Friday Riffs: Your favorite Jackson 5 song could net you a DVD
[Updated 6 p.m.: Congrats to our randomly selected winners, Denise Jones and Teri F. Thanks for playing, everyone!]
Come on, admit it, you spent more than a few Saturday mornings back in the day watching “The Jackson 5ive” cartoon series. Maybe you caught it in its original run in the early ‘70s, or maybe you’re from the Michael Jackson-as-solo-star era and watched the show when it was rebroadcast in 1984-85 to capitalize on Michael’s popularity.
Well, the entire series, including 46 remastered songs (and yes, “ABC,” “I’ll Be There” and “The Love You Save” are among them) has just been released on Blu-Ray and DVD, and thanks to our friends at Morris + King PR firm, we’ve got two of the sets to give away.
So what’s your favorite memory from the show? Or, to make it even easier, what’s your favorite Jackson 5 song?
Give me a response to either in the comments section below by 4 p.m. Friday and you’ll be eligible to be a randomly selected winner of one of the Blu-Ray sets.
So is it your “Destiny”? Will you “Triumph” with a “Victory”?
Good luck!
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46 comments Add your comment
jason bates
January 25th, 2013
2:13 am
2300 Jackson Street
SAWB
January 25th, 2013
3:17 am
No doubt it has to be: I’ll Be There.
Michael and Jermaine really owned that song and yes Mariah did an “ok” job, but it will always be the Jackson 5.
It really was such a shame that Michael kind of went over the edge because he truly was an awesome talent. Just get your old copy of Thriller out of even the classic Off the Wall the dude could sing.
david c
January 25th, 2013
7:44 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1ODaEq9n3Y&list=PL791F7E5B4F4CC732
Roslyn Talley
January 25th, 2013
8:16 am
Dancing machine , i,ll be there , smooth crimanal , they dont really care about us, i saw mommy kissing santa clause
L-Boogie
January 25th, 2013
8:24 am
Who’s Loving You was no doubt thE Greatest song ever!!!!!! I will never forget the first time I heard it. It still gives me goosebumps to think that this little kid (Micheal) could sing with so much emotion like that at such an early age.
CT George
January 25th, 2013
8:27 am
Maybe Tomorrow
Denise Jones
January 25th, 2013
8:36 am
The Love You Save because of the choreography. It’s a classic, and even when the brothers performed it on the 30th anniversary show, their moves were tight!
Betty Wooten
January 25th, 2013
8:36 am
Whose Loving You
Luvs Bridge
January 25th, 2013
8:38 am
I’ll be there…”Just Look Over Your Shoulder Honey” (That’s now a little stalkerish when you think about it, lol. I could see this as a Saturday Night Live skit). I watched a documentary once where Berry Gordy said Michael just made up that verse and it fit with the song.
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January 25th, 2013
8:39 am
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Brandon S
January 25th, 2013
8:41 am
The Jackson 5 are a stable in the recording industry. They have so many memorable songs, it’s hard to pick just one favorite! I’ll have to go with “Dancing Machine.” Although “Get it together”, “Life of the party”, and “Blame it on the Boogie” are close honorable mentions
CherylF.
January 25th, 2013
8:43 am
“Stop, The Love you Save”!
Nate
January 25th, 2013
8:53 am
Dancing Machine by far. My Mother had to buy me the record three times…’cause I kept playing it on her old stereo and kept scratching it.
jeff
January 25th, 2013
8:58 am
ABC – simple as 1,2,3.
BrownBerri
January 25th, 2013
9:10 am
Maybe Tomorrow, I’ll Be There, Enjoy Yourself, Looking Through The Window, Who’s Loving You…can’t have just one. :<)
kmaria
January 25th, 2013
9:12 am
Ben/Who’s Loving You!
Nina Gibbs
January 25th, 2013
9:17 am
Blame It on The Boogie
Robert
January 25th, 2013
9:20 am
I’ve always enjoyed the Jackson 5 performance of Santa Claus is Coming to Town… Always makes me get in the Christmas spirit in a big way!
pws
January 25th, 2013
9:29 am
I’ll be there of course!
Kathy Jones
January 25th, 2013
9:29 am
With out a doubt, “THE LOVE YOU SAVE”! Me and the girls had steps and everything. It’s such a warm & fuzzy memory. LOL!
Klite
January 25th, 2013
9:40 am
Dancing Machine! I remember my father taking me and my friend to the concert at the Omni and us doing the robot when they song this song.
GaPeachy
January 25th, 2013
9:40 am
So many hits, so hard to decide. I guess I would have to go with Blame it on the Boogie, Dancing Machine, and Never Can Say Goodbye. I play all there stuff for my kids and they love the songs as much as i did, truly great music!
Nikky W
January 25th, 2013
9:41 am
I’ll Be There, Who’s Loving You, 2300 Jackson Street, this list goes on, lol and boy oh boy I use to love watching this cartoon!!
MelKel
January 25th, 2013
9:49 am
I totally loved the show and watched it first run back in the 1970’s. I was amazed because Michael was only a year older than I was. My favorite song back then was “ABC.” As an adult, “I’ll Be There” became my favorite song. Ever since Michael died, hearing this song makes me cry.
Jean Jean the Dancing Machine
January 25th, 2013
9:50 am
Melissa, Destiny, Triumph and Victory are all by The Jacksons, not the original Jackson 5.
My favorite song is Dancing Machine because people would rhyme it with my name. And because it’s funky! Do wop, do wop.
TMurray
January 25th, 2013
9:51 am
I love all of them but my favorite “Who’s Loving You” I am part of the rebroadcast of the cartoon. Couldn’t wait for Saturday mornings!
LES
January 25th, 2013
9:58 am
I still sing along to ABC as I walk down the sidewalk!
Joyce
January 25th, 2013
10:06 am
I will always remember their first released single “I Want You Back”. When you heard the first riffs from the guitar, you knew what was coming, and we were on our feet dancing. They were young, we were young and it almost made us lose our minds. Good times…………….
Angie Mitchell
January 25th, 2013
10:17 am
I’ll Be There is a J5 classic
Tricia
January 25th, 2013
10:23 am
J5=ABC! ABC is classic Jackson 5. It’s that cute bubble gum, can’t help but sing along (even when u don’t want to)music that led the way for New Edition, NKOTB and NSync.
Chelle
January 25th, 2013
10:26 am
Show Favorite – when they would bring out little Janet, she ALWAYS stole the scene1
Favorite Song – Ben, I’ll Be There, Maybe Tomorrow, Dancing Machine, Who’s Lovin You, Daddy’s Home, ABC, Stop! (The Love You Save), Rockin Robin…..
Favorite Family Memory – Dancing to Dancing Machine with my cousins, aunts and uncles!
Teri F
January 25th, 2013
10:27 am
A later Jacksons song – “Wait” Listened to that tape all the way down to Jacksonville in the mid-80’s to see the Jacksons perform. So fun. Sat on the 7th row.
Tara
January 25th, 2013
10:30 am
I would have to say I’ll Be There, Michael sings this to me as though he is actually saying I’ll be there for you. You would never know how many times when I was little that a Michael Jackson song came on when I was sad. It just happened to play on the radio, and I would cry because I was happy to hear him and sad because I wanted him physically to be there. When he passed away I felt lied to because now he won’t be there for me, I call his name……and no Michael… I miss him soooooo much!
debra samuel
January 25th, 2013
10:36 am
I loved the snake and the mice, they were great. My favorite song was rockin robin.
gyr
January 25th, 2013
10:37 am
Maybe Tomorrow
SoulPower
January 25th, 2013
10:37 am
Soooooo many of my favorites have been named here, but Maybe Tomorrow has to be near or at the top of my list. My sister , me and the kids in my neighborhood use to imitate the Jackson Five. I always played Jermaine.
Mr O
January 25th, 2013
2:02 pm
I’m gonna say Mama’s Pearl!
TDMATL
January 25th, 2013
2:35 pm
I am a true fan!!! This show and Soul Train were my Saturday!!! My favorite songs are Who’s Loving You and Rocking Robin.
mel
January 25th, 2013
3:01 pm
So many to choose from! Maybe Tomorrow, I’ll Be There, Never Can Say Goodbye….but I’ll go with Maybe Tomorrow! I’ll sing it if you want me too!
Food Court
January 25th, 2013
3:21 pm
“I want you back” all the way!!
melinda w
January 25th, 2013
3:37 pm
ABC it’s easy as 123
Brynn
January 25th, 2013
3:42 pm
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Brynn
January 25th, 2013
3:44 pm
I’ll Be There has got to be my favorite J5 song. I love all of them so much though. The Jackson 5 are my life. I love them so much
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Cammi317
January 25th, 2013
3:48 pm
Got To Be There is my all time favorite!
mamzprl
January 25th, 2013
3:52 pm
My absolute favorite J5 jam is their rendition of “Aint Nothing Like the Real Thing”! They sing it better that Marvin and Tammi. Im a lifelong fan and have been since 1968.
HDB
January 25th, 2013
3:55 pm
Favorite Jackson 5 song: “Maybe Tomorrow”