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The best songwriters of all time – 34th place: Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson’s intuitive talent was already unmistakable in the early Jackson 5 hits. But only with the noble disco pop of “Off The Wall” did the musical direction of march crystallize in 1979.
In the following blockbuster “Thriller” he already wrote three numbers himself (“Billie Jean”, “Beat IT” and “Wanna Be Startin ‘Something”), in order to then provide practically all the material with the’ 87 “Bad”. His sparring partners in the studio did not want to trust their ears when Michael Jackson pulled songs out of the cylinder that were already fully arranged dance floor classics.
Michael Jackson – “Billie Jean”:
The best songwriters of all time – 34th place: Michael Jackson
For him, according to Michael Jackson, it was the only viable way: “If I sat down on the piano and scattered aimlessly in front of me … nothing happens.” Instead, he started with a rhythmic scaffold, filed the arrangements and already built in amazing details.
“He sang a complete string arrangement,” recalls Tonstieur Rob Hoffman stunned, “he had all the harmonies in mind. And we don’t talk about a small melody line or rhythm figure, which then repeated all eight bars. before.”
A world without him is a completely different world
And in the dance moves of the syncopied choreography of many young artists. Many of them have also taken over their work ethic. If you look at a production by Britney Spears or Justin Timberlake or Usher, you can see that they have been able to look up a lot from Michael Jackson. You have to rehearse eight hours a day because your shows are flawless, as were Michael’s shows were always flawless.
There are many, many people who thought Michael Jackson considered a freak. This is really sad because it adjusts the view of the artist he was actually. A world without Michael Jackson is a completely different world.