it is just incredible to see how his music catalog is doing on streaming plaforms

https://chartmasters.org/...l-jackson/

On a related note, 1 of Tito's kids & 2 of Mike's have a channel on Youtube where they talk about movies & movie trailers - Film Family. Jermaine's son Jaafar has a new single called Got Me Singing.

MickyDolenz said:

On a related note, 1 of Tito's kids & 2 of Mike's have a channel on Youtube where they talk about movies & movie trailers - Film Family. Jermaine's son Jaafar has a new single called Got Me Singing.

First of all - that name!

Second, Jaafar went to Brazil to film his video, so it's a nice harken back to "They Don't Care About Us". He sounds a bit like his daddy, which - why wouldn't he? It's a cute song, but I'm not humming it or anything.

TrivialPursuit said:

First of all - that name!

Second, Jaafar went to Brazil to film his video, so it's a nice harken back to "They Don't Care About Us". He sounds a bit like his daddy, which - why wouldn't he? It's a cute song, but I'm not humming it or anything.

Jermaine is Muslim. I guess it has something to do with that. The villian in Disney's Aladdin is named Jafar too, just without the extra "A". Jermaine has a Muslim name himself (so do the Bell brothers in Kool & The Gang), but has never legally changed it like Muhammad Ali did. I don't know where he got Jermajesty (another son) from though. I guess it came from the same book of names as Dweezil, Moon Unit, & Zowie Bowie.

MickyDolenz said:

TrivialPursuit said:

First of all - that name!

Second, Jaafar went to Brazil to film his video, so it's a nice harken back to "They Don't Care About Us". He sounds a bit like his daddy, which - why wouldn't he? It's a cute song, but I'm not humming it or anything.

Jermaine is Muslim. I guess it has something to do with that. The villian in Disney's Aladdin is named Jafar too, just without the extra "A". Jermaine has a Muslim name himself (so do the Bell brothers in Kool & The Gang), but has never legally changed it like Muhammad Ali did. I don't know where he got Jermajesty (another son) from though. I guess it came from the same book of names as Dweezil, Moon Unit, & Zowie Bowie.

Yeah well Jermaine also wanted to change his last name to Jacksun or something equally stupid. Jermagesty is retarded, plain and simple.

But if Jaafar starts stenciling his hairline, I'm done.

TrivialPursuit said:

MickyDolenz said:

Jermaine is Muslim. I guess it has something to do with that. The villian in Disney's Aladdin is named Jafar too, just without the extra "A". Jermaine has a Muslim name himself (so do the Bell brothers in Kool & The Gang), but has never legally changed it like Muhammad Ali did. I don't know where he got Jermajesty (another son) from though. I guess it came from the same book of names as Dweezil, Moon Unit, & Zowie Bowie.

Yeah well Jermaine also wanted to change his last name to Jacksun or something equally stupid. Jermagesty is retarded, plain and simple.

But if Jaafar starts stenciling his hairline, I'm done.

That was a publicity stunt like the story about his brother buying Joseph Merrick bones. But Islamic names aren't made up, they're given to the person, and are generally of Arabian origin. Jafar/Jaafar/Ja'far are all the same Arabic name with different spellings, just like Tony/Toni are. Just because a name isn't European does not mean it's a bad name. You think Africans brought over to be slaves in North & South America had names like Jermaine & Jackson?

Didn't Michael own a giraffe called Jafarr?

MickyDolenz said:

TrivialPursuit said:

Yeah well Jermaine also wanted to change his last name to Jacksun or something equally stupid. Jermagesty is retarded, plain and simple.

But if Jaafar starts stenciling his hairline, I'm done.

That was a publicity stunt like the story about his brother buying Joseph Merrick bones.

I don't always buy the publicity stunt trope. People do a stunt for a specific reason, to purposely generate attention for something bigger (and often unrelated). WTF is Jermaine doing that needs a stunt as a booster?

And thanks, but I understand Islamic naming, etc. I never said the other names were made up or weren't. I said Jermagesty was a retarded name, no matter where it came from. I'm not even sure that's Islamic, more like Isheserioius. lol

Still laying odds on that Sharpie drawn baby hair though. hhahahaha

TrivialPursuit said:

I'm not even sure that's Islamic, more like Isheserioius. lol

lol

pain said:

Interesting to see my favourite Jackson songs are not very popular Another art of me, In the closet, Stranger in Moscow...

nextedition said:

Interesting to see my favourite Jackson songs are not very popular Another art of me, In the closet, Stranger in Moscow...

Yeah me too. But those are quite niche and probably under the radar for the general public. I am just glad They Don't Care About Us got such a huge post-humous popularity. I think that song meant a lot to him and he worked on it for quite a long time. If I remember correctly he initially came up with it during the Bad sessions.

Edit: I have just noticed the Who Is It streams. That's a disgrace. To me, that is THE song of his career.

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nextedition said:

Interesting to see my favourite Jackson songs are not very popular Another art of me, In the closet, Stranger in Moscow...

DID I JUST FIND A NEW FRIEND?!

MickyDolenz said:

TrivialPursuit said:

Yeah well Jermaine also wanted to change his last name to Jacksun or something equally stupid. Jermagesty is retarded, plain and simple.

But if Jaafar starts stenciling his hairline, I'm done.

That was a publicity stunt like the story about his brother buying Joseph Merrick bones. But Islamic names aren't made up, they're given to the person, and are generally of Arabian origin. Jafar/Jaafar/Ja'far are all the same Arabic name with different spellings, just like Tony/Toni are. Just because a name isn't European does not mean it's a bad name. You think Africans brought over to be slaves in North & South America had names like Jermaine & Jackson?

I'm Arabic, and my great grandfather's name was Jafar (pronounced Ga'far), means "holy water" or "water from the heavens".

It's a very traditional Muslim name.