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Before reviewing the album in question, I want to extend my most sincere apologies to all the people endowed with a minimum of common sense who, rightfully so, shudder with anger and disdain at the sight of a new Michael Jackson review (something that, in reality, should happen to every sane individual). Mea culpa: it was a moment of weakness on my part, I could have easily spared myself, I know it all too well; take it as you want, as an assault on your peace, consider it psychological terrorism, I agree with you.
I too am exhausted by this stupid and unbearable idolatry from the media and fans that have relentlessly tormented us since the character in question passed away (they even made a movie). It's a torment, I know, and I also know very well that just as much as you hate the diehard MJ fan's review, you will also hate my review, and you will hate me, even just for making you read once more in the Debaser homepage "Michael Jackson." Forgive me, I ask you sincerely. This review is simply a vent, an avoidable vent for its own sake, nothing more.
Now, I do not hide from anyone that I have always felt all possible disgust and hatred towards the character in question, considering him the botched abortion of a degenerate and hypocondriacally unnatural society, the emblem of the most mediocre hypocrisy, and detesting him with all my being both humanly (if it were up to me, a nice guillotining...) and musically, which is what concerns us in this case, at least I hope. I would almost dare to say that Michael Jackson represents the anti-musical par excellence. For a start, quite simply, he has a really unbearable voice: it sounds like the lament of a man who has just had his testicles crushed; thin, shrill, and not even too well-tuned. But if only that were the problem! Songs like those sung by our "king of pop" (and what else could a little turd be king of?) are among the stupidest and most pointless things you can possibly hear.
By the way, I have to ask Jackson's fans a question, what do you think of Britney Spears? No, because I have often found the tendency in various blogs and forums of the aforementioned singer's fans to speak ill of Britney Spears, Paris Hilton, and various little floozies who have nothing musical without realizing that their idol in years and years of career has almost always been at that pointless level. I put that "almost" because I have to admit that the album "Thriller" (next to horrors like "The Girl Is Mine", "The Lady In My Life" or "Human Nature") had a few well-packaged tracks ("Beat It", with a guitar solo by Van Halen, "Billie Jean" and the title track), but for the rest the level has always been the same from "Dangerous" to "Invincible," from "HIStory" to "Bad" (even though here I save "Smooth Criminal") or the much-loved "Off The Wall". It is this album I would like to talk about (which on this site has 4 reviews, each of which gives it 5 stars!), the adult debut of Jackson, adored by the public and critics.
It all starts with "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough", a silly hit parade song with a tune as catchy as it is reprehensible which, despite everything, had remarkable success (like everything signed by this man). "Rock With You" is even worse; it even manages to be syrupy without being particularly slow, it's an abomination that epitomizes bad taste, the worst you can possibly hear. "Working Day And Night" and "Get On The Floor" are other useless, highly rhythmic tracks like "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough" while the title track "Off The Wall", a rather uncertain little song, is ugly beyond measure, especially in the chorus (I feel a real sensation of physical discomfort hearing that horrible shrill little voice shout "Off The Wall"), the same goes for the following "Girlfriend", horrible.
"She's Out Of My Life" is one of those overly virtuous and pathetic ballads that should make us ashamed as men even potentially to write: it is the most syrupy and stupid thing you can conceive, the anti-music par excellence, centuries of music history's work gone up in smoke, an absolute disgrace; it's the worst on the album (Jackson, among other things, is known for having made the most banal, stupid, tedious ballads ever, no joke, listen to even "The Lady In My Life" for example, in my view it condemns itself, exactly like she's out). The remaining 3 abominations ("I Can't Help It", "It's The Falling In Love", "Burn This Disco Out"), continue in the vein already traced by the other tracks, meaning they are just as stupid, bland, insignificantly horrible.
This is "Off The Wall", this is Michael Jackson...
Tracklist Lyrics Samples and Videos
01 Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough (06:05)
1st Verse
Lovely is the feelin' now
Fever, temperatures risin' now
Power (ah power) is the force the vow
That makes it happen
It asks no questions why (ooh)
So get closer (closer now) to my body now
Just love me 'til you don't know how (ooh)
Chorus
Keep on with the force, don't stop
Don't stop 'til you get enough
Keep on with the force, don't stop
Don't stop 'til you get enough
Keep on with the force don't stop
Don't stop 'til you get enough
Keep on with the force don't stop
Don't stop 'til you get enough
2nd Verse
Touch me and I feel on fire
Ain't nothin' like a love desire (ooh)
I'm melting (I'm melting) like hot candle wax
Sensation (ah sensation) lovely where we're at (ooh)
So let love take us through the hours
I won't be complanin'
'Cause this is love power (ooh)
Chorus
Keep on with the force don't stop
Don't stop 'til you get enough
Keep on with the force don't stop
Don't stop 'til you get enough
Keep on with the force don't stop
Don't stop 'til you get enough
Keep on with the force don't stop
Don't stop 'til you get enough
(Ooh)
3rd Verse
Heartbreak enemy despise
Eternal (ah eternal) love shines in my eyes (ooh)
So let love (oh let love) take us through the hours
I won't be complanin' (no no)
'Cause your love is alright, alright
Chorus
Keep on with the force don't stop
Don't stop 'til you get enough
Keep on with the force don't stop
Don't stop 'til you get enough
Keep on with the force don't stop
Don't stop 'til you get enough
Keep on with the force don't stop
Don't stop 'til you get enough
Keep on with the force don't stop
Don't stop 'til you get enough
Keep on with the force don't stop
Don't stop 'til you get enough
Keep on with the force don't stop
Don't stop 'til you get enough
Keep on with the force don't stop
Don't stop 'til you get enough
Refrain
Lovely is the feeling now
I won't be complanin' (ooh ooh)
The force is love power
Chorus
Keep on with the force don't stop
Don't stop 'til you get enough
Keep on with the force don't stop
Don't stop 'til you get enough
Keep on with the force don't stop
Don't stop 'til you get enough
Keep on with the force don't stop
Don't stop 'til you get enough
Keep on with the force don't stop
Don't stop 'til you get enough
Keep on with the force don't stop
Don't stop 'til you get enough
Keep on with the force don't stop
Don't stop 'til you get enough
Keep on with the force don't stop
Don't stop 'til you get enough
(ad-lib to fade)
02 Rock With You (03:40)
Girl, close your eyes
Let that rhythm get into you
Don't try to fight it
There ain't nothin' that you can do
Relax your mind
Lay back and groove with mine
You got to feel that heat
And we can ride the boogie
Share that beat of love
I wanna rock with you (all night)
Dance you into day (sunlight)
I wanna rock with you (all night)
We're gonna rock the night away
Out on the floor
There ain't nobody there but us
Girl, when you dance
There's a magic that must be love
Just take it slow
'Cause we got so far to go
When you feel that heat
And we're gonna ride the boogie
Share that beat of love
I wanna rock with you (all night)
Dance you into day (sunlight)
I wanna rock with you (all night)
We're gonna rock the night away
And when the groove is dead and gone... yeah
You know that love survives
So we can rock forever, on
I wanna rock with you
I wanna groove with you
I wanna rock with you
I wanna groove with you
I wanna rock (all night) with you girl (sunlight)
Rock with you, rock with you (yeah) (all night)
Dance the night away
I wanna rock with you (yeah) (all night)
Rock you into day (sunlight)
I wanna rock with you (all night)
Rock the night away
Feel the heat feel the beat (all night)
Rock you into day (sunlight)
I wanna rock (all night) - rock the night away
05 Off the Wall (04:05)
1st Verse
When the world is on your shoulder
Gotta straighten up your act and boogie down
If you can't hang with the feeling
Then there ain't no room for you this part of town
'Cause we're the party people night and day
Livin' crazy that's the only way
Chorus
So tonight gotta leave that nine to five upon the shelf
And just enjoy yourself
Groove, let the madness in the music get to you
Life ain't so bad at all
If you live it off the wall
Life ain't so bad at all (live life off the wall)
Live your life off the wall (live it off the wall)
2nd Verse
You can shout out all you want to
'Cause there ain't no sin in folks all getting loud
If you take the chance and do it
Then there ain't no one who's gonna put you down
'Cause we're the party people night and day
Livin' crazy that's the only way
Chorus
So tonight gotta leave that nine to five upon the shelf
And just enjoy yourself
C'mon and groove, and let the madness in the music get to you
Life ain't so bad at all
If you live it off the wall
Life ain't so bad at all (live life off the wall)
Live your life off the wall (live it off the wall)
Bridge
Do what you want to do
There ain't no rules it's up to you (ain't no rules it's all up to you)
It's time to come alive
And party on right through the night (all right)
3rd Verse
Gotta hide your inhibitions
Gotta let that fool loose deep inside your soul
Want to see an exhibition
Better do it now before you get to old
'Cause we're the party people night and day
Livin' crazy that's the only way
Chorus
So tonight gotta leave that nine to five upon the shelf
And just enjoy ourselves/yourself
C'mon and groove (yeah) let the madness in the music get to you
Life ain't so bad at all
If you live it off the wall
Life ain't so bad at all (live life off the wall)
Live your life off the wall (live it off the wall)
Chorus
So tonight gotta leave that nine to five upon the shelf
And just enjoy yourself
C'mon and groove (yeah) let the madness in the music get to you
Life ain't so bad at all
If you live it off the wall
Life ain't so bad at all (live life off the wall)
Live your life off the wall (live it off the wall)
06 Girlfriend (03:04)
1st Verse
Girlfriend
I'm gonna tell your boyfriend (yeah)
Tell him (woo hoo)
Exactly what we're doin' (yeah)
Tell him what you do to me
Late at night when the wind is free
2nd Verse
Girlfriend
I'm gonna show your boyfriend (yeah)
Show him (woo hoo)
The letters I've been savin' (yeah)
Show him how you feel inside
An' how love could not be denied (oh no)
Chorus
We're gonna have to tell him
You'll only be a girlfriend of mine
Do-doot-do, etc.
We're gonna have to tell him
You'll only be a girlfriend of mine
3rd Verse
Girlfriend
You better tell your boyfriend (yeah)
Tell him (woo hoo)
Exactly what we're doin' (yeah)
Tell him what he needs to know
Or he may never let you go
Chorus
We're gonna have to tell him
You'll only be a girlfriend of mine
Do-doot-do, etc.
Chorus
We're gonna have to tell him
You'll only be a girlfriend of mine
Do-doot-do, etc.
(ad-lib to fade)
10 Burn This Disco Out (03:44)
1st Verse
There's a steam beat
And it's comin' after you
You can take it
If you only let your feelings through
Refrain
So D.J. spin the sounds
There ain't no way that your gonna
Let us down
Gonna dance gonna burn this disco out
Chorus
Groove all night
Keep the boogie alright
Get that sound
Everybody just get on down
2nd Verse
Got a hot foot
Better freak across the floor
Join the party
And we'll keep you movin', that's for sure
Refrain
So D.J. spin the sounds
There ain't no way that your gonna
Sit us down
Gonna dance 'til we burn this disco out
Chorus
Groove all night
Keep the boogie alright
Get that sound
Everybody just get on down
Bridge
Once you get the beat inside your feet
There ain't no way to stop you movin' good
Now the weekend's come it's time for fun
You got to groove just like you know you should
3rd Verse
People now
Are you ready
Won't you rock across the room
Got a feelin'
That we're gonna raise the roof off soon
Refrain
So D.J. spin the sounds
There ain't no way that your gonna
Sit us down
Gonna dance 'til we burn this disco out
Chorus
Groove all night
Keep the boogie alright
Get that sound
Everybody just get on down
Refrain
So D.J. spin the sounds
There ain't no way that your gonna
Sit us down
Gonna dance 'til we burn this disco out
Chorus
Groove all night
Keep the boogie alright
Get that sound
Everybody just get on down
Chant:
Gonna dance, gonna shout
Gonna burn this disco out
Gonna dance, gonna shout
Gonna burn this disco out
Gonna dance, gonna shout
Gonna burn this disco out
(ad-lib to fade)
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By RingoStarfish
"Off The Wall is the quintessence of the 'dance' album, meant to make humans dance."
"We can dream of moving for a night as if dancing was the most beautiful philosophy of life, as if it were vital and important as breathing or eating."
By ronnie92
Off The Wall summarizes '70s black music and the trends of a decade, and of course, tells us the origins of the myth.
'Don't Stop Till You Get Enough' is an R&B piece with dance nuances that should be kept in every disco with a lively and sustained rhythm.
By lucumine74
"Don’t Stop ’Til You Get Enough" rightfully enters the history of disco music, indeed in the history of global music.
This album is a unique entry in Jackson’s career, not comparable to any of his other works, not even the closest, which is Thriller.
By Ilpazzo
"Off The Wall is an unmatched masterpiece of pop and R&B that forever changed the sound of pop music."
"Michael Jackson wasn’t understood back then because he was too ahead... He dies physically, but he lives and will live forever in the history of music."
