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Just now, Cello said:

In 2nd place...

Who Is It (9.44)

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Lowest raters (6): @NeonSkeleton

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WHICH MEANS IN JOINT 1st PLACE...

Remember The Time (9.61)

 

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Lowest raters (7): @Ronk

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and...

Dangerous (9.61)

 

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Lowest raters (8): @AloraRola

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JOINT #1?! :bradley:

And both absolute bops :bradley:

Taste confirmed :bradley:

Celebrate with the rehearsal footage for Remember the Time :tony:

 

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Celloo Deng

These results served taste! Thanks for taking part everyone! We will return next time with my favourite MJ album, HIStory :sis:

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PartySick
1 minute ago, Dirty Diana said:

 

I wish I could “love” and “Yas” at the same time :giveup: what an angel. 
 

also, going to give a (maybe) hot take, but on the topic of songs that didn’t make albums… I think the only song from MJ I genuinely am not a fan of is Scared of the Moon simply due to the chorus 

Aww I like Scared of the Moon :bradley:

I feel like it alludes to childhood SA though, that's why :bradley: the woman he's singing about starts out as a little girl who's "scared of the moonlight" but I think she's actually scared of the night time 'cause that's when she's abused. And it's a trauma that leaves a scar/PTSD well into adulthood where she's still "scared of the moon" and other kids are too

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2 minutes ago, PartySick said:

Aww I like Scared of the Moon :bradley:

I feel like it alludes to childhood SA though, that's why :bradley: the woman he's singing about starts out as a little girl who's "scared of the moonlight" but I think she's actually scared of the night time 'cause that's when she's abused. And it's a trauma that leaves a scar/PTSD well into adulthood where she's still "scared of the moon" and other kids are too

I have no words holy hell 

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PartySick
19 minutes ago, Dirty Diana said:

I have no words holy hell 

There's a mental health analogy in there too where the other adults kinda brush off her pain and say "ah it's fine, just buck up". Idk if that's really intentional but that's what I get from it :bear:

But yeah, read the lyrics with that new context :bradley:

Alone she lies waiting
Surrounded by gloom
Invaded by shadows
Painting the room

The light from the window
Cuts through the air
And pins the child lying there
Scared of the moon

She pulls up the covers
And shivers in fright
She hides from the colour
That rides on the light

The light through the window
That lights up the sky
And causes her mournful cry
Scared of the moon

"There's nothing wrong,
Don't be bothered" they say
"It's just childish fantasies
Turning your head
No need to worry
It's really too soon"
But there she lies shivering

Scared of the moon

Scared of the moon
Scared of the moon
Scared of the moon
Scared of the moon

The years go by swiftly
And soon childhood ends
But life is still fearful
When evening descends

The fear of the child
Still intrudes the night
Returning on beams of light
Scared of the moon

The feeling of terror
She felt as a youth
Has turned from a fantasy
Into a truth

The moon is the enemy
Twisting her soul
And taking its fearful toll
Scared of the moon

But now there are others
That sit in a room
And wait for the sunlight
To brighten their gloom

Together they gather
Their lunacy shared
But knowing just why they're scared

Scared of the moon

It sounds like she was being abused as a kid and knew it was hurting but didn't understand it. When she grew up, she understood what was going on ("the feeling of terror she felt as a youth has turned from a fantasy into the truth") and she was messed up over it. She's far from the only one though :bradley:

Sometimes I wonder if MJ himself was abused sexually as a kid 'cause it's a semi-common theme in his discography. Usually it's about young people being abused to make it big in Hollywood but there's other subtle things and songs like this that tell me he's speaking more from a perspective of someone who's been there himself rather than someone who sees it going on and is upset about it.

He was certainly in the environment to be abused as a kid but let me not openly speculate about something like that :bradley:

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Celloo Deng
15 minutes ago, PartySick said:

Sometimes I wonder if MJ himself was abused sexually as a kid 'cause it's a semi-common theme in his discography.

I have often wondered this too but I really hope not :ohno:

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PartySick
9 minutes ago, Cello said:

I have often wondered this too but I really hope not :ohno:

It would make sense :bradley:

Then building Neverland would be less about recapturing childhood and more about recapturing the innocence of childhood :bradley:

Didn't mean to derail this with dark thoughts though :bear:

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Ronk

Sorry I couldn't make the ceremony.  Thanks for hosting this great megarate. @Cello   :heart:

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Werewoof
33 minutes ago, PartySick said:

It would make sense :bradley:

Then building Neverland would be less about recapturing childhood and more about recapturing the innocence of childhood :bradley:

Didn't mean to derail this with dark thoughts though :bear:

Honestly though, this makes sense. And I don’t think it’s too disrespectful to discuss. After all, we’re not gossiping or tabloid-ing. We love and care about M ❤️ But thank you for enlightening me. I definitely have more respect for it. 

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LuvitLevit
1 hour ago, PartySick said:

I'm not sure :oprah:

It was on the HIStory Tour's setlist so maybe they just never found a good place for it to fit?

Apparently Who Is It wasn't done 'cause he felt it would be awkward to perform :bear: there's not a lot of high energy or peaks in that song so I guess I get it? But imagine him busting out that beat boxing on stage :bradley:

Actually y’all, he performed it during the history tour 

 

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PartySick
22 minutes ago, LuvitLevit said:

Actually y’all, he performed it during the history tour 

 

I know, that's what I said :bear:

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LuvitLevit
13 hours ago, PartySick said:

I know, that's what I said :bear:

Just posting the video for you…:excuseu:

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Celloo Deng

Time to go through all these videos you guys posted during the ceremony! :party:

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