Thriller versus Purple Rain

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DramaQ96

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Hey everyone,

So I went to this site that had a cast your vote on the greatest debate ever......Thriller versus Purple Rain! I had to vote Purple Rain! I mean Prince played the instruments, wrote the songs, and had and still has that stage presence! What do you guys think?
 
Thriller...by 100 miles. No disrespect to Prince, as I love the man, and that disc, but Thriller is still outselling alot of others, some 20+ years later, and has not been duplicated since, nor i doubt it will. IMHO, I think it's in the top 3 all time of "greatest album's ever made", which i wouldn't know where on that list to place it. MJ's a bad mamma jamma man, and that's argueably thee greatest record ever made. I can't find a single song off the record I hate. He truely is "The King Of Pop".

The thing about Thriller is that it's still ahead of it's time, to this day, and still innovative. A casual music fan can put that disc in, listen to it, and just be blown away by it's greatness.

You may not like MJ as a person, but you cannot deny the greatness of Thriller.
 
None of this matters when your music is vile crap.

Off the Wall, Thriller and Bad are the pefect pop trilogy.

1999 and Purple Rain have some good stuff, but they don't touch Jackson, Sign O' The Times is just crap.
 
I beg to differ when people say Prince is not talented. I mean cmon, his Purple Rain album was such a big hit..... and when an artist not only can have a great stage presence but play "many instruments" and write his songs, I think that's phenomenal. And yeah anyone can write some songs but Prince had a lot of them that were smash hits.
 
That is an absolutely disgusting accusation especially as musical ability is a huge factor for you. Have you heard this album? Have you read the credits? Have you acknowledged the instruments he plays on the album? The effortless flow betwwen Funk, Pop, soul, Disco and rock?

You may not like it but to call it crap it nothing short of narrow minded idiocy.
I disllike 'Thriller' but I can recognise it's plus points.
 
I wouldn't go so far as saying that either of these albums are crap. I think they both have their merits. Personally, I'd pick thriller. Just because I like Michael Jackson more, it's a personal preference.
 
Jackson - Does a song with a meraber of the biggest band of all time and one half of the most famous songwriting duo in history and makes a dogs dinner of a song.

Prince - Takes Sheena fucking Easton and makes her credible for 5 minutes with a great song.

Remind me again , who's the talented one?
 
Well I think Purple Rain is still ahead of its time too...don't get me wrong, MJ's Thriller is up there. But I guess I look at Prince on this album, not only as an artist but also the brains behind this great timeless album!
 
Thriller was a WAY WAY WAY bigger. Let me put it to you like this, if Micheal Jackson ever came back and made another album it would probably go platinum even with all the bad press he has received. People love him....
 
Thriller is mediocre, the trio of singles is very solid, but the rest is just bland pop filler.

Although Purple Rain continuously eludes me, so I can't make a proper judgement.
 
Tough call...Purple Rain is my favorite Prince album, but I think Thriller had more impact overall. I'm gonna go with Prince here, though, since he seems to be on the losing end.
 
Apples and oranges

Jackson - Typical lip-synching pop star where the dancing is above the singing

Prince - A true musician in every sense of the word, recorRAB all instruments himself and only uses a band to tour
 
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