Dude, i'm gonna be straight with you here. You need to get over yourself. I'm no huge fan of Madonna or Justin timberlake, but their music is till good (for pop music (whcich i, too am not a huge fan of)).
Also what the heck is this "mature" music crap? How are any of the three you mentioned immature when it comes to music?
It's pretty ridiculous to think all the musical geniuses for the better part of thirty years were all part of the same genre.
Well I listen to MJ and his lyrics and it's so child like, there's nothing deep about them. It's like reading a Fearstreet novel which would be for teens and then jumping to Mary Shelly's Frankenstein which it's clearly filled with more than just the simple story and conclusion. There is such a thing as simple not emotional music like MJ or Madonna.
Also when you have to point out that their pop artist that kinda sums up my view on them, their good in their respected genre but in the pantheon of great artist don't even mention them cause they don't cut.
Now the genius singers/musicians are clearly based of taste like your basing your geniuses. Like me you may disagree on that but to each his own.
This really confuses me. I have never heard anyone, even people who dislike his music, say he wasn't a great singer. He had an amazing voice, and unlike pretty much all the people you listed he could still sing in tune right up until he died.
What does "mature sounding music" mean?
I won't even get into how crazy it is to think MJ was only famous for his dance moves...
I went a little overboard with the dancing part there lol but I honestly don't feel he has anything special with his voice. I mention a ton of singers from his era and they might not be able to sing in tune now or ten years ago but one is not measured past his prime but in his prime. So yes all those singers in their hey day blow MJ out of the water.
The mature sounding music thing is just me saying MJ has no depth emotionally nor lyrically. There's nothing in his music that sounds like a growth in him, he sounded the same to me in every era. I guess the one song would be Billie Jean.
I'm not big fan of MJ but I respect what he did and if someone can't see what even a blind man in a room full of ninjas can see then man I feel bad for ya.
Next someone will tell me Freddie Mercury and Steve Perry could not sing.
My point is he did what he did but would you really put his voice next to Mercury's? Cause I for sure wouldn't.
