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Originally Posted by absol.lution
It's weird you bring this up because lately I've been getting back into MJ a little bit - more so the J5 I guess, and watching his stuff on YouTube... he's an awesome performer. I remember trying to copy all his moves when I was little (like loads of people did, I'm sure) - never got that obsessed with anyone else 
When he's on stage, dancing, he's like the coolest guy in the world... even though he's so far from being the coolest guy in the world that it's not funny.
I've never gotten that "coolest guy in the world" vibe from Jon.
But to answer the OP, I don't really love either performance much. There's WAY better of both those songs. |
Everyone wanted to be MJ when they were like 12.
Any proper grown up would want to be JBJ - I mean, who the **** wouldn't?
Anyway, yeah, I liked MJ when I was a kid and he was at his peak - Bad was one of the first albums I owned, but that was really MJ at the top of his peak and about to begin a long, hard fall.
Musically - you can't compare the two, but Billie Jean is one of the most iconic tracks written.
But then - so is Prayer.
And Jon can still sing and kill it live, put on a 2 to 3 hour show, and every member of the band still has that magic when they can be arsed pulling it off.
I don't think MJ could pull off a 30 second song.
Though the world's still waiting to be proved wrong. Everybody wants to be proved wrong.