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Post by Unhinged on Oct 4, 2017 14:22:03 GMT -5
Michael Jackson
For this rankdown my plan is to start with MJ's solo launch which would be 1971's "Got To Be There" and would end with 2014's "A Place With No Name." I am not including the remixes released from 2008's Thriller 25 ("The Girl Is Mine 2008" and "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' 2008) since those were generally trashed upon release and we have the far superior originals to rank, anyhow.
Unfortunately, this leaves out a huge chunk of his legacy as he was also a member (and arguably (?) the most integral member) of The Jackson 5/The Jacksons. I believe MJ sang lead vocals on all but a few of their singles so should those singles be included as well? If not, we're missing out on gems like "I Want You Back," "I'll Be There," "ABC," "Dancing Machine" and "Never Can Say Goodbye" to name only a few!
Therefore, anyone who wishes to submit a list of their Top 25 favorite Jackson 5/Jacksons songs may do so as well. You may also submit with this list any other MJ song on which his vocals are featured ("Why," "Somebody's Watching Me," "Eaten Alive," "Get It," demos, etc...).
The Michael Jackson Rankdown
Got To Be There Rockin' Robin' I Wanna Be Where You Are Ain't No Sunshine Ben With A Child's Heart Music & Me We're Almost There Just A Little Bit Of You Ease On Down The Road (w/Diana Ross) Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough Rock With You Off The Wall She's Out Of My Life Girlfriend The Girls Is Mine (w/Paul McCartney) Billie Jean Beat It Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' Human Nature P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing) Say Say Say (w/Paul McCartney) Thriller Farewell My Summer Love I Just Can't Stop Loving You (w/Siedah Garrett) Bad The Way You Make Me Feel Man In The Mirror Dirty Diana Another Part Of Me Smooth Criminal Leave Me Alone Liberian Girl Black Or White Remember The Time In The Closet Jam Who Is It Heal The World Give In To Me Will You Be There Gone Too Soon Scream (w/Janet Jackson) Childhood You Are Not Alone Earth Song They Don't Care About Us Stranger In Moscow Blood On The Dance Floor History Ghosts You Rock My World Cry Butterflies One More Chance Hold My Hand Hollywood Tonight Behind The Mask Love Never Felt So Good (solo or w/Justin Timberlake)
A Place With No Name
1. Inverse Point system will be used (i.e. rank singles 1-60)
2. You must rank all the singles (if there's a remix you prefer, you can use that for your ranking instead, you don't have to specify whether you did)
3. PM me your rankings (this includes the additional Jackson 5/Jacksons lists)
4. Submissions will be due by December 10th
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Post by Deleted on Oct 4, 2017 14:24:43 GMT -5
YES!!!!!!! Finally this Rankdown was made. I was thinking of calling dibs on it when no one was wanting to start it even if I dont know much about MJ compared to others but glad that someone stepped it up and did it!
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Post by bboat11 on Oct 4, 2017 14:26:29 GMT -5
I feel like his solo career is big enough, plus the Jackson 5's career was big enough, that you could justify leaving the Jackson 5 stuff out of this one and having a separate rankdown for them later. Just my 2 cents
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Post by Unhinged on Oct 4, 2017 14:28:03 GMT -5
I feel like his solo career is big enough, plus the Jackson 5's career was big enough, that you could justify leaving the Jackson 5 stuff out of this one and having a separate rankdown for them later. Just my 2 cents Yeah, I was thinking that too. The Jackson 5/Jacksons legacy is big enough that they deserve their own rankdown I believe.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 4, 2017 14:51:21 GMT -5
I already know what my top 2 could be... And I will just say that my number 2 could be in the bottom 5.... Ill probably send near the deadline.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 4, 2017 14:52:20 GMT -5
YASSSSSSSSSSS
I suggested to someone else a couple of months ago to do MJ, so I'm glad it finally got snapped up!
I agree with the above, MJ's solo career is big enough on its own (and 60 is such a lovely, round number that pleases my OCD senses lol) that you can do a separate rankdown for J5. Or - you know how some rankdown hosts give an option to submit your favorite album tracks and the ones with the most mentions are revealed throughout the rankdown? Maybe you could do something like that, where people can submit their 10 (15? 20?) favorite Jackson 5/Jacksons singles and then you reveal the ones that got the most mentions.
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Post by CF15 on Oct 4, 2017 15:07:44 GMT -5
I will definitely try to participate. There are a lot of songs, though, that I probably have not heard before.
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Post by jtd Thee Stallion on Oct 4, 2017 15:08:06 GMT -5
FINALLYYYYYY
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Post by willapted33 on Oct 4, 2017 16:57:55 GMT -5
I'll do this for sure
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Post by Unhinged on Oct 4, 2017 17:05:21 GMT -5
YASSSSSSSSSSS I suggested to someone else a couple of months ago to do MJ, so I'm glad it finally got snapped up! I agree with the above, MJ's solo career is big enough on its own (and 60 is such a lovely, round number that pleases my OCD senses lol) that you can do a separate rankdown for J5. Or - you know how some rankdown hosts give an option to submit your favorite album tracks and the ones with the most mentions are revealed throughout the rankdown? Maybe you could do something like that, where people can submit their 10 (15? 20?) favorite Jackson 5/Jacksons singles and then you reveal the ones that got the most mentions. I like this idea! People can submit their Top 25 favorite Jackson 5/Jacksons songs and I'll make a list of the most popular picks. Thanks! I'll add it to my initial post. Oh and you and I think the same. I begrudgingly added "Farewell My Summer Love" to the list cause it was 59 songs long and I don't like uneven numbers. lol.
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Post by Cody Wants Out... on Oct 4, 2017 19:37:54 GMT -5
I was starting to wonder when this would happen! I'll try to send something in by the deadline as I have bunches of rankdowns to plow through (or at least it feels like it :kii: ).
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Post by 🇯🇲 lucy88 🇯🇲 on Oct 4, 2017 22:29:59 GMT -5
Okay, I'll try to send in mines. Thanks for the tag!
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Post by Doc Indie Party Rock on Oct 5, 2017 0:29:26 GMT -5
Another one I won't pass up.
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Post by Ezekiel 23:20–21 on Oct 5, 2017 2:05:18 GMT -5
Yay! I'll do this!
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Post by crazyb on Oct 13, 2017 22:39:41 GMT -5
Submitted, my top 4 all easily could of been my number 1.
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Post by Juanca on Oct 14, 2017 23:43:42 GMT -5
YAS!! Definitely participating! I've listened to over 40 songs from this list and there are lots of great songs here! On the top 25 idea, I'd suggest that we add any other song :) I mean, I have at least 3 songs that were credited to MJ in my personal chart that are not in this list, and I believe could be included: State of Shock, Somebody's Watching Me, I Can't Help It)
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Post by Red on Oct 15, 2017 13:25:11 GMT -5
My top ten of MJ's is just a murderer's row of pop. #1 is one of my favorite songs, period.
This is going to be torturous.
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Post by Unhinged on Oct 16, 2017 7:39:42 GMT -5
Just sending a friendly reminder that submissions are due by November 10th.
I may extend that deadline since there are a lot of rankdowns happening at the moment and I'd like as many members to participate as possible. I've had a few submissions so far which is great so keep 'em coming!
I like the suggestion by Juanca to include any other MJ related songs with the Top 25 Jackson 5/Jacksons songs. You may also submit with this list any other MJ song on which his vocals are featured ("Why," "Somebody's Watching Me," "Eaten Alive," "Get It" etc.).
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Post by bat1990 on Oct 16, 2017 9:24:17 GMT -5
In for this!!
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Post by Tea-why on Oct 16, 2017 11:04:09 GMT -5
Yes! I'm on it. I can't wait to listen to all of these Gems. How does one get chosen to be a part of it?
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Post by Unhinged on Oct 16, 2017 11:56:21 GMT -5
Yes! I'm on it. I can't wait to listen to all of these Gems. How does one get chosen to be a part of it? Anyone can participate, I just messaged most of the folks that partake in the rankdowns and some others.
When you are ready, please send me a message with your list(s) and I'll take it from there! The original post in this thread has the list of the 60 MJ singles. You may submit an additional separate list of 25 Jackson 5/Jacksons/MJ features as well.
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Post by Unhinged on Oct 24, 2017 12:22:09 GMT -5
Obligatory reminder that submissions are due November 10th. Please ignore this if you do not wish to participate!
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Oct 24, 2017 19:55:26 GMT -5
absolutely participating in this. Need to listen to his music though so will try and get to it soon though I already know my top 5 easily, just not sure which order those 5 songs will land.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 25, 2017 20:13:34 GMT -5
How many lists do you have so far? This will be one of the Rankdowns that I will most likely have near the deadline.
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Post by Unhinged on Oct 26, 2017 16:16:08 GMT -5
How many lists do you have so far? This will be one of the Rankdowns that I will most likely have near the deadline. 5 lists have been submitted so far...
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Post by Deleted on Nov 7, 2017 0:29:05 GMT -5
Unhinged I will probably have this in before the 10th, but, is it possible for an extension for this? since theres a lot of people working on other rankdowns due around this time that they may have forgotten about this one, and that way you could end up getting much more participants as well.
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Post by Unhinged on Nov 7, 2017 12:46:42 GMT -5
Unhinged I will probably have this in before the 10th, but, is it possible for an extension for this? since theres a lot of people working on other rankdowns due around this time that they may have forgotten about this one, and that way you could end up getting much more participants as well. Funny you mention this as I was going to extend the deadline anyhow.
Let's make the new deadline December 10th....
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Post by Leo ✔ on Nov 10, 2017 20:14:12 GMT -5
The new deadline totally helps me to work on my list! Thanks!
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Post by bat1990 on Nov 13, 2017 18:29:43 GMT -5
The preference revealer just spat out Thriller vs Bad....talk about hard choices
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Post by Unhinged on Nov 21, 2017 15:05:44 GMT -5
Second last reminder that submission's are due by December 10th.
I will not be extending the deadline again so make sure you get your submission in before then if you'd like to participate!
There have been 14 submissions to date. I've started the calculations and there are some interesting outcomes so far!
Not going to give away too much but:
- There is an especially close race between "Human Nature", "Dirty Diana" and "Scream" at the moment.
- No song has been in everyone's Top 10.
- Most of his ballads have been very polarizing.
- Ya'll did "Who Is It" dirty...
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