LET'S GO
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 30 June 2020 17:00 (three years ago) link
So this is no doubt incomplete, but here is a list of the song titles I've pre-loaded onto my spreadsheet in case anyone needs a refresher.
Say You DoYou'll Never Find (A Love Like Mine)Young LoveLove And My Best FriendDon't Mess Up This Good ThingForever YoursThe Magic Is WorkingCome Give Your Love To MeDon't Stand Another ChanceTwo To The Power Of LovePretty BoyDream StreetCommunicationFast GirlsHold Back The TearsAll My Love To YouIf It Takes All NightFrench BlueStart AnewControlNastyWhat Have You Done For Me LatelyYou Can Be MineThe Pleasure PrincipleWhen I Think Of YouHe Doesn't Know I'm AliveLet's Wait AwhileFunny How Time Flies (When You're Having Fun)DiamondsMaking Love in the RainRhythm NationState Of The WorldThe KnowledgeMiss You MuchLove Will Never Do (Without You)Livin' In A World (They Didn't Make)AlrightEscapadeBlack CatLonelyCome Back To MeSomeday Is Tonight2300 Jackson StreetThe Best Things in Life Are FreeThat's The Way Love GoesYou Want ThisIfThis TimeThrobWhat'll I DoFunky Big BandNew AgendaBecause Of LoveAgainWhere Are You NowThe Body That Loves YouAny Time, Any PlaceWhoops NowOne More Chance70's Love GrooveAnd On and OnScreamRunawayTwenty ForeplayVelvet RopeYouGot 'Til It's GoneMy NeedGo DeepFree XoneTogether AgainEmptyWhat AboutEvery TimeTonight's The NightI Get LonelyRope BurnAnythingSpecialCan't Be StoppedGod's StepchildAccept MeLuv Me, Luv MeWhat's It Gonna Be?!Girlfriend/BoyfriendDoesn't Really MatterYou Ain't RightAll For YouCome On Get UpWhen We OoooChina LoveLove Scene (Ooh Baby)Would You MindTrust A TrySon Of A Gun (I Betcha Think This Song Is About You)TruthSomeone To Call My LoverFeels So RightBetter DaysWhoFeel It BoyDamita JoSexhibitionStrawberry BounceMy BabySpending Time With YouIsland LifeAll Nite (Don't Stop)R&B JunkieI Want YouLike You Don't Love MeThinkin' 'Bout My ExWarmthMoistTrulySlo LoveJust A Little WhileI'm HerePut Your Hands OnDon't WorrySo ExcitedShow MeGet It Out MeDo It 2 MeThis BodyWith UCall On MeDaybreakEnjoyTake CareLove 2 LoveRoll WitchuDays Roll ByFeedbackLuvRoller CoasterRock With U2NiteCan't B GoodNever Letchu GoGreatest XSo Much BettaThe 1What's Ur NameDisciplineCurtainsLet Me KnowMake MeNothingUnbreakableBurnItUp!Dammn BabyThe Great ForeverShoulda Known BetterAfter You FallBroken Hearts HealNightNo SleeepDream Maker / Euphoria2 B LovedTake Me AwayLessons LearnedBlack EagleWell TraveledGon' B AlrightMade For Now
― Juanita was robbed (Eric H.), Tuesday, 30 June 2020 18:40 (three years ago) link
Definitely incomplete. Here's a few other titles to consider: https://www.discogs.com/Janet-Jackson-Past-The-Rope-B-Sides-Rarites-Collection/release/10631137
― Juanita was robbed (Eric H.), Tuesday, 30 June 2020 18:41 (three years ago) link
im in on this for sure.
― Spottie, Tuesday, 30 June 2020 18:51 (three years ago) link
Just looking at that list, I'd totally forgotten about Runaway from her first singles compilation. Such a lovely song.
― kitchen person, Tuesday, 30 June 2020 20:24 (three years ago) link
I play "Runaway" at least once a month
― shout-out to his family (DJP), Tuesday, 30 June 2020 20:27 (three years ago) link
one of favorite new songs written for a comp
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 30 June 2020 20:29 (three years ago) link
ILM be honest are the first two albums worth listening to or is the consensus that Control is her real first album accurate?
― justfanoe (Greg Fanoe), Tuesday, 30 June 2020 20:30 (three years ago) link
excited for this, there's a lot of her discog i've never really dug into but what i have heard is a+
"empty" still sounds ahead of its time over 20 years after its release
― ufo, Tuesday, 30 June 2020 23:56 (three years ago) link
I am excited to see the results but won't be able to vote, as I'm only familiar with her singles, and the Control and Rhythm Nation albums
― Vinnie, Wednesday, 1 July 2020 00:16 (three years ago) link
You can still vote if you want to
― shout-out to his family (DJP), Wednesday, 1 July 2020 00:23 (three years ago) link
absolutely recommend listening to the velvet rope at the very least
― ufo, Wednesday, 1 July 2020 00:23 (three years ago) link
also probably janet. too really. is it controversial to say that 90s janet >>>> 80s janet?
― ufo, Wednesday, 1 July 2020 00:54 (three years ago) link
― justfanoe (Greg Fanoe), Tuesday, June 30, 2020 1:30 PM (six hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
there are a few jams! i can't remember what they are at the moment, but they're there!
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Wednesday, 1 July 2020 02:40 (three years ago) link
is it controversial to say that 90s janet >>>> 80s janet?
― ufo, Tuesday, June 30, 2020 5:54 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink
it might not be! i personally have a hard time making this judgment bc control has the same kind of relationship to rhythm nation as janet does to velvet rope, breakthrough -> masterwork
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Wednesday, 1 July 2020 02:43 (three years ago) link
I have voted in some polls where I only knew half of the artist's catalog, but two albums + maybe 6-7 other songs would be like 20%? if we don't have enough voters, I'll try to listen to a couple more albums and throw in a ballot
― Vinnie, Wednesday, 1 July 2020 02:54 (three years ago) link
Not at all.
― Juanita was robbed (Eric H.), Wednesday, 1 July 2020 12:54 (three years ago) link
(Esp since most of the Rhythm Nation singles were in the '90s.)
― Juanita was robbed (Eric H.), Wednesday, 1 July 2020 12:55 (three years ago) link
As I predicted, I listened to Control and Rhythm Nation last night and that's half of my list gone already.
― kitchen person, Wednesday, 1 July 2020 13:50 (three years ago) link
BTW, I am not accepting ballots with fewer than 10 songs, and regard ballots with only two songs to be trolling.
― Juanita was robbed (Eric H.), Wednesday, 1 July 2020 13:52 (three years ago) link
what if the two songs are "Empty" and "Miss You Much"
― shout-out to his family (DJP), Wednesday, 1 July 2020 14:03 (three years ago) link
They were both from All For You.
― Juanita was robbed (Eric H.), Wednesday, 1 July 2020 14:06 (three years ago) link
The first Jackson album has several Rene & Angela jams, one of which smokes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RLwRsTwV64
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 1 July 2020 14:07 (three years ago) link
"Say You Do" is on the shortlist to make my ballot.
― Juanita was robbed (Eric H.), Wednesday, 1 July 2020 14:09 (three years ago) link
I would still accept "When We Oooo" and "Would You Mind"
― shout-out to his family (DJP), Wednesday, 1 July 2020 14:10 (three years ago) link
I really do love that All For You takes Janet's traditional block of four album-closing ballads and moves them right up to the first half.
― Juanita was robbed (Eric H.), Wednesday, 1 July 2020 14:12 (three years ago) link
And then is all "now that you're comfortable, here's a goofy thing with Carly Simon"
― shout-out to his family (DJP), Wednesday, 1 July 2020 14:16 (three years ago) link
Doesn't Really Matter and Someone To Call My Lover are probably both going to be in my top 10.
― kitchen person, Wednesday, 1 July 2020 14:18 (three years ago) link
"Doesn't Really Matter" was such a perfect summer jam. I don't think anyone thought that confident mid tempo thing would be her first post-VR single.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 1 July 2020 14:20 (three years ago) link
lmao just thinking about being the kind of artist who has a run like control -> velvet rope
peerless
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Wednesday, 1 July 2020 14:21 (three years ago) link
I'd say Madonna ---> Erotica is the only competition.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 1 July 2020 14:21 (three years ago) link
jam
woo oo
rebel
that's right
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Wednesday, 1 July 2020 14:22 (three years ago) link
show me a more perfect drum track than the one on "nasty"
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Wednesday, 1 July 2020 14:25 (three years ago) link
She was the only person in Nutty Professor 2 with a song on the soundtrack; it would have been weird for it not to have been a single.
― shout-out to his family (DJP), Wednesday, 1 July 2020 14:27 (three years ago) link
"what have you done for me lately" is a programming wonder and v much an early case of jam/lewis as industrial collage artists
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Wednesday, 1 July 2020 14:33 (three years ago) link
Y'all need Control: The Remixes in your life.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 1 July 2020 14:34 (three years ago) link
omigod I've forgotten "When We Ooo" and "Trust a Try."
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 1 July 2020 14:35 (three years ago) link
I honestly didn't remember how many non-album tracks and B-sides she has that I'm now giving serious consideration.
― Juanita was robbed (Eric H.), Wednesday, 1 July 2020 14:35 (three years ago) link
that ballad section of all for you is a career highlight, it's like you've fallen into a universe of pillows
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Wednesday, 1 July 2020 14:36 (three years ago) link
half of the beats on Rhythm Nation could be lifted wholesale by KMFDM and people wouldn't blink
― shout-out to his family (DJP), Wednesday, 1 July 2020 14:36 (three years ago) link
Love love love this remix:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcjXxEA6lMI
― Juanita was robbed (Eric H.), Wednesday, 1 July 2020 14:38 (three years ago) link
― shout-out to his family (DJP
otm. I've said often that Rhythm Nation's beats compete with Meat Beat Manifesto's easily.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 1 July 2020 14:42 (three years ago) link
I listened to "Nasty" for the first time in a long time recently, and that syncopated percussion still sounds like the future to me. Plus some cool change-ups in between those sections. I'd put it in the running for GOAT
― Vinnie, Wednesday, 1 July 2020 15:00 (three years ago) link
Control's title track has become my favorite -- it's steel. And "The Pleasure Principle"! My god.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 1 July 2020 15:02 (three years ago) link
"this time" is kinda the template for the epics on futuresex/lovesounds right? it rules
― ufo, Thursday, 2 July 2020 11:14 (three years ago) link
I love it too
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 2 July 2020 12:55 (three years ago) link
Gonna be pretty hard for me not to include pretty much every song from the first two thirds of janet.
― Get the point? Good, let's dance with nunchaku. (Eric H.), Thursday, 2 July 2020 13:03 (three years ago) link
putting together a ballot already seems impossible and i've only just gotten to rhythm nation
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 2 July 2020 14:04 (three years ago) link
Don't know who well regarded/remembered this ebullient soundtrack duet is these days, but here's a friendly reminder not to sleep on it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79SNvZi3ltE
― A White, White Gay (cryptosicko), Thursday, 2 July 2020 23:19 (three years ago) link
I listened to All For You on my way to and back from work today and it sounded so good in the sun. The ballads are all so gorgeous. When We Ooo, China Love and Love Scene will all be on my list. I always forget how great Better Days is too. Probably my favourite closer of hers (not including the nine second outro obviously).
― kitchen person, Thursday, 2 July 2020 23:36 (three years ago) link
(If any stragglers come in overnight though, I'll still include them.)
― Get the point? Good, let's dance with nunchaku. (Eric H.), Monday, 27 July 2020 21:22 (three years ago) link
thanks!
― Spottie, Monday, 27 July 2020 21:23 (three years ago) link
'Masterpiece' is def a word that came to mind a few times
that's the only word for it :)
― geoffreyess, Monday, 27 July 2020 21:26 (three years ago) link
ballot submitted.
― Spottie, Tuesday, 28 July 2020 00:45 (three years ago) link
And received!
And with that and no other ballots submitted overnight, I hereby officially declare this poll closed!
― Get the point? Good, let's dance with nunchaku. (Eric H.), Tuesday, 28 July 2020 13:16 (three years ago) link
funny how time flies!
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 28 July 2020 13:46 (three years ago) link
oops
― shout-out to his family (DJP), Tuesday, 28 July 2020 14:28 (three years ago) link
DJP, if you think you can get it to me by the end of today, I'm happy to include it in. (Same goes for everyone, really, but after that I need to get the graphics in motion.)
― Get the point? Good, let's dance with nunchaku. (Eric H.), Tuesday, 28 July 2020 14:32 (three years ago) link
whoops now!
― vision joanna newsom (Stevie D(eux)), Tuesday, 28 July 2020 14:40 (three years ago) link
lol i sent a late one just now
― billstevejim, Tuesday, 28 July 2020 15:00 (three years ago) link
I should mention that 135 songs have gotten at least one vote, which means about half of them will end up on the 77.
― Get the point? Good, let's dance with nunchaku. (Eric H.), Tuesday, 28 July 2020 18:35 (three years ago) link
this poll is gonna rule.― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Saturday, July 25, 2020 1:19 PM
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Saturday, July 25, 2020 1:19 PM
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Tuesday, 28 July 2020 18:46 (three years ago) link
i'm so excited
― überweiss, Tuesday, 28 July 2020 19:35 (three years ago) link
when's launch ETD?
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 28 July 2020 19:41 (three years ago) link
can't wait
― Give me a Chad Smith-type feel (map), Tuesday, 28 July 2020 19:44 (three years ago) link
Aiming to start with the sidebar polls on Monday, followed by four days of tracks.
― Get the point? Good, let's dance with nunchaku. (Eric H.), Tuesday, 28 July 2020 20:03 (three years ago) link
Alright, final tally of ballots for the tracks portion was 33. We are now final-chimes-of-Rhythm-Nation-ringing-out closed for new ballots. Sorry not sorry.
― Get the point? Good, let's dance with nunchaku. (Eric H.), Wednesday, 29 July 2020 13:38 (three years ago) link
MINNEAPOLIS!
― Get the point? Good, let's dance with nunchaku. (Eric H.), Wednesday, 29 July 2020 13:40 (three years ago) link
C'MOOOOOOOOONNNNNNN
― vision joanna newsom (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 29 July 2020 13:47 (three years ago) link
lol I am so bad at this
sorry Eric, I did intend to vote but somehow couldn't get my shit together
― shout-out to his family (DJP), Wednesday, 29 July 2020 14:34 (three years ago) link
Based on some of what you've been stunting for upthread, I think you'll be more or less cool with the results as they are.
― Get the point? Good, let's dance with nunchaku. (Eric H.), Wednesday, 29 July 2020 14:43 (three years ago) link
Mostly more tho.
― Get the point? Good, let's dance with nunchaku. (Eric H.), Wednesday, 29 July 2020 14:44 (three years ago) link
currently jammin "when i think of you" in stater bros, it's a sign!
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Thursday, 30 July 2020 00:33 (three years ago) link
Control: The Remixes always reminds me of this snippet in the Faith-era Rolling Stone interview with George Micheal;
"How do they get that sound?” He is driving down London’s Piccadilly, turning heads in nearby cars as he marvels at the thunderous bass on the Janet Jackson remix album that’s playing on the CD player in his black Mercedes sedan.
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/george-michael-seriously-80896/
― piscesx, Thursday, 30 July 2020 02:21 (three years ago) link
Control: The Remixes
oh hey there's an album of peak era janet that i've never heard.
(looks up details)
it was never released in america ò_ó
and oh hey, the "cool summer mix" absolutely fucking slays.
i could have been jammin this heat for the last twenty three years if i didn't live in merckah, but whatever, this is fine. i guess.
ò_ó
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Thursday, 30 July 2020 02:38 (three years ago) link
iirc it's on American spotify now tho, along with a ton of other Janet remixes
― vision joanna newsom (Stevie D(eux)), Thursday, 30 July 2020 11:50 (three years ago) link
lmao it's almost twice the length of the album itself
― vision joanna newsom (Stevie D(eux)), Thursday, 30 July 2020 11:52 (three years ago) link
Holy shit, y'all, Spotify has remix "singles" for Rhythm Nation, Miss You Much, Escapade, Alright, Come BAck To Me, Black Cat, Love Will Never Do, and State Of The World that are ALL album-length as well (like 45-75 min)
― vision joanna newsom (Stevie D(eux)), Thursday, 30 July 2020 12:00 (three years ago) link
can't wait for this
― bunny slopes, Sunday, 2 August 2020 22:19 (three years ago) link
It's The Pleasure Princi-POLL -- ILM Artist Poll #103 -- JANET JACKSON Results Thread
― Get the point? Good, let's dance with nunchaku. (Eric H.), Monday, 3 August 2020 15:40 (three years ago) link