I gotta say, Jermaine Jackson has shown a lot of class through everything that's happened these past two weeks. And he really trooped through that performance of "Smile" at the MJ memorial. There may not be a helluvalot of glory being the third most famous singing Jackson sibling (let's just agree that Latoya's more infamous than famous). But besides rocking lead vocals on J5 gems like this and this, Jermaine has put out some pretty hot solo joints too (albeit with some help).
The Stevie Wonder-assisted "Let's Get Serious" (Motown, 1980) is probably the best known. (Stevie apparently couldn't make the taping for this TV appearance, so Jermaine just lip-synched his part.)
The Devo-assisted "Let Me Tickle Your Fancy" (Motown, 1982) is probably the strangest. (I'm gonna go out on a limb and say Jermaine is the only Jackson to have collab-ed with both Devo and Pia Zadora.)
The Michael-assisted "Tell Me I'm Not Dreaming" (Arista, 1984) is probably the most likely to enjoy a resurgence (for obvious reasons).
But "You Like Me Don't You" (Motown, 1980) is probably my favorite. So smoove. I always found this kinda-sorta Marvin-ish (that's, of course, a good thing). Plus it goes really well with "Yearning For Your Love" (I remember hearing both a lot on KSOL when I lived out in the Bay that one year as a kid). I was also shocked to learn semi-recently that "You Like Me Don't You" actually appears on this Gilles Peterson comp from a few years back. Who knew?!?
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Yeah I got that giles peterson comp on wax when it came out. I didn't know Jermaine had some 80's joints worth having so I went back and copped a couple lps just to check em out.
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