THE JACKSONS - Tracks Poll. Deadline Now End Of Friday 17th Feb!

Let's Get Serious will be my Jermaine vote if there's only room for one.

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.

Let's get this in early:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0QKyhgSqBw

so i'm voting for this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hxFBwb7J_o

xp

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.

Two suggestions from the Stairway to Stardom dancers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWZHxSubB0Y

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0En-uqhdJhs

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

Put your weight into that lamppost, Prince.

janet is totally going to get overlooked in this, but this SHOULD win:

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

janet is totally going to get overlooked in this

Probably anywhere but ILM is my guess.

(depending on who chooses to vote, that is)

Pretty sure "If" will be #1 on my ballot.

Janet won't get overlooked. If anything the 1977-84 Jacksons era will get overlooked.

"Scream" will definitely be on mine, probably up high as well (two birds, one stone, great track).

Janet won't get overlooked. If anything the 1977-84 Jacksons era will get overlooked.

Not by me.

If anything, the 1991-1995 MJ era will get overlooked.

I've already reserved 4 or 5 slots for Destiny and Triumph alone.

However, "State of Shock" still defines "pneumatic."

Never Can Say Goodbye should be on all y'alls ballots

I hadn't planned on voting in this, but I might put together a short ballot.

Voting only Janet songs.

have to resist that temptation

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?

and votes will be counted against you

Oh shit this is gonna kick so much ass.

:(

xp

"Somebody's Watching Me" joins "If You Leave" in the Eighties Classics I Loathe category.

re: "Somebody's Watching Me"
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_RbyavnOjCtI/SWevEHpvvXI/AAAAAAAAA_c/XXM00z5y7cE/s400/kang+and+kodos+hitchhiking.jpg
GO AHEAD! THROW YOUR VOTE AWAY!

I don't loathe that song but in relation to all Jacksons music, it wouldn't place in my top 100 let alone 20.

whereas "Morphine" and "Stranger in Moscow" might.

Stranger in Moscow, possibly..

j/k, Johnny btw

Nah, it's okay. I may not even have room for it, but was just checking in case.

always liked this a lot

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

also gotta post

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8if4LV_SzE

always liked this a lot

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?

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.

MJ wrote and produced "Centipede," and, yes, it's mental.

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"?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKC7Oz6ZrRU&feature=related

Waching early Simpsons animation can be such a shock now.

don't forget Someone To Call My Lover & What's It Gonna Be

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9cQOcAC_K8

I'll probably end up with 10-15 songs once I eliminate stuff I'm sick of--this will be on there somewhere:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPz1YIcwQCs&feature=related

^ brilliant though that is, Michael didn't sing it.

Honestly? I didn't know that--always thought it was him.

Kipp Lennon. Another cherished illusion shattered.

Yep, Michael did the speaking parts in that episode, but a soundalike was brought in for the singing:

According to Jean, Jackson would not commit to the episode until after a read-through of the script was done.[8] The read was held at Jackson's manager Sandy Gallin's house, and Dan Castellaneta (who provides the voice for Homer) was 30 minutes late. Jean recalls that "no one said a word, we just sat there waiting".[9] Following the read, Jackson stipulated his conditions: he would record his speaking parts but not receive credit, and his singing voice would be performed by a sound-alike.[8][10] Leon Kompowsky's singing parts were performed by Kipp Lennon,[6] because Jackson wanted to play a joke on his brothers and fool them into thinking the impersonator was him.[10] Lennon recorded his lines at the same time as Jackson, who found the impersonations humorous.[6] Jackson showed up for the recording session alone and did not use the special trailer that was set up for him.[6] According to Jean, Jackson did record versions of the singing parts, and while there have been rumors that those parts were the ones used in the final episode, The Simpsons music editor Chris Ledesma has stated the Lennon versions were used.[7]

("Jean" = Simpsons writer Al Jean)

MJ did write "happy b-day lisa" though, so it still qualifies for poll purposes...

Leon Kompowsky's singing parts were performed by Kipp Lennon,[6] because Jackson wanted to play a joke on his brothers and fool them into thinking the impersonator was him.[10]

I always thought the use of impersonator was because MJ's contract with Epic/Columbia barred him from recording a song to another company, whereas just doing a speaking role wouldn't have been regulated by the contract. The idea that it was done to fool his brothers sounds pretty weird.

He meant "Morphine."

Leave me alone.

haha please tell me Alfred is the only person here with a Bad-heavy ballot

Not a one! I thought my distaste for Bad was well known.

― 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

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.

"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?

I wasn't clear: I meant to say that at the time Janet provided welcome distraction while I wanted for a Thriller followup.

oh ok

*waited. I gotta stop eating sunflower seeds.

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.

maybe i'll do just a janet ballot

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.

that. is. my. jam.

or i might just pick 20 songs at random because this is too hard

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.

if you have not submitted your ballot yet consider this ultimate funk jam

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

recently realized that my feelings about Michael Jackson closely mirror my feelings about Star Wars

His father is a better character?

lol no - childhood obsession that over time became grotesque to the point of intolerability, venerated idol transformed into omnipresent, loathsome caricature

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

His name is Michael Jackson and he's a person!

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.

My ballot was 8.5 Michael, 8 Janet, 2 The Jacksons, 1 Rebbie and 0.5 Jermaine

Should've tried harder to include more J5/Jacksons, but those two solo careers are untouchable.

12 Michael, 6 Janet, 3 J5/Jacksons

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

Three Jackson 5, three Michael, three Janet, one Kipp Lennon.

Michael 9
Janet 7
Jackson 5 2
Jacksons 2

My not-so-coherent ballot had:

Jackson 5/Jacksons 10
Michael 4
Janet 3
Jermaine 2
Rebbie 1

Damn, "Rhythm Nation" is the shit. Why the hell did I vote for "Miss You Much" instead?

lol was just coming to say WHY THE FUCK DID I NOT VOTE FOR RHYTHM NATION I LISTENED TO IT 30 TIMES LAST NIGHT

it was on my ballot but i think it should have been higher

SING IT UP

9 Michael
8 Jackson 5
2 Jacksons
1 Janet
1 Mick Jagger

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.

Hah Mick Jagger - "Looka me, looka me...look at me...look...at...me...(squeal)."

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.

was it 'wardrobe malfunction;?

Looks like my ballot was:

9 Michael
5 Janet
4 The Jacksons
1 Rebbie
1 La Toya