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Michael Jackson or Elvis

Who's more famous, and why?

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Who is more famous and why?
 
Shouldn't this be a poll?
And shouldn't this be in the Music and Entertainment forum?

Anyway, I'll go with Elvis, and I can tell that most of the people here would as well.
Elvis died before MJ, and unlike MJ, he was a nice person when he died. :2razz:
 
Apocalypse said:
Shouldn't this be a poll?
And shouldn't this be in the Music and Entertainment forum?

Anyway, I'll go with Elvis, and I can tell that most of the people here would as well.
Elvis died before MJ, and unlike MJ, he was a nice person when he died. :2razz:
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What makes you think MJ wasn't a nice person when he died? A bit mentally ill perhaps, but I have never seen any reason to believe he didn't mean well.
 
I would say Elvis alto I see nothing special in either one.
 
MJ, he is the father of modern RB and POP.
 
THRILLER is the best selling album EVER, Michael Jackson can make me dance all night long, MJ is not dead:)
 
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Gotta go with MJ. More talent and much more original.

I respect Elvis for going to the army, can't think of one self-indulgent artist these days who would do that.

Now Elvis probably would have been more famous had he been around in these more global times, but since he wasn't- MJ takes the cake here.
 
I think that Elvis left a far greater legacy. In essence, he is a huge cornerstone for Rock N' Roll and is a big part of why it even exists in the first place. Michael Jackson was a very big and influential figure as well, but not nearly as much as Elvis was. I mean, come on.... Elvis was a huge inspiration to the Beatles! Personally, I'm a bigger fan of MJ's music than Elvis', but that's because I'm more a part of the MJ generation than the Elvis generation.
 
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All this outpouring for MJ was overdone.

How will you all react when someone way more talented, like Stevie Wonder, passes away ? Will you still be all out of superlatives from usin them on Mr 3 albums ?

Elvis was the King, And Stevie blows Michael's doors off, so you people need to get some perspective.
 
Voidwar said:
All this outpouring for MJ was overdone.

How will you all react when someone way more talented, like Stevie Wonder, passes away ? Will you still be all out of superlatives from usin them on Mr 3 albums ?

Elvis was the King, And Stevie blows Michael's doors off, so you people need to get some perspective.
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Stevie Wonder, especially during his classic period ('72 - '76), is absolutely amazing. I'm definitely a bigger Stevie fan than MJ, no contest. The soul and beauty in Stevie Wonder's music during that time outshines anything that MJ ever put out.
 
Voidwar said:
All this outpouring for MJ was overdone.

How will you all react when someone way more talented, like Stevie Wonder, passes away ? Will you still be all out of superlatives from usin them on Mr 3 albums ?

Elvis was the King, And Stevie blows Michael's doors off, so you people need to get some perspective.
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Elvis sucked. I never understood why he was so popular to begin with.
Stevie Wonder is certainly cool too, but he's never had anywhere near the cultural influence that MJ had.

I don't think there is any musician alive today who would get this much of a reception if they died...nor are there any alive who deserve it more than MJ.
 
i like Michael jackson becuase h e is the music i listen. :rock
 
I love to watch him dance. I also respect all that he has done for charity. As far as the child molestation thing, I don't know if he did it or not. I would love to think that he didn't. He was undeniably talented and helped unite blacks and whites while breaking barriors.
 
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americanwoman said:
-- I respect Elvis for going to the army, can't think of one self-indulgent artist these days who would do that --
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He didn't have any choice - I thought he was drafted?

americanwoman said:
--Now Elvis probably would have been more famous had he been around in these more global times, but since he wasn't- MJ takes the cake here.
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Jackson maybe wouldn't have had his success if he hadn't met and been the artist that Quincy Jones needed. I watched an interesting interview with George Benson on British TV where he talked about how Quincy Jones had worked with Benson first but both had different aspirations and abilities.

Elvis popularised and gave an edge to an underground music form (real black R&B) and allowed white Americans to enjoy something they secretly wanted to. Times have changed and most underground music forms have been plundered - I doubt there would be anything left now for him to change and make his own.

They were both great - but for different reasons and they are both unique and of their time period only. Take them both out of their time and we would probably never have heard of them.
 
Which one has the best drugs?
 
alphieb said:
I love to watch him dance. I also respect all that he has done for charity. As far as the child molestation thing, I don't know if he did it or not. I would love to think that he didn't. He was undeniably talented and helped unite blacks and whites while breaking barriors.
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He couldn't help but unite blacks and whites beause he was both. Only in America can a young black boy grow up to be a white woman.
 
By far Elvis IMO. I was born long time after Elvis died and I seriously doubt that Michael Jackson will be that famous for the next generations like Elvis.
 
Who is really going to want to make a living as a Michael Jackson impersonator?

Elvis wins.
 
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Who is really going to want to make a living as a Michael Jackson impersonator?

Elvis wins.
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There are already people who make money off being Michael Jackson impersonators. Dude, in Vegas and other places people get paid bigtime to do this if they are good. ;)
 
MJ, because he was weirder and lived in an age where the media eats weird people for breakfast. Also, I guess his music carried more of a message to it, so I like him more.. although that doesn't make him more famous. xD
 
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