kaeh1213 Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 http://www.slantmagazine.com/features/article/the-25-best-janet-jackson-songsAppreciate that they mention some deep cuts here (Hello, "Lonely")...and interesting that other songs like "Together Again" didn't make the list. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rock & Roll Hall of Game Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 Funky Big Band If being #1 !!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Wonder Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 If being #1 !!!!!! Wow that was totally unexpected! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlite Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 Im glad they included songs like 'my need' and 'empty', but imo there are too many control songs at the top, also no sleeep and unbreakable' would make my top 25. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laveaux Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 I see a lot of Miss Velvet Rope on the list. That's cute. Miss Damita Jo and Miss 20YO are still ignored. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rock & Roll Hall of Game Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 Enjoy, Take Care, Island Life, When We Ooo, Better Days all should have been in the list Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaeh1213 Posted September 15, 2015 Author Share Posted September 15, 2015 Agreed about Enjoy. That song would've done so well in any other era Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Wonder Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 “You”The Velvet Rope's dark brilliance reveals itself with age. Yours, that is. What sounded, at least to my adolescent ears in 1997, like a daring endorsement of no-limits sexuality eventually accrued the weight of clinical depression with each passing year. Then and now, “You” spoke to me. At the time, Janet's counsel to drop the lies and live with love sounded like a tough-love call to step out of the closet, little gay boy. Now, it's impossible to get past the way-harsh-Tai sentiments “Bitter you'll be if you don't change your ways/When you hate you, you hate everyone that day” and “You can't blame nobody but you.” HedersonOnly #19? This is lyrically her best song to date, and it's not even top 10? 17“Lonely”Throughout Janet's imperial phase, the template called for each of her albums to close out with a suite of love ballads. Skippable as any of them may have seemed when all you wanted to do was follow Janet's own mantra “Get the point? Good, let's dance,” the best of them—like this sultry, intimate invitation from one isolated soul to another—expose themselves at the most unexpected moments. Just like sex.Henderson It is nice to see that someone has finally recognized this song. I feel like it's an afterthought amongst other ballads (LWA, Again, WAYN, CBTM). Oddly, it's her best ballad to date. Overall this list is actually pretty good minus a few obvious omissions (WAYN, LWA, FHTF, WA, and a few others), and the order could use some rearranging. But it is nice to see this person obviously did their homework and didn't just pick the obvious single choices and run with them. Foolish of Slant to forget the turn-of-the-century classic "Come Give Your Love To Me" and the iconic "Don't Mess Up This Good Thing". 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sacred Prostitute Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 Yes "Lonely".....my all time favorite Janet ballad. The fact that Lonely made the list along with "Empty" and "My Need" is everything! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sacred Prostitute Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 Someone on YouTube said Janet performed "Lonely" on the R.N. tour.....I was about to go in and say "boy you are wrong". But I'm just going to let him believe he heard Janet sing this live. This song kills......it's her best in my book. Don't know why this wasn't a single or why she never did perform it live. I mean they released 7 songs off the album...Janet was able to get away with anything at that time. They played "State Of The World" on the radio and it hit number 5 alone on the Airplay charts......would it have killed them to release this song or make a video for it! I remember they would play this song on The Quiet Storm as well as on the Art Laboe show even though it wasn't an oldie. People knew what was up when it came to the entire R.N. album. They would also play The Knowledge on the radio for God's sake. No one will ever repeat the reception this album got from 89-91! It was a phenom! Janet could have released "Living In A World They Didn't Make" and she would have got away with it. It bordered cheese but it was a good brie and the video could have been epic. The Storm also played "Someday Is Tonight".....damn damn damn. What an era! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaeh1213 Posted September 17, 2015 Author Share Posted September 17, 2015 I always thought that she should perform "Lonely" on some sort of disaster relief telethon, like they had for Katrina and Haiti. Would've been so beautiful and poignant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janetDAYZ Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 Someone on YouTube said Janet performed "Lonely" on the R.N. tour.....I was about to go in and say "boy you are wrong". But I'm just going to let him believe he heard Janet sing this live. This song kills......it's her best in my book. Don't know why this wasn't a single or why she never did perform it live. I mean they released 7 songs off the album...Janet was able to get away with anything at that time. They played "State Of The World" on the radio and it hit number 5 alone on the Airplay charts......would it have killed them to release this song or make a video for it! I remember they would play this song on The Quiet Storm as well as on the Art Laboe show even though it wasn't an oldie. People knew what was up when it came to the entire R.N. album. They would also play The Knowledge on the radio for God's sake. No one will ever repeat the reception this album got from 89-91! It was a phenom! Janet could have released "Living In A World They Didn't Make" and she would have got away with it. It bordered cheese but it was a good brie and the video could have been epic. The Storm also played "Someday Is Tonight".....damn damn damn. What an era! preach!!!! I will FOREVER STAN for "Lonely" .. def her best ballad, possibly her best period IMO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bu. Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 (edited) Where is Whoops Now?Alright at #7 and no Again. How inTEresting! Edited September 17, 2015 by Side-A Bu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janetDAYZ Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 Whoops Now????????Bu. Please. Lets Not Do This Again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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