TS: Wham!'s "Everything She Wants" vs. Justin Timberlake's "Rock Your Body"

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Or nominate your own favorite white boy Michael Jackson rip-off/ homage/ pastiche.

― Magic City (ano ano), Thursday, 2 December 2004 23:26 (twenty-one years ago)

Wham

― miccio (miccio), Thursday, 2 December 2004 23:29 (twenty-one years ago)

yeah, i'm listening to it right now and it fucking rules.

― Magic City (ano ano), Thursday, 2 December 2004 23:29 (twenty-one years ago)

Um, wouldn't "I Want Your Sex" make for a better comparison?

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 2 December 2004 23:30 (twenty-one years ago)

why?

― Magic City (ano ano), Thursday, 2 December 2004 23:30 (twenty-one years ago)

Because the music and subject matter are closer to each other?

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 2 December 2004 23:31 (twenty-one years ago)

I mean they are two different kinds of MJ songs. And I've never thought that I Want Your Sex sounded like him that much

― Magic City (ano ano), Thursday, 2 December 2004 23:32 (twenty-one years ago)

I mean, GM still wins but I don't really hear anything connecting "Everything She Wants" to "Rock Your Body", particularly because of ETW's complete and utter lack of syncopation.

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 2 December 2004 23:32 (twenty-one years ago)

I've never heard "Everything She Wants" as a Michael Jackson ripoff.

Going with Wham! on this one.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 2 December 2004 23:35 (twenty-one years ago)

"Rock Your Body," but it's pretty close.

― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Thursday, 2 December 2004 23:37 (twenty-one years ago)

> nominate your own favorite white boy Michael Jackson rip-off/ homage/ pastiche.<

"One Bad Apple" by the Osmonds! (Best one ever, by far)

― chuck, Thursday, 2 December 2004 23:38 (twenty-one years ago)

I can hear "Everything She Wants" as MJ-like. It's got some "Billie Jean" qualities.

― miccio (miccio), Thursday, 2 December 2004 23:49 (twenty-one years ago)

'I Want Your Sex' is more Prince than MJ.

― Alba (Alba), Thursday, 2 December 2004 23:56 (twenty-one years ago)

alba otm - i never noticed how much "everything she wants" is faux mj, good call!

― cinniblount (James Blount), Friday, 3 December 2004 00:21 (twenty-one years ago)

"like i love you" is considerably more faux mj than "rock your body" though

― cinniblount (James Blount), Friday, 3 December 2004 00:21 (twenty-one years ago)

Wham! of course.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Friday, 3 December 2004 00:21 (twenty-one years ago)

Wham!

― Matt Boch (Matt Boch), Friday, 3 December 2004 00:28 (twenty-one years ago)

"I Want Your Sex" sounds more like a Prince effort.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Friday, 3 December 2004 00:32 (twenty-one years ago)

Thank you for your close reading.

― Alba (Alba), Friday, 3 December 2004 00:33 (twenty-one years ago)

"When Will I Be Famous" by Bros sounded a lot like MJ btw.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Friday, 3 December 2004 00:34 (twenty-one years ago)

The vocal "whoos" make Everything she Wants almost a MJ impression. Yeah, miccio, it's like a way less funky Billie Jean.

― Magic City (ano ano), Friday, 3 December 2004 02:12 (twenty-one years ago)

ten years pass...

The similarity between "Everything She Wants" and "Backtrackin", a Jolley/Swain instrumental B-side from 1982, is striking to say the least....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMsWDp2COP4

― mike t-diva, Tuesday, 12 May 2015 07:58 (eleven years ago)

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