MJ sang that song which didn’t fit him and which he didn’t have anything to do with because : 1- the fact that it was already entirely written, produced and performed meant that he didn’t have to put any effort in it and 2- he mistakenly thought, or somebody mistakenly told him, that the song was « current » and could be a hit. So a mix of laziness and an ill-advised « get-hits-quick-and-easy » mentality.
Well I appreciate your opinion but just because you don't like it (which is fine, I don't like every single Michael Jackson song either) doesn't mean it's by definition crap.
I guess it's never good enough with a lot of fans.
I loved the futuristic sound to invincible it was cool but it didnt the versatile sound that dangerous album and i think that why incincible didnt have the success thqat dangerous had
Maybe organic sounding music is actually not a good trend. The clincher nobody seems to be able to consider.
You know thats the funny thing bout the thriller album and dangerous album cuz thriller didnt have many songs like dangerous did but yet it become the biggest selling album of all time . With the dangerous album it had more songs so one would think that would make it the biggest selling album
It's not even about the amount of songs, Dangerous was a much more powerful album. The man started to speak TRUTH from BAD on, which is exactly why he could never top Thriller. And he knew it. We see the same today: speak TRUTH and get cancelled and mocked. Nothing changed.
I have to agree with this. I remember reading somewhere that when he was introduced to Rodney Jerkins, he told Corey Rooney at the time that Rodney's productions sounded like everything else, didn't have that timeless feel. Corey pushed Michael to give Rodney another chance and he clearly did. I wish Michael would have went with his instincts on this one. The album is good, but is missing a little of the MJ magic.
Why did mj listen to corey
god damn itMJ in the late 90's and early 2000's was sadly no longer the same man he had been earlier in his career. It's confirmed by the quality, quantity and nature of his output in those years, by the people he worked with, and by what we learned later on about his addiction and mental problems in his later years. Gone was the MJ would would spend countless hours slaving over the bass line from Billie Jean to get it just right. As evidenced by Invincible, by 2001 he just wanted complete songs from outside writers, where he could lay down his vocals by following note for note the guide vocals provided by the producers/writers.
What's funny is that the early rumors regarding the album, before it came out, was that he was going for an "Off the Wall" vibe. When we heard You Rock My World, we thought those rumors would turn out to be true, as that one kind of evoked Rock With You or songs of that style. But when we heard the album, well let's just stay by the time Heartbreaker came on we had been disillusioned of that particular belief...
That's not how it ever worked.
Just because somebody writes their own songs doesn't mean they are personal. Unless you think John Lennon (or Paul) is a walrus, Johnny Cash "shot a man to watch him die", Phil Collins is a Mexican, Prince really had sex with his sister, or Charlie Daniels had a fiddle battle with the devil.
In the band Rush, most of the lyrics are written by the drummer, not the lead singer. Dungeon & Dragons style fantasy lyrics are common in prog & metal songs.Interesting point although I don't agree with it. In the strictest sense, I suppose it could be argued that a self-written song is the only one that can be personal. But, actually, there are so many cover versions where the singer absolutely makes the song personal, makes it their own. Imo.
Well, of course. There can't be many people who don't know it's a song by Prince. It gets mentioned constantly.
Perhaps. We'll never know. As for his version being better than hers, that's just personal taste. I don't like his version. And the live version from Paisley Park doesn't hold my attention, either.
But she did for me and for loads of other people. All of whom know that Prince wrote the song but we just happen to prefer the Sinead version.
No, she didn't.
That's irrelevant. I wasn't talking about her as a musician. I was talking about a singer being able to make a cover version of a song their own even though they didn't write the song. I stand by that idea. Other people can disagree but I think there are loads of cover versions out there that work on a personal level far beyond what the actual songwriter achieved.
Oh, I'd forgotten all about this. I never liked The Family and the song fell flat for me.
So she always lived under his shadow, career wise.
And? If someone randomly covered one of MJ's songs and their version hit No.1, would they actually make it their own song? Nah fam, it'd still be an MJ song before anything else.
She was a one hit wonder known only for one song that was made by Prince. Without him, she wouldn't have been successful. Rode his coattails.
