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Michael Jackson

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ras1983

Dec 28, 2004
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#1
I don't care what anyone says about him. Billy Jean is the best way to explain to anyone that all you need is a bass and a drumkit to make a groove that mooves! :cool:

I also have to mention thriller, bad, gotta be starting somethin, CAN'T STOP TILL YOU GET ENOUGH, i mean isn't that one of the funkiest things you have ever heard? ;)

Mates, almost every song of his is simply a groove-fest. Am I wrong? AM I WRONG? :D
 
#2
The 'man' is incredibibly talented. So talented that he's been handed everything he wants for a long time now. I think if that happened to me I'd get bored w/all the things that were available, & start looking at things I'm not supposed to have. I'm glad I don't have everything I want. That would be boring. But he IS(was?)a funky individual.
 
#4
MJ didn't write all those basslines...a guy named Rod Temperton wrote a few for both Off The Wall & Thriller.
Temperton was the keyboardist & principal composer for Heatwave...in case you haven't noticed, most of Heatwave's tunes have memorable bass hooks. "Boogie Nights", "The Groove Line", "Eyeballin'", "One Night Tan", "Ain't No Half Stepping", "Razzle Dazzle", "Therm Warfare", etc

MJ & the J5 also used the cream-of-crop bassists-
Jamerson, Will Lee, Louis Johnson, Bobby Watson of Rufus, Nathan Watts, etc.
...and then there's the keyboard bass of guys like Gregg Phillanganes.

If you like MJ's classic solo stuff(up to Thriller, IMO)...the J5's Deztiny is a must-have.
 

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