Jackson 5 Appreciation Post

Guzzo · June 2005

f'reals man Mikey may be the focus with his issues right now but back in the days these dudes were unfadable.

Of all the kiddee groups these dudes is still king, from the songs to the dance moves to the playing they did no wrong for the longest.
Hip-hop owes a debt of gratitude to these dudes too.

Death mix
OPP
10,000,000 other songs I can't remember.

and the final reason to appreciate them....THEY HAD THEIR OWN CARTOON

SoulOnIce · June 2005

dudes definitely had some deep album cuts...maybe as much about the people around them as anything, but they came with some shit that went beyond kiddie-funk and teenie-bopper styles...all those records are loaded with good tracks - their first five albums were released over the course of less than 16 months!

My fav is "Third Album" but I definitely feel the version of "I'll Bet You" on ABC, and the "Goin' Back to Indiana" LP is rugged and rough...for a bunch of kids...

aimhighshootlow · June 2005

favorite album-third album

favorite song -"reach in" on the third album

thats a cut!

Mr_Lee_PHD · June 2005

I wanna be where you are is another BOMB.

Diamante_D · June 2005

Their version of Ain't no Sunshine is heavy too.

Spinatra · June 2005

anyone know if 'It's great to be here' is available on 45? Always looking for that one and not finding...

tinyhunter · June 2005

...Hum Along & Dance.

DOR · June 2005

Can these dudes get a lil love tho?

Get someone that has no clue to listen to One Bad Apple... Alot will think it's Michael.

Diamante_D · June 2005

Get someone that has no clue to listen to One Bad Apple... Alot will think it's Michael.

Crazy Horses is the Osmond heater

blaqsoul · June 2005

anyone know if 'It's great to be here' is available on 45? Always looking for that one and not finding...

I think you can stop lookin' pretty sure it was never a single. There's a slim chance that it may be on a non-US 45 as a b-side.

dj_pi · June 2005

anyone know if 'It's great to be here' is available on 45? Always looking for that one and not finding...

yeah me too
i gave up looking ,if it does exist I think its a really rare promo????
But i thought I saw a pic of it a few years ago on ebay ? and it had a regular blue motown label.
maybe I hallucinated it

Never seen that or "Life of the Party". Do these exist on 45?

blaqsoul · June 2005

"Life Of The Party" does exist. It came out in the UK as an A-Side.

dj_pi · June 2005

Cool...thanks for letting me know...hope to find it someday.

funky16corners · June 2005

I always loved their version of 'I'll Bet You' (the Funkadelic tune)

Bsides · June 2005

Hell yeah! I love the jackson 5!

Actually Jackie jackson has been letting us use sound city studios in burbank for free for the past few months! Hes real chill, he even put down some shakers on one beat. haha.

Hes got tons of crazy ass stories from way back in the day. He keeps talking about how he needs beats for the new jackson 5 album. And i keep thinking, as cool is dude is, a new jackson 5 album?

He insists its going down though. He's always on the phone with the other brothers, and seems absolutely sure he can drag michael down to burbank to record something! Personally, theres no way I can even see mike phoning in vocals. Jail or no jail.

Regardless though, the jackson 5 are dope. They must have sold a shitload of wax though cause even jackie is rediculously paid.

mordecai · June 2005

i like this

breaks.

need more Jackson 5 in my life.

pickwick33 · June 2005

dudes definitely had some deep album cuts...maybe as much about the people around them as anything, but they came with some shit that went beyond kiddie-funk and teenie-bopper styles

like the jazzy vocals on "looking through the windows"

Young_Phonics · June 2005

i like this

breaks.

need more Jackson 5 in my life.

Homie:

Looking at the Jackson 5 for breaks is like going to a nice restaurant just to take a shit.

funkyexample · June 2005

i like this

breaks.

need more Jackson 5 in my life.

Homie:

Looking at the Jackson 5 for breaks is like going to a nice restaurant just to take a shit.

Made my day.

pickwick33 · June 2005

Looking at the Jackson 5 for breaks is like going to a nice restaurant just to take a shit.

Like that old Funkadelic song: "you hit the nail on the head!"

mrpek · June 2005

Looking at the Jackson 5 for breaks is like going to a nice restaurant just to take a shit.

Yo anyone in L.A. ever drop a deuce at that nice Archlight theatre across from Ameoba. Man onetime I ate some bad Chinese on Melrose and when me and my homes got to Ameoba I was hurtin. Going back a forwth from that spot to Ameoba for like 3 hours. My boy was like "where are you hiding at?" ... WORD!

mrpek · June 2005

Can't a guy talk about his bodily functions with out killin a thread!

DjArcadian · June 2005

Anyone elses copy of ABC paper thin? When I pick up mine holding just one side it bends. It's like two or three sheets of paper glued together.

m_dejean · June 2005

When the snares hit and they go into "Walk On By" it's

That groove is just so nasty. I like all the early Jackson 5, even some of the later Jacksons disco stuff. They were way beyond kiddie or boyband even though they were huge teen idols.

J5 under-the-radar cut: part one of "I Am Love" from:

paulnice · June 2005

Yeah, I dig It's Great To Be Here and all (especially that recent Kenny dope reimx/edit), but by FAR their ILLEST joint was ENJOY YOURSELF!!!!!!

Man, that song was so serious. That was THE song in my 3rd grade class boy.

One of the first 45's I bought to boot.

When I got my first pair of turntables years later, my 45 doubles of ENJOY YOURSELF taped to my pops old Kingston Trio lps became my first "practice records".

WE CAN TEAR THE HOUSE DOWN

WE CAN TEAR THE HOUSE DOWN

WE CAN TEAR - THE WHOLE HOUSE DOWN

WOOOOO!!!!

ENJOY YOURDELF

ENJOY YOURDELF

ENJOY YOURDELF WITH ME

ENJOY YOURDELF

ENJOY YOURDELF

ENJOY YOURDELF WITH ME

Evidence...

Enjoy Yourself...Get Down Get Down

batmon · June 2005

...Hum Along & Dance.

That's that heat. Did anyone get the extendend 11 min. rmx that was featured on the cd featuring the rare Boogie album paired w/ Joyful Jukebox Music. Apparently,Motown went to the vaults after Thriller, and compiled some tracks.The result being Boogie. Whatever. The cd only "new/unreleased" track was Hum Along and Dance(Extended). I cant tell if its a modern remix or the original unshaved studio track. I'm leaning more towards the former.
Im a bonafide Jackson family collector, omitting Latoya, who I always see in the bins. I read there was a red vinyl promo-only pressing of one of the earlier J5 albums. Its officially listed in SoulSation J5 Cd book.

pickwick33 · June 2005

J5 under-the-radar cut: part one of "I Am Love"

Not quite unknown. "I Am Love" was a massive hit single for them back in the time, although you hardly ever hear it on oldies or dusties formats today. It's a fine ballad - AT FIRST. Then that funk jam kicks in at the end...great record.

batmon · June 2005

J5 under-the-radar cut: part one of "I Am Love"

Not quite unknown. "I Am Love" was a massive hit single for them back in the time, although you hardly ever hear it on oldies or dusties formats today. It's a fine ballad - AT FIRST. Then that funk jam kicks in at the end...great record.

Far from under the radar. Im sure it was a single as well.

pickwick33 · June 2005

J5 under-the-radar cut: part one of "I Am Love"

Not quite unknown. "I Am Love" was a massive hit single for them back in the time, although you hardly ever hear it on oldies or dusties formats today. It's a fine ballad - AT FIRST. Then that funk jam kicks in at the end...great record.

Far from under the radar. Im sure it was a single as well.

It was (like I just said

). My own copy is on a 7".

Not only did it cross over to the pop stations, but I recall an episode of THE JEFFERSONS where George comes home after a day on the grind, singing "I AM LOOOOOVE..."

Here's a real under-the-radar J5 track: "Oh How Happy," which was buried on the THIRD ALBUM. The song was so good that Berry Gordy himself is singing during one of the choruses (if you hear some offkey bass voice, that was him).

batmon · June 2005

J5 under-the-radar cut: part one of "I Am Love"

Not quite unknown. "I Am Love" was a massive hit single for them back in the time, although you hardly ever hear it on oldies or dusties formats today. It's a fine ballad - AT FIRST. Then that funk jam kicks in at the end...great record.

Far from under the radar. Im sure it was a single as well.

It was (like I just said ). My own copy is on a 7".

Not only did it cross over to the pop stations, but I recall an episode of THE JEFFERSONS where George comes home after a day on the grind, singing "I AM LOOOOOVE..."

Here's a real under-the-radar J5 track: "Oh How Happy," which was buried on the THIRD ALBUM. The song was so good that Berry Gordy himself is singing during one of the choruses (if you hear some offkey bass voice, that was him).

Under the Radar: "You Made Me What I Am Today" SKYWRITER.

batmon · June 2005

When the snares hit and they go into "Walk On By" it's That groove is just so nasty. I like all the early Jackson 5, even some of the later Jacksons disco stuff. They were way beyond kiddie or boyband even though they were huge teen idols.

Public Enemy used that for "BY THE TIME I GET TO ARIZONA" st8bangin'

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