M.J Greatest pop star ever?

[ZeroX]

One of the things that will detract from his historical importance was that there was no message to his music; it was all about "let's boogie".

WTF? You kiddin' me???

Perhaps you have never heard any of these songs:

Man in the Mirror
Heal the World
Earth Song
Keep the Faith
They don't really Care about Us
Will You Be There
We are the World
History

'nuff said!

 

[Harmony-bc]

all the artists mentioned are great and i love most all of them. thing is though i really don't think you can deny the numbers.

simple and sweet.

thriller is the number one selling album of all time. someone mentioned about the time in history and there wasn't the ways to get music then as there is now but i do know that thriller sold 28 million records that year in a time when going gold and selling 500 000 was considered incredible.

as for the other poster that said michael never really put out any music that really said anything beyond lets groove, i'll give this example.

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michael actually put out quite a few songs later in his career where the lyrics delt with issues beyond having a good time and dancing.

as for elvis, he was awesome. this is my favourite song of his. very underrated song in my opinion.

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also lets not forget bob marley. my favourite song of his. the video has footage of his jamaica unite concert held just days after he was shot by a would be assassin who was thought to have been in cahoots with one of jamaica's presidential incumbents. the country fell into what could almost be described as a civil war over this presidential election. bob brought both men up on stage and basically made peace right there.

he was an amazing man and more then just a doobie smoking reggae star that many people write him off as being.

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all three men were icons and perhaps all three were taken from us too soon.

This was an amazing post. I so much agree with everything

 

[smackyo]

This was an amazing post. I so much agree with everything

i'm glad we could agree.

i recall you saying that you love damien as well. he's really good but i'm not sure if you've checked him out yet or not but if you love bob, his son stephan marley. he sounds a lot more like his dad whereas damien goes a bit more dance hallish.

check him out.

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even ziggy's new stuff is really good now.

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[HB40]

even ziggy's new stuff is really good now.

I don't condemn I don't convert.....words I live by.

Ziggy is awesome! Saw him live at the Hard Rock in Anaheim on his last tour.
I love this video, reminds me of when I drove around Oahu, North Shore surfers are soooo much fun to party with.

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