Consequence of Sound has counted down the Top 100 Songs Ever, see where MJ falls

[MJultimatemusiclegen]

Why do so many people think that high quaility music is always rock related? There are plenty of great pop bands like a-ha, Duran Duran, Tears For Fears, Pet Shop Boys and Depeche Mode who have created songs that are just as good (If not better) than any other rock band

I dunno personally i think they're insecure, they've bought too much into something they know isn't everything really, so they ram it down everyone's throats, like this is the best, you do not challenge this, it's a little ridiculous really, i'm trying to learn how to not care, but i still care that vulnerable sheepish people are missing out on loads of great music, cause they get told what to like.

[Michael'sFedoraHat]

Billie Jean should be at number one or at least on Man In The Mirror place...

They just didnt want top admit Michael Jackson has written the best song ever.

[analogue]

Who Is It > Billie Jean

[Bubs]

I just dislike the snobbish hype that surrounds certain musicians, bands and also certain genres, styles.

I agree with your post. Rock people have always been a "music bullies", its either rock or nothing.

They damn bastards killed disco because it took money away from rock musicians

[MjsLovelyOne88]

You guys I've never actually thought about it before, but you're right. People who are hardcore rock fans will always tell you that anything besides their own music SUCKS, it can be Mozart or MJ but it always sucks, damn those intolerant knucklehead headbangers rofl.

[respect77]

Who Is It > Billie Jean

I agree with it, but there's not really a chance for WII to do well in such polls as relatively few people know it. You have to consider that too. I don't think Bohemian Rhapsody is Queen's best song (although it's one of the best) but for a song to do well on such lists it has to be among the best known songs of an artist.

[Silouette]

So this is what we have to look forward to in the future whenever
someone writes a piece on Michael, huh?

[MIST]

It doesn´t matter for me if they don´t like Michael´s music but to write such a rubbish about him..it hurts..but then I realise they don´t know what they are writing about.They are too stupid to know.

[analogue]

^^ We are on the same page not only about the Beatles, but also about Floyd.
I just dislike the snobbish hype that surrounds certain musicians, bands and also certain genres, styles.

Speaking of music snobs i've actually heard some of them say that Michael didn't belong in the songwriters hall of fame just because he didn't play any instruments. I don't know wheather to laugh or cry at such stupidness

Cause as we all know to be a great songwriter you need to be up onstage strumming away on a guitar *Sarcasam*

[respect77]

^^ The funny thing about that is that the average music snob would probably consider someone like Eric Clapton more of a serious musician and songwriter than Michael, because he stands on stage with a guitar - and that's what they consider "authentic", not some dancing guy. How superficial! Michael actually wrote a lot more of his catalog than Clapton did! Clapton mainly plays music written by other people! (Heck, he even played Michael's music - Behind The Mask ).

Instruments are just a mean to express music, but not the only way. You can use instruments to write music, but you don't necessarily have to. It's as if someone would say: if you cannot type then you cannot be considered a writer or a poet. Well, typing is just a way to put down what you created, but there are other ways: you can handwrite, you can even dictate the story into a tape recorder. That doesn't take away from the fact that you created that piece. And if it's a genius' piece, then who cares about the method you chose to put it down?

[analogue]

Also there should be no rules what so ever about how someone wants to express their creativity. If someone wants to compose a song by playing a piano or strumming on a guitar that's fine, and if someone like Michael wants to compose a song by using his own voice then that's also fine. Creativity should be fun and have no rules. Cause once you start putting rules on how to be creative then it just sucks the fun out of it

[Bubs]

^^ The funny thing about that is that the average music snob would probably consider someone like Eric Clapton more of a serious musician and songwriter than Michael, because he stands on stage with a guitar - and that's what they consider "authentic", not some dancing guy. How superficial! Michael actually wrote a lot more of his catalog than Clapton did! Clapton mainly plays music written by other people! (Heck, he even played Michael's music - Behind The Mask ).

Instruments are just a mean to express music, but not the only way. You can use instruments to write music, but you don't necessarily have to. It's as if someone would say: if you cannot type then you cannot be considered a writer or a poet. Well, typing is just a way to put down what you created, but there are other ways: you can handwrite, you can even dictate the story into a tape recorder. That doesn't take away from the fact that you created that piece. And if it's a genius' piece, then who cares about the method you chose to put it down?

Michael did have one instrument, his mouth. His beatboxing was legendary, he didn't need to play guitar, piano etc, he could copy all those sound that the real things made

Instruments are just a mean to express music, Michael whole body was his instrument.(for some reason when I wrote that Nicole A came to my mind, ref her maintaining her instrument)

[144,000]

Also there should be no rules what so ever about how someone wants to express their creativity. If someone wants to compose a song by playing a piano or strumming on a guitar that's fine, and if someone like Michael wants to compose a song by using his own voice then that's also fine. Creativity should be fun and have no rules. Cause once you start putting rules on how to be creative then it just sucks the fun out of it

indeed. proof is in pudding. if anybody ever tried to give impression that Michael didn't create what he created, they lost that battle. we attribute it all to Michael, as vulnerable as some says he looked. he is the best selling artist of all time. that says it all.