The Jacksons Tracks - Smooth CrimiPOLL results1!!1!!!!

me too

it's my go-to get-happy jam

Janet, Janet, Janet!!

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.

"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

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."

*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

God, I miss summer of 2000.

i have nothing to say itt but I LOVE THIS SONG

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51MDPBGCZ6L._SL500_AA300_.jpg

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.

Those "snaps" = dental hygienist scraping tartars from your bicuspids.

"Doesn't Really Matter" is an exercise in how awesome syncopation can be.

Doesn't matter if I floss.

IknowIknowIknow

28. Janet Jackson - Rhythm Nation (122 points, 6 votes) from Janet Jackson's
Rhythm Nation 1814, 1989

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAwaNWGLM0c

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.

This whole poll is about vote splitting.

I shoulda voted "Rhythm Nation" but it looks like I let it slip...but "Earth Song" made my ballot, evidently. Nutty professor indeed.

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.

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

i've been trying to figure out what Janet's top-placing song will be and i feel like it might be "If"?

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.

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.

*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

25. Michael Jackson - Thriller (138 points, 5 votes, 1 1st Place Vote) from Thriller, 1982

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOnqjkJTMaA

O_O

Hey! Something I voted for! The way MJ hits and holds those top notes on "Got To Be There" is just awe inspiring.

lol I somehow completely forgot about "Thriller" the song when voting.

i made sure to vote for "Thriller" the song because i love it and feel like it tends to get overshadowed by "Thriller" the video and Thriller the album

i made sure i gave 'thriller' top spot because i just *knew* it'd get overlooked by ilx. surprised it was overlooked that much though. the bassline and the bridge are just undeniable. it's one song that i've heard a million times that i can still get along with, in fact i probably like it more now than i did back then.

Got to be There really is one of the most beautiful songs I can think of, such an amazing vocal too.

'Thriller' placing so low is why I tend to think these rundowns should ideally be top 20 only - it'd be quite exciting to reach the top five and find all these classics that hadn't shown yet.

(no criticism intended btw Jamie, I always err on the long side myself)

Almost sure that nothing from the Motown era made my ballot, but it was at least in part a strategic move.

I didn't mention a single pre- or puberty hit song.

24. The Jackson 5 - Never Can Say Goodbye (138 points, 6 votes) from Maybe Tomorrow, 1971

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snihdG1rE0Y

23. The Jackson 5 - I'll Be There (143 points, 6 votes, 1 1st Place Vote) from Third Album, 1970

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6pAxF2br_U&feature=related

how is "I'll Be There" so low

just started listening to the Spotify playlist, 50 may have been too much...huge improvement starting in the high 30s. great countdown so far though!

how is "I'll Be There" so low

because either "Centipede" or "Diamonds" will be #1 with a bullet

i would've been surprised if "I'll Be There" placed higher tbh

because either "Centipede" or "Diamonds" will be #1 with a bullet

Not if my ballot box stuffing on behalf of "Hot Potato" has anything to say about it.

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, February 22, 2012 10:49 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

listen, "i want you back" has to be reckoned with

also, regarding "if":

here is my janet jackson challop: "rhythm nation" and "if" are essentially the same song, except "rhythm nation" is better.

― horseshoe, Thursday, February 16, 2012 10:45 PM (6 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

in conclusion:

IT'S TIME TO GIVE A DAMN LET'S WORK TOGETHER

that's not a challop, that's true