HIStory
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Why does anybody read critics at all? Do people really need some snob to tell them what to like and what to not like? What's the point of critic reviews at all? Especially when their bias is too transparent.
I just checked out the Wikipedia page for the "Blood on The Dance Floor" album and I can't believe how stupid the criticism of it was:
"Playing victim"? Really? He was just "playing victim"? Newspapers were paying people big bucks to tell the most outrageous lies about him and he was just "playing victim"? He doesn't have the right to respond to this ugly phenomenon in his songs? The criticism is similarly laughable about the music on the lead single. BOTDF is such an underrated song. Play that in any club and then tell them it's "as appealing as a migrane"...
I also found it funny that one critic called BOTDF a mixture (a "second-rate mixture", of course :smilerolleyes of "Beat it" and "Thriller", another a mixture of "Jam" and "Scream", yet another a mixture of "Smooth Criminal" and "Billie Jean". So which one is it? It just prooves they don't know what they are talking about.
And I don't think we are just biased for Michael. Let's take one of these critics for example:
Now, the same guy wrote this about Spice Girl's Spice album (which was released at about the same period):
And he gave it 4.5 stars while he gave 2 to BOTDF!
I mean, really, Mr. Erlewine? You give this flash-in-the-pan bubblegum pop with 5 women who can't even sing 4.5 stars while you rate something that actually has something to say and has a unique sound 2? Wow! Just wow!
15 years on listen to the song BOTDF and Wannabe. Which one stood the test of time?
Now, don't tell me these guys actually know ANYTHING about music and/or are not ridiculously biased when it comes to Michael! So ridiculous.
I just checked out the Wikipedia page for the "Blood on The Dance Floor" album and I can't believe how stupid the criticism of it was:
"Predatory women, jealous underlings and the evil media continue to obsess him. He's once again playing victim—the world's most powerless billionaire, it seems—mewling about forces conspiring against his heavenly self". He said of the lead single, "[Jackson] coughs up a series of strangulated mutters and munchkin hiccups in lieu of a vocal, while its chilly, faux-industrial music proves as appealing as a migraine".
"Playing victim"? Really? He was just "playing victim"? Newspapers were paying people big bucks to tell the most outrageous lies about him and he was just "playing victim"? He doesn't have the right to respond to this ugly phenomenon in his songs? The criticism is similarly laughable about the music on the lead single. BOTDF is such an underrated song. Play that in any club and then tell them it's "as appealing as a migrane"...
I also found it funny that one critic called BOTDF a mixture (a "second-rate mixture", of course :smilerolleyes of "Beat it" and "Thriller", another a mixture of "Jam" and "Scream", yet another a mixture of "Smooth Criminal" and "Billie Jean". So which one is it? It just prooves they don't know what they are talking about.
And I don't think we are just biased for Michael. Let's take one of these critics for example:
Stephen Thomas Erlewine, also of Allmusic, had a negative reaction to the record. He said that all five new tracks were, "embarrassingly weak, sounding tired, predictable and, well, bloodless". He described "Blood on the Dance Floor" as a "bleak reworking of 'Jam' and 'Scream'".[SUP][32][/SUP]
Now, the same guy wrote this about Spice Girl's Spice album (which was released at about the same period):
Allmusic's reviewer Stephen Thomas Erlewine called the album "immaculately crafted pop" that is "infectious" and "irresistible", adding that "Spice doesn't need to be original to be entertaining" and that "none of the girls have great voices, but they do exude personality and charisma".[SUP][26][/SUP]
And he gave it 4.5 stars while he gave 2 to BOTDF!
I mean, really, Mr. Erlewine? You give this flash-in-the-pan bubblegum pop with 5 women who can't even sing 4.5 stars while you rate something that actually has something to say and has a unique sound 2? Wow! Just wow!
15 years on listen to the song BOTDF and Wannabe. Which one stood the test of time?
Now, don't tell me these guys actually know ANYTHING about music and/or are not ridiculously biased when it comes to Michael! So ridiculous.
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