JichaelMackson
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We as fans love his versatility, MJ effortlessly sang from falsetto and regular smooth to suddenly aggressive and raspy. We love his vocal tics, beat boxing, the hiccups and the large variety of shouts (my favorite is the chook chook and achahooo heard in smooth criminal and TWYMMF). We love how he becomes one with the music when he goes full woohoo and heehee or when he seems to invent words or sounds often during the final couple of minutes of a song (shamon baby!)
Let me tell you to me he is the greatest singer I've ever heard, he is the only singer that is able to give me goosebumps when he opens his mouth. There's an effortless passion and almost possession when he really gets going.
I love George Michael's and Marvin Gaye's voices but they couldn't do what MJ did, no way (Marvin Gaye influenced MJ as a singer a lot though, that's obvious).
MJ transforms songs with his energy and self confidence vocally. "can you feel it" turns from danceable disco tune to an inspirational epic when it's MJ's turn to sing. When he sings "all in your name" with the often praised singer Barry Gibb he transforms the tune and every single hair on my body stands up and me eyes well up every single time! That's power without feeling the need to shout or hold notes for ages it's just pure feeling and emotion.
He doesn't have to write the song to make it his, he makes the song his own with his brilliant vocal delivery and arrangements that in itself is also a big part of song writing.
Yet I never heard anyone giving him credit for his vocal abilities. Except for his first couple of years during Motown. But then again when does he ever get credit for anything? When he scores a hit its because of Quincy, when he visits sick children it is for grooming and when he performs a dance he stole it from James Brown, Fred Astaire and various breakdancers.
Let me tell you to me he is the greatest singer I've ever heard, he is the only singer that is able to give me goosebumps when he opens his mouth. There's an effortless passion and almost possession when he really gets going.
I love George Michael's and Marvin Gaye's voices but they couldn't do what MJ did, no way (Marvin Gaye influenced MJ as a singer a lot though, that's obvious).
MJ transforms songs with his energy and self confidence vocally. "can you feel it" turns from danceable disco tune to an inspirational epic when it's MJ's turn to sing. When he sings "all in your name" with the often praised singer Barry Gibb he transforms the tune and every single hair on my body stands up and me eyes well up every single time! That's power without feeling the need to shout or hold notes for ages it's just pure feeling and emotion.
He doesn't have to write the song to make it his, he makes the song his own with his brilliant vocal delivery and arrangements that in itself is also a big part of song writing.
Yet I never heard anyone giving him credit for his vocal abilities. Except for his first couple of years during Motown. But then again when does he ever get credit for anything? When he scores a hit its because of Quincy, when he visits sick children it is for grooming and when he performs a dance he stole it from James Brown, Fred Astaire and various breakdancers.