want it to be another MJ vs. Prince thread. It's apples and oranges to me, and I noted a few differences that I see in their careers. That's all.

Then why compare the two at all? You didn't simply note differences in their careers; you noted
similarities in their musical abilities, and that is just patently uninformed about what serves as
being "musical."

purple05 said:

Dasein said:

Michael Jackson was NOT in any way the same kind of musician that Prince was, and most of this
post is just silly, especially how you compare the differences in Prince and Michael Jackson's sense
of musicianship (living and breathing music, love/hate relationship with music, etc.)

That font said musical not musician. Pull the drawers out ya ass

Would you say that musicians are musical? Of course they are; to suggest otherwise is rather
silly.

luvsexy4all said:

2freaky4church1 said:

luvsexy4all said:

what percentage of his music did he actually write?

Of his post Motown work, a sizable portion.

Along with writing/co-writing songs for himself, he wrote tunes for Diana Ross, LaToya and Rebbie Jackson, The Brothers Johnson, Blackstreet, Jennifer Holliday, Johnny Mathis, J-Friends (a J Pop ensemble), Greg Phillinganes, USA For Africa and Ralph Tresvant

Putting aside one-off songs and his work with his brothers, From Off The Wall to Number Ones, Michael put out 81 songs. Of those, he's credited for writing/cowriting 60 of them

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Dasein said:

TrivialPursuit said:

Well, then that's that. I wasn't arguing, nor looking for an argument (not that you were going there). I just didn't want it to be another MJ vs. Prince thread. It's apples and oranges to me, and I noted a few differences that I see in their careers. That's all.

Then why compare the two at all? You didn't simply note differences in their careers; you noted
similarities in their musical abilities, and that is just patently uninformed about what serves as
being "musical."

That's your opinion. You're entitled to it. I mean, it really has nothing to do with me. You can argue your point all day, but if you're here to sway lifelong observations, you might do better to try some meditation. Or yoga - all the kids are doing it these days. (I'm doing yoga and Kegel exercises right now, actually. You should see the look on my face.)

2freaky4church1 said: