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Prince and Janet Jackson
Notes taken by Edward Tanguay on May 11, 2016 (go to class or lectures)


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breasts, showcase, Lover, video, sexually, dandy, independence, second, Doves, malfunction, photogenic, Lady, new, scandalous, Bowie, bubble, fast, Michael, youngest, seven, own, Funkadelic, feminine, Control, black, Rhythm, instrumentalist, androgynous, Fame, prolific, social, Lewis, four, fall, Madonna, heterosexual
Michael Jackson, Prince, , and Janet Jackson
interesting connections between all four of them
Prince and Janet Jackson having their success in the half of the 1980s
all of them big MTV stars
stars that depended much on the dimension of music
Prince (1958-2016)
born in Minneapolis
developed an image as a somewhat charged and somewhat androgynous figure
you are reminded to a certain extent of David during the Ziggy Stardust period
you're not sure if he's dressing to approach more his side
or whether he's just a or a pretty boy
there's definitely something sexually charged
so it's not like he's asexual or not interested in sexual attraction
he's definitely sexual and in many of his songs the sexuality that he expresses is of a markedly nature
but his appearance is somewhat
has his roots in 1970s black pop and funk
coming out of the Parliment sound
extremely as a song-writer
a fantastic multi-
one problem was that he was producing music too
Prince (1979)
success was in the rhythm and blues
success with audiences
not crossing over like Michael Jackson
"I Wanna Be Your "
Dirty Mind (1980)
Controversy (1981)
1999 (1982)
"Little Red Corvette"
"Delirious"
" Cab Driver"
heavy sexual element in stage shows
1984 Purple Rain
sound track to a film
not directed by Prince but designed to him
"When Cry"
"Let's Go Crazy"
"I Would Die 4 U"
had new material, record companies were telling him to not produce so fast
1985 Around the World in a Day
1986 Parade
1987 Sign O' the Times
1988 Lovesexy
1989 Batman (Soundtrack)
Michael Jackson was probably the biggest artist of the two in the 80s
in the 90s, Michael Jackson starts to from favor and Prince continues to be active
but two guys
Michael Jackson more the dancer
Prince more the musician type
Janet Jackson (1966-)
the sister of the Jackson family
ends up being produced by two associates of Prince from Minneapolis
Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis
her act showcases dancing like her brother
was a child actress, a child star
Good Times
Different Strokes
first albums were in that child star mold
1982 Janet Jackson
1984 Dream Street
called " gum soul"
very dominated by her family and her dad
teen idol, squeaky clean
1986
this third album was much different
something she needs to prove
breaks with her family
management
bring in Jimmy Jam and Terry
at worked with Prince
as a way to show she is different now
"When I Think of You"
"Let's Wait Awhile"
main songs
Control
starts with a spoken declaration of
the sexuality element
Madonna's already done this
because she had been such a squeaky clean teen idol, had something to prove
there was a complete break with teen innocence with regard to the sexuality
1989 Janet Jacksons's Nation 1814
top five singles
number one hits
a concept album addressing injustice
at the approach from the Control album from 1986
a continuation of Madonna's sexual rebellion meeting up with a proof of independence
coming out of the Jackson family
proves that she is her person
Janet Jackson sexuality
1993 Rolling Stone Cover
unknown man's hands covering her
"The Joy of Sex"
cover for its day
2004 wardrobe
exposed breast
Spelling Corrections:
androgenous ⇒ androgynous
Minneanapolis ⇒ Minneapolis
Ideas and Concepts:
On the sexuality of Prince, via tonight's History of Rock and Roll class: "Throughout his career, Prince developed an image as both a heterosexually provocative yet also somewhat androgynous figure. At times he reminded one to a certain extent of David Bowie during the Ziggy Stardust period, but you could never be sure if Prince was dressing to approach more his feminine side, or whether he was just a dandy or a pretty boy. It's not as if he was asexual or not interested in sexual attraction, there was always something sexually charged about him, yet he often seemed to be both playing on the edges of gender identify, yet at the same time delivering a markedly heterosexual message."

Coming of age with Janet Jackson via tonight's History of Rock and Roll class:
"Janet Jackson was the youngest sister of the Jackson family. She was originally a child actress on shows such as Good Times, Different Strokes, and Fame, and when she began to sing professionally as a young teenager, her first albums being in that mold of child star, e.g. 1982 Janet Jackson, and 1984 Dream Street, an innocent, squeaky clean teen idol genre that was referred to as "bubble gum soul". The choice of songs, outfit and production of her albums was highly controlled by her family, especially her father.
By 1985 at the age of 19, however, she had had enough of this. She made a complete break with her family, sought new management with Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis who had worked with Prince, and set her energies on the goal of showing that she was completely different now by bringing out the 1986 album Control. The title song Control begins with a kind of spoken Declaration of Independence, and with the song Nasty, she made a complete break with her teen innocence with regard to sexuality, following, one could say in the footsteps of Madonna to show how a woman can take control of her career and her sexual expression, showing she had something to prove, and she was proving it through her music and dance."
"Janet Jackson was the youngest sister of the Jackson family. She was originally a child actress on shows such as Good Times, Different Strokes, and Fame, and when she began to sing professionally as a young teenager, her first albums being in that mold of child star, e.g. 1982 Janet Jackson, and 1984 Dream Street, an innocent, squeaky clean teen idol genre that was referred to as "bubble gum soul". The choice of songs, outfit and production of her albums was highly controlled by her family, especially her father.
By 1985 at the age of 19, however, she had had enough of this. She made a complete break with her family, sought new management with Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis who had worked with Prince, and set her energies on the goal of showing that she was completely different now by bringing out the 1986 album Control. The title song Control begins with a kind of spoken Declaration of Independence, and with the song Nasty, she made a complete break with her teen innocence with regard to sexuality, following, one could say in the footsteps of Madonna to show how a woman can take control of her career and her sexual expression, showing she had something to prove, and she was proving it through her music and dance."