Soul Strut 100: # 7 - Michael Jackson - Off the Wall

batmon said:DJ_Enki said:


Also: THRILLER!




You rock Thriller at a wedding? After Beat It, Billie Jean, PYT, and Wanna Be, why?




Baby Be Mine?





I'll say that the hits on OTW could not be bigger or better, but I just think that everyone stepped their game up for the follow-up...
 
ketan said:batmon said:DJ_Enki said:


Also: THRILLER!




You rock Thriller at a wedding? After Beat It, Billie Jean, PYT, and Wanna Be, why?




Baby Be Mine?





I'll say that the hits on OTW could not be bigger or better, but I just think that everyone stepped their game up for the follow-up...




Just curious...how old are u?
 
36. yeah, i was just a toddler when OTW came out, but actively listened to Thriller as a kid.
 
ketan said:36. yeah, i was just a toddler when OTW came out, but actively listened to Thriller as a kid.




Cool.....


So u didnt really get to witness the impact OTW had, to fully assess how Thriller was a step up?


U came into Thriller and had to back track to OTW, right?


If your baptism is Thriller, then........
 
batmon said:


So u didnt really get to witness the impact OTW had, to fully assess how Thriller was a step up?


U came into Thriller and had to back track to OTW, right?







you're hilarious!





edit: your passion for OTW is commendable
 
batmon said:crying steez.




If you can't get your saline on to this, then... I dunno... You Don't Know What Love Is.





b/w





Yeah I have been dumped before. What of it?





WHAT OF IT??1??!?!?1??!





Cuts like a knife, brah... Some Brooke Shields shit right there.
 
Bought this at a bootsale once.


20p.





Got it home, played it through, thought it unremarkable, tepid even, threw it in the recycling bin.


My bad.


Should have taken it to the charity shop.


Still feel guilty about that.
 
J i m s t e r said:batmon said:crying steez.




If you can't get your saline on to this, then... I dunno... You Don't Know What Love Is.





b/w





Yeah I have been dumped before. What of it?





WHAT OF IT??1??!?!?1??!





Cuts like a knife, brah... Some Brooke Shields Tatum O'Neal shit right there.
 
Snapping said:Off The Wall vs. Thriller = Revolver vs. Sgt. Pepper?




'Revolver' wins that battle hands down; OTW vs Thriller is nowhere near as clear cut. (Now if Sgt. Pepper would've included the "Strawberry Fields"/"Penny Lane" single as originally intended...then we're closer in comparison to the MJ argument.)
 
Snapping said: Revolver vs. Sgt. Pepper?




I've never heard this.





To me, it's either Revolver vs. Rubber Soul or Sgt. Pepper vs. Magical Mystery Tour.
 
Horseleech said:Snapping said: Revolver vs. Sgt. Pepper?




I've never heard this.





To me, it's either Revolver vs. Rubber Soul or Sgt. Pepper vs. Magical Mystery Tour.




I've heard of the Revolver V Sgt. Pepper opposition many times. It makes sense since Revolver was the their first psychedelic LP whilst Rubber Soul was their last pre-psychedelic LP. Stg Pepper V Magical Mystery tour doesn't make much sense to me either because the latter is so oft recognized, rightly so IMO, as one their poorest efforts, that there's no contest. Revolver. Harder call for the Jackson LPs.
 
IMO, this album was the rare anomaly, and Thriller was the phenomenon. POP music didn't even know what hit them.





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SEAWIND, some middle age white guy jazz fusion group of Hawaii doing disco cuts.





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An incredibly sensitive former Motown child star / upcoming actor who's voice just dropped that just finally legally broke away from his family contractually.





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THE DUDE OF DUDES w/ Bruce Swedien his secret weapon.





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DANCEFLOOR PANTY DROP!!





- spidey
 
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Nai palm fucks with it





- spidey
 
batmon said:Fuck The Beatles

No.





batmon said:Girlfriend > The Girl Is Mine

YES. "The Girl is Mine" is the eternal "hurry up and lift the needle before it begins" song.