fusionbassist1 Posted August 12, 2008 Posted August 12, 2008 Mornin' Yesterday I decided to play through the Michael Jackson album 'Off The Wall' and remembered just how good of an album it really is. Louis Johnson is absolutely astounding on it and the various people who arranged and composed the songs (MJ is credited with 3 of 10, Rod Temperton has quite a few and there's also a stevie wonder track as well as a mccartney composition) really knew what they were doing to pump out some funky, cheesy,disco, 'of it's time' wonderness. a good 9/10 for playalong ability. anyone else share an opinion on this album? there's some cool bass sounds on the album i think, he doesn't quite just stick to one signature tone on the album. any comments? ____ Ben Quote
Kiwi Posted August 12, 2008 Posted August 12, 2008 [quote name='fusionbassist1' post='260767' date='Aug 12 2008, 12:32 PM']Mornin' Yesterday I decided to play through the Michael Jackson album 'Off The Wall' and remembered just how good of an album it really is. Louis Johnson is absolutely astounding on it and the various people who arranged and composed the songs (MJ is credited with 3 of 10, Rod Temperton has quite a few and there's also a stevie wonder track as well as a mccartney composition) really knew what they were doing to pump out some funky, cheesy,disco, 'of it's time' wonderness. a good 9/10 for playalong ability. anyone else share an opinion on this album? there's some cool bass sounds on the album i think, he doesn't quite just stick to one signature tone on the album. any comments? ____ Ben[/quote] I think its Michael Jackson's best album by far, I wasn't that big on Thriller myself. Rod Temperton is a one man hit factory and come a long way since growing up in Cleethorpes. I had a primary school teacher whose husband was in a band with Rod once. Quote
marcus bell Posted August 12, 2008 Posted August 12, 2008 brilliant album to play along to mate definately, i think its better to play along to than thriller as well... check out the brothers johnson album 'winners' i love it... marcus Quote
SJA Posted August 12, 2008 Posted August 12, 2008 I reckon Justin Timberlake has a few copies of this album. eg. compare "rock with you" and "rock your body" Quote
ped Posted August 12, 2008 Posted August 12, 2008 Funny you should mention this. I was talking to my brother the other day about it and we are going to learn the whole album and play along. One of the best! ped Quote
The Funk Posted August 12, 2008 Posted August 12, 2008 I agree with everyone who says it was his best album. The stuff The Jacksons were putting out around the same time was also excellent. Quote
Josh Posted August 12, 2008 Posted August 12, 2008 I worked out the title track and most of his later stuff from the Essential Michael Jackson album, Off the Wall is so fun to play Quote
Captain Bassman Posted August 12, 2008 Posted August 12, 2008 +1, great album for bassers! LJ's bass work is always great and Dance With Me is a great slappy line but IMHO the best bassline on the album is Bobby Watson's masterpiece on Rock With You. Sheer class! It got a full transcription a few months back in Bass Player mag. It's not quite as easy as it sounds! Quote
Josh Posted August 12, 2008 Posted August 12, 2008 [quote name='Captain Bassman' post='260887' date='Aug 12 2008, 03:08 PM']+1, great album for bassers! LJ's bass work is always great and Dance With Me is a great slappy line but IMHO the best bassline on the album is Bobby Watson's masterpiece on Rock With You. Sheer class![/quote] +1, Dance with Me is alright, to me it sounds a bit messy and his tone is a bit much, where as the groove of Rock with You is just perfect. Even though MJ's later stuff wasn't exactly groove laden, they are still great to play along to, songs like Human Nature, Who Is It? etc.... Quote
bass_ferret Posted August 12, 2008 Posted August 12, 2008 Agreed it is a great album and the Jacksons stuff from the time was great as well. Before MJ went all white Thriller is a great album as well - it is easy to forget the impact at the time and Billy Jean is a fabulous groove that sounds easy but is a bitch to get the feel right. Quote
wombatboter Posted August 12, 2008 Posted August 12, 2008 What surprised me a lot is the additional demo on one of the cd-releases... You hear early tapes of some songs without the production of Quincy Jones and they are really close to the original...I thought that Quincy's influence would be massive but those early demo's just show that Michael Jackson had already a lot of the production and arranging in an early stage..Great album though. Quote
bubinga5 Posted August 13, 2008 Posted August 13, 2008 One of the best soul funk albums ever made...IMHO..Stevie Wonders ''I cant help it'' is special.. Check Lois Johnson out slapping on Dance with Me!!! ...Awsome.. And look at that Jazz bass!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwCzTo20d18&feature=related"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwCzTo20d18...feature=related[/url] Quote
Hot Tub Posted August 13, 2008 Posted August 13, 2008 [quote name='bass_ferret' post='261032' date='Aug 12 2008, 05:23 PM']....Billy Jean is a fabulous groove that sounds easy but is a bitch to get the feel right....[/quote] Oooooh, I just played Billy Jean, & damn doesn't it sound good! What a groove! I'll be doing that one again! Quote
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