"Got to give it up" Vs "Don't stop til you get enough"

this is a REALLY tough decision

Green should be Gaye there, obviously.

(These days my go-to Jackson-related cut is "Hum Along And Dance")

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I have always loved "shake your body" but the production is nowhere close to the near perfection of the tracks on "off the wall" and "thriller".
I'm not a big fan of "don't stop" but it sounds amazing !

Oh yeah, production on "Don't Stop" >>>>>> "Got To..." Gaye kinda simmers along (BPM experts could tell me the difference between the two) - it's a great groove, but it doesn't have the wow factor of the MJ.

I have always loved "shake your body" but the production is nowhere close to the near perfection of the tracks on "off the wall" and "thriller".

This. "Shake Your Body" is great. "Don't Stop" is a masterpiece.

(And "Wanna Be Startin Somethin" may be better than either, if you wanna talk about MJ things that got unfairly overshadowed by other MJ things.)

oh yeah, "wanna be startin" might be his greatest moment ever, not necessarily in terms of songwriting but just... the sound of the future (with Giorgio's voice) !

The origins of "Wanna Be..." as documented in the Nelson George book on Thriller are awesome. Apparently the West African performer who came up with the chant got points on the song, so he's a very rich man, I hope.

Manu Dibango, or did it come from someone else?

yeah, I think it was Dibango's soul makossa ?

Gaye kinda simmers along (BPM experts could tell me the difference between the two) - it's a great groove, but it doesn't have the wow factor of the MJ.

― Byron E. Coli (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, July 24, 2013 8:56 AM (19 minutes ago)

that's not a slam dunk though. i love the earthy, effortless groove that simmers under "got to give it up". something slightly wounded (or at least fragile) about it, darker & dirtier than any mj i know. it's not a knockout, it's an embrace, gentle at that. depends what you want.

"Got to give" has a great groove but it's more laid back.
like a smooth before party with drinks with some friends.
"don't stop" is the moment the party goes full blast !

I'm fine being in both places.

My fave gaye track vs. A pretty good song from an artist I can't stand = no contest

actually, I much prefer the smooth before party drinks with some friends !

Apparently the West African performer who came up with the chant got points on the song, so he's a very rich man, I hope.

Actually, Manu Dibango sued MJ and they settled out of court. Then he more recently sued again when Rihanna sampled it; she got permission from MJ but not Manu: http://pitchfork.com/news/34538-manu-dibango-sues-rihanna-michael-jackson/

"don't stop" is my favorite mj song (out of many that i love by him). "got to give it up" is great but i gotta go with mj here.

voted Marvin

feel like gtgiu is a fun gaye song, but only a modest sliver of what he could and did do, while dstyge is a dancefloor kaiju whatever your opinion of mj

Only one of these is the black national anthem

(Possibly replaced by "Wobble")

my parents' macbook plays DSTYGE during slideshows

The "Let's dance/ Let's Shout/ ....." chant in "Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground" is directly taken from "Got to Give It Up"

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Marvin.

They are both sublime but I could very well never choose to hear DSTYGE again (but love it when i do hear it) while the Marvin is go-to track.

this is pretty much impossible

I probably rate "Shake Your Body" over either tbh

Shake Your Body >>> Don't Stop >>>>>> Got to Give It Up

yeah, i might put shake on top, right before got to give it up. tough call tho.

Full version of Got To Give It Up is basically life, no? I mean, I know there are other songs but I don't know why they bother.

yeah, on 2nd, even "shake your body" has to fall

there is no higher higher

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I can't remember how I voted tbh

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i voted 54.7619% michael and 45.2381% marvin, so that is how i broke it down to an extent.

Just realized I could live with either result, so ...

no man... you don't have to live with this. don't think you have to live with this.

just happy that 19 people know who marvin gaye is