you've presented nothing but facts,I admit,but,to be realistic,if you'd ask the averrage music listener about Michael Jackson's "Ben" or anything (outside of the US,that is),then they'll most likely look at you like you're coming from Mars or anything (
I remember my music teacher at school in the 80s, had a huge amount of respect for child MJ the soul singer, but not so much for adult MJ who was merely a pop singer.
Basically, older people (I guess those who grew up in the 70s) have a different view.
,a love song sang to what it seems to be a rat,by a 12-14 year old Michael Jackson,isn't quite what I would be catching myself listening to on my free will
Pearl Jam fans would. So would Crispin Glover fans.
,but yeah..the vocals are at least great,I'll give it that)..
it being his most released song barely means anything,if you ask me.
It's basically been on more compilations. Gave MJ his first taste of the Oscars, etc.
So you believe that child Michael was a better singer than when he was an adult?
Why does everything have to be
better?
I'm just saying MJ had a long and celebrated career. It's just illogical that you'd want to wipe out nearly half of it.
It was his album, where he had a lot of creative input and self penned songs.
You're putting a lot of stock on it being "his" album (even though he only wrote 30% of it).
But it's also a fairly irrelevant point. Caring about who gets writing royalties is something for the executives to care about.
For me, as a music listener, it's something far less important. When I'm listening to a song/album, I simply judge it as being good or bad. I either like it or I don't. The writer doesn't matter.
I could probably play you 10 songs and you wouldn't be able to tell me if MJ wrote them or not.
You're obviously a huge fan of his early work and I've hit a nerve.
Huh? Not at all. I'm more of a Bad/Dangerous fan. I just don't understand the rationale of blindly dismissing half of the career of your favourite singer.
The point I was making was that his solo albums as a child were standard motown by numbers releases, that's it.
You keep trying to use this insult, but Thriller could also be seen as a formulaic release. I don't get your criticism.