“So tonight, gotta leave that 9 to 5 up on the shelf, and just enjoy yourself. C’mon groove, let the madness in the music get to you. Life ain’t so bad at all…..when you’re living Off the Wall.”
I want to talk about the King. Mr. Michael Jackson. The Old Mike. The Mike that was my hero.
The very first record I ever owned…you know, the one that I played on my Holly Hobbie record player….was “Ben”. A song sung by Michael Jackson.
My favorite cartoon was “The Jackson Five”. I loved me some Michael Jackson. I never missed that cartoon with the pet snakes and the pet rats. I would practice my Jackson Five spins all around the house.
And when this album came out. Our love was solidified. This album is a MONSTER. You have your Thriller fans (and I love Thriller too) but this one was and still is the TRUTH.
1. Don’t Stop ‘Till You Get Enough
2. Rock With You
3. Working Day And Night
4. Get On The Floor
5. Off The Wall
6. Girlfriend
7. She’s Out Of My Life
8. I Can’t Help It
9. It’s The Falling In Love
10. Burn This Disco Out
My favorite love song by Michael….Number 8…I Can’t Help It. This song is absolute perfection.
Michael’s falsetto voice, the way he sings it like he is hopelessly falling in love….amazing.
And then there are the words….
Looking In My Mirror
Took Me By Surprise
I Can’t Help But See You
Running Often Through My Mind
Helpless Like A Baby
Sensual Disguise
I Can’t Help But Love You
It’s Getting Better All The Time
I Can’t Help It If I Wanted To
I Wouldn’t Help It Even If I Could
I Can’t Help It If I Wanted To
I Wouldn’t Help It, No
I mean…this is what falling in love feels like in song. Beautiful.
And my all time favorite MJ song…Off The Wall. From the minute I hear it, I have to dance. Oh, and sing at the top of my lungs. One time, while this song was playing in my car (and I was singing it at the top of my lungs at a red light) I looked over and saw five cars full of people staring at me. I proceeded to sing even louder. (and note, I am no singindiva!).
So it hurts me to know that Mike has turned into a nutcase. I blame his parents. But to me, he is still the King.
And today, I am living Off The Wall….
Michael Jackson- Off the Wall; Live in Yokohama 1987
He was an amazing artist. It’s too bad that he went nutty on us.
From the stories I hear, it seems as though the verbal/emotional and physical abuse from Joe was too much.
What do you think made him go nutty?
It’s such a Catch22. Joe’s drive made them famous worldwide but I think it also ruined the family.
They never had a chance to be kids. Most of the pressure fell on MJ cause he was the star.
In a family where NONE of the kids wants to even speak to the Dad as adults….who knows if more physical or even sexual abuse took place?
I feel bad for them.
WOW! This was an awesome post!Yes! This is the mike in the yellow sweater vest and white shirt on the poster that I had on my wall FOREVER and would dream about! YES!! This is that Mike!!
I have a secret..Haven’t told any other blogger only my lady..Last year sometime I would go to this club that plays only old school. Put on my Usher blazer and baseball cap and battle all the youngins and Win too!! Then this little asian chick broke me down sumthin fierce. Did moves I hadn’t seen in years. The song we battled too? Off The Wall..lol
Robin….I had that poster too!!!I can’t stop laughing…LOL
Slish…you let the little Asian chick break you down? Damn. Tell me though…Off The Wall is the greatest song to dance to. You just feel it when you hear it. That Quincy Jones is a bad man.
that’s my favorite album of ALL TIME! i can play that cd for hours and just let each song repeat over and over again. the entire cd is BRILLIANT.
my favorite cut is ‘don’t stop ’til you get enough’. that song was made for dancing and my feet move whenever i hear it, no matter where i am.
My all time favs on this album are #4 and #8.
I keep this CD locked up tight because I wanna be able to show my kids pictures of when Michael Jackson was black. lol…for real…
Ok can I just ask this one question? How come Michael is tryin to pass those white kids off as his? How come don’t nobody ever talk about that? HAHHAA
lol…I went back and read my own comments only to realize how IGNANT I sounded in the last sentence. ok, carry on…
Tam…that ain’t ignant…that’s a legitimate question. LOL
He’s just so strange and does so many off the wall (no pun intended) sh*T that who has time to even focus on the white kids?
And why is one named Blanket and the other one is Prince.
Off the Wall wasa great album.. I use to sing Girlfriend all the time..lol
we all love michael right? everyone has a secert in there life?right.go on the internet mj death hoax the movie theory and read,it may help.michael needed to catch bad people that werent treading him right in the sony bussiness and the media was hammer him for nothing.we need not to buy those alfull papers and some tv lies too.they are teaching our kids to lie through all these things. our kids someday may to be a star and the record people will take a vanish of them if someone doent stop them.media need new laws.those kids could be michaels because we have a friend that had a black child and a white child by the same parents they are real light black.i dont think they are his.i dont believe he was on drugs and that kid case wasnt true either,he had do this all of this that person was after him and he was scared for his family