I'll start with...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5DGW3oLCgc
― Jamie_ATP, Monday, 30 January 2012 18:42 (twelve years ago) link
Jermaine Jackson - "Let's Get Serious"
One of Stevie Wonder's best donations.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 30 January 2012 18:43 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.mj-upbeat.com/images/155_000.gif
― Jamie_ATP, Monday, 30 January 2012 18:43 (twelve years ago) link
Also this is so underrated
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XY7Qc_VMKmk
― Jamie_ATP, Monday, 30 January 2012 18:47 (twelve years ago) link
Just Michael and Janet alone will be hard to fit into 20 spots...much less J5, Jermaine, etc...much wailing and gnashing of teeth to come.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 30 January 2012 18:51 (twelve years ago) link
I would have preferred limiting the poll to the boys; Janet's catalog is vast enough to deserve its own thread.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 30 January 2012 18:51 (twelve years ago) link
I can't even say how impossible this one's going to be.
― dead-trius (Eric H.), Monday, 30 January 2012 18:54 (twelve years ago) link
I mean, if I have to leave of "Centipede," I'm going to kill myself.
― dead-trius (Eric H.), Monday, 30 January 2012 18:55 (twelve years ago) link
"Centipede" is def on my ballot.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 30 January 2012 18:56 (twelve years ago) link
Can probably only justify giving Jermaine one slot, too, but which between "Ecuru," "Dynamite" and "Tell Me I'm Not Dreaming"?
― dead-trius (Eric H.), Monday, 30 January 2012 18:58 (twelve years ago) link
this is too overwhelming to think about
― the third kind of dubstep (Jordan), Monday, 30 January 2012 18:59 (twelve years ago) link
Let's Get Serious will be my Jermaine vote if there's only room for one.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 30 January 2012 18:59 (twelve years ago) link
Want to rule out songs not actually written by Jacksons to help whittle it down, but that's going to leave off way too many great ones.
― dead-trius (Eric H.), Monday, 30 January 2012 19:01 (twelve years ago) link
Let's get this in early:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0QKyhgSqBw
― two lights crew (seandalai), Monday, 30 January 2012 19:01 (twelve years ago) link
so i'm voting for this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hxFBwb7J_o
xp
― the third kind of dubstep (Jordan), Monday, 30 January 2012 19:02 (twelve years ago) link
real talk though, i genuinely like this latoya song off the same album: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUINdqXtsX4
never seen the video before, omg.
― the third kind of dubstep (Jordan), Monday, 30 January 2012 19:03 (twelve years ago) link
Two suggestions from the Stairway to Stardom dancers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWZHxSubB0Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0En-uqhdJhs
― dead-trius (Eric H.), Monday, 30 January 2012 19:05 (twelve years ago) link
Oh forgot to say its mandatory to watch this video, which handily ties together the Prince tracks poll i did last to this one, and also commemorates the James Brown tracks poll NEVER FORGET.
Watch it to the end.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHaFj7gOWh4
― Jamie_ATP, Monday, 30 January 2012 19:06 (twelve years ago) link
Put your weight into that lamppost, Prince.
― dead-trius (Eric H.), Monday, 30 January 2012 19:08 (twelve years ago) link
janet is totally going to get overlooked in this, but this SHOULD win:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzkrWjUjDdQ
― prolego, Monday, 30 January 2012 19:10 (twelve years ago) link
janet is totally going to get overlooked in this
Probably anywhere but ILM is my guess.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 30 January 2012 19:11 (twelve years ago) link
(depending on who chooses to vote, that is)
Pretty sure "If" will be #1 on my ballot.
― dead-trius (Eric H.), Monday, 30 January 2012 19:12 (twelve years ago) link
Janet won't get overlooked. If anything the 1977-84 Jacksons era will get overlooked.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 30 January 2012 19:12 (twelve years ago) link
"Scream" will definitely be on mine, probably up high as well (two birds, one stone, great track).
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 30 January 2012 19:13 (twelve years ago) link
Not by me.
If anything, the 1991-1995 MJ era will get overlooked.
― dead-trius (Eric H.), Monday, 30 January 2012 19:15 (twelve years ago) link
I've already reserved 4 or 5 slots for Destiny and Triumph alone.
― dead-trius (Eric H.), Monday, 30 January 2012 19:16 (twelve years ago) link
However, "State of Shock" still defines "pneumatic."
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 30 January 2012 19:20 (twelve years ago) link
Never Can Say Goodbye should be on all y'alls ballots
― frogs you are the dumbest asshole (frogbs), Monday, 30 January 2012 19:21 (twelve years ago) link
I hadn't planned on voting in this, but I might put together a short ballot.
― Rotary Boy of the Month (WmC), Monday, 30 January 2012 20:25 (twelve years ago) link
Voting only Janet songs.
― Poon Aggroved (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Monday, 30 January 2012 20:29 (twelve years ago) link
have to resist that temptation
― gospodin simmel, Monday, 30 January 2012 20:44 (twelve years ago) link
I suppose it's eligible, but I just want to double check re: Rockwell's "Somebody's Watching Me". Votes for it will be counted, yes?
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 30 January 2012 21:26 (twelve years ago) link
and votes will be counted against you
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 30 January 2012 21:42 (twelve years ago) link
Oh shit this is gonna kick so much ass.
― billstevejim, Monday, 30 January 2012 21:44 (twelve years ago) link
:(
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 30 January 2012 21:49 (twelve years ago) link
"Somebody's Watching Me" joins "If You Leave" in the Eighties Classics I Loathe category.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 30 January 2012 21:53 (twelve years ago) link
re: "Somebody's Watching Me"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_RbyavnOjCtI/SWevEHpvvXI/AAAAAAAAA_c/XXM00z5y7cE/s400/kang+and+kodos+hitchhiking.jpgGO AHEAD! THROW YOUR VOTE AWAY!
― billstevejim, Monday, 30 January 2012 21:57 (twelve years ago) link
I don't loathe that song but in relation to all Jacksons music, it wouldn't place in my top 100 let alone 20.
― billstevejim, Monday, 30 January 2012 22:01 (twelve years ago) link
whereas "Morphine" and "Stranger in Moscow" might.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 30 January 2012 22:01 (twelve years ago) link
Stranger in Moscow, possibly..
― billstevejim, Monday, 30 January 2012 22:02 (twelve years ago) link
j/k, Johnny btw
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 30 January 2012 22:07 (twelve years ago) link
Nah, it's okay. I may not even have room for it, but was just checking in case.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 30 January 2012 22:10 (twelve years ago) link
always liked this a lot
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeOZMvyJuxE
― Jamie_ATP, Monday, 30 January 2012 23:12 (twelve years ago) link
also gotta post
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8if4LV_SzE
― Jamie_ATP, Monday, 30 January 2012 23:15 (twelve years ago) link
MJ's demos are a wonder to behold. They also beg the question, what the fuck was there even left for Quincy Jones to do?
― Let A Man Come In And Do The Cop Porn (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 31 January 2012 03:48 (twelve years ago) link
Would it be wrong if I want to put "Centipede" as my #1? I know that talent-wise Rebbie Jackson doesn't have much compared to Michael (who I think wrote "Centipede"?) or Janet, but man oh man is that brilliant tune, with totally left-of-the-field lyrics and beats for a pop single.
― Tuomas, Tuesday, 31 January 2012 19:13 (twelve years ago) link
MJ wrote and produced "Centipede," and, yes, it's mental.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 31 January 2012 19:15 (twelve years ago) link
Even the video is totally OTT in an awesome way:
http://youtu.be/a8SdzwoIcwo
Cobra shooting lightning from its eyes, wtf?
Considering that MJ probably had pretty weird conception of sexuality, I wonder if he actually thought that people would find the metaphors in the lyrics hot? Also, wouldn't it have been pretty weird to hear your big sister sing about "the centipede"?
― Tuomas, Tuesday, 31 January 2012 20:45 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKC7Oz6ZrRU&feature=related
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 31 January 2012 22:08 (twelve years ago) link
A Janet song also had my biggest fall from grace, I guess. If this poll had been done 10 years ago, "Together Again" might have been my number 2 or 3. Now it wasn't even on my shortlist of 40 or so.
― dead-trius (Eric H.), Friday, 17 February 2012 14:47 (twelve years ago) link
haha please tell me Alfred is the only person here with a Bad-heavy ballot
― CANDY aka JUNK (some dude), Friday, 17 February 2012 14:49 (twelve years ago) link
Sorry I didn't vote during the og run, thought this was just the Jacksons. But I voted for 20 Janet songs and boy was that hard. Already I am thinking of things I missed by her. OMG i love her so much (well 80s and 90s janet - maybe i should give the past couple records another try.)
for your consideration:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4R4kWPqM00
― a hoy hoy, Friday, 17 February 2012 14:55 (twelve years ago) link
okay cool we're on 23 ballots now so enough to make it work
― Jamie_ATP, Friday, 17 February 2012 14:56 (twelve years ago) link
I'm gonna hammer out a ballot at work today, so it will probably arrive really close to the deadline.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 17 February 2012 14:59 (twelve years ago) link
yeah i feel like 20 is kinda the invisible line it's most important to cross. i definitely breathed easier when the Timbaland poll got over that number.
― CANDY aka JUNK (some dude), Friday, 17 February 2012 15:00 (twelve years ago) link
I think this'll be the least predictable reveal since these artist polls started.
― Steamtable Willie (WmC), Friday, 17 February 2012 15:03 (twelve years ago) link
Nooh.
― Mark G, Friday, 17 February 2012 15:09 (twelve years ago) link
Not a one! I thought my distaste for Bad was well known.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 17 February 2012 15:18 (twelve years ago) link
"The Way You Make Me Feel" better be on everyone else's ballots.
― dead-trius (Eric H.), Friday, 17 February 2012 15:19 (twelve years ago) link
'You Rock My World', is what he means
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 17 February 2012 15:27 (twelve years ago) link
He meant "Morphine."
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 17 February 2012 15:32 (twelve years ago) link
Leave me alone.
― dead-trius (Eric H.), Friday, 17 February 2012 15:34 (twelve years ago) link
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, February 17, 2012 10:18 AM (18 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I don't know what "In my ballot [Janet]'s the essential distraction b/w Thriller and Bad" means, then, I thought you were saying that the bulk of your ballot was Thriller and Bad songs with Janet songs cutting into that
― CANDY aka JUNK (some dude), Friday, 17 February 2012 15:38 (twelve years ago) link
"Together Again" was my #3, I loved it when it came out and still do - such a positive vibe and hip-shaking beat. Why did it fall from your grace?
― Tuomas, Friday, 17 February 2012 16:00 (twelve years ago) link
I wasn't clear: I meant to say that at the time Janet provided welcome distraction while I wanted for a Thriller followup.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 17 February 2012 16:03 (twelve years ago) link
oh ok
― CANDY aka JUNK (some dude), Friday, 17 February 2012 16:05 (twelve years ago) link
*waited. I gotta stop eating sunflower seeds.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 17 February 2012 16:06 (twelve years ago) link
Why did it fall from your grace?
The production somehow went from sounding cute and stripped down to cheap and tacky. Sentiment is still nice, tho.
― dead-trius (Eric H.), Friday, 17 February 2012 16:08 (twelve years ago) link
maybe i'll do just a janet ballot
― horseshoe, Friday, 17 February 2012 16:37 (twelve years ago) link
it worked for me :D
ps make sure it has 'when i think of you' on it. if it doesnt place then the world is a cruel and horrible place.
― a hoy hoy, Friday, 17 February 2012 16:46 (twelve years ago) link
that. is. my. jam.
― CANDY aka JUNK (some dude), Friday, 17 February 2012 16:55 (twelve years ago) link
or i might just pick 20 songs at random because this is too hard
― horseshoe, Friday, 17 February 2012 17:20 (twelve years ago) link
okay, voted. jackson 5 really suffered. also it's not so much what i think are the best jacksons songs as these are the ones i listen to most these days.
― horseshoe, Friday, 17 February 2012 18:54 (twelve years ago) link
if you have not submitted your ballot yet consider this ultimate funk jam
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiMuecKZQQQ
― Whiney vs. (BradNelson), Friday, 17 February 2012 19:02 (twelve years ago) link
recently realized that my feelings about Michael Jackson closely mirror my feelings about Star Wars
― max buzzword (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 17 February 2012 19:03 (twelve years ago) link
His father is a better character?
― dead-trius (Eric H.), Friday, 17 February 2012 19:14 (twelve years ago) link
lol no - childhood obsession that over time became grotesque to the point of intolerability, venerated idol transformed into omnipresent, loathsome caricature
― max buzzword (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 17 February 2012 19:29 (twelve years ago) link
to the point where I feel like I never want to see/hear anything MJ or Star Wars related for the rest of my life
― max buzzword (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 17 February 2012 19:34 (twelve years ago) link
His name is Michael Jackson and he's a person!
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 17 February 2012 19:38 (twelve years ago) link
My ballot's cut to 20...just have to order them all now.
Five Michaels, five Janets, and one with them together. The rest are spread among J5/Jacksons/Rebbie/Jermaine.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 17 February 2012 19:53 (twelve years ago) link
My ballot was 8.5 Michael, 8 Janet, 2 The Jacksons, 1 Rebbie and 0.5 Jermaine
― dead-trius (Eric H.), Friday, 17 February 2012 20:08 (twelve years ago) link
Should've tried harder to include more J5/Jacksons, but those two solo careers are untouchable.
― dead-trius (Eric H.), Friday, 17 February 2012 20:09 (twelve years ago) link
12 Michael, 6 Janet, 3 J5/Jacksons
― CANDY aka JUNK (some dude), Friday, 17 February 2012 20:12 (twelve years ago) link
Couldn't help going mostly Michael on this one - even within his relatively small catalogue, there are just too many songs I love, and I'm always finding new ways to hear them. I'm sure growing up with this music had more than a little to do with that. And doing my best to ignore most of the later videos/media appearances and the increasing ugly details of his personal life that emerged certainly helped.
My ballot broke down 12.5 Michael, 4 Jacksons/J5, 3.5 Janet. Anybody who hasn't voted yet, plz consider:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMkaAx6vJvo
― wolf cola, everyone (thewufs), Friday, 17 February 2012 20:23 (twelve years ago) link
Three Jackson 5, three Michael, three Janet, one Kipp Lennon.
― clemenza, Friday, 17 February 2012 23:05 (twelve years ago) link
Michael 9Janet 7Jackson 5 2Jacksons 2
― gospodin simmel, Saturday, 18 February 2012 02:29 (twelve years ago) link
My not-so-coherent ballot had:
Jackson 5/Jacksons 10Michael 4Janet 3Jermaine 2Rebbie 1
― seandalai, Saturday, 18 February 2012 02:47 (twelve years ago) link
Damn, "Rhythm Nation" is the shit. Why the hell did I vote for "Miss You Much" instead?
― wolf cola, everyone (thewufs), Saturday, 18 February 2012 02:58 (twelve years ago) link
lol was just coming to say WHY THE FUCK DID I NOT VOTE FOR RHYTHM NATION I LISTENED TO IT 30 TIMES LAST NIGHT
― a hoy hoy, Saturday, 18 February 2012 14:14 (twelve years ago) link
it was on my ballot but i think it should have been higher
― horseshoe, Saturday, 18 February 2012 14:20 (twelve years ago) link
SING IT UP
9 Michael8 Jackson 52 Jacksons1 Janet1 Mick Jagger
― plee help i am lookin for (crüt), Saturday, 18 February 2012 14:26 (twelve years ago) link
Actually, listening to Janet's "Number Ones" right now and probably would have included more Janet songs had I actually reviewed things more before voting. "What Have You Done for Me Lately" another giant omission from my ballot. I'm guessing a few all-Janet ballots will right the balance, though. Would LOVE to have done a 40 song ballot for this one.
― wolf cola, everyone (thewufs), Saturday, 18 February 2012 19:08 (twelve years ago) link
Hah Mick Jagger - "Looka me, looka me...look at me...look...at...me...(squeal)."
― wolf cola, everyone (thewufs), Saturday, 18 February 2012 19:10 (twelve years ago) link
My #1, a Janet track, was met with some eyerolls and one "what the hell?" when I went over my ballot with my coworkers. I made sure they knew part of the ordering was strategic, but I had no idea putting ___________ at #1 would be so controversial.
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 18 February 2012 19:33 (twelve years ago) link
was it 'wardrobe malfunction;?
― a hoy hoy, Saturday, 18 February 2012 21:35 (twelve years ago) link
Looks like my ballot was:
9 Michael5 Janet4 The Jacksons1 Rebbie1 La Toya
― Tuomas, Saturday, 18 February 2012 21:35 (twelve years ago) link