The MJ Show #50 (Michael Jackson)
It had to happen eh? :) We had to get MJ on The MJ Show!
I've always been a great fan of Michael Jackson and as a kid I was super kicked about the thought that I shared initials with him. I mean, if I had to share initials with someone I can't think of too many people who could top Michael Jackson.
(Maybe only Elvis Presley and Freddie Mercury) :)
Right then, what I want to give you today, just in case you're one of the few people who've not heard too much of Michael Jackson, is a comprehensive look at the solo career of one of the greatest musicians/performers that this world has seen!
I'm going to take you through the 4 solo albums that Michael made even while he was with the Jackson Five and then the epic albums he made after he truly went solo.
Today I have two shows within shows to be honest. Two albums that Michael made totally qualify as "Classic Albums" and I would have happily done individual shows with them...but since I wanted to give you a really awesome 50th show, I thought I'd add them in here.
I'm talking about Thriller and Bad. You will find that I've given you the complete albums here today!
So then, are you ready to embark upon a fabulous musical journey with 2 MJs :)
Here we go!
1972 - Got to Be There
1st Song - Michael Jackson - Ain't No Sunshine #TheMJshow
2nd Song - Michael Jackson - Got to Be There #TheMJshow
3rd Song - Michael Jackson - Rockin' Robin #TheMJshow
4th Song - Michael Jackson - Love Is Here and Now You're Gone #TheMJshow
5th Song - Michael Jackson - You've Got A Friend #TheMJshow
1972 - Ben
6th Song - Michael Jackson - Ben #TheMJshow
7th Song - Michael Jackson - Everybody's Somebody's Fool #TheMJshow
8th Song - Michael Jackson - We've Got A Good Thing Going #TheMJshow
9th Song - Michael Jackson - My Girl #TheMJshow
10th Song - Michael Jackson - In Our Small Way #TheMJshow
1973 - Music & Me #TheMJshow
11th Song - Michael Jackson - With a Child's Heart
12th Song - Michael Jackson - Happy #TheMJshow
13th Song - Michael Jackson - Morning Glow #TheMJshow
14th Song - Michael Jackson - Music And Me #TheMJshow
1975 - Forever, Michael
15th Song - Michael Jackson - We're Almost There #TheMJshow
16th Song - Michael Jackson - One Day In Your Life #TheMJshow
17th Song - Michael Jackson - Just A Little Bit Of You #TheMJshow
Start of the truly solo career begins now!
1979 - Off the Wall
18th Song - Michael Jackson - Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough #TheMJshow
19th Song - Michael Jackson - Rock With You #TheMJshow
20th Song - Michael Jackson - Off The Wall #TheMJshow
21st Song - Michael Jackson - Girlfriend #TheMJshow
22nd Song - Michael Jackson - She's Out Of My Life #TheMJshow
1982 - Thriller (Complete Album!!)
This is the first show within the show! Without a doubt, this is one of my Classic Albums!
In fact, like I said just in the last show...this is one of the 10 albums you have to hear before you die!
23rd Song - Michael Jackson - Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' #TheMJshow
24th Song - Michael Jackson - Baby Be Mine #TheMJshow
25th Song - Michael Jackson - The Girl Is Mine (with Paul McCartney) #TheMJshow
26th Song - Michael Jackson - Thriller #TheMJshow
27th Song - Michael Jackson - Beat It #TheMJshow
28th Song - Michael Jackson - Billie Jean #TheMJshow
Bonus Track - Chris Cornell - Billie Jean #TheMJshow
29th Song - Michael Jackson - Human Nature #TheMJshow
Bonus Track - John Mayer - Human Nature #TheMJshow
30th Song - Michael Jackson - P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing) #TheMJshow
31st Song - Michael Jackson - The Lady In My Life #TheMJshow
When Rod Temperton wrote the song "Thriller", he originally wanted to call it "Starlight" or "Midnight Man" but settled on "Thriller" because he felt the name had merchandising potential!
Bonus Track - Michael Jackson - Starlight #TheMJshow
1987 - Bad (Complete Album!!)
Another Classic Album by the master!
32nd Song - Michael Jackson - Bad #TheMJshow
33rd Song - Michael Jackson - The Way You Make Me Feel (with Britney Spears) #TheMJshow
34th Song - Michael Jackson - Speed Demon #TheMJshow
35th Song - Michael Jackson - Liberian Girl #TheMJshow
36th Song - Michael Jackson - Just Good Friends (featuring Stevie Wonder) #TheMJshow
37th Song - Michael Jackson - Another Part Of Me #TheMJshow
38th Song - Michael Jackson - Man In The Mirror #TheMJshow
39th Song - Michael Jackson - I Just Can't Stop Loving You #TheMJshow
40th Song - Michael Jackson - Dirty Diana #TheMJshow
41st Song - Michael Jackson - Smooth Criminal #TheMJshow
42nd Song - Michael Jackson - Leave Me Alone #TheMJshow
1991 - Dangerous
43rd Song - Michael Jackson - Jam #TheMJshow
44th Song - Michael Jackson - In The Closet #TheMJshow
45th Song - Michael Jackson - Remember The Time #TheMJshow
46th Song - Michael Jackson - Heal The World #TheMJshow
47th Song - Michael Jackson - Black Or White #TheMJshow
48th Song - Michael Jackson - Who Is It #TheMJshow
49th Song - Michael Jackson - Give In To Me #TheMJshow
50th Song - Michael Jackson - Will You Be There (Theme from Free Willy) #TheMJshow
51st Song - Michael Jackson - Gone Too Soon #TheMJshow
52nd Song - Michael Jackson - Dangerous #TheMJshow
1995 - HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I
53rd Song - Michael Jackson - Scream (featuring Janet Jackson) #TheMJshow
54th Song - Michael Jackson - They Don't Care About Us #TheMJshow
55th Song - Michael Jackson - Stranger In Moscow #TheMJshow
56th Song - Michael Jackson - Earth Song #TheMJshow
Bonus Track - Here's the tribute video to Michael at the 52nd Grammy Awards #TheMJshow
57th Song - Michael Jackson - D.S. (featuring Slash) #TheMJshow
58th Song - Michael Jackson - Come Together #TheMJshow
59th Song - Michael Jackson - You Are Not Alone #TheMJshow
60th Song - Michael Jackson - Childhood (Theme from Free Willy 2) #TheMJshow
61st Song - Michael Jackson - HIStory #TheMJshow
62nd Song - Michael Jackson - Smile #TheMJshow
1997 - Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix
63rd Song - Michael Jackson - Blood On The Dance Floor #TheMJshow
64th Song - Michael Jackson - Ghosts #TheMJshow
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Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
2001 - Invincible
65th Song - Michael Jackson - Unbreakable (featuring The Notorious B.I.G.; background vocals by Brandy Norwood) #TheMJshow
66th Song - Michael Jackson - You Rock My World #TheMJshow
67th Song - Michael Jackson - Butterflies #TheMJshow
68th Song - Michael Jackson - Cry #TheMJshow
Rarities
69th Song - Michael Jackson - Ease On Down The Road (with Diana Ross) (1978) #TheMJshow
70th Song - Michael Jackson - Muscles (with Diana Ross) (1982) #TheMJshow
71st Song - Michael Jackson - Say Say Say (with Paul McCartney) (1983) #TheMJshow
72nd Song - Michael Jackson - There Must Be More To Life Than This (with Freddie Mercury) (1983) #TheMJshow
73rd Song - Michael Jackson - State Of Shock (with Freddie Mercury) (1983) #TheMJshow
74th Song - Michael Jackson - Somebody's Watching Me (with Rockwell & Jermaine Jackson) (1984) #TheMJshow
75th Song - Michael Jackson - State Of Shock (with Mick Jagger) (1984) #TheMJshow
76th Song - Michael Jackson - We Are The World (as a member of the USA for Africa) (1985) #TheMJshow
77th Song - Michael Jackson - Why (with 3T) (1996) #TheMJshow
78th Song - Michael Jackson - I Need You (with 3T) (1996) #TheMJshow
79th Song - Michael Jackson - Cheater (2004) #TheMJshow
2009 - This Is It
80th Song - Michael Jackson - This Is It #TheMJshow
This Is It - Official Trailer #TheMJshow
There's so much I could have talked about him right? There IS so much to talk...but I thought, I'd let you enjoy just his music...because when you went beyond all the controversies and the madness that surrounded him and his life, the thing that really made him one of the greatest ever artists in the world was...his music!
Whether you like him as a person or not...you can NOT deny that he was and will always be one of the greatest performers in the world!
Okay...I promised you a contest...and I have an absolutely ass kicking one for you tonight!
I am going to give 5 ... that's right FIVE people win cds of Michael Jackson's latest album - This Is It!
And to win yourself a cd, all you've got to do send in your answers to these following questions to musicmanmihir@gmail.com
Also mail your contact info after you've given your answers! We've got to know where to send your cds right? :) (Send your address and phone number.)
In the subject put up "50th MJ Show - This Is It Contest" and send me the mail asap!
1. Where was Michael Jackson supposed to stage his "This Is It" concerts?
2. The song "This Is It" was written by Michael Jackson and which other music legend?
3. Who directed the documentary-concert film "This Is It"?
Bonus Question: (Just for my knowledge) - Which is your all time favourite Michael Jackson song?
Make sure you're following me on twitter, because that's where I'll be declaring the results. You can do so by looking up MusicmanMihir on twitter!
Spread the word and let all your friends and music lovers know about this site and the contest!
We need a lot of people entering these contests to keep them alive! So make sure you spread the word!
The winners will be picked by me this time! I will declare the winners next Sunday!
Now then, before I close off the show for the evening I've got to look back and say a big thank you to all of you. It is only because of the response you gave The MJ Show I've kept it going on. I love sharing the music I do here...but honestly I probably would have given it up after 10 shows at most had I not got your continued love and support! So yeah...THANK YOU very much for supporting and following this page :)
A big thanks also to the first few "followers" of this page. If you're not one of them, please do show your support for the page by adding yourself to it. The "followers" button is right at the top of the page. It takes a second to add yourself. I would be really happy if you did that.
Here's looking at the next 50 shows eh! Mail me if you have any requests or ideas for shows. I would be very happy to put them up.
You can bet that there'll be bigger contests and loads of Guests and Fans who will also put up their lists on the show :) Also very soon I'll have a big announcement for you. It's something that I had started many years ago and now, after a fairly long dormant period, I'm bringing it back.
Follow me / this page to know what that announcement will be :)
Finally, please do leave a comment on the shows you go through. It's brilliant reading what you think about these shows I put up. (Big thanks to the regulars who make it a point to comment on almost each show! Thank you guys and girls :)
Okay then, give me my Grammy and Oscar! Hell that was a big thank you speech :) but believe me, it was very heartfelt.
Right then...It's now time for me to say...take care...and good night! :)
This is your Musicman Mihir...signing off!
