Jacko CANON
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Following Wednesday's Thriller poll, it's probably time we sorted out just which of Michael Jackson's UK Top 40 hits are Thrilling and which are steaming piles of Bubbles! I can't even begin to describe all the bonkers things our Michael has done, so let's get on with the ticking!
To keep things manageable I've left off the Jackson Five material (enough for its own canon really) except where Michael is credited separately. You have SIXTEEN ticks to denote your Jacko love!
[Poll #849271]
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Date: 2006-10-20 12:13 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-10-20 12:16 pm (UTC)People might be over-familiar with some of the potential 100%ers though?
Who Is It?
Date: 2006-10-20 12:17 pm (UTC)Re: Who Is It?
Date: 2006-10-20 12:59 pm (UTC)Re: Who Is It?
Date: 2006-10-20 01:01 pm (UTC)Re: Who Is It?
Date: 2006-10-20 03:00 pm (UTC)Re: Who Is It?
Date: 2006-10-20 03:06 pm (UTC)You're trapped in halls and my face is the walls
I'm the floor when you fall, and when you scream it's 'cause of me
I'm the living dead, the dark thoughts inside your head
I know just what you said
You guys are helpless
Date: 2006-10-20 03:22 pm (UTC)Re: You guys are helpless
Date: 2006-10-20 03:43 pm (UTC)Re: You guys are helpless
Date: 2006-10-20 03:52 pm (UTC)Re: You guys are helpless
Date: 2006-10-20 04:13 pm (UTC)Re: You guys are helpless
Date: 2006-10-20 04:30 pm (UTC)I can check stuff when I get home anyway.
Re: You guys are helpless
Date: 2006-10-20 04:16 pm (UTC)Re: Who Is It?
Date: 2006-10-20 01:13 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-10-20 12:19 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-10-20 12:21 pm (UTC)It always puzzled me that his duet with Stevie Wonder ('Get It') had not been a hit.
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Date: 2006-10-20 12:24 pm (UTC)Underrated Jacko on this poll
Date: 2006-10-20 12:21 pm (UTC)"Earth Song" - come on, it's amazing. What about the elephants? OK liking it is a bit 'outsider art' but if there's one song that sums up the madness of latter-day Jacko this is it. Good hooks too!
Re: Underrated Jacko on this poll
Date: 2006-10-20 12:24 pm (UTC)Re: Underrated Jacko on this poll
Date: 2006-10-20 12:37 pm (UTC)Re: Underrated Jacko on this poll
Date: 2006-10-20 03:37 pm (UTC)"Give In To Me" (though poor sound transfer on this version).
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Date: 2006-10-20 12:54 pm (UTC)BEST VIDEO?
Date: 2006-10-20 12:23 pm (UTC)Scream = doesn't live up to the £££ spent (no matter what
Thriller = obv great, got shown to us in Yr 7 English class as example of "horror genre"
Billie Jean = less disco floor tiles than you'd think! But tramp turning into tapdancer is always good
Earth Song = only now are people worrying abt Global Warming ten years later!
Black & White = interchangeable heads and MACAULAY CULKIN ARGH NOES
Re: BEST VIDEO?
Date: 2006-10-20 12:23 pm (UTC)Re: BEST VIDEO?
Date: 2006-10-20 12:26 pm (UTC)also much of 'Moonwalker' is still AWESOME.
Re: BEST VIDEO?
Date: 2006-10-20 12:28 pm (UTC)Re: BEST VIDEO?
Date: 2006-10-20 12:29 pm (UTC)Re: BEST VIDEO?
Date: 2006-10-20 12:30 pm (UTC)Re: BEST VIDEO?
Date: 2006-10-20 12:38 pm (UTC)Re: BEST VIDEO?
Date: 2006-10-20 12:38 pm (UTC)Re: BEST VIDEO?
Date: 2006-10-20 12:39 pm (UTC)"Show me your I.D." "You've never been arrested?"
Date: 2006-10-20 03:14 pm (UTC)standard version
long version (9 minutes)
Re: "Show me your I.D." "You've never been arrested?"
Date: 2006-10-20 04:11 pm (UTC)Re: BEST VIDEO?
Date: 2006-10-20 01:09 pm (UTC)Say Say Say: I have always loved the corny acting of Macca & MJ in this video, and the ?! implication that Latoya was Michael's love interest in the video.
Thriller: I thought Michael was legitimately adorable when he turned into the werewolf and couldn't figure out why his girlfriend would be scared of him. The zombies were really scary, though.
Bad: Michael's s&m outfit and crazy dancing manages to scare the crap out of Wesley Snipes! Plus, the phrase "tertusshell glasses".
Black & White: great for the reasons Kat has listed above
Leave Me Alone: A little meta, but very well done.
I would also be remiss in not mentioning Moonwalker, even though it technically doesn't count. Superhero Michael battles extremely ott drug lord Joe Pesci while Sean Lennon cries a lot! Definitely check it out if you haven't already...
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Date: 2006-10-20 12:24 pm (UTC)Are you thinking what I'm thinking
Date: 2006-10-20 12:34 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-10-20 12:49 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-10-20 01:32 pm (UTC)(if you believe it, it is true)
u&k
Date: 2006-10-20 01:06 pm (UTC)Re: u&k
Date: 2006-10-20 01:10 pm (UTC)haha
Date: 2006-10-20 01:16 pm (UTC)what he means is "Their DNA is identical to humans when you DON'T look under a microscope."
Re: u&k
Date: 2006-10-20 01:10 pm (UTC)Re: u&k
Date: 2006-10-20 01:33 pm (UTC)I used to say "I" and "me", now it's "us", now it's "we"
Date: 2006-10-20 01:16 pm (UTC)Crispin "McFly" Glover cover:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTKNahASSDI
Doesn't look gentle to me!
Date: 2006-10-20 01:26 pm (UTC)Aaaargh!
Relative levels of mental
Date: 2006-10-20 01:25 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-10-20 04:05 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-10-20 04:25 pm (UTC)This doesn't necessarily mean she's mental; some people want to see her as insane or stupid, so they're willing to believe obviously made-up stories about her.
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Date: 2006-10-21 10:11 am (UTC)She just sounds a bit eccentric really, as does Elton.