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"Michael Jackson is dead." The most shocking and monumental news since the attacks of September 11, 2001! Because in this case too, millions and millions of people around the world have died, dead in heart, dead in soul, and the musical landscape has also died, leaving us with a total void and the MTV generation of the new millennium... which is basically a container of crap! Music and show business are deteriorating just as Jackson's body and mind were. Less and less art and more throwaway products, fewer and fewer artists, whom I would prefer to call craftsmen rather than ARTISTS!
With the death of Michael Jackson, pop dies, the art of musical entertainment dies (the real one... the one he established and no one else has equaled), the last great MYTH in capital letters dies! Let's be honest... who is left for us now? I apologize to the fans of the artists I will mention... but... come on... let's face it... who is left for us? Madonna? Oh, please! A decent showgirl who rode the waves of fashion and cunning, mediocre singer, poor dancer, decent athlete... what she did in pop, no one else did? Yes, but... artistically there are many like her! Prince? Yes... a genius from Minneapolis who nevertheless didn't even come close to the power and global impact of Michael Jackson's music (I'm not just referring to sales but to the impact as a character and especially emotional impact. And you can see it from the worldwide FRENZY that happened after Jackson's death... with people tearing their hair in the streets, crazy TV stations, overcrowded internet (Google thought it was a virus!), 12 suicides!, not even for Mercury, Presley, Lennon... let's see if it will happen for Prince's death) and then? Who's left? Janet? A lifelong imitator of her brother? Who? Well... perhaps the only genius still alive is Quincy Jones, who, together with Michael, contributed to the revolution of pop music. What is certain... is that beyond what I have written... there's no one left of Mister Jackson's caliber.
Michael's last part of life was hell; an eternal child with a troubled past, a life of media pressures, family madness, a stolen childhood, a "special" man not understood by the "normal";... the "genius and recklessness" was inevitable! I don't know what saved him from suicide before now. Michael Jackson is the misunderstood man par excellence, an unparalleled genius who couldn't handle such great fame, a delicate, fragile man... psychologically fragile. Michael Jackson's story is a tragic story... despite having brought MAGIC to the world for 50 years. When such a character dies, we are left with only the beautiful things. The accusations of pedophilia, the bleached skin, the masks and umbrellas, we couldn't care less! (except for the usual gossip and TV brainwashed individuals who continue to express themselves like TGCOM journalists, gratuitously tarnishing Jackson's name by even opening groups on Facebook... obviously with no more than 12 members!) before moving on to the review I would like to spend the last words on his private life, just to clarify! Michael Jackson didn't bleach his skin to deny his race, he was suffering from vitiligo... just like some of my friends and colleagues! The parents of the kids who accused Michael of sexual molestation... brainwashed their children to extort money from Michael Jackson. The parents of these "abused" became rich! Michael Jackson is dead! Now these absurdities about his image are FINALLY proving false day by day (the first kid that Michael "abused" has already declared that he was forced by his father to invent everything, who wanted money from Michael), unfortunately in this world, justice and praise only come after death. A myth is recognized as such only when it dies! It's the mad rule.
The death of Michael Jackson did not leave us with scandals, rape, and racism... Michael left us an immense legacy: The art of music! Everyone is remembering him for the untouchable "Thriller" and its 104 million copies sold. On TV the same refrains for days. I would like to remember him instead for what I think is his best album along with "Dangerous". "Off The Wall" is an unmatched masterpiece of pop and R&B that in 1979 forever changed the sound of pop music. A record of a quality that is nothing short of excellent, without a flaw, perfect in music, in sound balance, in arrangements, in insights, in ideas, in impact, in catchiness, in immediacy, in energy, and especially for the AMAZING voice of its protagonist. For many... too many... Michael Jackson is synonymous with dance... but I would like to remember him as one of the most original and talented singers of all time. His voice conquers space and time, surpasses every cultural barrier, possesses anyone who listens to it, captivates millions... "Off The Wall" is one of the most brilliant productions in music history.
A piece like "Get On The Floor" still manages to beat everyone! The sound, the timing of the arrangement, the vocal performance of the genius Jackson, and the energy of this song obliterate all today's pop artists combined in a single blow! With Michael there has never been a past... only a future! I imagine a scenario set in 2081... a futuristic stereo echoing the notes of "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough" and people screaming "wooow MICHAEL!!!" it's universal music.. like MOZART's! Yes... I compared him to Mozart! Hate me if you want... but the musical impact on people that extends into the future is the same. The grandchildren of the grandchildren of our great-grandchildren will listen to "Off The Wall"! And they'll say "wow... in an ancient time like 1979 this man did something like this". Michael Jackson wasn't understood back then because he was too ahead ("Dangerous") and perhaps is still too ahead today. He dies physically, but he lives and will live forever in the history of music.
This man has earned a bow from Elvis in heaven...
Tracklist Lyrics 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 DizionarioRock
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