[darktruth]

Yes, ever since her infamous "wardrobe malfunction" at the superbowl, her career has been in decline and it's kind of sad to see it happen to her after listening to a lot of her songs over the past few days. Her music is great to listen to for the R&B listeners.

I guess it's no surprise to some people here that I like listening to R&B music so liking music from Janet Jackson shouldn't come as a surprise either. I've only recently come to realise that I'm a fan of her after seeing how many CD's I've collected of her music.

Albums
The Velvet Rope
Damita Jo
20 Y.O. (Special CD/DVD Edition)

CD Singles
Runaway
Runaway (Remixes)
Twenty Foreplay
Got Til' It's Gone
Together Again
I Get Lonely
Go Deep
Every Time
Doesn't Really Matter (US CD Single)
All For You
Someone To Call My Lover
Son Of A Gun (I Betcha Think This Song Is About You)
Just A Little While
All Nite (Don't Stop)

DVD's & VHS
Design Of A Decade 86-96 DVD
The Velvet Rope Concert Tour DVD
Janet: Live In Hawaii (All For You Tour) DVD
From janet. to Damita Jo DVD
janet. VHS
Rhythm Nation 1814 VHS (Contains the full Rhythm Nation Short Film)

Now that's a lot of Janet Jackson stuff I've collected XD, of course there's still some albums and DVD's that I haven't got yet but all these stuff has only just hit me lol.

I suppose the reason I like listening to Janet Jackson music a lot is because of the mood it puts me in, the music beats, her harmonies and the lyrics. I especially like her slow ballads such as the classic "Let's Wait Awhile", "Come Back To Me", "Twenty Foreplay" and "Anytime, Anyplace" even though it's been over 10 years since the release of those songs.

Her more recent ballads off Damita Jo and 20 Y.O. also sound great as the ones above. "Take Care" is an oustanding ballad track off 20 Y.O. and definitely a highlight of that album. It's been on my mobile phone ever since I got it. Another great track off 20 Y.O. is "With U" that showcases some wonderful harmonies from Janet when you listen to the acapella.

As for her more upbeat tracks, I feel "If" from her janet. album is the best she's ever done. It has a catchy intro with the electric guitars and dancy beat. "All Nite (Don't Stop)" from Damita Jo is also another standout dance track and should've been a bigger hit than it was if it wasn't shrouded by the superbowl incident. "That's The Way Love Goes" from janet., another amazing smooth R&B jam for chilling out. There are also songs that puts me in a happy mood such as the memorable "Together Again", "Runaway", "Doesn't Really Matter", "All For You" and "Just A Little While".

It's just so sad to see a music icon fall thanks to one performance tainted by the exposure of a breast. I watched the full superbowl performance and was pretty much surprised to see how much of a big deal it caused when it wasn't even that explicit as a dancer dry humping Janet during the "All For You" performance.

On a different topic, Janet hasn't toured Australia since The Velvet Rope Tour which was nearly 10 years ago so I hope with her 20 Y.O. tour she at least brings it to Melbourne lol. I'd definitely jump at the chance to go see her live in concert after watching her tours on DVD. So enough of me rambling about Janet, anyone here listen to her music or has heard some of her songs?

[Analog]

I guess Janet doesn't have as much "Control" over the fans as she once did.

(Yeah, I might have heard a few of her songs back in the day)

[Rebel]

my mom's latest health-psych book has a picture of said wardrobe malfunction on like, the 5th page. it's kinda funny. When you see it only a glimpse on tv, you get kinda caught up in the fuss, when you actually get to see a clear picture of it, it's really funny how upset everyone got.

And very annoying how far the FCC shoved their panties up their ass.

[darktruth]

Whoo! Janet's new single has just premiered a few hours ago and radio stations in the US have also played it as well. The new single is called "Feedback", you can listen to it here if you're curious. It's a very clubby sort of dance track and I liked it from the first listen (no I'm not bias cos there are some of her songs I don't like).

[Kiai]

Personally I don't really like it. In fact I kind of loathe the production on it. That's one persons opinion that probably won't matter for a person like her. She'll sell millions before anyone realizes what they've bought.

[Analog]

Well, I like the picture on the video anyway... XD

[Kiai]

Dirty old man

[Analog]

I may be old, but Janet's still got me by almost four years.

[Kiai]

Touche.

[darktruth]

Feedback Music Video

It's finally out. I must say it isn't exactly the video I was expecting as a lot of her past videos have had some kind of full on dancing. The first half of the video was kinda boring but when it got to the dance breakdown that was when it started getting good.

I gotta laugh at the fact that she and her male dancers are dancing in a cereal coco puffs with milk splashing as they fall in. It's so riddled with metaphors of an orgasm and relieving the sexual tension XD, then again, a lot of her videos have had some form of sexual representation ever since her "janet." album came out.

Another thing that annoys me is that her videos have become more dark looking which sucks as you can hardly see things clearly. I'd have preferred this video to be more colourful and bright like the Doesn't Really Matter music video.

[Chimasterwang]

but when it got to the dance breakdown that was when it started getting good.

Lol Darky XD and also XP
Twilight Lynk says (12:25): someone should tell darky that dance videos have had sexual tension in them since they were first made

[darktruth]

Yes I am aware of that Lynk lol, that's why I said a lot of Janet's past videos have had dance routines that are sexual in some form way back since the "janet." era so I wasn't surprised by the routine for "Feedback". In saying that, just because it looks sexual doesn't mean it's bad for the type of song it's for and it ain't as easy to learn as some may think.

I've been attending a local hip-hop dance class for a few weeks now and I gotta say it's fun to learn as well as getting some good exercise. Here is a routine that Alvin (the teacher for the class I attend) did for another Janet song called "Get It Out Me". This is from an advanced class, I attend the beginners/intermediate one but I managed to learn the first 15 seconds of this choreography from watching the video. Not a very sexual choreography is it? Funny since the song is leaning towards that. So you can have non-sexual choreography in dance videos.

[Chimasterwang]

So Darky are you gonna learn some sexy moves and show us people on the forum? XD
SHOW ME YOUR MOVES!