Remember the POLL: The Michael Jackson "Dangerous" Poll

I'm reading the 33 1/3 book. pretty interesting (if not totally convincing on all theories and lectures).
I never really liked this album although I was a huge fanboy of MJ as a kid (circa Thriller mostly).
The book made me want to go back to it. I still don't find it great (production and songwriting are not on par with his best stuff to me) but I like it more.
Especially "Who is it" which I have rediscovered and which is maybe my favourite from the album now.
Also, I have tried to take it as a double album (no reorganization, album 1 simply ending with "Heal the World" and album 2 starting with "Black or White" - minus the horrible intro).
It makes a more digest album with 7 tracks on each disc, the 1 being the harder part and the 2 being the soulful part.

"Who Is It?" is fantastic, also my favorite song on the album.

^^^

And it doesn't seem to matter
And it doesn't seem right
'Cause the will has brought
No fortune
Still I cry alone at night
Don't you judge of my composure
'Cause I'm lying to myself
And the reason why she left me
Did she find someone else ?

I have finished the 33 1/3 book. good and original point of view and analysis.
It made me reevaluate the album.
after listening to it a lot lately I still find it far from OTW/Thriller but overall, it's stronger than I remembered.
I might like it more than Bad now : no real dud (compared to "Speed Demon", "Dirty Diana", "Bad" and "Can't Stop Loving You" for instance, "Gone too Soon" being the closest) and some good songs I didn't really like previously ("Who is It" being the main rediscovery, as said before).
Also, "Jam" is alright but a bit weak as an opener. A bit later, "Scream" was a better remake. They share the same approach and energy but the former has a better chorus.

I'll give you "Speed Demon" but IMO the only sin committed by those other songs off of Bad is that they are in close proximity to "The Way You Make Me Feel" and "Smooth Criminal", which are two of my favorite songs that MJ ever recorded.

Well I have always found "Bad" very average. Not awful but the production/sound is kinda cheap (which is a shame since it is one of the strongest aspects of OTW/Thriller. Just the sound of these albums gives me joy !).
"Can't Stop Loving You" also is not awful but meh.
"Dirty Diana" is annoying in the delivery and arrangements and not a very good song to begin with ("Give in To Me" is a better remake).
I have made a version of Bad without these tracks and it's much better !

The only thing I like about "Bad" is that it reminds me of Stevie Wonder's "Ordinary Pain" (the last part of the song) !

the synth bass runs in "speed demon" >>>>>>

there is literally nothing better on this album than Jacko screaming "remember...my BABYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY"

“Jam” is such an odd, hookless song. I’m still surprised that it was the lead-off single

"Black or White" was the first single.

Which was an even stranger move, but less strange than "The Girl is Mine" and "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" as leadoffs

remember how pissed off parents were at the extended "Black or White" video?

I remember how pissed off I was.

“Cut. What the fuck was that?”

-John Landis

lol....mom was yelling at the tv "HOW CAN FOX SHOW THIS WHEN KIDS ARE WATCHING? HE KEEPS GRABBING HIS CROTCH AND THRUSTING!"

to be fair.....it was pretty fucking weird

yeah esp since the song had already ended