MJ Cover "With A Child's Heart"

 From the Motown record Music and Me comes a soliloquy rendition on which Michael Jackson surly captures the innocence, free-reign ecstasy found on "With A Child's Heart".

 Taken from Stevie Wonder's 1966 back-side to "Nothing's too Good For My Baby"(from his album "Uptight, Plain Outta Sight"). Given a choice between the two, I'd surly pick Michael's. However, I still give credit to Wonder as the first(listen to it right Here).



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Music and Me

 Following up on our series with The Jackson 5 Era, we've thus covered "Big Boy", "Diana Ross Presents The Jackson 5", "ABC", "The Third Album", "The Jackson 5 Christmas Album", "Maybe Tomorrow", "Lookin' Through The Windows", "Skywriter", "G.I.T. Get It Together", "Dancing Machine", "Moving Violation", "Got To Be There", and finally "Ben". Now, let me give you an exposition of Michael Jackson's third solo LP, "Music and Me".

Music and Me

 Like a mother with her children, Motown did not want to let go of Michael's boyishness. But as they say, "Autumn leaves must fall".

 But they couldn't comprehend his vocals were in the process of being molded into something spectacular! Kind of like giving up something good for something better. Which is precisely what you'll see here.

 You'll find a mix of tenor and soprano throughout the albums contents. With the profound innocence of Wonder's "With a Child's Heart" to the "Johnny Raven" tenor in his voice. Climaxing on his titled single "Music and Me".

 If your dieing to find out how Michael sounded when his voice first cracked, then look no further! "Music And Me" has got it recorded!

1. With A Child's Heart

2. Up Again

3. All The Things You Are

4. Happy

5. Too Young

6. Doggin' Around

7. Johnny Raven

8. Euphoria

9. Morning Glow

10. Music and Me

 Join me next time as I walkthrough his final Motown record "Forever, Michael(officially)".

MJ You Can Cry On My Shoulder

 Ben the record ends with a rendition to another Motown rooster-Brenda Holloway's "You Can Cry On My Shoulder"(listen Here). I never was much into this tune. But they sure poured their hearts into it. Unlike what you see today.

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MJ "Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day"

 From his second solo LB Ben comes another cover to a late 60's tune. I love Michael's approach of interpreting Stevie Wonder's hit in 1968(found Here). You can even decipher the very first hiccups which would eventually become one of Michael Jackson's signatures.



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What Goes Around Comes Around

 On track 7 of Ben, Michael Jackson's old girl must learn the hard way of paying it forward.

 Michael want's to teach a thing or two about cause and effect. "What a man soweth, that he shall also reapeth"(Gal. 6:17). "What goes around comes around. What comes up must come down"-Budda.



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Michael Jackson My Girl

 We start with a Michael Jackson reinterpretation from "The Temptations"(listen over Here) on his album Ben-"My Girl" which earned them a big break during the Christmas of '64.

 Michael inserts a little more rhythm & heritage into his cover. Not to put down "The Temptations" in any way. Around my neck of the woods, they tend to repeat it on the oldie stations on a perpetual loop. So I may be a little biased.



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Michael Jackson "Everybody's Somebody's Fool"

 The front-side of Ben wraps up with another Michael Jackson rendition from a Doo-Wop clan named "The Heartbeats"(listen right Here). Mixing ab-libs from The Flamingo's on a 70's Motown Ballet. Listen below...



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