Prince has also been cited by Chuck D. as a profound influence, while Dr.
Dre has pointed to the Black Album as a major influence on NWA.
If someone's already pointed this out, sorry, but I've been gone doing Mardi
Gras stuff all weekend, and I didn't get any of Saturday or Sunday's
messages.
One thing that Michael did was singlehandedly destroy Black Music.
Phooey.
NW
Will Miner wrote:
It's been 16 years since Thriller and 15 since Purple Rain, 12 since
Sign O The Times. None of them has been snip ... influential on the
hip and new in a while. Even the Prince clones are old history.
Um, Beatles clones were old history a lot longer ago but does that
But anyone who thinks Michael Jackson is not one of the 100 most
influential
Black musicians of the twentieth century just isn't thinking very hard. If
there's room for Ulysses Kay - and I like his music as well as the next
person - then there's certainly room for Jackson; to leave him off the
I'll stand on David Cantwell's coffeetable and say that Off
The Wall and Thriller are two of the finest pop albums of the past 20
years.--don
Must've been a slow 20 years g
Lance . . .
At 09:04 AM 2/11/99 -0800, Donald wrote:
I like Mike just fine -- particularly from "I Want You Back" through
Thriller, which is a mighty long stretch of time. The bubblegum soul of
the J5 always puts a smile on my face, and jesus, that kid could sing.
Furthermore, I'll stand on David
I like Mike just fine -- particularly from "I Want You Back" through
Thriller, which is a mighty long stretch of time. The bubblegum soul of
the J5 always puts a smile on my face, and jesus, that kid could sing.
Furthermore, I'll stand on David Cantwell's coffeetable and say that Off
The
Jesus, I find myself agreeing with Don. I realize that Mike has not been the
most lovable of characters and probably has some major personality defects but
he could definitely put out enjoyable well crafted pop/rock soul at least
until the HIStory fiasco. Yes, he sold lots but sometimes that
At 11:40 AM 2/11/99 -0800, the Iceman wrote of MiJack and others:
I would rank him as one of the three most influentail black
artists of the last 20 years. The others would be Stevie Wonder who just
plain never ceases to amaze me. The third one would be his royal pain in the
ass over- egoed
OK, I guess I'm riding solo on this one.
I will admit that I was an MJ fan (no the other MJ) going back to the
cartoons, and then Off the Wall, and finally Thriller--so much so that there
are still ruts in the floor at my childhood home from where I would try to
"dance like Mike." (No, really,
yes.
Dr. Dre yes.
jns
posting like mad with her new iMac...yay!
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From: "\"Doug Young aka \\\"The Iceman\\\"\"" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: "passenger side" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Be Like Mike (no, the other Mike)
Date: Thu, Feb 11, 1999, 1:40 PM
Jennifer Sperandeo wrote:
Off The Wall is his Guernica.
"Pablo Picasso /
was never called an asshole"
-- Jonathan Richman
TWM
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no - "I Want You Back" is "Woman with Fish Hat"
Thriller is "Demoiselles..."
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Iain Noble)
To: "passenger side" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Be Like Mike (no, the other Mike)
Date: Thu, Feb 11, 1999, 9:50 PM
Jennife
My brother was a big Jacksons fan while I was into Willie Nelson. IMHO,
Thriller sucked. Billy Jean Sucked. Ever since Michael and Latoya cut Tito
up to use for parts in their never ending search for cosmetic renewal, the
Jacksons have sucked. Tito was the only thing that held the Jackson 5
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