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What is every deep cut from each of MJ’s 5 biggest albums?

KingofPop125

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I ask this because, I don’t know about the rest of you, but I have a hard time distinguishing the underrated and popular tracks out of MJ’s discography. The only other artists to compare Michael Jackson to is Elvis Presley and the Beatles, in the sense that they have SO MANY hit songs and such a rich and diverse catalogue of music that I lose track on what a deep cut even is to them.

So I am asking someone to name every deep cut from Off the Wall, Thriller, Bad, Dangerous, & HIStory. Not doing Invincible since practically every song from there minus You Rock My World is a deep cut. Also not doing Jackson(s)5 or early solo songs, nor any posthumous albums. Just those five albums to simplify it.
 
Seems like all of your threads are asking what you should like. Don't worry about it. It doesn't matter what's "underrated" or popular.

My taste is different to yours. You have to like what you like.
 
R1chard said:
Seems like all of your threads are asking what you should like. Don't worry about it. It doesn't matter what's "underrated" or popular.

My taste is different to yours. You have to like what you like.
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I’m not, I have my own opinions I keep to myself. I’m just asking a question. I want to make a deep cuts playlist for non-MJ fans and casual MJ fans. Just throw me a bone.
 
Get on the floor
Lady in my life
Liberian girl
Why you wanna trip on me
Tabloid Junkie
 
KingofPop125 said:
I’m not, I have my own opinions I keep to myself
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Reading lists of songs is boring and pointless. It's far more interesting to know why somebody likes a song. That way we can actually have a discussion.

KingofPop125 said:
I’m just asking a question. I want to make a deep cuts playlist for non-MJ fans and casual MJ fans. Just throw me a bone.
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But you've already asked this in about 6 different ways. I answered in those threads.

MJ didn't release music so that people could endlessly make lists of what was a "deep cut".

He released music so people could sit back, listen and enjoy.
 
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Off The Wall:
Workin' Day and Night (Was performed live BUT isn't all that well known outside of the fan circle so I do consider this one somewhat of a deep cut)
Get on the Floor
I Can't Help It
It's the Falling in Love
Burn This Disco Out

Thriller:
Baby Be Mine
The Lady in My Life

Bad:
Just Good Friends

Dangerous:
Why You Wanna Trip on Me
She Drives Me Wild
Can't Let Her Get Away
Keep the Faith

HIStory:
This Time Around
D.S.
Money
Tabloid Junkie
2 Bad
Little Susie


 
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but seriously...

Off the Wall:
Workin' Day and Night

Thriller:
P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)

Bad:
Just Good Friends

Dangerous:
Why You Wanna Trip on Me

HIStory:
Tabloid Junkie

Invincible:
every song but YRMW
 
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"Deep cut" means little known, right?

So, I'd say "It's the Falling in Love" or "Girlfriend" on Off the Wall. Probably "Girlfriend" if it's one or the other, just because it's the worst song (and thus, probably most avoided) song on the album.

"Baby Be Mine" on Thriller. "The Lady in My Love" gets covered a lot by R&B singers. "Baby Be Mine" seems to be the least talked about song on the album, although it does have a following.

"Just Good Friends" on Bad. Although it features Stevie Wonder, most people agree it's the worst song on the album. And it is! XD

"Keep the Faith" or "Why You Wanna Trip on Me" on Dangerous. Probably "Why You Wanna Trip on Me" if one or the other. I remember "Keep the Faith" getting covered on American Idol in 2009 lol

History, probably the title track or "Little Susie". I'd say "Little Susie". At least Tony Moran's remix of the title track is kind of popular with fans.

Invincible, I'd say the title track.
 
KingofPop125 said:
doing Invincible since practically every song from there minus You Rock My World is a deep cut.
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Nah, "Butterflies" is pretty popular in America, even among casual listeners. Although most of the album is deep cuts, "Unbreakable", "Break of Dawn", "Heaven Can Wait", "Speechless", and "Whatever Happens" are notable fan favorites. Even "Heartbreaker" has a following with how people claim it was dubstep.
 
Off The Wall:
Get On The Floor
It's The Falling In Love

Thriller:
Baby Be Mine
The Lady In My Life

BAD:
Speed Demon
Just Good Friends

Dangerous:
Why You Wanna Trip On Me
She Drives Me Wild
Can't Let Her Get Away
Keep The Faith

HIStory:
This Time Around
Money
D.S
Tabloid Junkie
Little Susie
HIStory
2 Bad
Money
Little Susie
 
mj_frenzy said:
The deep cuts (from each of these 5 albums) are those songs that were not released as singles.
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That varies by country. The Man (duet with Paul) was a single in a country in South America. Liberian Girl, Leave Me Alone, & some of the songs from HIStory were not singles in the USA, but were in some other countries. Also in the USA, it used to be fairly common for album tracks & B-sides to get radio airplay. Such as Isn't She Lovely by Stevie Wonder. It was never actually released as a single because Stevie did not want to shorten it to fit on a 45. But Isn't She Lovely is more known in the USA than some of Stevie's songs that were released as singles. There's other songs that were not big hits when originally released, but are well known today because of their use in movies, commercials, & TV shows like Bad To The Bone (George Thorogood) & Old Time Rock N Roll (Bob Seger). Those 2 songs are more well known now than many songs that were #1, that are mostly forgotten.

With streaming, "single" can be every track on an album. That's how Nicki Minaj & Taylor Swift has so many hits. When pre-internet only physical singles counted on the chart.
 
DuranDuran said:
That varies by country. The Man (duet with Paul) was a single in a country in South America. Liberian Girl, Leave Me Alone, & some of the songs from HIStory were not singles in the USA, but were in some other countries. Also in the USA, it used to be fairly common for album tracks & B-sides to get radio airplay. Such as Isn't She Lovely by Stevie Wonder. It was never actually released as a single because Stevie did not want to shorten it to fit on a 45. But Isn't She Lovely is more known in the USA than some of Stevie's songs that were released as singles. There's other songs that were not big hits when originally released, but are well known today because of their use in movies, commercials, & TV shows like Bad To The Bone (George Thorogood) & Old Time Rock N Roll (Bob Seger). Those 2 songs are more well known now than many songs that were #1, that are mostly forgotten.

With streaming, "single" can be every track on an album. That's how Nicki Minaj & Taylor Swift has so many hits. When pre-internet only physical singles counted on the chart.
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Apparently, you refer to certain USA radio stations that do not play mainstream music, but they cater for specific audiences.

But the general rule is that (unlike deep cuts) singles are more commercial, more radio-friendly, and most of the time they are released with their music videos that are played on TV all over the world.
 
mj_frenzy said:
Apparently, you refer to certain USA radio stations that do not play mainstream music, but they cater for specific audiences.

But the general rule is that (unlike deep cuts) singles are more commercial, more radio-friendly, and most of the time they are released with their music videos that are played on TV all over the world.
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Top 40 pop stations used to play Erotic City by Prince & The Revolution, which was the non-album B-side of Let's Go Crazy. They bleeped out the profanity though. R&B radio played Hard Day (Shep Pettibone mix) by George Michael. It was only released as a 12" single by itself, but the album version is the B-side of I Want Your Sex. The radio stations that did not focus on mainstream music was (and still is) college radio. Some do play popular hits/artists as well. College radio operate off of listener pledges and not companies advertising on them like commercial radio. College radio even play music by local singers/bar bands. Mainstream is relative anyway in the US. Garth Brooks, Shania Twain, & The Dixie Chicks was huge sellers in the 1990s and they mostly got country radio airplay, Shania got pop airplay though, so did Kenny Rogers in the late-1970s & early 1980s. There's way more rural areas & small towns in the USA, than large cities. That's where country & Americana (Bob Seger, John Mellencamp, CCR/John Fogerty) tends to be more popular. The kinds of acts that perform at Farm Aid ever year. There's also a lot of Spanish language radio, because there's many Latinos (Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, Cubans, Dominicans, etc.) in the US. There's even a separate Latin Grammy Awards show.
 
Why almost no one mention Burn This Disco Out as a deep cut? I do like it but I it's the lesser known of all songs from the album, nearly never discussed or included anywhere.

Also I think D.S. is a "deeper" cut then Tabloid Junkie... and I think that Little Susie is also quite a deep cut, despite its quality.
 
Off The Wall:
Don't Stop 'Till You Get Enough

Thriller:
Billie Jean

Bad:
Smooth Criminal

Dangerous:
Black or White

HIStory:
They Don't Care About Us

Invincible:
You Rock My World
 
Spaceship said:
Even "Heartbreaker" has a following with how people claim it was dubstep.
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That's true. Heartbreaker definitely has some early dubstep vibes, like that choppy, syncopated beat, heavy bass elements, and glitchy effects.
It feels like it pulled from the same future-facing energy that dubstep came from.

Rodney Jerkins, who produced that track, was pushing a really innovative sound back then — heavy, syncopated beats, weird textures — all things that would later blow up in dubstep.

Heartbreaker definitely sounds like it predicted some of dubstep’s signature moods before they went mainstream.

I would say, Michael Jackson was unofficial inventor of dubstep genre.
 
Hot_Street said:
who the hell is South London:cool:
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Can't work out if you're kidding. :ROFLMAO:

South London, UK. Specifically, Brixton and Croydon where dubstep possibly originated (other opinions are available!). Yep, I know what Rodney Jerkins said in that interview. I've watched it many times and I love Rodney but ... South London still would like to challenge this claim. LOL.

EDIT - dubstep is not my thing. I think it could have developed on both sides of the Atlantic at roughly the same period.
 
OTW- I Can't Help It, Get On The Floor & Burn This Disco Out
Thriller- Lady In My Life
Bad- none of the original 11 tracks. But Streetwalker, Fly Away & Price Of Fame I would add as deep cut gems
Dangerous- Keep The Faith & Give In To Me-(deserves more love and recognition IMO)
HIStory- Stranger In Moscow (same as Give In To Me, released but criminally underrated)
BOTDF- Is It Scary (best track on entire album. That outro is phenomenal!
Invincible- Break Of Dawn, Butterflies, Don't Walk Away, Whatever Happens, Threatened
 
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