Comments on: Janet Jackson is some hot rivet shit

By: Ronald Chiprean

Ronald Chiprean — Sat, 08 May 2010 12:18:49 +0000

I love Janet Jackson so her parting the music business will definitely be a huge loss. Their family has had a huge influence on music from ever since I am able to recall.

By: Tertiary

Tertiary — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 06:18:39 +0000

I haven’t watched or listened to any Jacksons in a long time.

You ever notice though, how on film, both Janet and Michael have this strange power to tell when something bad is happening to someone?

Rhythm Nation is indeed a great tune. One of the best dancey social statement songs ever, I’d wager. There was a time when no one could touch the Jacksons for pitch perfect pop sensibility.

Mer- I’d have imagined a Combichrist show to be a pallid, skinny (balding?) swede with a laptop and some sequencers, etc, cranking out beats. Apparently I am way the hell off.

By: BlueAnchorNatasha

BlueAnchorNatasha — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 02:26:00 +0000

Wow, I grew up with this song especially.
My dad used to play Janet quite often actually and living in a tiny duplex, sound traveled from one room to every room. I too, am guilty of borrowing my dads albums, including Janet, as a child, before I discovered Metallica’s S&M album and so began my young metal days.

I have nothing positive to say about the industrial dancer video. It just goes to confirm yet another reason why I dont go ‘clubbing’. Oh the embarassment.

By: rickie

rickie — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 22:33:56 +0000

i’m behind on the times. all those music video links are gone…

but that industrial dancer, man…that is some embarraASSing shit!

By: Medicated

Medicated — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 08:05:12 +0000

OHHHHHH how i couldn’t agree with this whole post more! Jeez, i was a janet loving FREAK! and i used to practice the coreography in all her videos and perform them with my friends to the neighborhood kids… suburban life… HAH!

it also made me think of this part of Beaches with bette midler that i used to constantly rewind and watch over and over again… i don’t know if you’ve seen beaches, but if you have- do you remember this part?

By: truthy

truthy — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 20:19:03 +0000

I must agree that video was truly art…and it took major balls on Janets part to try something like that.

By: Jeskah

Jeskah — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 06:22:51 +0000

Wow! I’ve been a dancer since I was 3, and when I was 15, one of the dance classes I did learnt that entire Rhythm Nation dance for a show. I had totally forgotten about it until I watched it then and remembered the entire sequence and how difficult it was to learn some parts!

By: zoetica

zoetica — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 17:13:46 +0000

Rhythim Nation is flawless – great call on that one!

But the real star of the post is the video of “Industrial Dance”..oh god. His feet! They do not leave the spot he’s in the entire time. And..SOCKS. Megalulz.

By: Daniel Yokomizo

Daniel Yokomizo — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 03:16:32 +0000

Rhythm Nation looks like a kind of reverse Pro-Test, with the hip-hop people using industrial aesthetics with hip hop music. OTOH the percussion reminds me of oHGr or Rx. Janet should hook with Ogre just for the kick.

Now on the Combiwhatever debate, I still can’t differentiate all these bands, they all sound the same: spooky vocoder, techno like beats and angry faces. I tried to understand their appeal for some time now, but most of their music is just ‘meh’. They wouldn’t survive a minute under the great old belgian ones. Ditto if we are talking about industrial or noise instead.

By: Jerem Morrow

Jerem Morrow — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 23:53:24 +0000

Hey, not only that, but I think this may’ve been ze first time I’d seen electric guitar used in a hip hop track. Back then, something rarely seen. Now, i usually despise the standard pop version of such genre-mixtures (rap metal anyone?), but it did instill in me the idea of musical boundaries (those enforced, STILL, by radio) being destroyed. So, she gets extra credit there.

Theremina: Ja, I prefer EBM when it’s just little ol’ me, sitting alone, listening. Ze actual concerts are full o’ bulky frat boys, painted up, stomping und fisting air, with hilarious grimaces. It’s like watching ze doomy version of some Barney ze Purple Dinosaur episode.