I mean, I do agree that "The Way You Make Me Feel" and "Smooth Criminal" are the two clear standout tracks on the album, but the rest of the songs on the album are in the "good" to "amazing" spectrum.
― (thinks and smiles) (DJP), Tuesday, 21 February 2012 20:46 (twelve years ago) link
Even "Bad" sounded pretty not bad the last time I heard it.
― dead-trius (Eric H.), Tuesday, 21 February 2012 20:47 (twelve years ago) link
i dunno, i always considered "the way you make me feel" to be super-corny and not especially badass
which is strange because i'm pretty sure "man in the mirror" is my favorite song from "Bad" right now pretty much entirely due to the vocal performance and the structure... like you think the song is almost over about 2 minutes from the end, but it turns out he's just getting started...
― billstevejim, Tuesday, 21 February 2012 21:00 (twelve years ago) link
Always loved the combination of shuffle beats and simple blues progression on "Feel."
― dead-trius (Eric H.), Tuesday, 21 February 2012 21:10 (twelve years ago) link
I don't like Bad: the boy on autopilot. "Smooth Criminal" and "Man in the Mirror" are the exceptions.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 21 February 2012 21:11 (twelve years ago) link
Dangerous sounds like Jackson has become conversant enough with a contemporary R&B/dance trend (i.e. new jack swing) to adapt it to his own rhythms; "Jam" and "Why You Wanna Trip On Me" are harder and trippier than the competition; and lyrically it's often astounding.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 21 February 2012 21:14 (twelve years ago) link
Off The Wall is the biggest disco album, Thriller is the biggest album ever, Dangerous is the biggest new jack album.
"Bad: the boy on autopilot."
I agree
― gospodin simmel, Tuesday, 21 February 2012 22:20 (twelve years ago) link
"who is it" has my favorite michael jackson lyric
i am the damnedi am the deadi am the agony inside the dying head
― Whiney vs. (BradNelson), Tuesday, 21 February 2012 22:26 (twelve years ago) link
Empty was my last 'i've already picked 6 or 7 songs off TVR, I need to vote for other albums' omission. Most prob. would have voted for it on another day though.
― a hoy hoy, Tuesday, 21 February 2012 23:04 (twelve years ago) link
"Alright" and "Empty" were #14 and #6 on my ballot, respectively. they are TOO LOW on this impossible poll fyi
― horseshoe, Tuesday, 21 February 2012 23:57 (twelve years ago) link
"Man in the Mirror" was the original MJ aspirational song before it became a ridiculous cliche.
― (thinks and smiles) (DJP), Tuesday, February 21, 2012 3:36 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i have a lot of feelings about this song. i think i would have selected a different group of michael songs had he not died tbh.
― horseshoe, Wednesday, 22 February 2012 00:08 (twelve years ago) link
i've been a victim ofa selfish kind of love
― horseshoe, Wednesday, 22 February 2012 00:09 (twelve years ago) link
;_;
I'm with DJP here. On all of Bad, only "Liberian Girl" and the throwaway duet with Stevie Wonder do nothing for me.
― dead-trius (Eric H.), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 01:12 (twelve years ago) link
and "Speed Demon"?
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 01:17 (twelve years ago) link
Well, it's over fast.
― dead-trius (Eric H.), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 01:26 (twelve years ago) link
30. Janet Jackson - Doesn't Really Matter (119 points, 5 votes) from Nutty Professor II: The Klumps, 2000 (later appeared on All For You, 2001)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyLQ1muosqQ
― Jamie_ATP, Wednesday, 22 February 2012 14:11 (twelve years ago) link
29. Janet Jackson - Control (121 points, 5 votes) from Control, 1986
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LH8xbDGv7oY
― Jamie_ATP, Wednesday, 22 February 2012 14:12 (twelve years ago) link
i love "Doesn't Really Matter" so fucking much
― TERMAINTOR 2 (some dude), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 14:14 (twelve years ago) link
me too
― horseshoe, Wednesday, 22 February 2012 14:19 (twelve years ago) link
it's my go-to get-happy jam
Janet, Janet, Janet!!
― dead-trius (Eric H.), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 14:20 (twelve years ago) link
control was low on my ballot because it sounds so much like "pleasure principle" and i like pleasure principle more, but it's a great song.
― horseshoe, Wednesday, 22 February 2012 14:21 (twelve years ago) link
"doesn't really matter" was my #9, which was TOO LOW
Janet's "Number Ones" album is possibly one of the most essential albums for anyone's record collection; it's just track after track after track of amazing, and it includes every song that hit #1 on any chart
― (thinks and smiles) (DJP), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 14:22 (twelve years ago) link
I tend to forget "Doesn't Really Matter" when thinking of good Janet songs – it didn't make my ballads – but that's part of its charm. And it was a terrific summer jam in '00: I lump it with "It's Gonna Be Me" and "Ride Wit Me."
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 14:23 (twelve years ago) link
*my ballot
it took me a long time to figure out that she was singing "what matters to me is you're nuttynuttynutty for me" which is just so cute
― horseshoe, Wednesday, 22 February 2012 14:25 (twelve years ago) link
God, I miss summer of 2000.
― dead-trius (Eric H.), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 14:25 (twelve years ago) link
i have nothing to say itt but I LOVE THIS SONG
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51MDPBGCZ6L._SL500_AA300_.jpg
― Big Mr. Guess U.S.A. Champion (crüt), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 14:26 (twelve years ago) link
The only bad thing I'll say about "Doesn't Really Matter" is that those chirpy sixteenth-note snaps atop the whole thing are incredibly annoying in a dentist's office.
― dead-trius (Eric H.), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 14:27 (twelve years ago) link
Those "snaps" = dental hygienist scraping tartars from your bicuspids.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 14:27 (twelve years ago) link
"Doesn't Really Matter" is an exercise in how awesome syncopation can be.
― (thinks and smiles) (DJP), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 14:28 (twelve years ago) link
Doesn't matter if I floss.
― dead-trius (Eric H.), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 14:28 (twelve years ago) link
IknowIknowIknow
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 14:30 (twelve years ago) link
28. Janet Jackson - Rhythm Nation (122 points, 6 votes) from Janet Jackson'sRhythm Nation 1814, 1989
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAwaNWGLM0c
― Jamie_ATP, Wednesday, 22 February 2012 15:43 (twelve years ago) link
27. Michael Jackson - The Way You Make Me Feel (124 points, 6 votes) from Bad, 1987
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzZ_urpj4As
Some truly top 5 material is showing up way too low.
― dead-trius (Eric H.), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 15:48 (twelve years ago) link
This whole poll is about vote splitting.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 22 February 2012 15:48 (twelve years ago) link
I shoulda voted "Rhythm Nation" but it looks like I let it slip...but "Earth Song" made my ballot, evidently. Nutty professor indeed.
― Euler, Wednesday, 22 February 2012 15:49 (twelve years ago) link
Might as well get this challops out of the way now. If "ABC" and "I Want You Back" place above "If" and "Don't Stop Til You Get Enough," I'll be pissed.
― dead-trius (Eric H.), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 15:49 (twelve years ago) link
yeah...no criticism to the poll runner but for better or worse i think the results would be MUCH different if we were allowed 30 or 40-song ballots
― TERMAINTOR 2 (some dude), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 15:49 (twelve years ago) link
i've been trying to figure out what Janet's top-placing song will be and i feel like it might be "If"?
― TERMAINTOR 2 (some dude), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 15:50 (twelve years ago) link
yeah xp I voted "Miss You Much" pretty high & I guess it was either that or "Rhythm Nation" for me, which in retrospect seems dumb.
― Euler, Wednesday, 22 February 2012 15:50 (twelve years ago) link
reminder: spotify playlist is here (http://open.spotify.com/user/mondosalvo/playlist/10p71pWZgUg51RLWu9lXSL) and it's collaborate, so if some of the tracks I've selected aren't showing up in other regions or whatever, feel free to add the ones that work in yours.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 22 February 2012 15:50 (twelve years ago) link
*collaborative
26. Michael Jackson - Got To Be There (129 point, 5 votes) from Got to Be There, 1971
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1ODaEq9n3Y
― Jamie_ATP, Wednesday, 22 February 2012 16:38 (twelve years ago) link
25. Michael Jackson - Thriller (138 points, 5 votes, 1 1st Place Vote) from Thriller, 1982
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOnqjkJTMaA
O_O
― (thinks and smiles) (DJP), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 16:38 (twelve years ago) link