Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Michael Jackson: I Can't Help It (1979)



You know the feeling. You met her at last call. She's going to break your heart. But you're a man with needs and heartbreak be damned: you can't help it if you wanted to.

MJ got this all the way back in '79, and put it on vinyl with some of the most beautiful understated keys of the decade. This is a song that is beyond description. It simply is love, or whatever our damaged, flawed earthly souls can create to equate to the Platonic ideal of love. So the next time you're at the club and the DJ's expecting you to request Billie Jean or Beat It, pleasantly surprise her with this and a kiss on the cheek.

Then get down.

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