Michael Jackson "Bad" Poll

Smooth Criminal

I have always said MJ needs to look to the man in the mirror lately. I like that one.

i think we did this once

when I was 8, my fave was "Speed Demon," but I think as an adult it's "The Way You Make Me Feel"

This is the weakest of his four blockbusters. I voted for "Leave Me Alone" because I'm not in the mood to relisten to "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" (which I always forget was the FIRST single).

liberian girl, never had this album though

When it came out I really liked "Dirty Diana", but I had to vote for "Smooth Criminal", because the lyrics are unintelligible but genius when you finally work out what they are.

leave me alone

You ain’t bad! You ain’t nothin’!

Just Good Friends. Copied to cassette from the library, I think this was the first album I had&definitely top for calories burnt, trying to work out what dancing was.

I used to love all three ballads. "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" is a bit too sappy nowadays, the same about "Man In The Mirror" in spite of great lyrics. "Liberaian Girl" still holds up as a lovely song though, so I voted for that one.

Of course the faster songs are mostly all great too.

^^ don't mind the sappiness tho. phrasing is so good on man in the mirror, maybe his most artful use of those 'dah' bursts and gasps. it's been awhile, didn't even remember some of these from their names, liberian girl is awesome

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i think we did this once

― @kanyewest (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, May 15, 2009 3:45 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

yup

Your poll is mine : who's Bad ?

"Smooth Criminal" for sure, despite the fact that I find myself singing "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" in a bizarre duet with myself all the time these days.

When it came out I really liked "Dirty Diana", but I had to vote for "Smooth Criminal" because the lyrics are unintelligible but genius when you finally work out what they are.

Totally identify with this. But I'm gonna go with "Dirty Diana" anyway, for old times sake, and because it doesn't look like anybody else is going to.

Another Part Of Me x 1000000

what percentage of this LP has been covered on AMERICAN IDOL?

Right up until about two minutes ago I always thought it was "Librarian Girl".

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yeah, this is exactly right

leave me alone got robbed. ROBBED!

eh, not really; it's a very good song on an album packed with very good and excellent songs

Man, when you look through the old Bad poll, a lot of the same posters and same responses - we need to start thinking about a new hobby, guys.

lol to Speed Demon being the only one without votes. It's the only one I skip. The verse bassline is great but the chorus melody=zzzzzzzz.

I woulda voted for either Bad, Man in the Mirror, Dirty Diana, or Liberian Girl.

leave me alone is totally underrated. classic video too. i like most of this album even though you can see it was a bit of a drop off (nowhere near as dramatic as greg tate made out in his 87 review though) but bad is a bit silly. and i kinda have to tip my hat to mike for using typical blues time signature for the way you make me feel. cant imagine many other RnB artists doing that at that time.

OUR LORD BO JACKSON OVERDRIVE HAS RETURNED TO WHISK US AWAY TO HEAVEN

He's asking us to change our ways.

eat a tangerine out of a nun's cunt, Rev

irl lols

what percentage of this LP has been covered on AMERICAN IDOL?

― amateurist

4/11ths

3/11ths, pardon me

...which would be 27.3% :)

wow "Smooth Criminal" by that much? i wonder how many posters thought this was an Alien Ant Farm poll/demand a recount

just catched Leave Me Alone on MTV this morning, first time i heard/saw that one in ages. great song & vid.

I think I'm the one that voted "I Just Can't Stop Loving You."

Wow! I had no idea that Richard Price (of Clockers and The Wire fame) wrote the screenplay for the "Bad" video/short film!

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Smooth_criminal_patent.png/429px-Smooth_criminal_patent.png

"Streetwalker" from the remaster is also a great track, much better than "Dangerous".

Then Play Long dives into Bad and more: http://nobilliards.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/michael-jackson-bad.html

lol immediately on your side with the matthew good quote

this is totally "Another Part of Me"

^ Yup, either that one or 'Liberian Girl'! 'Speed Demon' also very underrated.