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Post by Deleted on Nov 27, 2017 22:46:07 GMT
There are certain songs that are just ear worms for commercial radio. For the Destiny album, this is the one that gets all of the airplay, just like Can You Feel It for Triumph, when like with Blame it on the boogie, take out the disco beat, superb singing and pizazz and its a party chant more than anything else. Why can't they play the better and deeper stuff like Walk right now and Heartbreak hotel or Time waits for no one. I think Destiny and Thats what you get for being polite are so much better than BIOTB.
But still blame it on the boogie comes on at a party, I am geting up and boogieing down to it.
In a lot of ways, I feel it was the song that introduced adult Michael in a large way to the world. Sure his adult vocals premiered on the Jacksons (Enjoy Yourself, Show you the way to go), but they did not have the reach Blame it on the boogie (Okay it was only a moderate hit in the US, but did well in the UK, Europe and Australasia) did. To me that song set up the whole Off the wall sound and for many new fans it would be easy to confuse Blame it on the Boogie and DSTYGE as being two singles off the same album. Destiny has always had a proto Off the Wall sound for its dancier and more upbeat cuts and Triumph is a sort of OFTW and Thriller hybrid (Heartbreak Hotel, could almost be a song off Thriller).
So in NZ, UK and Australia at least Blame it on the boogie was the adult MJ breakthrough (Jackson 5 were big, but not on the level of America) and DSTYGE was basically the big hit from an established name. Interestingly, Shake your body down to the ground, which is much better overall wa sthe big hit in the USA (7 or something) and only did moderately every where else (Like 50 or something). Plus both songs scored as they were disco, but it was disco with a funky and pop edge along with some amazing singing and footwork by the Brothers Jackson along with Michael period that sold them.
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Post by mjjfan810 on Nov 30, 2017 13:39:07 GMT
There are certain songs that are just ear worms for commercial radio. For the Destiny album, this is the one that gets all of the airplay, just like Can You Feel It for Triumph, when like with Blame it on the boogie, take out the disco beat, superb singing and pizazz and its a party chant more than anything else. Why can't they play the better and deeper stuff like Walk right now and Heartbreak hotel or Time waits for no one. I think Destiny and Thats what you get for being polite are so much better than BIOTB. But still blame it on the boogie comes on at a party, I am geting up and boogieing down to it. In a lot of ways, I feel it was the song that introduced adult Michael in a large way to the world. Sure his adult vocals premiered on the Jacksons (Enjoy Yourself, Show you the way to go), but they did not have the reach Blame it on the boogie (Okay it was only a moderate hit in the US, but did well in the UK, Europe and Australasia) did. To me that song set up the whole Off the wall sound and for many new fans it would be easy to confuse Blame it on the Boogie and DSTYGE as being two singles off the same album. Destiny has always had a proto Off the Wall sound for its dancier and more upbeat cuts and Triumph is a sort of OFTW and Thriller hybrid (Heartbreak Hotel, could almost be a song off Thriller). So in NZ, UK and Australia at least Blame it on the boogie was the adult MJ breakthrough (Jackson 5 were big, but not on the level of America) and DSTYGE was basically the big hit from an established name. Interestingly, Shake your body down to the ground, which is much better overall wa sthe big hit in the USA (7 or something) and only did moderately every where else (Like 50 or something). Plus both songs scored as they were disco, but it was disco with a funky and pop edge along with some amazing singing and footwork by the Brothers Jackson along with Michael period that sold them. I think you answered your own question there. Like you said, put BIOTB on at any party and it gets people dancing. It's earworm and it's a hit. I don't see many other songs on Destiny with that same kind of potential, even though they may very well be superior songs.
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Post by respect77 on Nov 30, 2017 18:28:26 GMT
I think you answered your own question there. Like you said, put BIOTB on at any party and it gets people dancing. It's earworm and it's a hit. I don't see many other songs on Destiny with that same kind of potential, even though they may very well be superior songs. Shake Your Body. And it is superior too.
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Post by mjjfan810 on Nov 30, 2017 22:32:33 GMT
I think you answered your own question there. Like you said, put BIOTB on at any party and it gets people dancing. It's earworm and it's a hit. I don't see many other songs on Destiny with that same kind of potential, even though they may very well be superior songs. Shake Your Body. And it is superior too. I didn't say there wasn't any, and yes, Shake Your Body is the next obvious single on the album. And it was a hit in its own right and is still widely known and played today. Perhaps not as much as BIOTB, but that might be due to the fact that there was no accompanying music video for Shake Your Body.
I definitely think Destiny NEEDED Blame It On The Boogie though, otherwise it would've been very slim pickings for a crossover single that white radio would play.
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Post by ChrisC on Dec 1, 2017 12:42:37 GMT
Shake Your Body. And it is superior too. I didn't say there wasn't any, and yes, Shake Your Body is the next obvious single on the album. And it was a hit in its own right and is still widely known and played today. Perhaps not as much as BIOTB, but that might be due to the fact that there was no accompanying music video for Shake Your Body.
I definitely think Destiny NEEDED Blame It On The Boogie though, otherwise it would've been very slim pickings for a crossover single that white radio would play.
Shake Your Body was a bigger hit, right? Higher peaks on Billboard and UK charts.
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Post by dewey on Dec 21, 2017 18:02:38 GMT
Ah, Blame It On the Boogie. One of the earliest Jacksons tunes I heard as a wee girl and I still like it. ("Sunshine, Moonlight, Good Times, Boogie.")
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Post by Deleted on Jan 28, 2018 23:36:05 GMT
For those of you not in the know, it was a massive hit in New Zealand reaching #1 in early 1979 and appeared on our King of Pop CD.
Sorry, just realised I posted all this stuff 2 months ago and had forgotten about it.
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Post by Angel of Light on Jan 30, 2018 20:27:37 GMT
It's fun and catchy and I love it. I personally enjoy it and always turn it up when it comes on. I love Michael's vocal on the song too.
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