Soul Strut 100: # 7 - Michael Jackson - Off the Wall

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  • Snapping said:
    Off The Wall vs. Thriller = Revolver vs. Sgt. Pepper?

    'Revolver' wins that battle hands down; OTW vs Thriller is nowhere near as clear cut. (Now if Sgt. Pepper would've included the "Strawberry Fields"/"Penny Lane" single as originally intended...then we're closer in comparison to the MJ argument.)

  • LaserWolfLaserWolf Portland Oregon 11,517 Posts
    Revolver

  • Snapping said:
    Revolver vs. Sgt. Pepper?

    I've never heard this.

    To me, it's either Revolver vs. Rubber Soul or Sgt. Pepper vs. Magical Mystery Tour.

  • Horseleech said:
    Snapping said:
    Revolver vs. Sgt. Pepper?

    I've never heard this.

    To me, it's either Revolver vs. Rubber Soul or Sgt. Pepper vs. Magical Mystery Tour.

    I've heard of the Revolver V Sgt. Pepper opposition many times. It makes sense since Revolver was the their first psychedelic LP whilst Rubber Soul was their last pre-psychedelic LP. Stg Pepper V Magical Mystery tour doesn't make much sense to me either because the latter is so oft recognized, rightly so IMO, as one their poorest efforts, that there's no contest. Revolver. Harder call for the Jackson LPs.

  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    Fuck The Beatles

    Girlfriend > The Girl Is Mine

  • SPlDEYSPlDEY Vegas 3,375 Posts
    IMO, this album was the rare anomaly, and Thriller was the phenomenon. POP music didn't even know what hit them.



    SEAWIND, some middle age white guy jazz fusion group of Hawaii doing disco cuts.

    +



    An incredibly sensitive former Motown child star / upcoming actor who's voice just dropped that just finally legally broke away from his family contractually.

    +


    THE DUDE OF DUDES w/ Bruce Swedien his secret weapon.

    =

    DANCEFLOOR PANTY DROP!!

    - spidey

  • SPlDEY said:

    :off_the_wall:

  • SPlDEYSPlDEY Vegas 3,375 Posts


    Nai palm fucks with it

    - spidey

  • batmon said:
    Fuck The Beatles
    No.

    batmon said:
    Girlfriend > The Girl Is Mine
    YES. "The Girl is Mine" is the eternal "hurry up and lift the needle before it begins" song.



  • "clapless" Rock With You?

  • Greetings!
    Glad to be apart of this blog. This is a monumental album in my life. From childhood to adult life, I was raised on it. Even though some songs get on my nerves now, it's one of those things you can play and not have to worry about changing ANYTHING. Rod Temperton WROTE his BUTT off..

  • LaserWolfLaserWolf Portland Oregon 11,517 Posts
    Welcome.

    Better than Thriller?

  • skelskel You can't cheat karma 5,033 Posts
    LaserWolf said:
    WELCOME.

    Better THAN Thriller?

    FIXED

  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    skel said:
    LaserWolf said:
    WELCOME.

    Better THAN #32 Thriller?

    FIXED

    ...............

  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts

  • beats thriller on the 100? friggin traGIC

  • RAJRAJ tenacious local 7,779 Posts
    Just picked this up in the bargain book store.



    Lots of "Off the Wall" era Michael shots.

  • CrumpCrump 18 Posts
    Probably in my top ten albums, and yes >>>>> Thriller

  • YemskyYemsky 707 Posts
    Does anyone know which picture is hanging on the wall? 

  • JimsterJimster Cruffiton.etsy.com 6,885 Posts
    ElectrodeYemsky


  • JimsterJimster Cruffiton.etsy.com 6,885 Posts
    I have no idea what the image to MJ's left was.   But if I was going to recreate it today...
    https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/27/Bliss_(Windows_XP).png

  • YemskyYemsky 707 Posts

    That link did not work for me…


    But thank for the video links, guys. The Griffith Observatory / James Dean alt cover shot was interesting.

    Funny, the area around The Grove was a frequent hang out for me when I lived in LA. I never knew about the location…

    https://goo.gl/maps/TkekGwYHys5jS3uP6

    The question regarding the image remains unresolved, it seems, and it appears to have been added in post anyway as there is not enough space to hang anything in that corner of the real wall, I think. 


  • ketanketan Warmly booming riffs 3,095 Posts


    You have to add the "(image)" to that url to get it to work.  Look familiar?





    Jimster

  • YemskyYemsky 707 Posts
    Haha. Welcome to the  Michael Jackson XPerience 
    Jimster

  • JimsterJimster Cruffiton.etsy.com 6,885 Posts
    The other one I thought of was Magritte's 'Son of Man"
    https://images.app.goo.gl/WPWM2RetTNguXS2B7
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