I'm absolutely at peace with that top 5.
― avatar of a kind of respectability homosexual culture (Eric H.), Thursday, 15 April 2021 18:10 (three years ago) link
One from each of her four imperial-phase albums plus "Love Will Never Do" as the bridge between the '80s and '90s eras.
― avatar of a kind of respectability homosexual culture (Eric H.), Thursday, 15 April 2021 18:13 (three years ago) link
holy shit Empty at #5
― Warmed Regards, (Stevie D(eux)), Thursday, 15 April 2021 20:39 (three years ago) link
She's selling her wedding dress? If it's a marriage that ended acrimoniously, I guess so, but still strikes me as a little unseemly.
― clemenza, Thursday, 15 April 2021 20:52 (three years ago) link
(If the money is earmarked for charity, obviously very different.)
― clemenza, Thursday, 15 April 2021 20:53 (three years ago) link
That's a surprisingly great list / write-up. Nice to see some thoughtful coverage of more recent tracks e.g. "Rock With U", "Should've Known Better", "The Great Forever".
― Tim F, Friday, 16 April 2021 00:17 (three years ago) link
Agreed.
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 16 April 2021 00:22 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNh8c-yi7bI
― Spottie, Wednesday, 12 January 2022 17:35 (two years ago) link
<3
― Nedlene Grendel as Basenji Holmo (map), Wednesday, 12 January 2022 17:56 (two years ago) link
I HOPE I'M NOT BEING TOO CRASS HERE
. . . but those are cock rings.
(seriously tho, very cool video)
― get shrunk by this funk. (Austin), Wednesday, 12 January 2022 18:10 (two years ago) link
guys the 4-part Janet documentary that just aired on Lifetime is very good. I am constantly pinching myself that she’s sitting there on camera talking about her life SO much vhs footage <3
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 31 January 2022 03:39 (two years ago) link
I missed it but hope to see it at some point. Saw folks commenting elsewhere that she chooses not to discuss various things especially controversial ones.
― curmudgeon, Monday, 31 January 2022 18:31 (two years ago) link
well yeah, she’s calling the shots- she’s so private, there’s no way she’d agree to do it at all unless she had a say on what goes in & what doesnt they address mj somewhat but it’s brief & very much the party line as far as the family is concernexdon’t go in expecting a hbo deep research independent investigation bc its def not that. there’s a reason it’s on Lifetime the fact that she’s saying anything at all about anything is the selling point
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 31 January 2022 20:03 (two years ago) link
Entirely coincidentaly I've had the Control Remixes album on perambulation rotation and have been massively enjoying (among the rest) The Pleasure Principle (Shep Pettibone Long Vocal Mix).
― feed me with your clicks (Noel Emits), Tuesday, 1 February 2022 00:09 (two years ago) link
yessss!i had a whole Janet dance party yesterday after watching all 4 doc episodes :D
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 1 February 2022 01:15 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmZGQ0xT0zg
― Spottie, Friday, 25 February 2022 05:07 (two years ago) link
been vibing to this so hard the past weekhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nT28f3lY-MY
― Stevie D(eux), Friday, 18 March 2022 20:48 (two years ago) link
A really great one.
― Max Hamburgers (Eric H.), Friday, 18 March 2022 21:22 (two years ago) link
57 today. Played "Escapade" for a grade 7 class. Either too apathetic to raise a hand (a real possibility with this class) or indicative of how much things have changed: no response to "Anyone know her music?"
― clemenza, Tuesday, 16 May 2023 13:15 (eleven months ago) link
I appreciate this specific effort because "Escapade" is godhead, but I'm curious ... do you let your students get cracks at picking media to share?
― fair but so uncool beliefs here (Eric H.), Tuesday, 16 May 2023 13:28 (eleven months ago) link
What do they think about Madonna? Janet Jackson has an amazing catalog of hits, but she's never been anywhere near the dominant personality of, say, Madonna. Further factor in the fallout from the Super Bowl and subsequent semi exile, and maybe that explains why she has less resonance with really young people?
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 16 May 2023 13:29 (eleven months ago) link
Genuinely didn't realize that "If" was earmarked as the first single. I think the swap worked in both songs' favor:
that's the way love goes, indeed. pic.twitter.com/TkJIWxBDz4— Mike Servito (@mikeservito) May 15, 2023
― fair but so uncool beliefs here (Eric H.), Tuesday, 16 May 2023 13:31 (eleven months ago) link
I agree with that
― Tim F, Tuesday, 16 May 2023 13:44 (eleven months ago) link
do you let your students get cracks at picking media to share?
Well, they're not my students--I'm just in as a supply. When I had my own class, we did lots of stuff where they picked something for an assignment. But for Today in History, then and now, I pick whatever song/film clip I want to play.
I'm sure most know at least something about Madonna. (I also suspect a few in here know at least something about Janet Jackson. They're just not the most forthcoming class.)
― clemenza, Tuesday, 16 May 2023 13:51 (eleven months ago) link
My first choice, by the way, was "Love Will Never Do Without You." Looked at the video...nope.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 16 May 2023 13:54 (eleven months ago) link
The irony is the best way to connect them with Janet would probably be through the history of YouTube, but of course that is not appropriate for school.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 16 May 2023 14:08 (eleven months ago) link
LET'S GO
― the dreaded dependent claus (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 16 May 2023 14:10 (eleven months ago) link
I appreciate the effort to expose students to film and music that aren't part of their daily diet, but on the other hand if a teacher had shown my 7th grade class a video of, say, Cleo Laine on her 57th birthday I'm not sure any of us would have had a lot of context to respond. But who knows what stimuli will stick with them in the future.
― Halfway there but for you, Tuesday, 16 May 2023 14:18 (eleven months ago) link
I get that, obviously. Her last Top 10 single seems to have been 2001. I started teaching in 1991--it would have been like me showing them something from 1969 then.
I don't think the Cleo Laine analogy is particularly apt, though; Janet Jackson has a lot more to do with they music they listen to (if they do...) then Cleo Laine had to do with the music you listened to in grade 7. (At least that's my guess.) Anyway, you either show them or you don't; to me, the exposure is much better than deciding "They won't be interested in this" preemptively. (Also what keeps the job fun for me.)
― clemenza, Tuesday, 16 May 2023 14:41 (eleven months ago) link
But who knows what stimuli will stick with them in the future.
That's it. By and large, when I've run into students years later, the two things they'll remember from their year with me are these Today in Historys and going for ice cream at the end of the year. They certainly don't remember me trying to pretend like I knew something about science.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 16 May 2023 14:47 (eleven months ago) link
About time!https://www.udiscovermusic.com/news/janet-jackson-janet-album-deluxe-anniversary-editions/
― fair but so uncool beliefs here (Eric H.), Thursday, 18 May 2023 21:50 (eleven months ago) link
I can't believe I only placed "Throb" 40th on my ballot!
― fair but so uncool beliefs here (Eric H.), Friday, 7 July 2023 15:35 (ten months ago) link