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Original poster

to think that Michael Jackson's music was a bit shit?

193 replies

AtYourCervix · 05/11/2011 16:03

Nasty voice, whiny, weak and high pitched.

mediocre pop shite at best.

and just whiny and bizarre when he decided he was he messiah.

Bollocks and crap.

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CotherMuckingFunt · 05/11/2011 16:04

Oh thank fuck.

I thought it was just me.

AFuckingKnackeredWoman · 05/11/2011 16:04

I'm with you there. I really don't think he deserves the king of pop title.

Madonna is also crap

Zippylovesgeorge · 05/11/2011 16:04

Oh so true :)

AFuckingKnackeredWoman · 05/11/2011 16:04

And lady fucking gaga

KeepingAwayFromTheJoneses · 05/11/2011 16:05

YANBU

rycooler · 05/11/2011 16:05

Yabu - he was brilliant - but you'd have to know about music to really appreciate him.

hulahopper · 05/11/2011 16:05

I never saw his appeal either....

Original poster
AtYourCervix · 05/11/2011 16:06

ARE YOU BEING IRONIC RYCOOLER?

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AtYourCervix · 05/11/2011 16:06

sorry caps. not shouty.

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LadyBeagleEyes · 05/11/2011 16:06

I loved loads of his music, but didn't like him.
Billy Jean, The Man in the Mirror, Thriller - brilliant stuff.

Original poster
AtYourCervix · 05/11/2011 16:07

but so whiny and nasal.

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naturalbaby · 05/11/2011 16:08

early stuff - genius
late(r) stuff - deluded

pictish · 05/11/2011 16:08

Yanbu - he only has one good song.
I don't understand the adulation regarding his weak mediocre music at all.

Pandygirl · 05/11/2011 16:08

agree with naturalbaby

rycooler · 05/11/2011 16:08

No, I'm not being ironic - he was a truly brilliant performer.

abayababe · 05/11/2011 16:08

I thought he was a genius, love his music, to each there own.....

Sevenfold · 05/11/2011 16:08

yanbu
apart from Ben that was good, other wise it was all show and no substance

SarahStratton · 05/11/2011 16:09

Hurrah! At last others that agree with me. Am I allowed to say what a creepy wee fuck he was?

aquashiv · 05/11/2011 16:09

Billy Jean was ok. After the first high pitched woo and the funny leg walk thing was done to death the music was just rather shite.

Itsjustafleshwound · 05/11/2011 16:09

I agree - a real 'microsoft' performer ...

PersonalClown · 05/11/2011 16:10

The Quincy era was brilliant. Off the Wall? Triller? Excellence.

After that...zzzzzzzzzzzz

Bearskinwoolies · 05/11/2011 16:10

Yanbu - but there's quite a few I think are crap or are trading on past glory.

McCartney for instance.

Georgimama · 05/11/2011 16:10

YABU. Billy Jean is one of the best pop songs ever made.

I think this is a gavel moment isn't it?

Saturdaysgirl · 05/11/2011 16:10

I liked it back then as well, but the later albums, nah. He was a genius in his day.

I think his life was very sad tho. Imagine growing up that way! It wouldn't be allowed these days. Good. I think he was of a generation that is dying, for the best, and hopefully 'Buy a Doctor' is dying with him. (I wish!)

Georgimama · 05/11/2011 16:11

Ah, McCartney OTOH, I am fully on board if anyone wants to slag him off.