sleeper;1629990 wrote:MJ grew up in a time where most people listened to music on radios and therefore any song that can gain traction is going to continue to gain traction. These days, there are thousands of artists all producing high quality music with multiple distributions channels that dwarf MJ at his best. This is simply a broken comparison at best. I stand by my statement that Jackson's music would go nowhere if he was born 30 years later.

sleeper;1629998 wrote:I challenge people to listen to Thriller and tell me that's a good song. It's terrible. I can't think of one song that I would actually enjoy listening to from MJ.

rmolin73;1630030 wrote:Trust me he is. I remember when he said that Derulo was a better dancer than MJ when he pretty much copies all of his moves. I think sleeper has a man crush.

raiderbuck;1630048 wrote:edit...I'm not saying MJ is the greatest thing since sliced bread. I'm only saying he's at least better than Derulo. I mean good Lord, I challenge you to play the best of MJ against the best of Derulo (his two singles...) and tell me that you won't like MJ's better. Hell, at least pick Justin Timberlake or Usher as a viable opponent. Timberlake's 20/20 Experience is a fantastic pop album.

sleeper;1629998 wrote:I challenge people to listen to Thriller and tell me that's a good song. It's terrible. I can't think of one song that I would actually enjoy listening to from MJ.

Mohican00;1629879 wrote:Is gary glitter HOF worthy too?

like_that;1630144 wrote:I was interning in LA when he died. For his viewing the staples center had a random raffle to give away tickets. I was hoping to be selected so I could have sold two tickets.
I'm thinking I could've have sold them for 1k each easily. So many Jackson wackos, especially on LA.

Mohican00;1630057 wrote:Shit music is shit music no matter when it's produced. Youtube, spotify, and all of the bandcamps and soundclouds of today may mean that the pool of raw talent grows but so does the shit. Exponentially. Well produced bubble gum pop will always have an audience and to think a completely new group of MJ listeners won't go for a typical 4/4 verse-chorus-bridge structure is completely overrating the ear of an average listener.

raiderbuck;1630048 wrote:Jason Derulo doesn't even believe he makes better music than MJ.

However, the #1s, the 100 million records sold, the records...none of that compares to "Talk dirty to me"...yea...right.



edit...I'm not saying MJ is the greatest thing since sliced bread. I'm only saying he's at least better than Derulo. I mean good Lord, I challenge you to play the best of MJ against the best of Derulo (his two singles...) and tell me that you won't like MJ's better. Hell, at least pick Justin Timberlake or Usher as a viable opponent. Timberlake's 20/20 Experience is a fantastic pop album.

rmolin73;1630030 wrote:Trust me he is. I remember when he said that Derulo was a better dancer than MJ when he pretty much copies all of his moves. I think sleeper has a man crush.

sleeper;1630274 wrote:Right because I'm sure MJ pioneered the moon walk and didn't learn it from professional dancers.

rmolin73;1630453 wrote:Just stop you're embarrassing yourself. Show me the professional dancer that created that dance move. I know you're crushing on Derulo hard but dude will be just as significant as Milli Vanilli in ten years.

vdubb96;1630454 wrote:

sleeper;1630458 wrote:In what fantasy world do musicians also choreograph the dance moves to their own song? LOL.

MJ isn't special. You are just delusional.

rmolin73;1630467 wrote:The guy that says that Jason Derulo is good has called me delusional. Now that's priceless. There are a few singers that choreograph their own dance moves. Hell, Chris Brown is a better entertainer than Derulo. GFOH with that auto tune garbage.

sleeper; wrote:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonwalk_(dance)

History of MJ's 'signature' move. LOL.

Tl;dr: He didn't pioneer it; he stole it from other people. Surprise surprise!

rmolin73;1630471 wrote:I never said he pioneered it or came up with it you did. You said he got it from a choreographer and you pretty much proved yourself wrong lol. Keep failing at this it's cracking me up. I'm not even a MJ fan I just like calling you out on your bullshit troll job.

ccrunner609;1630470 wrote:Ok sleeper, I usually like your take on stuff and find you funny because you like to agitate on purpose but you can STFU with this shit.

sleeper;1630475 wrote:It's pointless to argue with someone who doesn't know what a choreographer does. It's not like MJ came up with the dance move and asked for it to be inserted into his song dances; his choreographer plucked it from someone else and used it with MJ and MJ was the first to show it off on TV. Wow. Such legendary! He's really a pioneer and created the moonwalk. SMH. Only stupid people actually believe this; if I were you I would be embarrassed to be lumped in with that crowd.

sleeper;1630459 wrote:It's not one of his best songs I agree. It's still better than Thriller but that isn't saying much.

rmolin73;1630477 wrote:I never said any of the above nor do I give a shit about it. Derulo is auto tuned garbage. How many #1 hits has he had? The dude that is creaming his pants over this Derulo joke is calling someone stupid? Priceless

sleeper;480 wrote:It's too competitive of a music market these days to reach #1 without significant amounts of hype. MJ would be a blip on the smallest of radars if Thriller was released in this era. It only exists now as nostalgia from a bunch of old farts who think early 70's electric keyboard music is all the rave!