# Jackson 5: Fun songs, but what's with the kid?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jackson-5-fun-songs-but-whats-with-the-kid/295601
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [March 21, 2005, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jackson-5-fun-songs-but-whats-with-the-kid/295601 "2005-03-21T18:15:36Z")
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### Author:  [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2005, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jackson-5-fun-songs-but-whats-with-the-kid/295601/1 "2005-03-21T18:15:36Z")
I’ll admit, sheepishly, to an enormous and scary fascination with Michael Jackson when I was in 7th grade. Even then, though, I wondered why people enjoyed his singing when he was a child. He was shrill. He was strained.
Whichever song has the “Ooh ooh baybeeee” in it is painful.
So I wanna know: Do other people enjoy the sound of his voice, or just the novelty of a whippersnapper singing pop?
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### Author:  [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2005, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jackson-5-fun-songs-but-whats-with-the-kid/295601/2 "2005-03-21T19:30:44Z")
The Jackson 5 is great. I don’t think young Michael’s voice is shrill at all. It’s a kid’s voice, but I think it fits the music fine. But the real greatness of the J5 is the music – it’s infectious R&B-flavored pop that, im experience, makes everyone tap their foot.
–Cliffy
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### Author:  [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2005, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jackson-5-fun-songs-but-whats-with-the-kid/295601/3 "2005-03-21T20:05:38Z")
It was high-pitched, but not shrill. I thought he was (and still is) a great entertainer. Too bad he’s mental. I feel sorry for anyone who gets that delusional and loses touch.