THREAD OF MY FAVE MICHAEL JACKSON SONGS #MichaelJackson

THE LADY IN MY LIFE
- this song totally calms me down
- the chord progression is so beautiful aaaaaa

ROCK WITH YOU
- makes me wanna get up and dance wherever i am
- on my karaoke bucket list
- I WANNA ROCK WITH YOUUUUU AAAAAALL NIIIIGHT, WANNA DANCE THE NIGHT AWAAAAAAAYYYYY

WANNA BE STARTIN' SOMETHIN'
- another absolute groove
- my mom and i dance to this song A LOT
- i wanna choreograph this song one day
- the "mamase mamasa mamacusa" part was sampled in rihanna's "don't stop the music"

CAN YOU FEEL IT
- this song has such a powerful message that's relevant to this day
- that brass section tho

BUTTERFLIES
- recently discovered this one
- super underrated
- always calms me down
- i wanna take a bath while listening to this

WHATZUPWITU
- mostly by eddie murphy
- the music video is weird but i love the song
- brings back a whole lot of memories

THE WAY YOU MAKE ME FEEL
- mj's 80s songs are seriously something else
- YOU KNOCK ME OFF OF MY FEET NOW BABYYYY
- i remember singing this song in the car ALL THE TIME when i was little

BAD
- what more can i say? i love everything about this song, from the orchestra hits at the intro to the "WHO'S BAD?" at the end!

BEN
- AWWWWW BABY MICHAEL
- fun fact: this song isn't about a human friend named ben; it's actually about a rat named ben
- i recorded a cover of this song on a video girl barbie when i was little but sadly i gave it away

MORNING GLOW
- originally from the musical "pippin"
- this song makes me think of the sunrise

SMOOTH CRIMINAL
- ANNIE ARE YOU OKAY ANNIE ARE YOU OKAY ARE YOU OKAY ANNIE

THRILLER
- i love everything about this song
- the harmonies in "thriller, killer, diller, here toniiiiight" send chills down my spine
- i used to be able to recite vincent price's monologue word for word

and i'm also sharing the full music video for it because it's iconic as fuck

BLACK OR WHITE
- AN ABSOLUTE ANTHEM
- mj's 90s songs are bops as well

HUMAN NATURE
- this one always calms me down and possibly brings a few tears to my eyes
- makes me feel like
- that early 80s synth tho

SCREAM
- what can i say; all the jackson kids (well they haven't been kids since like the 80s but yeah) are LEGENDARY and this brother-sister duet proves it
- i remember rocking out to this all the time in 5th grade

SAY SAY SAY
- TWO ABSOLUTE LEGENDS SINGING TOGETHER AAAAAA
- WHAT MORE CAN I SAY BC I CAN'T PUT INTO WORDS HOW MUCH I LOVE THIS COLLAB

BILLIE JEAN
- ABSOLUTELY ICONIC
- baby mama & baby daddy drama

i just had to put this live performance here too so i could show y'all his iconic moonwalk

GOIN' PLACES
- such a mood for me bc i love traveling
- i wanna travel again once this covid 19 stuff is over

~i have many other faves but i'm only posting my top faves right now so i think i'm gonna end this thread for now~