Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
> Jim Henderson wrote:
> > Now as to whether MJ was a genius or not, well, personally, I don't think 
> > so.  His music always struck me as rubbish pop.  But that's just my 
> > tastes against his style.

> I think it's not unreasonable to look to the dozens of other famous 
> performers and composers who cited him as inspirational and geniusly talented.

  I must admit I haven't looked if MJ composed his songs himself, or whether
he just performed them. AFAIK he personally composed at least *some* (if not
most) of the songs he performed.

  IMO regardless of whether or not one *likes* the songs in question, one
cannot reasonably claim that they don't show compositional talent. Many of
the songs are quite complex in structure and content. So complex in fact,
that it can be very difficult for the average person to perform them even
nearly as well as he did. Yet they still manage to be good-sounding and
catchy.

  The music of the songs is also often complex and well-composed, IMO.
If you tried to play them eg. with a guitar, it would be quite difficult.
I'm thinking about songs like Billie Jean, Beat It and Black Or White.

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                                                          - Warp

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