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This is the best song on G.I.T imo......

Aight so I gotta question....Why did they have the boys singing this type of song?
The lyrics are grown...Mike was only 14 singing this I think. Loool.
 
^^Thats funny. For some reason, I don't remember that song. Way too old for them so I guess it got buried on an album.
But the "hot candle wax" lyrics must have stuck with him. Lol.
 
You just made me realize he used the same lyric on DSTYGE! :O
But yeah the other day I was listening to the album Skywriter and that song came up. I was like...whaaat? It's kind of awkward, not a bad song tho.
 
Hey you guys, I need some assistance.
This tune popped in my head a few days ago but I can't remember enough of the lyrics to google it so I can hear it.
I'm not even sure if it's the J5 or not but I feel strongly that it is. (I could be wrong tho). But this thing is making me crazy.
It's a kinda slow song and well, sweet sounding.

Here's what I do have: When I was 16 I fell in love....da da da da, da da da daaa.

When he sings "16", he sort of stretches out that part....sixteeen.
But then I thought maybe he says another word in that part, like, "when I was a teen...." or maybe
he says "when I was young...." or something dammit! :shout: Lol!
Also, I get the sense that this song may have been an intro like for a documentary.

I know its a long shot but I had to ask. :ph34r:

Thanks in advance. :thankyou:
 
Silouette said:
Hey you guys, I need some assistance.
This tune popped in my head a few days ago but I can't remember enough of the lyrics to google it so I can hear it.
I'm not even sure if it's the J5 or not but I feel strongly that it is. (I could be wrong tho). But this thing is making me crazy.
It's a kinda slow song and well, sweet sounding.

Here's what I do have: When I was 16 I fell in love....da da da da, da da da daaa.

When he sings "16", he sort of stretches out that part....sixteeen.
But then I thought maybe he says another word in that part, like, "when I was a teen...." or maybe
he says "when I was young...." or something dammit! :shout: Lol!
Also, I get the sense that this song may have been an intro like for a documentary.

I know its a long shot but I had to ask. :ph34r:

Thanks in advance. :thankyou:
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At first, I thought you were talking about that Frank Sinatra song "It was a Very Good Year" because there's a line that goes "when I was seventeeeeeeen....." and Michael parodied that when he was little with Diana Ross-but I looked up the skit and he didn't sing those lines.
Back to the drawing board.
 
barbee0715 said:
At first, I thought you were talking about that Frank Sinatra song "It was a Very Good Year" because there's a line that goes "when I was seventeeeeeeen....." and Michael parodied that when he was little with Diana Ross-but I looked up the skit and he didn't sing those lines.
Back to the drawing board.
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Oooh thanks Barbee. I know the song/skit you're talking about, but nope thats not it.
I really appreciate you tho. :) I guess I'll have to keep thinking....trying. :sigh:

I hate when this happens. When you know the song but can't get it all the way out :eek:
 
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THE BILLBOARD 200 ALBUMS CHART (U.S.A)

THE JACKSON 5

01. 1969: # 5 – Diana Ross Presents The Jackson 5
02. 1970: # 4 – ABC
03. 1970: # 4 – Third Album
04. 1970: # 53 – The Jackson 5 Christmas Album
05. 1971: # 11 – Maybe Tomorrow
06. 1971: # 16 – Goin’ Back To Indiana
07. 1971: # 12 – Greatest Hits
08. 1972: # 7 – Lookin’ Through The Windows
09. 1973: # 44 – Skywriter
10. 1973: # 100 – Get It Together
11. 1974: # 16 – Dancing Machine
12. 1975: # 36 – Moving Violation
13. 1999: # 114 – 20th Century Masters – The Millenium Collection: The Best Of The Jackson 5
14. 2003: # 105 - The Best Of Jackson 5: The Christmas Collection

THE JACKSONS

01. 1976: # 36 – The Jacksons
02. 1977: # 63 – Goin’ Places
03. 1978: # 11 – Destiny
04. 1980: # 10 – Triumph
05. 1981: # 30 – The Jacksons Live!
06. 1984: # 4 – Victory
07. 1989: # 59 – 2300 Jackson Street

THE BILLBOARD 100 SINGLES CHART (U.S.A)

THE JACKSON 5

01. 1969: # 1 – I Want You Back
02. 1970: # 1 – ABC
03. 1970: # 1 – The Love You Save
04. 1970: # 1 – I’ll Be There
05. 1970: # 2 – Mama’s Pearl
06. 1971: # 2 – Never Can Say Goodbye
07. 1971: # 20 – Maybe Tomorrow
08. 1971: # 10 – Sugar Daddy
09. 1972: # 13 – Little Bitty Pretty One
10. 1972: # 16 – Lookin’ Through The Windows
11. 1972: # 18 – Corner Of The Sky
12. 1973: # 28 – Hallelujah Day
13. 1973: # 28 – Get It Together
14. 1974: # 2 – Dancing Machine
15. 1974: # 38 – Whatever You Got, I Want
16. 1974: # 15 – I Am Love
17. 1975: # 60 – Forever Came Today

THE JACKSONS

01. 1976: # 6 – Enjoy Yourself
02. 1977: # 28 – Show You The Way To Go
03. 1977: # 52 – Goin’ Places
04. 1978: # 54 – Blame It On The Boogie
05. 1979: # 7 – Shake Your Body (Down To The Ground)
06. 1980: # 12 – Lovely One
07. 1980: # 22 – This Place Hotel
08. 1981: # 77 – Can You Feel It
09. 1981: # 73 – Walk Right Now
10. 1984: # 3 – State Of Shock
11. 1984: # 17 – Torture
12. 1984: # 47 – Body
13. 1985: # 1 – We Are The World
14. 1987: # 77 – Nothin’ (That Compares 2 U)
 
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Hitsville movie: The Making Of Motown In English Soon On DVD And Blu-ray

I know i shouldn't but if anyone interested

After it's broadcast, a DVD will be released on October 7 in England but only in English. A Blu-ray version is also planned.

a compilation of the best titles appearing on this documentary will be exploited in CD and Vinyl. Two different pockets will be proposed for the CD version.

Hitsville: The Making of Motown focuses on the period beginning with the birth of the company in Detroit in 1958 until its relocation to Los Angeles in the early 1970s.

The story of Motown is told through interviews with the label's visionary founder, Berry Gordy, and many of its superstar artists and creative figures, as well as rare performances and behind-the-scenes footage unearthed from Motown s vaults and Gordy's personal archives.The doc is the first documentary about the iconic label with Gordy's participation.

Preorder:https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07X4HR...ive=6410&linkCode=as1&creativeASIN=B07X4HRQK1
 
October 7 marks the 50th anniversary of the release of the Jackson 5’s debut single “I Want You Back” on Motown Records. “I Want You Back” introduced the world to the Jackson 5, “and specifically their enormously talented lead singer Michael Jackson,” says Jack Hamilton, assistant professor of American studies and media studies at the University of Virginia and pop critic for Slate magazine.

“I Want You Back” was written by the Corporation, a songwriting team including Deke Richards, Freddie Perren, Alphonso Mizell and Motown founder Berry Gordy. And even though the Jacksons were qualified musicians, Motown hired highly skilled studio musicians to record the song’s instrumental track, including the Jazz Crusaders’ Joe Sample and Wilton Felder.

“This jewel was cut before the Jacksons got into the studio,” writer David Ritz says. “The Jacksons of course had to put the gleam on the jewel, but it is very much a producer-driven vehicle.”

While the songwriting and instrumentation remain of the highest quality, the most attention-grabbing element of the recording is the bright rambunctious voice of a young Michael Jackson singing the lead. “Michael Jackson’s voice, for one, is pure, it’s pristine and it’s clear,” says Melissa A. Weber a.k.a. WWOZ’s DJ Soul Sister. But, “as bright as his vocal is, the lyric is a bit dark.”

The lyrics detail the story of a male narrator who disregarded his lover and is now begging to have her back. “You’ve never heard a vocal quite like this before from a prepubescent child,” Hamilton says. “He really conveys this sense of desperation ... and all these things that you would not normally expect for an 11-year-old to be able to get across so effectively.”

“I Want You Back” also marks the beginning of Motown’s operational transition from Detroit to Los Angeles. The Jackson 5 were one of the first Motown groups who recorded almost all their material in Los Angeles. “It really marked the end of the classic Detroit-era of Motown,” Hamilton says.

“Not only did [“I Want You Back”] take off,” Ritz says, “it was like a rocket ship.” “I Want You Back” went to number one on the pop charts, as did the next three Jackson 5 single releases. “There was Jacksonmania back then, way before Michael struck out on his own as a solo star,” says Adam White, author of “Motown: The Sound of Young America.”

Jackson’s alleged molestation of young boys, depicted pretty convincingly in the recent HBO documentary, “Leaving Neverland,” has led some people to stop listening to his songs altogether. But some of those same fans give “I Want You Back” and other early Jackson 5 recordings a pass, since Michael Jackson was himself a child when he recorded them.

“I feel some discomfort listening to some of Michael Jackson’s music — particularly some of the music he made when he was older and more firmly in adulthood,” Hamilton says. “I don’t really have a problem listening to a song like ‘I Want You Back,’ partly because I love it so much but also because it’s probably one of the least complicated artifacts in Michael Jackson’s catalog.”

https://www.pri.org/stories/2019-10-03/50th-anniversary-i-want-you-back
 
Does anyone know if Rebbie, Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, Marlon, or Randy has ever had any plastic surgery done to their face? It doesn't look like it. Have they ever been asked? I'm guessing LaToya, Michael and Janet were the only ones.
 
THE BILLBOARD 100 SINGLES CHART (U.S.A)

THE JACKSON 5

01. 1969: # 1 – I Want You Back
02. 1970: # 1 – ABC
03. 1970: # 1 – The Love You Save
04. 1970: # 1 – I’ll Be There
05. 1970: # 2 – Mama’s Pearl
06. 1971: # 2 – Never Can Say Goodbye
07. 1971: # 20 – Maybe Tomorrow
08. 1971: # 10 – Sugar Daddy
09. 1972: # 13 – Little Bitty Pretty One
10. 1972: # 16 – Lookin’ Through The Windows
11. 1972: # 18 – Corner Of The Sky
12. 1973: # 28 – Hallelujah Day
13. 1973: # 28 – Get It Together
14. 1974: # 2 – Dancing Machine
15. 1974: # 38 – Whatever You Got, I Want
16. 1974: # 15 – I Am Love
17. 1975: # 60 – Forever Came Today

THE JACKSONS

01. 1976: # 6 – Enjoy Yourself
02. 1977: # 28 – Show You The Way To Go
03. 1977: # 52 – Goin’ Places
04. 1978: # 54 – Blame It On The Boogie
05. 1979: # 7 – Shake Your Body (Down To The Ground)
06. 1980: # 12 – Lovely One
07. 1980: # 22 – This Place Hotel
08. 1981: # 77 – Can You Feel It
09. 1981: # 73 – Walk Right Now
10. 1984: # 3 – State Of Shock
11. 1984: # 17 – Torture
12. 1984: # 47 – Body
13. 1987: # 77 – Nothin’ (That Compares 2 U)
 
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Elton-Cetera;4271191 said:
Does anyone know if Rebbie, Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, Marlon, or Randy has ever had any plastic surgery done to their face? It doesn't look like it. Have they ever been asked? I'm guessing LaToya, Michael and Janet were the only ones.
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I think Marlon never had plastic surgery because his face looks the same. Jermaine definitely had surgery. The others I don´t really know.
 
THE DIRECTORS OF THE JACKSONS’ MUSIC VIDEOS (1978-1989)

01. Even Though You're Gone directed by ??????
02. Blame It On The Boogie directed by Peter Conn
03. Can You Feel It directed by Michael Gibson
04. Torture directed by Jeff Stein
05. Body directed by ??????
06. Art Of Madness directed by ??????
07. Nothin’ (That Compares 2 U) directed by Nigel Dick
08. 2300 Jackson Street directed by Greg Gold
 
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="de"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">“We had bunk beds. Michael and I slept at the top, Jermaine and Tito in the middle, and Jackie’s was at the bottom. He’ll know all the showers.” &#128514;&#128514;&#128514; <a href="https://twitter.com/Marlon_Jackson?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Marlon_Jackson</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/titojackson5?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@titojackson5</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/JackieJackson5?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JackieJackson5</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Jacksons?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Jacksons</a> &#10084;&#65039;<a href="https://t.co/Yg3cPTN9iS">https://t.co/Yg3cPTN9iS</a> <a href="https://t.co/4NJXOH5pJm">pic.twitter.com/4NJXOH5pJm</a></p>&mdash; Lois Bay (@lois_laniee) <a href="https://twitter.com/lois_laniee/status/1215792369817264129?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">11. Januar 2020</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="de"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">“Trust me, we do not take it for granted. We thank you all for supporting us.“ <a href="https://twitter.com/Jacksons?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Jacksons</a> <br>Yes, we &#129392; love you and this loud and proud, and because you more than deserve it <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Jacksons?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Jacksons</a> &#10084;&#65039; <a href="https://t.co/Kh2xKa3hwd">pic.twitter.com/Kh2xKa3hwd</a></p>&mdash; Lois Bay (@lois_laniee) <a href="https://twitter.com/lois_laniee/status/1215972910269112320?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">11. Januar 2020</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="de"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">“How often do you guys think about Michael?“<br>“All the day, everytime, everyday.” Jackie, Tito, Marlon.. &#128148; <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Jacksons?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Jacksons</a> <a href="https://t.co/Yg3cPTN9iS">https://t.co/Yg3cPTN9iS</a> <a href="https://t.co/wocUSl97qo">pic.twitter.com/wocUSl97qo</a></p>&mdash; Lois Bay (@lois_laniee) <a href="https://twitter.com/lois_laniee/status/1215788140822175744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">11. Januar 2020</a></blockquote>
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This was yesterday. Happy 50th Anniversary ABC!

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The Jackson 5&#8217;s second studio album &#8220;ABC&#8221; is 50 years old today! ABC and The Love You Save are some of the most timeless singles in history <a href="https://t.co/QExLweI1gS">pic.twitter.com/QExLweI1gS</a></p>&mdash; &#55349;&#56851;&#55349;&#56886;&#55349;&#56868;&#55349;&#56890; (@kjngofpops) <a href="https://twitter.com/kjngofpops/status/1258839744655564802?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 8, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
 
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