FAVORITE JACKSON TUNE?+rate them?

[Justyntym]

my point is your comparing apple to oranges.

With the Jackson the music isn't as important as the moves.

With the Beatles, Pink Floyd, Allman Brothers etc...the music isn't the most
important thing, it's the ONLY thing. Trying to bust a move while playing only
detracts from the material. Like busting on Beethoven or Motzart for not
dancing while playing the piano. Dancing is not important in the music world.
Ya can't see him when you pop a CD in the car...

Not saying Jackson doesn't have talent as a petif....uh performer.

 

[Dino]

Beatles - It's all about the music. If the music is not there, the dancing is
irrelevant (it's actully irrelevant anyway). I'll take Abbey Road, Sgt. Peppers,
Rubber Soul etc. and for that matter Dark Side of the Moon, Boston's Boston,
Led Zeps IV, against what...don't stop till you get enough, Thrilller.

The Beatles changed music forever, music in the early 60s were on hit wonders,
much like the movie The Wonders. The Beatles moved music into
what it is today and showed us what was possible. Great music knows no era
and stands the test of time. 50 years from now, I wonder if people will come home
and put on a Jackson CD?

Jacksons a fruit and has issues on a lot of levels, liking little boys is a pretty
serious one. That aside, thriller (the video) was amazing. As a "performer"
you can't deny he has talent. He did move the fricken MTV into a different rhelm...
a rhelm where you don't necessarily need music talent to succeed,
you just need to wear tight jeans and choreograph and gyrate to...entertain.
Welcome Britney Spears, Backstreet Boys, etc...

If you want to label him king of Pop Video you have a decent argument, as far
as King or greatest of Pop MUSIC...No Way in Hell.

Agree 100%.....

 

[Red05]

Favorite MJ tune...Smooth Criminal. I've always considered Jackson and Paul McCartney as the two geatest living pop music geniuses...we're down to one now .

 

[afterhours]

you cannot compare the era's .....you cannot say MJ appealed to "everybody" because during thier prime, Elvis and the Beatles did not have MTV, you could not buy and share music on the internet....

think about it...Ed Sullivan only shot Elvis from the waist up, because he was too sexually explicit onstage.

the crotch grab that is the MJ trademark, would not be allowed in the '50's...Elvis got in trouble for gyrating hip thrusts...

Elvis was groundbreaking in his day, he took "black"(i know it sounds lame)music and brought it mainstream, this allowed black artists to be played by "white radio" and changed music industry...

Beatles, although not my style...thier talent was amazing. from the early pop style that started "British Invasion" to thier later, edgier music that was a more socially relevant...plus the wrote thier onw music.

we look at MJ in a different light, because most of us know him....we cannot comprehend how much Elvis or the Beatles changed the world of music....because we were not there...

 

[Spectre]

Elvis was groundbreaking in his day...

Buddy Holley, Jerry Lee Lewis...

 

[afterhours]

Buddy Holley, Jerry Lee Lewis...

maybe elvis was marketed better? i don't know....

 

[NIGHTFLIGHT]

Elvis memorial drew 70,000 there talking mabe a million @ Jacksons

Justyntym with all due respect to Pink Floyd, Allman Brothers etc

WHen they pass on I cant see it making major headlines 4 weeks + drawing millions of fans.

Sorry there good but not in same league as Jackson.

- Michael Jackson - Thriller[/url]

he,s winninh my poll,,not by much i tell you that memorial going get crazy 2morrow.2 many desperate fans not enough cops.i think it will break into a riot or totall chaos!!!

 

[afterhours]

Elvis memorial drew 70,000 there talking mabe a million @ Jacksons

Justyntym with all due respect to Pink Floyd, Allman Brothers etc

WHen they pass on I cant see it making major headlines 4 weeks + drawing millions of fans.

Sorry there good but not in same league as Jackson.

- Michael Jackson - Thriller[/url]

he,s winninh my poll,,not by much i tell you that memorial going get crazy 2morrow.2 many desperate fans not enough cops.i think it will break into a riot or totall chaos!!!

agree...about the others...but the Beatles and Elvis popularity must be put into perspective.

when elvis died, there were 3 television channels...and you could rent video in VHS and Beta format.

 

[Justyntym]

Elvis memorial drew 70,000 there talking mabe a million @ Jacksons

Justyntym with all due respect to Pink Floyd, Allman Brothers etc

WHen they pass on I cant see it making major headlines 4 weeks + drawing millions of fans.

Sorry there good but not in same league as Jackson.

- Michael Jackson - Thriller[/url]

he,s winninh my poll,,not by much i tell you that memorial going get crazy 2morrow.2 many desperate fans not enough cops.i think it will break into a riot or totall chaos!!!

Jackson is a freakshow on wheels, course it's in the news, everyone wants
a piece of the circus. You can't judge musical revelance based on how many
...people show up when they die or how many networks tune into ringling
brothers.

Wrestling is pretty popular too...soo...that means it must be great.

It'll be interesting to see how much more dirt comes out now that he's gone.

Your absolutely right about them not being in the same leauge with Jackson...

 

[NIGHTFLIGHT]

Now there wigging on terrorist threat @ the memorial because its getting world wide coverage.

Wow I hope not.

He sold some music to.


Even now

According to Nielsen SoundScan, Michael Jackson albums and Jackson-related compilations hold the top nine positions on Billboard's Top Pop Catalog chart, all posting remarkable jumps in sales in the days following the singer's death. (SoundScan tracks sales through the close of business on Sunday.)


Jackson himself holds a record eight of the top 10 spots, while a Jackson 5 compilation also landed in the upper tier of the chart. His Number Ones greatest hits package leads the pack at #1, selling more than 108,000 copies, a staggering 2,340 percent sales increase. The Essential Michael Jackson and Thriller follow at #2 and #3, selling more than 102,000 and 101,000 copies, respectively.

His breakthrough Off the Wall album is at #4, selling more than 33,000 copies nearly 30 years after it was initially released. The Jackson 5's Ultimate Collection is next at #5, with sales of more than 18,000 copies. His 1987 Bad album returns at #6 (17,000 sold); Dangerous is at #7 (14,000); HIStory — Volume 1 is at #8 (12,000); and the 2004 Jackson box set, The Ultimate Collection, lands at #9 (11,000).

The lone non-Jackson album in the top 10 is a reissue of the "Woodstock" movie soundtrack, which sold 8,000 copies to snag the #10 spot.

All in all, Jackson's solo albums sold more than 415,000 copies this past week, according to SoundScan, an amazing number, considering his titles sold a combined 10,000 copies in the week prior to his death. The one-week total is also nearly 40 percent more than what his catalog had sold in all of 2009.

Of the 415,000 albums sold, 58 percent were digital downloads, which means Jackson has set another record: He's the first artist to hold six of the top 10 slots on the Digital Albums chart, including the top four spots. He also holds a staggering 25 songs on Billboard's Hot Digital Songs chart, smashing a record set by David Cook last year.



not going find to many 11 year old like that

 

[AJAY]

Dayum! It looks like I am the first (and only!) vote for the Stones!

The Rolling Stones! The Anti-Beatles!

 

[markiee43]

i think jackson sukkkksssssssssss

 

[Bosshound]

Johnny Cash ALL THE WAY

 

[NIGHTFLIGHT]

I like his music to.

THE CASKET ARRIVED @ MEMORIAL SITE THIS MORNING ESCORTED BY 5 POLICE CARS.
mY WIFES SAD BECAUSE COVERAGE IS CUTTING OFF HER SOAP OPERA.BAAAA HAHA SHE CAN SEE ERICA CAIN+ ALL MY CHITLENS 2MORROW.I just hope they dont go out of control @ memorial may be payback time 4 the unfair way Jackson was treated by the la county police.

- Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough[/url]

 

[MelodicMetalGod]

Elvis memorial drew 70,000 there talking mabe a million @ Jacksons

Justyntym with all due respect to Pink Floyd, Allman Brothers etc

WHen they pass on I cant see it making major headlines 4 weeks + drawing millions of fans.

Sorry there good but not in same league as Jackson.

Yep. They only made great music.

Jackson was a singer/dancer who focused on image.

If reality TV has taught us anything, we all know what the public at large appreciates more when it comes to talent vs image.

 

[NIGHTFLIGHT]

I respectfully disagree when he was 12 he was busting hit after hit.
Seemed like he was scared talk 2 tv anouncers thats raw talent he was born with.

Theres no magic tricks there my freind he was a natural. show me another performer with that talent @ 12 years old? Hes ether 11 or 12 here

- Jackson Five - ABC[/url]

 

[MelodicMetalGod]

I respectfully disagree when he was 12 he was busting hit after hit.
Seemed like he was scared talk 2 tv anouncers thats raw talent he was born with.

Theres no magic tricks there my freind he was a natural. show me another performer with that talent @ 12 years old? Hes ether 11 or 12 here

- Jackson Five - ABC[/url]

To be clear, I'm not suggesting that MJ was without talent. In fact, I do feel that he was a great performer and a innovator in the entertainment industry. What I am suggesting is that it was not his talent alone that garnered such a massive following. His persona and extreme behavior has kept him in the spotlight as much as, if not more than, his music. Consider the last many years - haven't heard much about his music but he's been in the news regarding his legal issues, health issue, etc.

Pink Floyd on the other hand, is quite the opposite, content to make great music without looking for the spotlight beyond the stage. The other factor, of course, is that Pink Floyd and bands of that era, did not have the benefit of world wide exposure via as many or as pervasive forms of communication.

 

[Aggie12]

like them all can't really decide on just one

 

[NIGHTFLIGHT]

THERE STARTING THE MEMORIAL ON CNN

REST IN PEACE

 

[FamilyGuy]

Pantera, possibly UGK