As a fan of a wide variety of popular (and not-so-popular) music from the 1950s (and sometimes even earlier) up through the present, one of my bucket list projects for years has been to put together a list of my 100 favorite songs of all time. At some point I decided that, once I got around to figuring that out, I could put it out on a blog, for the infinitesimally small proportion of the Internet world that might be interested. So, here we are. While the Top 100 will be a major focus, I also plan to post on a variety of other musical (and occasionally non-musical) topics, in which you may or may not be interested. (If a particular posting doesn’t ring your bell, you’re only a few clicks away from a dancing cat video on YouTube.)

Tuesday, April 17, 2018

#184 Rock With You – Michael Jackson (1979)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5X-Mrc2l1d0
 
The one where Michael absolutely nails one of the best songs by the late, great Rod Temperton. The Off The Wall album produced three other great singles; while it lacks the record sales and cultural significance of Thriller, it represents a Jackson who has reached a high level of musical maturity, before starting to show signs of the naked ambition that led to his “King of Pop” self-anointment and ultimately contributed to his downfall.
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