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He said what? and what did he just do with his bass?
definitely NOT mainstream…
Bootsy Collins - I’d Rather be with you (via FUNKERRIFIC)
1979. The year of Off The Wall. Parliament. Live. So loose, an way too freaky - even for wacko jacko. Who’d have thought George Clinton, Bernie, Gary and Bootsy would outlive MJ…
Mothership Connection- D.C. 1979 (via 898106)
Prince in 1985. Wendy rocking her telecaster. This is what Prince was putting out while Jacko was shooting commercials for Pepsi…
America - Around The World In A Day (via esemJey)
Jarvis. Exposing MJ for what he had become - ridicule, delusional, self-aggrandizing, and frankly an awful singer. Thanks Jarvis.
Jarvis Cocker Interrupts Michael Jackson’s Earth Song 1996 (via jurrobear)
And then, the actual song…
michael jackson Get on the floor (via aimeedus)
Louis Johnson - Get on the floor (via mxrphase90)
The MJ sound: Foley is badass. Miles is badass. It was Miles’ way to set the record straight - ie. he was cool, he was cooler, and he’d been cool since way before MJ was a gamete in Joe’s gonads. Miles could do covers. And do better than the original. Granted, not Miles’ finest work, but…
Miles Davis @ Montreux Jazz Festival - Human Nature (via buddadude99)
the michael jackson sound cont’d: the crossover into pop/rock - Stevie Wonder showed the way (as with MJ, with very mixed artistic results). Think ‘ebony and Ivory,’ is as awful as ‘the girl is mine.’
And let’s face it, Stevie Wonder was better at rock’n’roll than MJ ever was.
Stevie Wonder -Superwoman (Where Were You When I Needed You) (via johnniewalker23)
On the other hand, this is positively awful. Blame it on the boogie? No. Blame it on Tito.
Jackson five-Blame it on the boogie (via mjfreak93)
Michael Jackon’s sound cont’d. The same song, but sung by its author.
This is Leon Ware. I’m not afraid to say he’s one of the most influential soul singer-songwriters of the 70s. If not the most influential.
Leon Ware - I wanna be where you are (via incrediblecHiller)
Another Leon Ware song. Probably young J5’s best interpretation. Also on Marvin Gaye’s and Leon Ware’s I Want You album. And Leon Ware’s amazing and underappreciated Musical Massage.
I Wanna Be Where You Are-Michael Jackson (via IBeLuvinTheJ5)
The michael jackson sound cont’d. 1975. A Leon Ware song. (Leon Ware is one of the greatest songwriters ever).
The bare and deconstructed sound - this track lays the ground work for MJ’s Rock with you an Don’t stop…
Quincy Jones - Body heat (feat Leon Ware on vocals) (via CornOnTheCobblers)
The Quincy Jones crew. Louis ‘thunder thumbs’ Johnson. This is the sound of Michael Jackson’s best years. The solo is at 2:22.
Brothers Johnson Stomp (via errpiru)
Another amazing song. And he actually sounds and looks genuinely happy. This is his thing. He’s doing it. He’s in the moment. None of the heartbreaking sadness of his early years. None of the later anger, fear and loathing. His face is untouched. And very expressive. It’s the last time you see him as he could have been. An amazing, soulful, fairly ambiguous singer. And a black man.
I guess this is what happens when you peak too soon. But what a peak.
Michael Jackson - Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough (via michaeljackson)
Quincy Jones produces. Amazing bass line (Louis Johnson?). Better than anything that came later.
Michael Jackson - Rock With You (via michaeljackson)
