The Michael Jackson Anachronism
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HowYaLikeDemApplesWill — 13 years ago(January 26, 2013 08:00 AM)
No, he
was
a child molesterprobably not a horrible parent but certainly disfunctional, as are most families of fame, and clearly a drug addict. But you lost me at no-talent hack, even non-fans would acknowledge that in his day, he was one talented cat. -
HowYaLikeDemApplesWill — 13 years ago(January 26, 2013 01:40 PM)
Yeah, yeah.we get it slick, you're not a fan. But your statements are laughable and don't even warrant addressing one-by-one.but let me retort for someone
else's
benefit anyway, and then we can all get a chuckle at your ludicrous claims:
"Can't hold a note"
She's Out of My Life, just one of among
many
other examples
"Can't write a decent song"
Well clearly "decent" is a subjective matter of taste particularly if you don't like a singer, but by almost any industry-acknowledged standard he was a
great
songwriter, and in 2002 was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Even being the youngest member of the Jackson 5, he was the
lead
songwriter of the group. MJ co-wrote We Are the World with Lionel Ritchie, which won Jackson Song of the Year and sold 30 million copies..the most of all time for a single.
"His fake ass voice has no range"
Technically
, Michael had one of the finest voices in contempary music. His first advantage is the natural speed of his voice. He had the ability to sing in staccato, and sing complex rhythms in perfect timing. The best recorded example of this is the title track from his 1979 album, Off The Wall. Michael possesses a 4 octave vocal range. (Christina Aguelira has a 3 1/2 octave range, Whitney 3, just to give you an example of great voices). His voice goes from two E's below middle C, to two B's above middle C, or 44 notes. This is an EXTREMELY rare range amongst adult male singers. Essentially, Michael was able to reach octaves that other tenors cannot attain with their natural voice. His voice is NOT falsetto, as many people believe. Of course, MJ does use falsetto, but this is the range of notes he can sing in full voice. If you listen to the butterflies acapella, you can hear that all those high notes are in full voice and not falsetto. In the late 1970s, Jackson's abilities as a vocalist were well regarded. At the time, Rolling Stone compared his vocals to the "breathless, dreamy stutter" of Stevie Wonder. Their analysis was also that "Jackson's feathery-timbred tenor is extraordinarily beautiful. It slides smoothly into a startling falsetto that's used very daringly". 1982 saw the release of Thriller, and Rolling Stone was of the opinion that Jackson was then singing in a "fully adult voice" that was "tinged by sadness". Simultaneously, Jackson started to learn the vocal technique of Speech Level Singing taught by Seth Riggs.
Eddie Murphy joked about MJ, yet was one of the biggest Michael Jackson fans of all time, and the "moonwalk" became a worldwide phenomenon
because
of Michael Jacksonhe sure didn't invent it, but once he did it on the Motown 25th Anniversary show, it immediately became the most talked about performance in years, and worldwide at thatGoogle it. The YouTube clip of that Motown25 performance has 49
million
views.
Michael Jackson was a star among stars, so much so that nearly all of the superstars of the time, were almost like starstruck little kids when they performed We Are The World with him. We're talking the giants of the time, in rock (Springsteen, Dylan, Paul Simon), country (Kenny Rogers, Willie Nelson), pop (Hall and Oates, Tina Turner, Cyndi Lauper, Huey Lewis, Kenny Loggins), and R&B (Ray Charles, Stevie Wonder, Dionne Warwick).at that moment of time, Michael was the biggest of them all.
You're entitled to your opinion, but not your own facts, and your attempt at revisionist history goes over like a fart in church. -
HowYaLikeDemApplesWill — 13 years ago(January 27, 2013 08:12 AM)
The stated vocal range was not from me, there are several sources on this including his voice coach, and it clearly said his ADULT range, champ.
When I brought up songwriting, I brought up the flipping Songwriting HALL OF FAMEwhich you seemed to glaze over in trying to prove your case apparently?
The songs he wrote were hits
because
he's Michael Jackson? LMFAOkinda proves the point, doesn't it.
She's Out of My Life has several "extended" notesclearly you're a big MJ aficionado, aren't you?
Not here to try to convince you champ, clearly you have made your feelings knownand clearly you are in the minority, and when you go to the "no talent" card, just make yourself look like a foolish idealogue.
Michael Jackson was inducted onto the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1980 as member of The Jacksons and in 1984 as solo artist.
Throughout his career he received numerous honors and awards, including the World Music Awards' Best-Selling Pop Male Artist of the Millennium, the American Music Award's Artist of the Century Award and the Bambi Pop Artist of the Millennium Award.
He was a double-inductee of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, once as a member of The Jackson 5 in 1997 and later as a solo artist in 2001.
Jackson was also inducted in several other hall of fames, including Vocal Group Hall of Fame (as The Jackson 5 member) in 1999 and the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2002.
In 2010, Jackson was inducted into the Dance Hall of Fame as the first (and currently only) dancer from the world of pop and rock 'n' roll.
His awards include many Guinness World Records (eight in 2006 alone),[371] 13 Grammy Awards (as well as the Grammy Legend Award and the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award), 26 American Music Awards (including the "Artist of the Century" and "Artist of the 1980s")more than any artist, 13 number one singles in the US in his solo careermore than any other male artist in the Hot 100 eraand estimated sales of up to 400 million records worldwide, which makes him one of the best selling artists of all time. -
helleuw-825-752804 — 13 years ago(February 11, 2013 05:50 AM)
Oh come on, you can do better than that Make up some more "facts" based on your hatred of things you deem overrated
You are too cool Because, like, everyone likes the Beatles & Michael Jackson but you are totally smarter than that! -
helleuw-825-752804 — 13 years ago(February 11, 2013 05:45 AM)
LOL! Keep this up guys, please! I love reading the mj haters comebacks, gems like "every child can sing with training" & his songs were hits because he's Michael Jackson, blahahahahahaha!! Hilarity!
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blbbg1 — 9 years ago(July 27, 2016 02:55 PM)
What if MJ becomes, not only the first person to be cloned, but the first celebrity to be brought back from the dead, via cloning? I'm not saying that this can or cannot happen and it probably won't before 2017, but maybe by 2040 or 2050. 20 years ago, we cloned a sheep. Now it's time to clone humans! The 6th Day was a great movie about cloning, though. The Island and Never Let Me Go, also come to mind.