I was more sad...
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I was more sad...
I can't decide if I was more upset when Michael Jackson died or when Prince died. I remember being really bummed when Michael Jackson died, but I've had Prince on random shuffle in the car for a few days and while not all his songs were gold... man, there was some good stuff in there. I think most people who grew up in the 80s liked both artists. I'm pretty sure both Thriller and Let's Go Crazy got played at my wedding reception.
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I think they were somewhat similar. Michael Jackson was accused of doing some unspeakable things, while prince changed his name to something unspeakable!
Joke:
Guy 1: Hey, did you hear this joke, it's said that Michael Jackson was going to a store where boys pants are discounted 50%!
Guy 2: You stupid moron, the joke is that Michal Jackson was visiting a store where boys pants are half off!
Joke:
Guy 1: Hey, did you hear this joke, it's said that Michael Jackson was going to a store where boys pants are discounted 50%!
Guy 2: You stupid moron, the joke is that Michal Jackson was visiting a store where boys pants are half off!
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This isn't quite apples to oranges, but it's pretty close:
Michael Jackson's #1 Hits:
Ben
Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough
Rock with You
Billie Jean
Beat It
Say Say Say" (with Paul McCartney
I Just Can't Stop Loving You
Bad
The Way You Make Me Feel
Man in the Mirror
Dirty Diana
Black or White
You Are Not Alone
Michael Jackson's non-#1 hits:
The Girl is Mine (#2), Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' (#5), Human Nature (#7, PYT (#10), Thriller (#4), Smooth Criminal (#7), Jam (#26!?), Scream (#5).
Prince's #1 Hits:
I Wanna Be Your Lover (*2)
Controversy (*3)
Let's Work (*3)
1999 (*3)
When Doves Cry (*1)
Let's Go Crazy (*1)
Erotic City (*3)
Kiss (*1)
Sign o' the Times (*2)
Batdance (*1)
Thieves in the Temple (*2)
Gett Off (*3)
Cream (*1)
Diamonds and Pearls (*2)
(*1: US chart)
(*2: US R&B chart)
(*3: US Dance chart)
Prince's non-#1 hits:
Little Red Corvette (#6), Delirious (#8), Purple f'n Rain (#2), I Would Die 4 U (#8), Take Me With U (#25), Raspberry Beret (#2), Pop Life (#7), U Got the Look (#2), My Name is Prince (#36), 7 (#7), The Most Beautiful Girl in the World (#3).
Michael Jackson's #1 Hits:
Ben
Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough
Rock with You
Billie Jean
Beat It
Say Say Say" (with Paul McCartney
I Just Can't Stop Loving You
Bad
The Way You Make Me Feel
Man in the Mirror
Dirty Diana
Black or White
You Are Not Alone
Michael Jackson's non-#1 hits:
The Girl is Mine (#2), Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' (#5), Human Nature (#7, PYT (#10), Thriller (#4), Smooth Criminal (#7), Jam (#26!?), Scream (#5).
Prince's #1 Hits:
I Wanna Be Your Lover (*2)
Controversy (*3)
Let's Work (*3)
1999 (*3)
When Doves Cry (*1)
Let's Go Crazy (*1)
Erotic City (*3)
Kiss (*1)
Sign o' the Times (*2)
Batdance (*1)
Thieves in the Temple (*2)
Gett Off (*3)
Cream (*1)
Diamonds and Pearls (*2)
(*1: US chart)
(*2: US R&B chart)
(*3: US Dance chart)
Prince's non-#1 hits:
Little Red Corvette (#6), Delirious (#8), Purple f'n Rain (#2), I Would Die 4 U (#8), Take Me With U (#25), Raspberry Beret (#2), Pop Life (#7), U Got the Look (#2), My Name is Prince (#36), 7 (#7), The Most Beautiful Girl in the World (#3).
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There's so much to discuss I don't even know where to begin.
Overall, I'd say Michael Jackson's music is some of the first music that made me want to dance. Before discovering rap, it was the songs on Thriller that made me want to moonwalk, pop and lock, and do all that crazy stuff. I was 11 years old and I wore one gardening glove around my bedroom while I practiced moonwalking across my mother's cardboard ironing board in white socks.
Prince's music was the first music that gave me the same pit in my stomach that I got when I saw beautiful girls on the bus that I knew would never talk to me. Purple Rain was my soundtrack for those late summer nights when my stomach hurt so bad from grade school crushes. There was a time when I didn't think there was anything deeper in the world than Purple Rain.
Both of them turned crazy, but there was a time... man, there was a time. When pop music ruled my life, these guys ruled pop music.
Overall, I'd say Michael Jackson's music is some of the first music that made me want to dance. Before discovering rap, it was the songs on Thriller that made me want to moonwalk, pop and lock, and do all that crazy stuff. I was 11 years old and I wore one gardening glove around my bedroom while I practiced moonwalking across my mother's cardboard ironing board in white socks.
Prince's music was the first music that gave me the same pit in my stomach that I got when I saw beautiful girls on the bus that I knew would never talk to me. Purple Rain was my soundtrack for those late summer nights when my stomach hurt so bad from grade school crushes. There was a time when I didn't think there was anything deeper in the world than Purple Rain.
Both of them turned crazy, but there was a time... man, there was a time. When pop music ruled my life, these guys ruled pop music.
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I feel it would be amiss to not also give Michael Jackson credit for writing the World's Best Song And A Person Would Be A Prick For Saying Otherwise, "We Are the World."
Prince, to his credit, wrote "Nothing Compares 2 U."
ADVANTAGE: Pr-- it has to be Michael Jackson, you unfeeling monsters.
Prince, to his credit, wrote "Nothing Compares 2 U."
ADVANTAGE: Pr-- it has to be Michael Jackson, you unfeeling monsters.
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Prince was one of the greatest guitarists in history, which he doesn't get credit for because he was a bigger "pop sensation".
The fact that he was a pop sensation, AND a brilliant guitarist, AND the funkiest man alive, well, you know where I stand on the issue.
The fact that he was a pop sensation, AND a brilliant guitarist, AND the funkiest man alive, well, you know where I stand on the issue.
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