Greatest Entertainer . . .

Started by Heinrich, December 31, 2012, 12:03:59 PM

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Heinrich

December 31, 2012, 12:03:59 PM
. . .of all time?

My pick: Gary, Indiana's own:

Michael Jackson!

I mean, really, who can top this?

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hG6oy46qKE4[/yt]
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Hat And Beard

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December 31, 2012, 12:36:42 PM
MJ was great...but I think I know of a guy that can top him.

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyhL0ioST_U[/yt]

Heinrich

#2
December 31, 2012, 12:43:13 PM
Otis could sing, for sure. But how did he move his feet? Same with Old Blue Eyes. Great singer, actor, and enduring American icon, but just did not have the charisma of MJ. No way.
Schaff Recht mir Gott und führe meine Sache gegen ein unheiliges Volk . . .   .                          
Lex Orandi, lex credendi, lex vivendi.
"Die Welt sucht nach Ehre, Ansehen, Reichtum, Vergnügen; die Heiligen aber suchen Demütigung, Verachtung, Armut, Abtötung und Buße." --Ausschnitt von der Geschichte des Lebens St. Bennos.

Hat And Beard

#3
December 31, 2012, 12:46:32 PM
Well in that case, I'm going to go with James Brown. Nobody even comes close, but his voice wasn't as good as Otis'. :)

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWdY2t5U5iQ[/yt]

Hat And Beard

#4
December 31, 2012, 12:53:50 PM Last Edit: December 31, 2012, 01:08:09 PM by Hat And Beard
I'd say as far as the singer/dancer/entertainer combination James Brown is the best, but I'd still rather see Otis Redding. Because of his voice, heart penetrating lyrics, and perhaps most importantly...the fact that his backing band is this one:

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bpS-cOBK6Q[/yt]

I don't think there's ever been a better backing band for a soul singer. Ever. Not even close.

ETA: The correct video! I had a james brown video instead of Booker T and the MGs(who were ini fact Otis Redding's backing band).

Heinrich

#5
December 31, 2012, 01:00:24 PM
Yeah, the Godfather of Soul. I just watched one of my favorite movies and he was in it! But still not MJ calibre.


Note the propaganda and Masonic symbols.
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Lex Orandi, lex credendi, lex vivendi.
"Die Welt sucht nach Ehre, Ansehen, Reichtum, Vergnügen; die Heiligen aber suchen Demütigung, Verachtung, Armut, Abtötung und Buße." --Ausschnitt von der Geschichte des Lebens St. Bennos.

Bonaventure

#6
December 31, 2012, 02:01:00 PM
A lot of good music on this thread.
"If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me."

Ben

#7
January 01, 2013, 10:10:36 AM
Michael Jackson was an amazing dancer. I'm thinking of the famous performance at the Motown Awards in the early 80's.

LouisIX

#8
January 01, 2013, 01:48:03 PM
Heinrich, I think I'd agree with you.  No one can top MJ.  He was the total package before he went all weird (or at least visibly weird).
IF I speak with the tongues of men, and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.

Heinrich

#9
January 01, 2013, 01:52:23 PM
Quote from: LouisIX on January 01, 2013, 01:48:03 PM
Heinrich, I think I'd agree with you.  No one can top MJ.  He was the total package before he went all weird (or at least visibly weird).

He may have gotten quite vain, but I am not convinced he molested children. He was killed by the masons he had rejected in the industry. There is a documentary that discusses and lays very convincing evidence of the freemasonic string pullers in the music industry and Hollywood. I will look for it and post it when I find it.
Schaff Recht mir Gott und führe meine Sache gegen ein unheiliges Volk . . .   .                          
Lex Orandi, lex credendi, lex vivendi.
"Die Welt sucht nach Ehre, Ansehen, Reichtum, Vergnügen; die Heiligen aber suchen Demütigung, Verachtung, Armut, Abtötung und Buße." --Ausschnitt von der Geschichte des Lebens St. Bennos.

LouisIX

#10
January 01, 2013, 01:57:38 PM
Quote from: Heinrich on January 01, 2013, 01:52:23 PM
Quote from: LouisIX on January 01, 2013, 01:48:03 PM
Heinrich, I think I'd agree with you.  No one can top MJ.  He was the total package before he went all weird (or at least visibly weird).

He may have gotten quite vain, but I am not convinced he molested children. He was killed by the masons he had rejected in the industry. There is a documentary that discusses and lays very convincing evidence of the freemasonic string pullers in the music industry and Hollywood. I will look for it and post it when I find it.

Please do.

I've also been unconvinced of the claims.  I've found that, in this age, the worst men are hidden or spoken of as saints, and the best are demonized to death (and beyond).  MJ seemed to lack a grip with reality, but there seems to be a lack of evidence that he was anything but a mild-mannered, odd, and tragic victim of fame and fortune.
IF I speak with the tongues of men, and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.

inprincipio

#11
January 01, 2013, 04:01:46 PM
To Heinrich:  I believe you will find what you are looking for in "The Industry Exposed".  Michael Jackson stated that the CEO of Sony was the devil.  He says this in a clip of a concert in England when he was on tour there and also someplace in the US, but I think the people weren't taking him seriously.

MilesChristi

#12
January 01, 2013, 08:01:20 PM
I am also in the Michael Jackson being innocent camp.
I think even the kid said he was lying in order for his parents to get the settlement money.
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    It will flame out, like shining from shook foil;
    It gathers to a greatness, like the ooze of oil
Crushed. Why do men then now not reck his rod?
Generations have trod, have trod, have trod;
    And all is seared with trade; bleared, smeared with toil;
    And wears man's smudge and shares man's smell: the soil
Is bare now, nor can foot feel, being shod.

And for all this, nature is never spent;
    There lives the dearest freshness deep down things;
And though the last lights off the black West went
    Oh, morning, at the brown brink eastward, springs —
Because the Holy Ghost over the bent
    World broods with warm breast and with ah! bright wings.

TerrorDæmonum

#13
January 01, 2013, 08:06:34 PM
Quote from: Heinrich on December 31, 2012, 12:03:59 PM
. . .of all time?

My pick: Gary, Indiana's own:

Michael Jackson!


Greatest of all time is a bit difficult to say, but I nominate, instead of some pop catastrophe, Tommy Cooper:

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxmA9BgUO7s[/yt]

Gottmitunsalex

#14
January 01, 2013, 08:10:03 PM
MJ???! Are you guys ok?

Sure he could dance. But could he sing? Could he act? Could he:
[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZYS2rKh01U[/yt]
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