Monday, March 2, 2015

IN THE VAULT 03/02/2015






This was the album that started it all for me...had to save up my 0.25 allowance for a few months to buy it...and it still holds up for me today.

While this was the pop hit....




I think this one, sung by an eleven-year-old Michael, showed you a glimpse of the superstar he would become.







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  1. Michael was a star from the outset. He was the successful product as well as the sad victim of his father's rigid discipline.

    Arlee Bird
    A to Z Challenge Co-host
    Tossing It Out

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    1. Yep...a tragic story for sure...I think that's why this stuff still appeals to me.

      Besides the pure nostalgia, it is a portrait of MJ before the troubled times.

      And I guess it reminds me of me before I turned into a grumpy old man!

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  2. I don't know if it's because he was less tainted (well, relatively) by the world at this point or if it's just the sound itself but I like this old school MJ a lot more than I liked King of Pop creepy white guy MJ. This one is in my vault as well, and I still pull it out periodically for a good, solid listen.

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    1. Both incarnations had their formula-this was the Motown formula which I like better.

      Him trying to turn himself white did not help matters...

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  3. I grew up listening to Jackson 5, and later enjoyed Michael as a solo artist. He was talented. A shame he was also so perverted. I still listen to his music sometimes, can't ignore his fabulous works.

    I remember getting a cardboard record (a 45) off a cereal box. Can't remember the name of the single or the cereal, but wasn't that cool? Can't do that with CDs.

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    1. I had a couple of those-if memory serves me it was on Post cereals.

      Too bad we didn't save them on the box-they'd be worth something on eBay!

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  4. I do believe we've chatted about MJ before, so I'm going to limit my comment here only to say (once again) that I think he was so talented. I totally get saving that allowance for this amazing record:)

    Also, I also remember 45s in the cereal boxes. Kids wouldn't know what to do with one of those crazy black discs today... hehehe.

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    1. I read where kids are not even listening to a full song-that they have "heard enough" after a minute and a half (let alone the need for six second videos)...not only wouldn't they know what to do with the disc, but they would not have the attention span anyway!

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