I ifnally broke down and got the (expensive!) cd after the cassette was around for 20 years and never listened to for over a decade. When MJ's You Can't Win comes on it brings back the feel of how great the music is. Poppies, Quincy got off, showjg he;s funky. Slide Some Oil lol. Home (nuff said) etc. Ease on down...ease..ease on down..ease on down.

I have it on vinyl

I have the 12 inch for 'You Can't Win' too

I don't have the soundtrack but the music alone makes it one of my favorite movies. Certainly my favorite musical along with Sound of Music. It's a childhood favorite.

Nikster said:

hell yeah...Cant break even, cant getouta da game..

U cccaaannntt get out...wooh! Of the game...

paisleypark4 said:

I got it on double vinyl too.The end of 'you can't win' shocked me first couple of listens. How deep MJ's voice goes. i was like,

I got the vinyl and CD.

Can you, feel a, brand new day!

the new color is Red

Why do I have to hear Diana Ross when homegirl Stephanie Mills OWNED "Home"?

Diana Ross

Harlepolis said:

Even Whitney did it better.
[This message was edited Sun Oct 12 12:09:28 PDT 2003 by Ellie]

Ellie said:

In the Merv Griffin show, I know

you all aint heard nothing to you hear Lizz Wright's version...


I JUST SAW THE CONCERT OF THE YEAR!!! Lizz played at the Cinegrill last night and tore down the house!! I sat right next to Joey Pantallioni (sic?) :O

she rocked the house!!! and i got to talk to joey pants...heheheh

With the exception of a few songs,I have never been able to really listen to this soundtrack.The movie was such a corny mess,and the songs weren't all that great imo.

sosgemini said:

Really! :O

gooeythehamster said:

he was there with a bunch of hanger-ons..and this coked out of her mind chick accidently took my manpurse...the damn bitch!!

DavidEye said:

comeonvogueedit!!
[This message was edited Mon Oct 13 5:43:34 PDT 2003 by sosgemini]

sosgemini said:

Why did you talk to his pants?
Something interesting there?

He your type?

i hope that answers both questions..

Harlepolis said:

Hell yeah! Poor Diana -with her non singin ass.

But, I love that movie ecspecialy the scene with Micheal Jackson ~~~ "You can't win child, you can't break even, and you can't get out of the game"

OMG!!! I absolutely LOVE this movie and SOUNDTRACK!!! My favorite color is GOLD! and the music on that part is SERIOUS!

You know what's funny? I bought this soundtrack about 6 months ago just to put "You Can't Win" on my little MJ comp. Not only did I not put the song on there, I can hardly stand to listen to it

I don't know what it is - I love it in theory but I skip it on disc for some odd reason

The 2 songs on this soundtrack that blow me away are "Be A Lion"... sweet little melody, starts off real delicate then builds into a fucking monster ... and Lena Horn's version of "Believe In Yourself"... whoo! yeaaa, believe! I can almost cry when I hear that thinking of all she must have gone through to make her place in the world as she powers through those lyrics - that's more than a showtune, that's some powerful shit right there

The Poppy Girls instrumental is pretty sweet too...

The Wiz

Im a mean ol lion..I dont wanna hear no badtalk about The Wiz soundtrack

dont nobody bring me no bad news

Disc 1

1. Universal Logo/Wiz Title/Believe in Yourself
2. Overture
3. The Feeling That We Have
4. Can I Go On?
5. Glinda's Theme
6. He's The Wizard (March Of The Munchkins)
7. Soon As I Get Home
8. You Can't Win
9. Ease On Down The Road #1
10. What Would I Do If I Could Feel?
11. Slide Some Oil To Me/Now Watch Me Dance
12. Ease On Down The Road #2
13. I'm A Mean Ole Lion
14. Ease On Down The Road
15. Poppy Girls


Disc 2

1. Be A Lion
2. End Of The Yellow Brick Road
3. Emerald City Sequence: Green / Red / Gold
4. So You Wanted To See The Wizard/A Sorry Phoney/Dorothy's Theme
5. Is This What Feeling Gets?
6. Don't Nobody Bring Me No Bad News
7. A Brand New Day Medley
8. Believe In Yourself Medley
9. The Good Witch Glinda
10. Believe In Yourself (Reprise)
11. Home Medley





I don't own a copy of the soundtrack, but I'm gonna watch the movie today. Nice film...

I refuse to let the Wiz thread die!!!

Aside from "Don't Stop Til You Get Enough" and portions of the self-titled Donna Summer album, this is Q's peak.

Hot grooves (Green/Red/Gold) salsa like Broadway was supposed to be this funky. Chicken grease positively dumped like pig's blood all over the fancy threads of songs like "Ease On Down the Road" and "He's the Wizard," both of which bounce like Rerun. And whereas normally musicals that end in a string of ballads are just asking for trouble, here it's just about the most perfect thing in the world. Great glitz.

By the way, I was suprised while watching 1969's Italian Job to hear an early version of the dramatic chord progression that climaxes "So You Wanted to See the Wizard?!"

rdhull said:

I needs to get that. "I'm a Mean Old Lion" is a good track, too.

Props will be withheld until the showing and proving has commenced." -- Aaron McGruder



cool sig...
I loved that when I read it yesterday...
Aaron McGruder