Prince was cooler. MJ was the better performer and musician.
musician? nah, Prince takes that easily. amazing guitar player and multi instrumentalist. self taught too iirc. played almost every instrument for his first few albums.
Prince was cooler. MJ was the better performer and musician.
If we are talking about the women he had Prince wins (against probably everyone if I had to guess).Love MJ but Prince is way cooler and easily the better musician as well. The lineup of women he had is insane. How could the answer not be Prince?
Coolness can be debated. Influence in genres can be debated.
Better musician? No freakin debate.
Michael Jackson never made an entire album by himself. Every instrument. Nevermind good albums.
Like, there is no debate there.
Got damn Ninja. You know which Jordan I am talking about!Montell Jordan?
I agree, Prince was the better musician.musician? nah, Prince takes that easily. amazing guitar player and multi instrumentalist. self taught too iirc. played almost every instrument for his first few albums.
But he dance like a god. He was the better entertainer.
Eh? Prince can dance too.
Pick one of Prince's live performances out of hat, you'll always see a man on another level.
I won't say a bad word about Prince but MJ concerts in his prime were also something to behold.yeah Prince's stage presence is nearly unrivaled. dude had that swagger.
I won't say a bad word about Prince but MJ concerts in his prime were also something to behold.
The difference is Prince somehow maintained that level for 30+ years whereas MJ just fell off a cliff.
Are you from the USA? In many countries that are not the USA he was never even remotely considered a superstar, let alone comparable to Michael Jackson.
He was to Michael Jackson what Rita Ora is to Beyonce.
The dude was a genius. He was one of the better guitar players in the world and he was such a force that that was just a side note about him.I will fully admit that I give Prince extra points for playing instruments
the dude struttin' all over the stage playing his guitar whenever. I linked that youtube video but the one where he's soloing and then cuing the band to drop out while he continues to solo without backup and then counting the band back in all the while strutting around the stage and interacting with the audience with hilarious facial expressions.
Prince is who I think of when I hear the word "swagger"
I hate these but Prince.
Prince was the embodiment of cool because of his idgaf attitude in music, fashion and opinions. He was creatively more talented and was behind a lot of fierce and memorable groups that also pulled or was inspired by his aesthetic. Prince's cool today is described as "Gay" because a lot of straight men are so insecure about their sexuality that if another straight man does it, he's automatically gay.
So definitely going with prince on this.
GQ said:Walsh: I said to him, "Come on, man—don't you want to make another Sign o' the Times, another Purple Rain?" I don't know if I framed it exactly like that, but he said, "No, no—Jim, I've been to the mountaintop. There's nothing there."
The correct answer is Bowie, then Prince then MJ.
A false KingPrince was Prince, but MJ was the King.
No one was cooler.
I wonder if this is a case of America not thinking Michael was as cool but the rest of the world idolizing him.
Elvis had the same thing. In Europe he was still cool and a God, but in America he was more humanized and they could see him falling behind.
Its not possible to be more cooler than Thriller MJ.MJ wasn't a dork by any means during his peak, he just wasn't as cool as Peak Prince.
Its not possible to be more cooler than Thriller MJ.
I am talking about peak coolness, not overall coolness, which Prince obviously wins and I am not sure anyone can challenge him there.
I don't think Prince (or anyone else for the matter) was as cool as MJ was during Thriller.
Yeah it's tough.If we're talking peak coolness...
I still can't decide.
Prince was also the better musician (though MJ was pretty fucking talented as well, but he was not playing instruments and he did not create as much as Prince did).