Thriller is a more complete LP. I like Off the Wall a lot. The best songs on Off the Wall rule, but its not a complete LP.
Both records have amazing songs that are great to dance to. Girls love to dance. Girls love guys who dance. I am a crappy dancer, but when "Don't Stop Till You Get Enough" or "Thriller" is played at a party, I shake my groove thing. I'm married now, but when I was single, I'm positive I scored more ladies cause I like to dance to Michael Jackson. Its true. And I suck at dancing. Dancing gets you girls. Michael Jackson makes you dance. Ergo, Michael Jackson gets you girls. You can push the "neither" button, but you're making it harder on yourself. Who's with me?!?!
I like Thriller better. I don't understand why Michael Jackson gets so much hate on his music. His personal issues should not taint his musical accomplishments what-so-ever. The dude was an amazing artist, without question.
well in all fairness he is a pedophile having said that he makes some great songs, I think the hate has more to do with his music being seen I guess as girly then manly??
Gotta go with 'Thriller'. Breakthrough album for the man of no color, plus Eddie helped 'Beat it' get played on rock radio with his solo. Heard the song one time, did two takes and used the first one. He did it as a favor to producer Quincy Jones, didn't get a dime for it. Steve Lukather did the rest of the guitar.
he was a pop artist, which is by definition someone who makes songs not as an artistic expression but as someone who makes music solely to get rich and famous. thus, i have no respect for michael jackson. pedophile stuff aside.
Also, he had a LOT of help making the album. He wrote half the album, but he doesn't play any instruments, I think drums on one part. He was the 'Mariah Carey'/'Beyonce' of the early 80's.
im surprised he and madonna never got together. they both exemplified the extravagance and flamboyance of the 80s/early 90s.
That's not true at all. I agree that todays pop artists, that applies to 95% of them. However the human voice is an instrument of its own and can be used to express yourself in multiple ways, as can lyrical content.
I love that Beat it solo. I hate to admit it being such a big Eddie and Van Halen fan but that is one of my favorite solos of his.
I couldn't disagree with you more. Not sure how you came to this conclusion. People make music. Some of it becomes popular. Most does not. To claim that the popular stuff was made solely for the motivation of making money is simply inaccurate. Paul Simon wasn't expressing himself when he wrote "Bridge Over Troubled Water"? It was a hit song. The melody is catchy. Bob Dylan is widely popular. He wrote a ton of hit songs that were "pop" for lack of a better term. Just because a song is catchy and a lot of people like it does not mean it is frivilous and lacks artistic expression.
Theres nothing wrong with a song becoming a hit. After all, how are artists supposed to get exposure? But Michael Jackson, since the Jefferson 5 days, was groomed to be a pop singer whose sole motivation was making hits to get himself and the people around him(record label execs) extremely rich. He rode the waves if the 1980s commercial music wave, which many artists abandoned their artistic credentials and simply tried to be pop. Look at Jefferson Starship, for example. Thats mostly what 1980s were all about anyways, get rich and screw everyone else. That poisoned the music scene of that era as well, with a few exceptions. Michael Jackson and Madonna were textbook examples of the 1980s extravagance.
The above is filled with so many baseless assumptions and broad strokes, that I can't even respond properly. His sole motivation for making music since his "Jefferson 5" days is making himself rich. Care to explain where this conclusion came from? Michael Jackson is a genius and a true artist. And a pedophile and a disgusting freak. And the Jefferson 5 were AMAZING!
