Personally I know its Jackson 5 and not just Michael but I love Want you Back, it always makes me smile and dance around. Was amazed listening to the radio this morning that even though Ive never been a massive fan I know loads of the songs and lots of the words.

I have to agree with 'I Want You Back'.

Pitchfork got it spot on when they said the chorus has the finest chord progression of any song created in the 60s.

I have to agree with 'I Want You Back'.

Pitchfork got it spot on when they said the chorus has the finest chord progression of any song created in the 60s. Who the hell are Pitchfork ?? Played on tea chests and wash boards eh ??

I always liked Ben until I found out it was about a rat....... for some reason that made me like it even more.

I always liked Ben until I found out it was about a rat....... for some reason that made me like it even more.

me too malky!! :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwAmpn8ISV0

waaah!!! :cry:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44_qWFAdjqQ&feature=PlayList&p=95F2F1CD1B7CDA6D&index=0

waahhhh!! :cry:

:)..............

Ahhh sorry Solomon didn't mean to upset you :)

I had no idea Ben was about a rat!

Ahhh sorry Solomon didn't mean to upset you :)

I had no idea Ben was about a rat!

don't worry honey, you didn't :)

i am REALLY sad about MJ tho :cry:

he was a huge part of my childhood

so many of his songs, videos, moves are entwined with my life

will take a while to absorb the fact that he's really gone....

I'm Forever blowing Bubbles

Again, Jackson 5, but I quite like Rockin Robin (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4VCUbL7jsc)

Ahhh sorry Solomon didn't mean to upset you :)

I had no idea Ben was about a rat!

and my biggest regret is not ever having seen him in concert :(

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cC1TTz2bMmM

what a show it would have been! :)

two of my favourite dancers ever...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOG8lwvVSmo&feature=related

:D

She's Out Of My Life
Dirty Diana
Farewell My Summer Love
Got To Be There

Again, Jackson 5, but I quite like Rockin Robin (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4VCUbL7jsc)

tooon! :D...........

She's Out Of My Life
Dirty Diana
Farewell My Summer Love
Got To Be There

farewell my summer love? whats that

hmmmm....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFoLya5qt1w

cute :)

Think it all went down hill after Ben.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwAmpn8ISV0

waaah!!! :cry:

When you realise it’s about his pet rat the words take on another meaning, how could a young kid come up with that.

My personal favourite. "If you dont love me" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mDApwPc1QM
Previously unreleased song and i love it.

Billie jean

Again, Jackson 5, but I quite like Rockin Robin (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4VCUbL7jsc)

I can't say I'm particularly a fan of his, but some of the Jackson 5 stuff was good.

When you realise it’s about his pet rat the words take on another meaning, how could a young kid come up with that.

totally :)

I Want You Back is a top song, but watch the video for Blame it on the Boogie (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjW1iq4IO2k&feature=related). Energetic, natural, incredibly talented. The early to mid 80s were his creative peak, but that video is how I'd like to remember him: a snapshot of ease and energy.

That he could go on to inflict such disfigurement upon himself... What on earth was going on in his life and in his mind if that was the outward manifestation? A deeply troubled, self-destructive, damaged and very unhappy man, surrounded by enablers and leeches. What a pitiful waste of talent.

When you realise it’s about his pet rat the words take on another meaning, how could a young kid come up with that.

He didn't - he just sang it. It was written as the theme song to the film of the same name (a sequel to the earlier Willard film about a disturbed young man and his pet rats). Apparantly it was intended for Donny Osmond to record it, but ended up being Jacko.

Great song, though (and the films are not too bad either - including the recent remake of Willard)

dirty diana, bad, smooth criminal, gotta be startin somethin, billie jean, thriller , the girl is mine, baby be mine, they don't really care about us.
Tbh i like most of MJ songs. You can't deny the man had talent .

i have mixed feelings over him as a person though .....

Torn between She's out of my life (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qF0o-W5uu8o) and Don't stop till you get enough. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrPTDU40hO4)

When he was young, brilliant, sounding and looking great, in a cute and funky way.

He didn't - he just sang it. It was written as the theme song to the film of the same name (a sequel to the earlier Willard film about a disturbed young man and his pet rats).

Well at least the rat bit was right, I thought he wrote it about is own pet rat.

Oh I forgot about dont stop til you get enough I love that one too :)

pretty much all of them

SHAMO MICHAEL

Well my favourite was Thriller, but its because of the truly brilliant video that accompanies it. Still probably the best video for a song ever

Who's lovin you? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ane6VJGlIMs) Jackson 5
Shake your body (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPQmHwALAck) The Jacksons
Rock with you (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtyPr8auHfw&feature=related) Michael Jackson

Don't stop till you get enough. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrPTDU40hO4)


what a great tune! :)

Well at least the rat bit was right, I thought he wrote it about is own pet rat.

so did i malky hahaha! :D

wishful thinking

It has be for me Dirty Diana- it's so packed full of MJ! Followed by Scream and Man in the Mirror :D

Wasn't a fan at all, but thought that "Earth Song" was stupendous....the way it built up, and with that choir in the background for the last two minutes, it's streets ahead of any of his normal pop stuff for me.....

I just can't pick a favourite song, i loved them all. I loved Michael Jackson as an entertainer. I suppose two, The Earth Song and Heal the World, gave us a glimpse of what was important to MJ. He cared about the world, he cared about people and children, everything mattered to him. You only have to watch his videos to see he was always chasing perfection.... that includes himself. He wanted perfection at all times and that can be very exhausting. I didn't think for a minute he would do the concerts. You could tell he was ill, weak. To his fans he will be sorely missed..... to other people he was always a joke anyway.... but he had millions and millions of fans - RIP Michael

thriller he was probably looking at himself through the mirror when he was singing it

We've got a good thing going
Got to be there
Off the wall
Rock with you
Don't stop till you get enough
She's out of my life
The way you make me feel
One day in your life
Human Nature
Billie Jean
Beat it
Smooth Criminal
In the closet
Bad
Leave me alone
Scream
They don't care about us
Black or White
Ghosts

and the list goes on... Favourite Jackson 5 single must be "Can you feel it" Triumph- Album

Nobody mentioned the relatively recent 'You Rock My World'? One of the more underrated of his songs.

For me the top 5 are:


1. Smooth Criminal
2. Beat it
3. Billy Jean
4. You Rock My World
5. You Are Not Alone

I love the Jackson 5 music & MJ's music these are some of my fav's

Jackson 5 -- all time fav is I'll be there (acapella) please click on to this, it had me in tears little mikey :( ..........http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehal1eUG1jk&feature=related&pos=3

Rockin robin
I want you back
Blame it on the boogey

MJ's songs
All time fav is Smooth Criminal.
You Rock My World
Jam
Blood on the Dance Floor, that is a bad song.
Billie Jean
They dont care about us, wicked song
Scream, the video is genius
The Way You Make Me Feel
Man in the Mirror
There is another track on his Invincible album, I think track 9 cant remember the name of it for the life of me but it is a great track but he never released it.

I think whenever you hear a Jackson/5 track you either want to dance,sing, there is something very upbeat about their/his songs & you tend to know the words to the songs & they do bring a smile to your face. I remember when I used to come home from school at lunch time instead having my lunch the first thing I would do when I got home would be to play his film Moonwalker, happy days :)

Nobody mentioned the relatively recent 'You Rock My World'? One of the more underrated of his songs.

For me the top 5 are:


1. Smooth Criminal
2. Beat it
3. Billy Jean
4. You Rock My World
5. You Are Not Alone

OMG your top 5 are very similar to mine. I love you rock my world, the video is ace with Chris Tucker & Mr Brando guest starring.

MJ FOREVER

Man In The Mirror
The Lady In My Life

Wel, tonight I payed "Dirty Diana", then "beat it" and "thriller"....went down a treat....

Can't remember what it's called but it's got a line in it that goes "Beat It Beat It Beat It Beat It"

There was a thread some months ago with Top 10 MJ songs on and I put-Farewell;Take Me Back;One Day In Your Life;Cry;Gone Too Soon as my best 5.With the Jacksons it's got to be Walk Right Now.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSqo17o2a1w

A lovely tribute to Ben Elton the Socialist.

My favourite Michael Jackson songs are
Thriller
Earth Song
Heal The World
Scream
Man in the Mirror

Billie Jean was never about famous lesbian tennis player Billie Jean King at all. I always thought it was.

personally i know its jackson 5 and not just michael but i love want you back, it always makes me smile and dance around. Was amazed listening to the radio this morning that even though ive never been a massive fan i know loads of the songs and lots of the words.

we had this conversation the other night and we couldnt really pick just one but i think ' you are not alone' is in my top three

my top 5 are

the way you make me feel
smooth criminal
thriller
heal the world
you are not alone

I can't help it. My favourite song.

I luved his 80's 90's music before he went really wierd with that scream song

I like "Earth Song".

Theres not really a bad song at all???.. some great songs on his invincible album which people don't know as they never listened to it like You rock my world, unbreakable, speechless, cry etc..

Possibly my fave album is Dangerous followed by HIStory, with great tracks on em like:

Who is it?,
In the closet,
Will you be there,
little Susie,
Tabloid Junkie,
Money,
D.S

etc.. etc..

Without a doubt, Earth song. (http://video.msn.com/?mkt=en-gb&vid=4b3636b6-0a04-4ed8-b75a-8399df8a1745&playlist=videoByTag:tag:michael_jackson_music:ns:G allery:mk:en-gb:vs:1&tab=m1246004779918)

Has anyone ever heard the MJ song 'Little Susie'?

Not alot of people I've asked have heard this tune, it's on the HIStory CD, it's a weird one, very, very haunting. It's like an operatic/stageshow/horror soundtrack all in one. A song about the death of a little girl who nobody cared for. It starts with her humming to the tune from a jewellery/toy box and ends with the grandfather clock bell tolling...

A top song that is very under-rated.

Well my favourite was Thriller, but its because of the truly brilliant video that accompanies it. Still probably the best video for a song ever

I've heard they're going to dig him up in 6 months time and remake the Thriller video.

Come together song from Moonwalker, chamone!

I suppose it has to be, for me, "she's out of my life" or " you are not alone"

for me its got 2 be Billy Jean performed live at motown 25 it was awsome it blew me away simply magic when michael put on the white glove pulled up his pants and introduced the world to the moonwalk WOW! Genius!

Man In The Mirror and Beat It

for me its got 2 be Billy Jean performed live at motown 25 it was awsome it blew me away simply magic when michael put on the white glove pulled up his pants and introduced the world to the moonwalk WOW! Genius!


Yep, that was a special moment. The world took notice then. :headbang: :thumbsup:

either Eat It or Fat

either Eat It or Fat

That was Weird Al Yankovich, not MJ.

Funny though.