"Who Is It" is my favorite.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 20 February 2012 18:06 (twelve years ago) link
too new jack swingy.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, February 20, 2012 12:55 PM (12 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
does not compute
― horseshoe, Monday, 20 February 2012 18:08 (twelve years ago) link
i cut dangerous from my ballot entirely, but it was excruciating. love "remember the time" and "in the closet"
Somehow, "She Drives Me Wild" is my most played Dangerous track as per iTunes, by a whole lot. (Not a single, I know.)
― dead-trius (Eric H.), Monday, 20 February 2012 18:08 (twelve years ago) link
(Also, not that it was on my ballot.)
― dead-trius (Eric H.), Monday, 20 February 2012 18:09 (twelve years ago) link
lol xp
There's something about the swing in the new jack swing (and the snare sounds) that are like kryptonite for my ears.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 20 February 2012 18:09 (twelve years ago) link
I wish "Give In To Me" had been a single – his best use of metal hysterics.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 20 February 2012 18:10 (twelve years ago) link
everything should be new jack swingier
― horseshoe, Monday, 20 February 2012 18:12 (twelve years ago) link
Wow, I don't think I've listened to this since 92 or so, but it's great.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 20 February 2012 18:14 (twelve years ago) link
did "state of shock" place because of mick jagger's creepy ad-libs at the end
kind of a worthless song imo especially when compared to its immediate surroundings in this list
― Whiney vs. (BradNelson), Monday, 20 February 2012 18:15 (twelve years ago) link
"Shock"s placement feels sort of like classic ILX lurker results, but, again, I think the animosity it inspires is way overstated.
― dead-trius (Eric H.), Monday, 20 February 2012 18:26 (twelve years ago) link
"Looka me...looka me...lookame...lookame....look...at...me..lookame...(unhh!)"
― wolf cola, everyone (thewufs), Monday, 20 February 2012 18:32 (twelve years ago) link
hey, old-timers: how was "State of Shock" received in '84? I read an issue of Billboard published that July which noted how the single apparently stalled for a few weeks before peaking in the top five.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 20 February 2012 18:33 (twelve years ago) link
damn! so glad I helped LWNDWY, In The Closet and Remember the Time place
Looks like Control will have more songs place than Rhythm Nation. weird
― gospodin simmel, Monday, 20 February 2012 18:37 (twelve years ago) link
I love "State of Shock" unreservedly.
― Big Mr. Guess U.S.A. Champion (crüt), Monday, 20 February 2012 18:39 (twelve years ago) link
― gospodin simmel, Monday, February 20, 2012 1:37 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
don't get how you can know this? i voted for a bunch of rythm nation singles; none of them was love will never do, though i like it.
― horseshoe, Monday, 20 February 2012 18:40 (twelve years ago) link
but also, if that does happen, it won't be that weird; control is awesome
― horseshoe, Monday, 20 February 2012 18:41 (twelve years ago) link
It's a little too soon to suggest the poll's going to give Janet the short end. But I have the fear.
― dead-trius (Eric H.), Monday, 20 February 2012 19:03 (twelve years ago) link
xxp I always think of RN as the biggest Janet album, nothing against Control (which must have three more songs on this thing, right?)
― gospodin simmel, Monday, 20 February 2012 21:27 (twelve years ago) link
lot of love on ilx for velvet rope iirc. for example, i love velvet rope. it's more vibe-y and less singles-y, i guess.
― horseshoe, Monday, 20 February 2012 21:28 (twelve years ago) link
40. The Jacksons - Blame It on the Boogie (100 points, 5 votes) from Destiny, 1978
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amN8UynV5pA
― Jamie_ATP, Tuesday, 21 February 2012 13:28 (twelve years ago) link
39. Janet Jackson - Someone To Call My Lover (103 points, 4 votes) from All for You, 2001
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGjKASt6hmw
Blame It on the Boogie! It still would've placed w/o my vote, but I'm glad I could give it a bump.
This Janet track is nice. I've not spent any time with the All For You album and missed it as a single, but I like it.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 21 February 2012 13:35 (twelve years ago) link
God, I love me some disco-era Jacksons.
― dead-trius (Eric H.), Tuesday, 21 February 2012 13:37 (twelve years ago) link
alright "Someone To Call My Lover"! thought "Scream" would be higher though
― some dude, Tuesday, 21 February 2012 13:58 (twelve years ago) link
38. The Jacksons - This Place Hotel / Heartbreak Hotel (104 points, 6 votes) from Triumph, 1980
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDqO4nxk3xI
― Jamie_ATP, Tuesday, 21 February 2012 14:49 (twelve years ago) link
37. The Jacksons - Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground) (109 points, 5 votes) Tied with 36 from Destiny, 1979
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPQmHwALAck
this is the only poll were every song is guaranteed to be amazing; I didn't even vote because how could I? too much awesome
― (thinks and smiles) (DJP), Tuesday, 21 February 2012 14:58 (twelve years ago) link
Pretty much OTM, even if I'm not the biggest fan of "Let's Wait Awhile."
― dead-trius (Eric H.), Tuesday, 21 February 2012 15:01 (twelve years ago) link
So glad to see This Place Hotel make it, it ended up being one of three tracks from that album that made my list.
I really don't remember Someone To Call My Lover, think I only know the title track from that album. It's never occured to me to check out any of her albums past Janet which I wasn't a big fan of. I Love Control and Rhythm Nation of course.
― Kitchen Person, Tuesday, 21 February 2012 15:03 (twelve years ago) link
Janet's albums don't start becoming suspect until they start getting Dupri-ified, and even then there will be at least one face-melting song of greatness on there.
You should really check out The Velvet Rope and All For You
― (thinks and smiles) (DJP), Tuesday, 21 February 2012 15:06 (twelve years ago) link
Blame it on the Boogie way too friggin' low but at least
― "renegade" gnome (remy bean), Tuesday, 21 February 2012 15:07 (twelve years ago) link
i didn't even realize until i looked it up for my ballot that the Jacksons' "Heartbreak Hotel" technically was released under a different title; Whitney wasn't as scared of the Elvis estate when she released hers in the '90s
― some dude, Tuesday, 21 February 2012 15:12 (twelve years ago) link
A weird suspicion on their part: titles aren't subject to copyright violations.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 21 February 2012 15:23 (twelve years ago) link
maybe it was more of act of deference/respect
― some dude, Tuesday, 21 February 2012 16:19 (twelve years ago) link
36. Michael Jackson - Who Is It (109 points, 5 votes) Tied with 37 from Dangerous, 1992
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0M4EKhJHmI
― Jamie_ATP, Tuesday, 21 February 2012 16:22 (twelve years ago) link
35. Janet Jackson - Alright (109 points, 6 votes) from Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814, 1989
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgeAUejUZhg
― Jamie_ATP, Tuesday, 21 February 2012 16:23 (twelve years ago) link
Excellent twosome.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 21 February 2012 16:30 (twelve years ago) link
this poll has been amazing so far.
All For You was the first Janet album I bought. I was on holiday with my mum in America to visit fam and I'd hang out w/ similar aged cousins watching lol TRL (lol America) when the vid came out and my cousins were crazy over it and I got hooked in. When I came home my brother told me about how great Velvet Rope and Janet were and my sis with the two before that and it was kinda this weird family-based love.
(don't think I voted for All For You the song though I gave points to Someone To Call My Lover, China Love and Doesn't Really Matter. Maybe the Carly Simon song too, which is :D)
― a hoy hoy, Tuesday, 21 February 2012 16:44 (twelve years ago) link
"Alright" is so warm and inviting.
― dead-trius (Eric H.), Tuesday, 21 February 2012 16:53 (twelve years ago) link
Alright was my #16 vote. Warm and inviting otm. Its like a hug at the end of a party.
― a hoy hoy, Tuesday, 21 February 2012 16:54 (twelve years ago) link
I voted for "Alright." What an odd chorus! All these breathy couplets, then the resolution is "You're alright with me"? Awesome.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 21 February 2012 16:58 (twelve years ago) link
Chorus and verse and bridge (at least in the album version) melt together in "Alright."
― dead-trius (Eric H.), Tuesday, 21 February 2012 16:59 (twelve years ago) link
Like three well-selected cheeses in a grilled sandwich.
Like a nylon lemon peel.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 21 February 2012 17:02 (twelve years ago) link
i voted for the cj mackintosh and dave dorrell house mix of 'alright' so i guess that counted towards the total, in which case that's my first to place. that mix is so gorgeous.
― second only to popcorn (or something), Tuesday, 21 February 2012 17:08 (twelve years ago) link
34. Janet Jackson - Nasty (111 points, 4 votes, 1 1st Place Vote) from Control, 1986
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rvh47EQnmu0
― Jamie_ATP, Tuesday, 21 February 2012 17:34 (twelve years ago) link
33. Janet Jackson - Escapade (112 points, 6 votes) from Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814, 1989
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFX3gQHIroU
― Jamie_ATP, Tuesday, 21 February 2012 17:35 (twelve years ago) link
Nasty @ 34. :(
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 21 February 2012 17:36 (twelve years ago) link
(the #1 vote was mine, btw)