Comments on: 7 Songs That Wouldn’t Exist Without Michael Jackson http://sodapopjournal.com/lists/7-songs-that-wouldnt-exist-without-michael-jackson/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=7-songs-that-wouldnt-exist-without-michael-jackson We love entertainment! Wed, 16 May 2012 20:10:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Robert Cortez http://sodapopjournal.com/lists/7-songs-that-wouldnt-exist-without-michael-jackson/#comment-27 Robert Cortez Wed, 08 Jul 2009 12:21:33 +0000 http://sodapopjournal.com/?p=582#comment-27 I always thought there was something familiar about "Hella Good" but just attributed it to The Neptunes' tight instrumental work. Never made the connection to "Billie Jean" but yeah, that's a dead ringer. And wow, I had completely forgotten about "Will You Be There?". Still a pretty all right tune and deceptively simple for being so goddamn powerful. Back in the day, that song put me on blast for being such a child after seeing Free Willy (sorta like Peter Gabriel's "Down To Earth" from WALL•E did last year). Even if it wasn't intentional, Billy Joel should be ashamed for cribbing such a song. I always thought there was something familiar about “Hella Good” but just attributed it to The Neptunes’ tight instrumental work. Never made the connection to “Billie Jean” but yeah, that’s a dead ringer.

And wow, I had completely forgotten about “Will You Be There?”. Still a pretty all right tune and deceptively simple for being so goddamn powerful. Back in the day, that song put me on blast for being such a child after seeing Free Willy (sorta like Peter Gabriel’s “Down To Earth” from WALL•E did last year). Even if it wasn’t intentional, Billy Joel should be ashamed for cribbing such a song.

]]> By: Robert Cortez http://sodapopjournal.com/lists/7-songs-that-wouldnt-exist-without-michael-jackson/#comment-836 Robert Cortez Wed, 08 Jul 2009 12:21:00 +0000 http://sodapopjournal.com/?p=582#comment-836 I always thought there was something familiar about "Hella Good" but just attributed it to The Neptunes' tight instrumental work. Never made the connection to "Billie Jean" but yeah, that's a dead ringer. And wow, I had completely forgotten about "Will You Be There?". Still a pretty all right tune and deceptively simple for being so goddamn powerful. Back in the day, that song put me on blast for being such a child after seeing Free Willy (sorta like Peter Gabriel's "Down To Earth" from WALL•E did last year). Even if it wasn't intentional, Billy Joel should be ashamed for cribbing such a song. I always thought there was something familiar about “Hella Good” but just attributed it to The Neptunes’ tight instrumental work. Never made the connection to “Billie Jean” but yeah, that’s a dead ringer.

And wow, I had completely forgotten about “Will You Be There?”. Still a pretty all right tune and deceptively simple for being so goddamn powerful. Back in the day, that song put me on blast for being such a child after seeing Free Willy (sorta like Peter Gabriel’s “Down To Earth” from WALL•E did last year). Even if it wasn’t intentional, Billy Joel should be ashamed for cribbing such a song.

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