Michael Jackson

Speaking of the Bill Cosby thread....Here's another guy the "public shamers" had a heyday with.



I don't care to hear about all the crap people say about him....I like his music.

He may have been "well established" as a ______(fill in the blank)______ in the minds of some people, but I grew up with his music and I think it's cool. It brings back memories of good times.

I don't care to listen to "public shamers". They always try to ruin everything.

MJ was a great talent.

Mortal wrote:Speaking of the Bill Cosby thread....Here's another guy the "public shamers" had a heyday with.


I don't care to hear about all the crap people say about him....I like his music.

He may have been "well established" as a ______(fill in the blank)______ in the minds of some people, but I grew up with his music and I think it's cool. It brings back memories of good times.

I don't care to listen to "public shamers". They always try to ruin everything.

MJ was a great talent.

Not metal.

Since you brought it up. Let's bring it together.


I love Klugman's comment between 3:40 - 3:50.

Funny story:

my wife was watching Family Feud last night, and one of the questions during the fast money round was, "Name something a person can be struck by," and of course I spoke up enthusiastically and said "A smooth criminal!"...  my wife nearly peed herself.

d@v!d wrote:

Mortal wrote:Speaking of the Bill Cosby thread....Here's another guy the "public shamers" had a heyday with.


I don't care to hear about all the crap people say about him....I like his music.

He may have been "well established" as a ______(fill in the blank)______ in the minds of some people, but I grew up with his music and I think it's cool. It brings back memories of good times.

I don't care to listen to "public shamers". They always try to ruin everything.

MJ was a great talent.

Not metal.

Ahem



Then there's this song which has kind of an industrial feel to it:

d@v!d wrote:

Mortal wrote:Speaking of the Bill Cosby thread....Here's another guy the "public shamers" had a heyday with.


I don't care to hear about all the crap people say about him....I like his music.

He may have been "well established" as a ______(fill in the blank)______ in the minds of some people, but I grew up with his music and I think it's cool. It brings back memories of good times.

I don't care to listen to "public shamers". They always try to ruin everything.

MJ was a great talent.

Not metal.

It aint too much for MJ to jam.

Guys, Michael Jackson is not metal no matter how hard you really want to believe otherwise.

Let's just keep it real.

I've been a huge Michael Jackson fan since I was 4 years old. He is still my all time favorite music artist.

It was a tough day to hear the news of him dying.

Some of the Jackson 5 and The Jacksons stuff is great. Almost everything from Off the Wall to Blood on the Dance Floor is fantastic. I love those albums a ton. Didn't care about Invincible. The "MICHAEL" album made after his death was quite good. Some bad songs, some good songs. Heard the newest post-death album Xscape - didn't like that one at all.

Michael is still the best, he had unreal talent. I was a fan of his before I even understood music.

d@v!d wrote:Guys, Michael Jackson is not metal no matter how hard you really want to believe otherwise.

Let's just keep it real.

..MJ is an example of what people listen too before they discover good music ( metal ).

ParaNormaN wrote:... he had unreal talent. I was a fan of his before I even understood music.

Now that you understand music......do you still like his ?

I will give MJ credit for having the good sense of getting Eddie Van Halen to play on beat it ( or was the producers idea ?)

Oh, MJ has always had cool guitarists, not just the guest ones like EVH or Slash or Steve Stevens, but also the likes of Jennifer Batten and Orianthi (who went on to play with Alice Cooper FWIW).

sentient 6 wrote:I will give MJ credit for having the good sense of getting Eddie Van Halen to play on beat it ( or was the producers idea ?)

As far as i know Eddie only played the guitar solo in Beat it....the main riff was done by Steve Lukather - Toto main songwriter who has done tonnes of music for many artists over the years.

Interesting factoid about Michael, his first big hit "Ben" is the first (and only) song from a horror movie soundtrack to hit number one.

WildWorld wrote:Interesting factoid about Michael, his first big hit "Ben" is the first (and only) song from a horror movie soundtrack to hit number one.

What movie was it?

WildWorld wrote:

d@v!d wrote:
Not metal.

Ahem

Metal courtesy of Steve Stevens.

Kerrick wrote:

WildWorld wrote:Interesting factoid about Michael, his first big hit "Ben" is the first (and only) song from a horror movie soundtrack to hit number one.

What movie was it?

It's aptly titled "Ben" 
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068264/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2

What's uber creepy is that the song comes across as a love song to a killer rat.

Haha looks like a classy flick!    I never saw Willard though I know it's a bit of a classic; maybe I should see it.

I have to make an apology to guys.

I found an old copy of Ben at the thrift store and played it backwards at 78 speed last night.
Yes, I found the metal in MJ!

So sorry everyone for not believin'...