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Jun 26, 2014 3:58 PM
Sleeper being sleeper.
Jun 26, 2014 3:58pm
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Heretic

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Jun 26, 2014 4:07 PM
Sleeper doing everything within his power to make people forget about Gut saying Pete Rose is only a borderline HoF'er.

Kudos for that, I guess!
Jun 26, 2014 4:07pm
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Mohican00

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Jun 26, 2014 4:32 PM
sleeper;1630270 wrote:Tell me more about how competition makes things worse...
Wouldn't there be more competition when there were fewer (much fewer) avenues for artists to reach listeners? And besides, competition has never been a significant force behind music, lol. That's fucking retarded....this isn't industry.

sleeper;1630480 wrote:It's too competitive of a music market
Music market....stop making shit up

mud huts
Jun 26, 2014 4:32pm
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Laley23

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Jun 26, 2014 5:48 PM
I also love how Thriller is now being touted as MJs best song...lol
Jun 26, 2014 5:48pm
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Jun 26, 2014 6:07 PM
Biggest video....but he had a lot of really good ones
Jun 26, 2014 6:07pm
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Tiernan

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Jun 26, 2014 10:02 PM
ccrunner609;1630514 wrote:breakthrough video but the song wasnt his best.

His best song was "swan" and died.
Jun 26, 2014 10:02pm
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Jun 27, 2014 8:22 AM
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.
sleeper;1630466 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!

1. Most MJ fans know he didnt invent the moonwalk. But any idiot knows he's the guy that made it popular. Hell it's the first sentence in the link you posted!

2. Cab Calloway, Dean Martin, James Brown, Judy Garland...all singers (performers), and all choreographed the move.

3. MJ's version is called the "backslide"...backsliding is a breakdance move, pioneered by Jeffrey Daniel. Daniel himself taught Mike the move in the 80s and MJ performed it during the Motown special.

4. You're a freakin idiot.
Jun 27, 2014 8:22am
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Jun 27, 2014 10:53 AM
raiderbuck;1630898 wrote:1. Most MJ fans know he didnt invent the moonwalk. But any idiot knows he's the guy that made it popular. Hell it's the first sentence in the link you posted!

2. Cab Calloway, Dean Martin, James Brown, Judy Garland...all singers (performers), and all choreographed the move.

3. MJ's version is called the "backslide"...backsliding is a breakdance move, pioneered by Jeffrey Daniel. Daniel himself taught Mike the move in the 80s and MJ performed it during the Motown special.

4. You're a freakin idiot.
Nice googles. Tell me more about the history of music and dance.
Jun 27, 2014 10:53am
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Jun 27, 2014 10:56 AM
Googling sleeper gets you "You're a frickin idiot"? :confused:
Jun 27, 2014 10:56am
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Jun 27, 2014 11:05 AM
vball10set;1630926 wrote:Googling sleeper gets you "You're a frickin idiot"? :confused:
The reality is raiderbuck googled a bunch of stuff and tried to pass it off like he knew the details the whole time. Desperate at best.
Jun 27, 2014 11:05am
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Jun 27, 2014 11:31 AM
sleeper;1630932 wrote:The reality is raiderbuck googled a bunch of stuff and tried to pass it off like he knew the details the whole time. Desperate at best.
I know, but you lobbed a softball and I had to hit it...I couldn't resist.
Jun 27, 2014 11:31am
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raiderbuck

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Jun 27, 2014 12:30 PM
sleeper;1630932 wrote:The reality is raiderbuck googled a bunch of stuff and tried to pass it off like he knew the details the whole time. Desperate at best.
Uhh..no I did not. Jeff Daniel was interviewed during a MJ special about two years ago. I watched it. I believe it was a special about one of his albums (Bad? This is it? Not totally sure.) Plus, most people actually know that about the moonwalk.

I referenced the link you posted from wikipedia because it actually dispels the theory that you had about singers not choreographing their own moves. But that concept just went over your head.

Nice try.


edit...Hey! I tried that handy tool called Google and it was actually a special on MJ's "Bad" album:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad_25#Marketing_and_promotion
Jun 27, 2014 12:30pm
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Jun 27, 2014 1:03 PM
It was 5 years ago today that I lost My father to a heart attack, way to Young to go at age 47
Jun 27, 2014 1:03pm
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Jun 27, 2014 1:29 PM
Enforcer;1630978 wrote:It was 5 years ago today that I lost My father to a heart attack, way to Young to go at age 47
Wow, mine was 55 when he had his fatal heart attack...both way too young, my friend.
Jun 27, 2014 1:29pm
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Jun 27, 2014 2:04 PM
sleeper;1630932]The reality is raiderbuck googled a bunch of stuff and tried to pass it off like he knew the details the whole time. Desperate at best.[/QUOTE]

Translation- I'm getting my ass handed to me in this thread so I'll just throw more jibberish out there.
Jun 27, 2014 2:04pm
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Jun 27, 2014 2:06 PM
sleeper;1630932 wrote:The reality is raiderbuck googled a bunch of stuff and tried to pass it off like he knew the details the whole time. Desperate at best.
Translation- I'm getting my ass handed to me in this thread so I'll just throw more jibberish out there.
Jun 27, 2014 2:06pm
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Jun 27, 2014 4:17 PM
rmolin73;1631016 wrote:Translation- I'm getting my ass handed to me in this thread so I'll just throw more jibberish out there.
Not really. None of the above counters any of my arguments and merely solidifies my position as logically sound. Tell me more about how the all-time great MJ's music is no longer at the top of the charts and other music was so easily able to overcome such great music. Time to grow up old-timer.
Jun 27, 2014 4:17pm
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Jun 27, 2014 4:35 PM
sleeper;1631054 wrote:Not really. None of the above counters any of my arguments and merely solidifies my position as logically sound. Tell me more about how the all-time great MJ's music is no longer at the top of the charts and other music was so easily able to overcome such great music. Time to grow up old-timer.
Why would it be at the top of the charts still? That doesnt make any sense...it was made in the 80s.
Jun 27, 2014 4:35pm
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Jun 28, 2014 10:17 AM
Laley23;1631057 wrote:Why would it be at the top of the charts still? That doesnt make any sense...it was made in the 80s.
hahaha, it's sleeper!!!
Jun 28, 2014 10:17am
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Jun 28, 2014 10:39 AM
sleeper;1631054 wrote:Not really. None of the above counters any of my arguments and merely solidifies my position as logically sound. Tell me more about how the all-time great MJ's music is no longer at the top of the charts and other music was so easily able to overcome such great music. Time to grow up old-timer.
You're logically stupid. What music from the 80s is at the top of the charts now? You're really bad at this aren't you?
Jun 28, 2014 10:39am
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Jun 28, 2014 1:19 PM
rmolin73;1631161 wrote:You're logically stupid. What music from the 80s is at the top of the charts now? You're really bad at this aren't you?
Maybe because music from the 80's has been surpassed and stomped by more recent music.
Jun 28, 2014 1:19pm
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Jun 28, 2014 1:47 PM
sleeper;1631187 wrote:Maybe because music from the 80's has been surpassed and stomped by more recent music.
Goodness you're stupid.
Jun 28, 2014 1:47pm