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On your list, maybe. On mine, Shake Your Body goes toward the bottom.It's very close. Top 3 easily. Not many others. Shake Your Body, and Show You The Way To Go maybe.
Edit: “Not many others”??
On your list, maybe. On mine, Shake Your Body goes toward the bottom.It's very close. Top 3 easily. Not many others. Shake Your Body, and Show You The Way To Go maybe.
Off the top of my head, I'm going for - 1) Walk Right Now 2) Show You The Way To Go 3) HH / TPHIt's very close. Top 3 easily. Not many others. Shake Your Body, and Show You The Way To Go maybe.
His voice was defo more pure and clear around this period, a lot less trademark grunting and the strain on some of his more aggressive sounding songs.My top 10 Jacksons songs because I like top 10s
1) Shake your body (it is one of my top 10 fave songs all together, especially the long ass album cut)
2) Be Not Always ( I have a hard time crediting this as a group effort though)
3) Show You The Way To Go ( groovy, laid back, feel good)
4) Push Me Away (a very warm song, top production, love the strings so hard, this relates very hard after @zinniabooklover did the same to me)
5) Time Waits For No One (just waiting to be discovered, Michael sounds so fresh here, the outro is just brilliant vocally)
6) Find Me A Girl (classic vocals, the Gamble & Huff stuff is just really cool soul music, very romantic)
7) Living Together (cool light disco tune with a universal positive message)
8) Strength of one man ( superb chorus, a true group effort, Michael later found out how strong one man could be)
9) Bless his soul ( freaking awesome bridge, seems personal lyrics wise, love the tempo changes, musically great)
10) That‘s what you get for being polite (seems lyrically connected to bless his soul to me, what instrument is that musical interlude? love that sound!)
This was a very hard top 10, I feel bad for leaving out your ways, everybody, man of war and others)
Edit: after listening to some tracks I feel Mike’s voice was at its most beautiful around 1977/1978 especially on the ballads, I think it is no secret by now that I like his voice best from 1977 to 1985 in general, I wish I could explain what it is but it sounds so pure and warm and clear)
When he was on Questlove Supreme, Tito said this song was about Johnny Jackson. Johnny was the touring drummer for the Jackson 5That‘s what you get for being polite (seems lyrically connected to bless his soul to me, what instrument is that musical interlude? love that sound!)
It's like MJ made himself into James Brown. He never ever had grit but he literally just created it for himself. Thriller, the song, is like the bridge and link to the entire rest of his discography and style of voice, for better or for worse.His voice was defo more pure and clear around this period, a lot less trademark grunting and the strain on some of his more aggressive sounding songs.
I think vocally Off the wall is his best album, such smooth classic rnb singing from MJ.
I can't help it vocals are off the charts!!
That’s cool to know.When he was on Questlove Supreme, Tito said this song was about Johnny Jackson. Johnny was the touring drummer for the Jackson 5
Tito has been on Questlove's show twice. The first time was by himself (which is where he made the Johnny comment), and the 2nd was with Jackie & Marlon. But Tito didn't say much on the group interview. Qwest even got Randy do an episode, which I was surprised about since Randy seems to stay out of the spotlight. Also I doubt anybody else would be interested in interviewing him.That’s cool to know.
Man, you just dissed me on the other thread. No wonder we had to get the lawyers in, lol.4) Push Me Away (a very warm song, top production, love the strings so hard, this relates very hard after @zinniabooklover did the same to me)
Those harmonies. So beautiful. They can carry me through an entire day.5) Time Waits For No One (just waiting to be discovered, Michael sounds so fresh here, the outro is just brilliant vocally)
G&H are the business! Find Me A Girl is off-the-chart awesome!6) Find Me A Girl (classic vocals, the Gamble & Huff stuff is just really cool soul music, very romantic)
Heart-breaking. Wonderful lyrics but so heart-breaking.9) Bless his soul ( freaking awesome bridge, seems personal lyrics wise, love the tempo changes, musically great)
Maybe this is due to how each album were engineered. Wish Bruce Swedien had worked with The Jacksons on the Triumph album.Speaking of vocals , is it just me or does MJ's voice sound better and more mature on Off the wall compared to Triumph?
Hard to believe that Triumph came after Off the wall - I often forget this.
Not sure what Michael was getting at but that def is not true. Not even close. I've got at least four songs from the 1960's in my head right now that have various sound effects on them. Plus at least another 3 or 4 from the 1970's. I'm sure I could find more if I Googled this.I remember an interview in which MJ was talking very proudly of Heartbreak Hotel and claiming it was the first song to have sound effects in it..?
It definitely isn't. I love Michael but I'm ... confused by his claim. I'll leave it at that.Although I don't think that is true [...]
I'm going to try to find it, maybe the George Harrison interviewNot sure what Michael was getting at but that def is not true. Not even close. I've got at least four songs from the 1960's in my head right now that have various sound effects on them. Plus at least another 3 or 4 from the 1970's. I'm sure I could find more if I Googled this.
I don't think I've come across this interview. I wonder what he was getting at, exactly. It would be interesting to know. Maybe he was making a very specific point.
It definitely isn't. I love Michael but I'm ... confused by his claim. I'll leave it at that.
oh, I love this interview but don't remember this bit. I'll give it a listen, see what he's saying.I found it! He didn't literally claimed to be the first to use sound effects but also kinda does, I guess..? Either way he did say it was an inspiration for Thriller (at 12:35):
Hm, OK. I think the conversation's has just gone a bit wonky. I do like this interview but this little bit isn't her best work across the 30 mins. She uses the word 'prototype' which is a bit misleading but I don't think it's intentional. Michael was a big fan of The Beatles so I'm sure he knew songs like Good Morning Good Morning, Yellow Submarine, Come Together (obvs!). He also loved Freddie Mercury so he must have known about Queen's Bicycle Race.I found it! He didn't literally claimed to be the first to use sound effects but also kinda does, I guess..? Either way he did say it was an inspiration for Thriller (at 12:35):
Yeah I agree, I think they sort of talk past each other. He must know about the other the songs with sound effects, maybe he is talking about the drama of HHHm, OK. I think the conversation's has just gone a bit wonky. I do like this interview but this little bit isn't her best work across the 30 mins. She uses the word 'prototype' which is a bit misleading but I don't think it's intentional. Michael was a big fan of The Beatles so I'm sure he knew songs like Good Morning Good Morning, Yellow Submarine, Come Together (obvs!). He also loved Freddie Mercury so he must have known about Queen's Bicycle Race.
I agree with you that Michael talks about HH with pride, as he should. Fab song, great use of sound effects which all add to the atmosphere. I think he sounds a bit bashful, as well, as he so often does.
Absolutely. That is absolutely what happened and she didn't really have enough time to kind of haul it back and reset. She knew she only had so much time for the interview and she had to just keep going. And it's fine, it's actually one of my top fave Michael interviews. He speaks so freely, sounds so relaxed, has a lot to say, is delightfully bashful but is also happy to acknowledge the quality of his work. Just so much to love about this one. It captures a moment in Michael's life and does it beautifully.Yeah I agree, I think they sort of talk past each other.
He totally would. I could reel off a whole list of 60's and 70's songs with sound effects that he would know about. Even the British songs.He must know about the other the songs with sound effects,
This is what I was trying to get at. I think he's probably referring to how the sound effects add to the drama and sort of tell the story alongside the lyrics. Bc some sound effects are used like that whereas others are just dropped in as a sort of extra 'add-on' with no special meaning. I think HH very much has an actual soundscape although, again, I would say it wasn't the first song to do that.maybe he is talking about the drama of HH
oh, I've listened to this one several times. It's so nice to hear him sounding so unguarded. This interview is just delightful. I love it so much.It's a great interview btw, hearing Michael explain and debunk stuff is so refreshing.
You just described one of my top fave fantasies, lol.Tbh I believe a documentary/podcast just consisting of interview bits
This I'm not so sure about but I can see the potential. I get your point. Interesting idea.would be stronger than a regular or rebuttal documentary to clear his image..
Yes and not only because it's refreshing to hear him explain things himself (instead of a fan, narrator or journalist etc.) but when you line up all his interviews your can truly experience how much consistincy there was in his beliefs and that they all (from the earliest interviews to the last) boil down to the same values and messages!You just described one of my top fave fantasies, lol.
This I'm not so sure about but I can see the potential. I get your point. Interesting idea.
That is a really good point.Yes and not only because it's refreshing to hear him explain things himself (instead of a fan, narrator or journalist etc.) but when you line up all his interviews your can truly experience how much consistincy there was in his beliefs and that they all (from the earliest interviews to the last) boil down to the same values and messages!
Anyone know why MJ changed the intro of HH to SC during the Bad tour? Also curious where did the intro idea come from? And why did he use it? All I know is that during the first Bad tour shows in Japan he did the intro with less dancing and without the
How about his voice in Much Too Soon?My top 10 Jacksons songs because I like top 10s
1) Shake your body (it is one of my top 10 fave songs all together, especially the long ass album cut)
2) Be Not Always ( I have a hard time crediting this as a group effort though)
3) Show You The Way To Go ( groovy, laid back, feel good)
4) Push Me Away (a very warm song, top production, love the strings so hard, this relates very hard after @zinniabooklover did the same to me)
5) Time Waits For No One (just waiting to be discovered, Michael sounds so fresh here, the outro is just brilliant vocally)
6) Find Me A Girl (classic vocals, the Gamble & Huff stuff is just really cool soul music, very romantic)
7) Living Together (cool light disco tune with a universal positive message)
8) Strength of one man ( superb chorus, a true group effort, Michael later found out how strong one man could be)
9) Bless his soul ( freaking awesome bridge, seems personal lyrics wise, love the tempo changes, musically great)
10) That‘s what you get for being polite (seems lyrically connected to bless his soul to me, what instrument is that musical interlude? love that sound!)
This was a very hard top 10, I feel bad for leaving out your ways, everybody, man of war and others)
Edit: after listening to some tracks I feel Mike’s voice was at its most beautiful around 1977/1978 especially on the ballads, I think it is no secret by now that I like his voice best from 1977 to 1985 in general, I wish I could explain what it is but it sounds so pure and warm and clear)