June 25, 201312 yr Author What about One More Chance? Surely deserves to be included if This Is It is in. Anyway excellent idea. Will get on it by the weekend. Yeah good point (although i do completely forgot it exists in all honesty). I'll put it in now so feel free to edit it in your votes Dandy, Jester, Griff! Ugh. And i really don't want to add Hold My Hand as it didn't have the FINAL seal of approval from MJ but if there's enough loving for it i will do. 00 Will You Be There (What the fuck is THIS :D) One of the best three songs he's ever done :D
June 25, 201312 yr Ugh. And i really don't want to add Hold My Hand as it didn't have the FINAL seal of approval from MJ but if there's enough loving for it i will do. But it's one of his best! I genuinely cried actual tears when I first saw the video. :cry:
June 25, 201312 yr Hold My Hand should never have been released. As Haus said, it didn't have his approval.
June 25, 201312 yr I don't think any of his posthumous releases should be included personally. I can see the case for This Is It but not Hold My Hand (and certainly not the other pieces of crap from that outrageous Michael album which weren't even recorded by him!).
June 25, 201312 yr 09 Ben 09 Rockin' Robin (it features on two of his greatest hits so should be added, no?) 07 Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough 06 Rock With You xx Off The Wall 08 She's Out Of My Life 11 Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' 05 The Girl Is Mine (feat. Paul McCartney) 09 Thriller 10 Beat It 09 Billie Jean 07 Human Nature 07 P. Y. T. (Pretty Young Thing) 08 Bad 08 The Way You Make Me Feel 07 Liberian Girl xx Another Part of Me 07 Man in the Mirror 07 I Just Can't Stop Loving You 11 Dirty Diana 07 Smooth Criminal xx Leave Me Alone xx Jam xx In The Closet 07 Remember The Time xx Heal The World 05 Black or White xx Who Is It xx Give in to Me xx Will You Be There xx Gone Too Soon -01 Scream (feat. Janet Jackson) 11 They Don't Care About Us -01 You Are Not Alone 08 Earth Song 07 Stranger in Moscow xx Blood on the Dancefloor xx You Rock My World xx Butterflies xx Cry 01 This is It Albums 10 Off The Wall 10 Thriller 09 Bad 06 Dangerous 08 HIStory: Past, Present and Future xx Invincible (I'll come back to the others once I've reacquainted myself with them) Also, the ratings are relative to MJ's discography - not in general. Obviously the ratings would be higher otherwise. :P Edited June 26, 201312 yr by SceneofSIXCrimes
June 25, 201312 yr Potential controversial rating here! *'s are for the ones I cannot remember so I youtubed them! 03.0 Ben 05.5 Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough 06.0 Rock With You 07.5 Off The Wall 07.0 She's Out Of My Life 08.0 Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' 06.0 The Girl Is Mine (feat. Paul McCartney) 03.0 Thriller >> Deadly serious. Sorry guys. << 10.0 Beat It 10.0 Billie Jean 06.0 Human Nature 09.0 P. Y. T. (Pretty Young Thing) 10.0 Bad 08.0 The Way You Make Me Feel 03.0 Liberian Girl 09.0 Another Part of Me 11.0 Man in the Mirror 08.0 I Just Can't Stop Loving You 11.0 Dirty Diana 11.0 Smooth Criminal 09.0 Leave Me Alone 08.0 Jam* >> Can't say I've heard this before, but I liked it! << 06.0 In The Closet* 04.0 Remember The Time 08.0 Heal The World 07.5 Black or White 07.0 Who Is It* 07.5 Give in to Me* 08.5 Will You Be There* >> But I actually recognise this from playing it! << 06.0 Gone Too Soon* 08.0 Scream (feat. Janet Jackson) 09.0 They Don't Care About Us 10.0 You Are Not Alone 00.0 Earth Song 05.0 Stranger in Moscow* 06.5 Blood on the Dancefloor 05.0 You Rock My World 04.5 Butterflies* 04.0 Cry* 06.0 One More Chance* 06.0 This is It Albums: xx Off The Wall xx Thriller 11.0 Bad >> It is genuinely a brilliant album! << xx Dangerous 07.5 HIStory: Past, Present and Future xx Invincible Not heard the others, so I don't think it'll be fair for me to rate them.
June 25, 201312 yr He was insaaaanely hot during the Bad era. Just thought I should throw that out there. You mean when he was halfway to becoming white? :blink: Who am I to judge? - I thought he looked really attractive as a zombie in Thriller. :unsure:
June 25, 201312 yr SONGS: 07 Ben 10 Don't Stop 'Till You Get Enough 10 Rock With You 08 Off The Wall 10 She's Out Of My Life 11 Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' -1 The Girl Is Mine 10 Thriller 10 Beat It 10 Billie Jean 10 Human Nature 09 P.Y.T(Pretty Young Thing) 07 Bad 11 The Way You Make Me Feel 08 Liberian Girl 06 Another Part Of Me 10 Man In The Mirror 10 Just Can't Stop Loving You 09 Dirty Diana 10 Smooth criminal 08 Leave Me Alone 06 Jam 06 In The Closet 09 Remember The Time 08 Heal The World 10 Black Or White 09 Who Is It 11 Give In To Me 05 Will You Be There 10 Gone Too Soon -1 Scream( :puke2: ) 10 They Don't Care About Us 10 You Are Not Lone 08 Earth Song 10 Stranger In Moscow 10 Blood On The Dancefloor 09 You Rock My World 04 Butterflies 03 Cry 07 This Is It Albums: 10 Off The Wall 11 Thriller 10 Bad 08 Dangerous 09 HIStory 07 Invincible AMAZING Edited June 25, 201312 yr by #Toby
June 26, 201312 yr Songs 06 Ben 07 Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough 07 Rock With You 06 Off The Wall 07 She's Out Of My Life 09 Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' -1 The Girl Is Mine (feat. Paul McCartney) 10 Thriller 10 Beat It 10 Billie Jean 05 Human Nature 10 P. Y. T. (Pretty Young Thing) 10 Bad 10 The Way You Make Me Feel 08 Liberian Girl 07 Another Part of Me 11 Man in the Mirror 06 I Just Can't Stop Loving You 08 Dirty Diana 11 Smooth Criminal 09 Leave Me Alone -1 Jam 10 In The Closet 10 Remember The Time 10 Heal The World 10 Black or White 09 Who Is It 06 Give in to Me 06 Will You Be There -1 Gone Too Soon 10 Scream (feat. Janet Jackson) 10 They Don't Care About Us 11 You Are Not Alone 07 Earth Song 07 Stranger in Moscow 10 Blood on the Dancefloor 09 You Rock My World 05 Butterflies 01 Cry 02 This is It Albums 05 Off The Wall 09 Thriller 11 Bad 08 Dangerous 10 HIStory: Past, Present and Future 05 Invincible GO.
June 26, 201312 yr I think now might be the best time to admit, I'm not really a Micheal Jackson fan... Oops. Songs 05 Ben 07 Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough 05 Rock With You 04 Off The Wall 05 She's Out Of My Life 03 Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' 04 The Girl Is Mine (feat. Paul McCartney) 08 Thriller 07 Beat It 09 Billie Jean 06 Human Nature 07 P. Y. T. (Pretty Young Thing) 08 Bad 10 The Way You Make Me Feel 06 Liberian Girl 06 Another Part of Me 11 Man in the Mirror 10 I Just Can't Stop Loving You 09 Dirty Diana 10 Smooth Criminal 07 Leave Me Alone 06 Jam 05 In The Closet 05 Remember The Time 07 Heal The World 08 Black or White 04 Who Is It 05 Give in to Me 06 Will You Be There 03 Gone Too Soon 06 Scream (feat. Janet Jackson) 08 They Don't Care About Us 10 You Are Not Alone 07 Earth Song 02 Stranger in Moscow 03 Blood on the Dancefloor 04 You Rock My World 04 Butterflies 03 Cry 06 This is It Albums 07 Off The Wall 09 Thriller 11 Bad 06 Dangerous 04 HIStory: Past, Present and Future 06 Invincible
June 26, 201312 yr 03 Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' 02 Stranger in Moscow What?! You're bad, Lee. Really, really bad.
June 26, 201312 yr Author Stranger in Moscow is so good and probably my favourite off the album for all it stands for. I can still barely even watch the video because of how haunting it is - used to terrify me when i was younger :'(
June 27, 201312 yr Author Songs 06.0 Ben 08.5 Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough 07.5 Rock With You 06.5 Off The Wall 06.0 She's Out Of My Life 09.0 Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' 01.0 The Girl Is Mine (feat. Paul McCartney) 09.5 Thriller 09.5 Beat It 10.0 Billie Jean 08.0 Human Nature 07.5 P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing) 10.0 Bad 09.5 The Way You Make Me Feel 09.0 Liberian Girl 07.5 Another Part of Me 10.0 Man in the Mirror 10.0 I Just Can't Stop Loving You 10.0 Dirty Diana 09.5 Smooth Criminal 07.0 Leave Me Alone 05.0 Jam 08.0 In The Closet 10.0 Remember The Time 08.5 Heal The World 09.5 Black or White 09.5 Who Is It 11.0 Give in to Me 11.0 Will You Be There 03.0 Gone Too Soon 09.0 Scream (feat. Janet Jackson) 08.5 They Don't Care About Us 08.0 You Are Not Alone 10.0 Earth Song 09.0 Stranger in Moscow 05.0 Blood on the Dancefloor 11.0 You Rock My World 03.0 Butterflies 09.5 Cry 04.0 One More Chance 06.0 This is It Will You Be There shot up for me post-death. His most painful lyrics </3 And my choreographed routine to You Rock My World 12 years ago is enough to get it max points here. No hate. Albums 07.0 Off The Wall 09.5 Thriller 11.0 Bad 10.0 Dangerous 08.5 HIStory: Past, Present and Future 08.0 Invincible
June 28, 201312 yr 03 Ben 11 Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough 08.5 Rock With You 08 Off the Wall 06 She's Out Of My Life 11 Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' 10 The Girl Is Mine (feat. Paul McCartney) 09 Thriller 09.5 Beat It 09.5 Billie Jean 08.5 Human Nature 07.5 P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing) 08.5 Say Say Say (with Paul McCartney) 10 Bad 10 The Way You Make Me Feel 06.5 Liberian Girl 06.5 Another Part of Me 09.5 Man in the Mirror 08.5 I Just Can't Stop Loving You 08.5 Dirty Diana 11 Smooth Criminal 10 Leave Me Alone 06 Jam 08 In the Closet 07 Remember the Time 08 Heal the World 10 Black or White 07.5 Who Is It 08 Give in to Me 10 Will You Be There 07 Gone Too Soon 10 Scream (feat. Janet Jackson) 08.5 They Don't Care About Us 08.5 You Are Not Alone 10 Earth Song 09.5 Stranger in Moscow 07.5 Blood on the Dancefloor 08.5 You Rock My World 06.5 Butterflies 07 Cry 07 One More Chance 06.5 This is It Albums 08 Off the Wall 09 Thriller 10 Bad 07.5 Dangerous 08.5 HIStory: Past, Present and Future xx Invincible Before this year I never bothered with Off the Wall (disco is generally not my thing) but it's a strong, concise album with a very decent set of singles. Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough is mind-blowing, right from the moment that exquisite synth loop kicks in with the infectious beat and the dirty funk bassline right behind it. The falsetto is killer and the lyrics are pretty hot (I'm melting... like hot candle wax). Rock With You is understated and lovely, and although the title track never quite lives up to that demented intro, you really can't go wrong with a bit of Girlfriend. What can you say about Thriller that's not been said a million times? It's not his best album - it's just a little too "here are the hits, and here are the album tracks" in contrast with what came next - but several of the singles changed the course of pop music. Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' is absolute genius for the way it pays homage to the disco era (which was basically dead by the '80s, and probably would've killed his career had he not evolved his sound) but totally embraces pop. I've still never heard another song like it, and I have no need for a radio edit. Six minutes of perfection. Perhaps an unpopular opinion, but The Girl is Mine is one of my favourites. Even if it doesn't have a beat as killer as Billie Jean or Beat It, it's just so much fun, and the vocal arrangement is genius. Even the ad-libs are catchy as hell (mine, mine! mine, mine, mine!). I'm also rather partial to the follow-up duet Say Say Say. Bad is the ultimate all-killer, no-filler affair. Pop music at its most essential. The vocals, the production, the melodies... oh my god, the melodies. Is it possible to find a better written pop song than Smooth Criminal? That frenzied, shrill post-chorus is insane and awesome. There's a passion for making music which radiates from every track, even the filler. If I have a criticism it's that the single choices were a little dodgy - it should've been Bad or The Way You Make Me Feel up first, followed by Smooth Criminal and Man in the Mirror, with the Siedah suet coming later. It's also a shame that Leave Me Alone was released too late to be recognised as one of his greatest (I really like its relative simplicity - a real anthem which smacks of paranoia and brooding darkness). But then he scored five consecutive #1s on the Hot 100, so I guess complaint is futile. Dangerous is such an odd album... from the wall to wall hits of Bad to a record which has barely any obvious hits and not even much in the way of hooks or memorable choruses. The "uptempos" (even if you can't really call them that since most are midtempo, but you know what I mean) are way over-produced and not especially catchy, and downright tuneless in some cases. Heal the World is quite firmly in "so awful it's good" territory. Those lyrics! I guess he wanted to go in a more mature direction sonically but the general sound was a misfire imo. That said, I scored it a 7.5 because Black or White is such a classic, Will You be There is gorgeous, and Who Is It has an energy that's quite reminiscent of his best '80s work. Personally I think he should've stuck with Quincy, or steered well clear of Teddy Riley at any rate. All that said, I would kill to have been in attendance at the tour. His performances from this era were every bit as phenomenal as those from the '80s. HIStory was mostly a return to form. The singles are much stronger than those from Dangerous and made a bigger cultural impact in my opinion (outside of the US anyway - I think Americans had been too swayed by the court case and decided he was a freak or a criminal, and definitely no longer one of the coolest popstars on the planet). The first half of the album is super strong and some of the album tracks do the business - D.S. is a much better rock track than Jam or Give In to Me for instance... but it descends into pure schmaltz toward the end and with that ridiculous cover of Smile. What's really noticeable throughout is that there's nothing even remotely joyous on there. It's all anger and paranoia directed at the press, which is understandable but puts it a league below his '80s albums. Something to match the feel-good factor of Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' or Bad was sorely needed. I haven't listened to Invincible in full in years so I'll have to come back to that, but it's a crying shame You Rock My World wasn't much bigger than it was. It was stronger than many of the singles from Dangerous for instance, but by that point I think the world was far too obsessed with his circus of a private life to take new music from him seriously. On top of that I guess new superstars had come along and basically usurped him, and marketing him with his looks as they were had become so difficult that they couldn't even put his face on the album cover. Sonically I think he'd lost his identity somewhat at this point... after transitioning successfully from the '70s into the '80s, then the '90s, he had a good run, but Butterflies sounds exactly like a hundred other R&B slow jams. Musically he had stagnated for the first time in his career. Will there ever be another male making pop music as ambitious as Michael's, making such a profound impact on popular culture, in possession of performance skills even half as great as his? Probably not, but I've got my fingers crossed. Edited July 6, 201312 yr by Jark
June 28, 201312 yr My ex was a real die hard fan of his, so I got to know a lot of his stuff more a couple of years back (particularly from the Dangerous era). 00 Ben 09 Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough 10 Rock With You 05 Off the Wall 06 She's Out Of My Life 09 Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' 05 The Girl Is Mine (feat. Paul McCartney) 10 Thriller 09 Beat It 10 Billie Jean 08 Human Nature 9.5 P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing) 07 Say Say Say (with Paul McCartney) 08 Bad 08 The Way You Make Me Feel 04 Liberian Girl 05 Another Part of Me 09 Man in the Mirror 04 I Just Can't Stop Loving You 06 Dirty Diana 09 Smooth Criminal 08 Leave Me Alone 05 Jam 06 In the Closet 08 Remember the Time 07 Heal the World 8.5 Black or White 09 Who Is It 11 Give in to Me :wub: :wub: 9.5 Will You Be There 07 Gone Too Soon 08 Scream (feat. Janet Jackson) 03 They Don't Care About Us 08 You Are Not Alone 07 Earth Song (Guilty pleasure, I suppose) 09 Stranger in Moscow 08 Blood on the Dancefloor (See also with 'Earth Song') 04 You Rock My World 05 Butterflies 08 Cry (SO underrated!) 02 One More Chance 06 This is It Albums 07 Off the Wall 10 Thriller 09 Bad 09 Dangerous 08 HIStory: Past, Present and Future (I didn't give this a chance until my ex introduced me to it, it's pretty impressive work!) 05 Invincible
June 29, 201312 yr Songs -1 Ben 07 Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough 08 Rock With You 08 Off The Wall 05 She's Out Of My Life 08 Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' -1 The Girl Is Mine (feat. Paul McCartney) 09 Thriller 10 Beat It 11 Billie Jean 11 Human Nature 06 P. Y. T. (Pretty Young Thing) 06 Bad 10 The Way You Make Me Feel 06 Liberian Girl 04 Another Part of Me 08 Man in the Mirror 07 I Just Can't Stop Loving You 05 Dirty Diana 10 Smooth Criminal 03 Leave Me Alone 09 Jam 09 In The Closet 06 Remember The Time 05 Heal The World 06 Black or White 11 Who Is It 10 Give in to Me 08 Will You Be There -1 Gone Too Soon 08 Scream (feat. Janet Jackson) 08 They Don't Care About Us 07 You Are Not Alone 09 Earth Song 09 Stranger in Moscow 08 Blood on the Dancefloor 08 You Rock My World 06 Butterflies 04 Cry 05 One More Chance 02 This is It Albums 10 Off The Wall 11 Thriller 07 Bad 08 Dangerous 07 HIStory: Past, Present and Future 06 Invincible
June 29, 201312 yr CYRAX! I don't know you yet but you have this thing pretty much spot on. (more 11s for Who Is It people)
June 29, 201312 yr 05 Ben 09 Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough 07 Rock With You 05 Off The Wall 04 She's Out Of My Life 06 Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' 02 The Girl Is Mine (feat. Paul McCartney) +11 Thriller 10 Beat It 10 Billie Jean 07 Human Nature 04 P. Y. T. (Pretty Young Thing) 10 Bad +11 The Way You Make Me Feel 06 Liberian Girl 05 Another Part of Me 07 Man in the Mirror 07 I Just Can't Stop Loving You 07 Dirty Diana 08 Smooth Criminal 07 Leave Me Alone -1 Jam 05 In The Closet 09 Remember The Time 05 Heal The World +11 Black or White 05 Who Is It 06 Give in to Me 05 Will You Be There 02 Gone Too Soon 07 Scream (feat. Janet Jackson) 08 They Don't Care About Us 06 You Are Not Alone 10 Earth Song 09 Stranger in Moscow 07 Blood on the Dancefloor 07 You Rock My World 01 Butterflies 02 Cry 03 One More Chance 06 This Is It The Albums 07 Off The Wall 09 Thriller +11 Bad 10 Dangerous 08 HIStory: Past, Present and Future -1 Invincible There's no denying it that at his peak, Michael Jackson was incredible. I have the album 'Bad' on cassette somewhere - can't play it anymore though as I no longer have a tape player. :D
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