MJ or Prince? Who was your guy ?

[enyawd72]

^I'm something of a Weird Al Yankovic wannabe...always making up parodies of hit songs...I've done it for years. My wife loves them.

Anyway, my version of "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough" goes..."Come on! Want my nose gone! Don't Stop 'Til You Cut It Off"

Some of my other hits include "Sammy Davis Eyes" featuring my impression of a cross-eyed Kim Carnes.

One of my little known talents/hobbies.

[Mr.Marion]

To me that's like comparing Neil Diamond and Neil Young, sure they have the first same name but I like both of them for different reasons.

Neil Sedaka

[daz71]

^I'm something of a Weird Al Yankovic wannabe...always making up parodies of hit songs...I've done it for years. My wife loves them.

Anyway, my version of "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough" goes..."Come on! Want my nose gone! Don't Stop 'Til You Cut It Off"

Some of my other hits include "Sammy Davis Eyes" featuring my impression of a cross-eyed Kim Carnes.

One of my little known talents/hobbies.

haha sounds like the macc lads without the swearing.

[HardyGirl]

Please! Do ya have to ask?

I have been a Michael Jackson fan almost my entire life. I was 3 when "I Want You Back" came out, and I loved him ever since. Prince is OK, and I have "1999" and a few 45s, but in our family, Michael was the greatest entertainer of all time. He had a vocal range of nearly 4 octaves. He was a fantastic dancer, b/c he studied the greats like James Brown, Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire. He took the music video industry to new heights w/ his short films. He was also the most charitable, giving celebrity ever who gave over the course of his life $350 million to charities, including his own "Heal The World" Foundation. But in comparing Michael to Prince, Michael didn't have to stoop to raunchiness to sell records. Many children went to his concerts, and even after his death, children still love him today. I have never and will never believe all the horrible things written and reported about Michael. And even though I love Shaun and David Cassidy and Rick Springfield, Michael always will be #1 to me!

Does that answer your question?

[Mikey]

I have no disrespect for Prince and acknowledge him as a talented artist.

The plain truth is imo Michael Jackson is a 100% better singer and his choice of songs are 100% more catchy.

One of Prince's big pop hits was Little Red Corvette.
IMO the verse part of that song was horrible (music-wise)
Chorus was fine.
But it seems like most of Princes songs are like that.

Michael Jackson on the other hand was a master at every aspect of a song.

[HardyGirl]

^5 Mikey!

I have no disrespect for Prince and acknowledge him as a talented artist.

The plain truth is imo Michael Jackson is a 100% better singer and his choice of songs are 100% more catchy.

One of Prince's big pop hits was Little Red Corvette.
IMO the verse part of that song was horrible (music-wise)
Chorus was fine.
But it seems like most of Princes songs are like that.

Michael Jackson on the other hand was a master at every aspect of a song.

[CrimsonGhost]

I have no disrespect for Prince and acknowledge him as a talented artist.

The plain truth is imo Michael Jackson is a 100% better singer and his choice of songs are 100% more catchy.

One of Prince's big pop hits was Little Red Corvette.
IMO the verse part of that song was horrible (music-wise)
Chorus was fine.
But it seems like most of Princes songs are like that.

Michael Jackson on the other hand was a master at every aspect of a song.

None of MJ's songs are sexy. None of them have any edge. Strangely, the Jackson 5 songs had more edge than the later stuff.

And as far as Little Red Corvette goes, it has one of the best written opening lines ever: "I guess I should of known By the way you parked your car sideways That it wouldn't last." It tells you everything about the story in the song immediately.

And the opening line to "Bad"? "Your butt is mine." ... so, yeah.

I can easier compare little Michael to Prince bacause adult Michael was very sterile.

[nvmbrsdoom5]

I enjoy and respect both of them greatly. Honestly I'm a bigger Prince fan than MJ but I would never say one was "better" than the other, they were both amazing.

[Mikey]

When I listen to music (for the most part) I listen for the music and not the lyrics.

Love Beatles and Pink Floyd - which basically have no sexual innuendos whatsoever.

Sometimes I hear song a hundred times and not even know what it's about (that's why for me the music and singing voice is most important) doesn't matter what he's actually singing about

[Hector]

Michael Jackson.

Yes, Prince destroys him as an intrumentalist, that's a given. I'd give the songwriting edge to Prince as well...because Michael had a large infrastructure helping him...and one of my favorite Michael songs is Man in the Mirror, a song he did not compose.

Having said that...Michael was the superior singer, waaaaaaaaaaay better dancer, and overall just the better showman.

...and as a kid, member of the Jackson 5, well, you just can't beat that.

Michael Jackson.

[Hector]

None of MJ's songs are sexy. None of them have any edge. Strangely, the Jackson 5 songs had more edge than the later stuff.

And as far as Little Red Corvette goes, it has one of the best written opening lines ever: "I guess I should of known By the way you parked your car sideways That it wouldn't last." It tells you everything about the story in the song immediately.

And the opening line to "Bad"? "Your butt is mine." ... so, yeah.

I can easier compare little Michael to Prince bacause adult Michael was very sterile.

What does sexy and sterile have to do with anything?

[CrimsonGhost]

What does sexy and sterile have to do with anything?

You don't feel music can be sexy? Or conversely, absent of sexy?

People put on Barry White instead of "Yes we have no bananas" for a reason you know!

[Gorn Captain]

The Jackson Five were great, but I never liked MJs solo stuff because it didn't feel real to me, and I don't like grown men singing with a child's voice, especially those mellow ballads. Nothing against Jackson himself, it was just not my kind of music. When you don't like the lyrics and don't like the singing voice...

I like Prince a lot, mostly because of his instrumental skills. His music has power and drive, and when he sings about an experience, I actually believe the guy. And even though he was flamboyant, I never felt that he had "lost it and joined the circus". Once you own a chimp, believe me, you have joined the circus...

[huedell]

I'm almost at a loss for words. But am enjoying this thread.

I want to try to verbalize how Prince communicates his songs with a more personal touch (AFAIC), but I also don't think that makes or breaks my estimation of an artist.

The only thing I think DOES maybe make or break an artist are things regarding the overall persona as an entertainer/pop star, such as these things mentioned earlier in this thread:

"...greatest entertainer of all time..."

"...something that still made them great and stand out..."

"...they were both amazing..."

"...overall just the better showman..."

Even what was said about an artist's "sexiness" would fall under that category.

I am definitely of the mind that they were both entertainment POWER-HOUSES.

[CrimsonGhost]

I'm almost at a loss for words. But am enjoying this thread.

I want to try to verbalize how Prince communicates his songs with a more personal touch (AFAIC), but I also don't think that makes or breaks my estimation of an artist.

The only thing I think DOES maybe make or break an artist are things regarding the overall persona as an entertainer/pop star, such as these things mentioned earlier in this thread:

"...greatest entertainer of all time..."

"...something that still made them great and stand out..."

"...they were both amazing..."

"...overall just the better showman..."

Even what was said about an artist's "sexiness" would fall under that category.

I am definitely of the mind that they were both entertainment POWER-HOUSES.

I was referring to the music being sexy, just to be clear! LOL!