Paid Members Surf Digby Posted July 21 Paid Members Share Posted July 21 On 7/19/2024 at 1:37 AM, IANdrewDiceClay said: I'd go with Beat It. It has Michael Jackson and Eddie Van Halen, so its as good as music gets just front that stand point alone. It also has the God of 80s studio guitarists Steve Lukather playing the iconic riff. He also plays on Human Nature. Quote His later output is sketchy There seemed to be a shift after the Chandler allegations, where he was following trends, rather than doing his thing and having others follow him. With a few exceptions, he never seemed to recapture that electric energy he had on Bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poetofthedeed Posted July 21 Share Posted July 21 It's clearly man in the mirror, an utterly undeniable entry in the pantheon of pop, just an incredible work of art. Dirty Diana is the song Beat it wishes it was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members air_raid Posted July 21 Paid Members Share Posted July 21 Smooth Criminal is up there but nothing quite grabs me like Beat It. Definitely need to mention Black And White though, nothing quite a “time and place” song and it rockets me right back in time to the early 90s, 9-11 years of age. Playing early SNES games with my mate Simon, discovering the WWF and “WrestleMania” still meaning Hulk Hogan, Simpsons series 2, video shop borrows and Tarzan Boy playing at the end of (the otherwise awful) Turtles 3, and most of all, Coke adverts claiming “You can’t beat The Real Thing.” As an aside, long term keffers are probably fed up of me recounting Simon and Mania VI being my gateway to wrestling. I haven’t seen him since his mums funeral which may be 10 years or so, but Mama raid tells me that through a friend of a friend she’s heard rumour that he’s blown £50K of the family pot on an online roulette addiction and his dads having to sell both the garage (family business my whole life) and the old farmhouse (scene of our whole friendship and my mums former workplace at their cattery) to bail him out. Massive kick in the gut there in terms of a whole chunk of my childhood dying for good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SuperBacon Posted July 21 Author Members Share Posted July 21 55 minutes ago, poetofthedeed said: Dirty Diana is the song Beat it wishes it was Live it was absolutely great as well. So overblown and huge sounding. Chabuddy G has slightly ruined it for me with his Dirty Aldona version though as that's all I sing now when I hear it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted July 21 Paid Members Share Posted July 21 (edited) 12 hours ago, thevestofdeanambrose said: give in to me! Now you're talking. I had Dangerous on cassette and would always fast forward through it to Give In to Me, tune of the highest order. Edited July 21 by Egg Shen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chili Posted July 21 Share Posted July 21 (edited) 11 hours ago, Chest Rockwell said: I listened to Thriller today for the first time in a very long time and I forgot how absolutely fucking awful this song was. The spoken word bit they do gives me what young people call the 'ick'. It's just so painfully cheesy. I'm a lover not a fighter. Just his tone of voice makes me squirm. Awful. Edited July 21 by Chili Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Carbomb Posted July 22 Paid Members Share Posted July 22 Also, it's important to point out just how bloody good Off The Wall was - it was before he found a sound that was definitely his, but it's still a superbly-crafted bit of work. Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough, Rock With You, Off The Wall, She's Out Of My Life - some classics there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wordsfromlee Posted July 22 Share Posted July 22 Michaels acapella demos are great too. He couldn't play any instruments so would just beatbox and sing his ideas over the top. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobra_gordo Posted July 22 Share Posted July 22 "Remember The Time" has always been one of my favourites. Instrumentally you can see where Bruno Mars nicked a lot of his ideas for his 24 Karat Magic and on material. Absolute belter of a chorus and a suitably mental video to go along with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members LaGoosh Posted July 22 Paid Members Share Posted July 22 Not an answer to the thread topic but I love young MJ perhaps just as much as adult MJ. His voice as a kid was unbelievable. This video really highlights it: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Chris B Posted July 22 Paid Members Share Posted July 22 On 7/19/2024 at 1:05 AM, Carbomb said: They Don't Really Care About Us is a banger though. It really is. For me, I'd probably go with Man in the Mirror, Smooth Criminal, and a shout out for Is It Scary, from the (god-awful) Ghosts music video. That said, I've really struggled to relisten to Michael Jackson in recent years, for the same reasons as some others. And I was a huge fan growing up - went to the '92 and '97 tours. Weirdly, I think if I was less of a fan, I'd find it easier to re-listen to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davertfnewman Posted August 3 Share Posted August 3 Having heard I Just Can't Stop Loving You for the first time in a long time on Pick of the Pops this afternoon, can I bring this thread back up to remind everyone how great that song is if it hasn't been included in the conversation? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members FLips Posted August 3 Paid Members Share Posted August 3 Not a typical suggestion, but one that's in line with the forum. We all know the sound-a-like version from the episode but there's an actual Michael version. It's obviously not his best song in terms of quality but I think every person in the world over a certain age knows it more than some of his other output. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sphinx Posted August 3 Share Posted August 3 No mention of Stranger In Moscow yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Jazzy G Posted August 5 Paid Members Share Posted August 5 On 8/3/2024 at 4:16 PM, Sphinx said: No mention of Stranger In Moscow yet. You mean the closing credits theme from Sonic 3? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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