I just got The Ultimate Collection after reading Cloudbuster's other thread.

You just keep forgetting how much good music this man made.

Off the collection my faves are;
Ease On Down The Road
This Place Hotel
Wanna be Startin' Something
State Of Shock with Mick Jagger
We Are The World (Demo) which is waaaay better solo than as an ensemble song
I Just Can't Stop Loving You with Siedah Garrett
You Rock My World (FONKAY!)
We've Had Enough (understated)

P.Y.T Demo

That Shit is Fire!!!

I really need to hear the unreleased tracks again.


I love
"on the line" (heard a version of it before though)
"fall again"
"dangerous (early version).


Infact the "dangerous" song is awesome. That breakdown is totally unlike Jacko. Both versions are different. I love 'em.


"we've had enough" is classic jacko. Only jacko can do these pretentious type songs like this, and make them sound so awesome production wise and vocally. Again, a beatbox type hook is the melody. Truly shows Michaels naive, but unique creative mind

thesexofit said:

That's a good one with Babyface. I know you like that sappy shit.

Sunset Driver is also a lost gem.

novamonkey said:

That shit is fire, especially the adlibs at the end.

Classic movie like , paranoid type shit.

'Billie Jean' , The extended version b/w instrumental..

Is still his masterpiece....

'Remember The Time' comes in a close second.....


And of course, 'Beat It'.....

'In The Closet' is another classic....

HamsterHuey said:

lilgish said:

The bass is so funky, has he done anything as funky post Off The Wall or ever?

lilgish said:

Hell yeah.

"gotta put ur heart on the line....." For Michael, those lyrics proberly speak volumes personally. He is a very simple minded fellow. I can see Mike really relating to a song like this. Has Mike ever asked anyone out?


I heard "you are not alone" was included intead of this song

"You see yourself in the mirror/ and yet don't like what you see/no/and things aren't getting much clearer/dont you think its time you go for a change?"


.....

Nvncible1 said:

Exactly. Plus something about "dont waste your time on the past, gotta look to the future, its all right there if u ask....." Very, very simple stuff, but it must cut deep to Michael, and in ways, to me aswell

Michael's contribution to the world music is trumped only by a minute few.

my favorite MJ shit this summer was "We're Almost There" from 1975's Forever Michael album.

HamsterHuey said:

Can't stress that one enough. I love the studio AND live versions:

CinisterCee said:

Can You Feel It.....

I the Ultimate Collection.

GangstaFam said:

It's me rediscovering his music. Most of it makes me so blatantly happy.
Just played She Drives me Wild.

Okay, not on the collection, but still...

GooeyTheHamster said:

I Dangerous.

GangstaFam said:

I found an acapella version that is just ace...

I have a questionabout Sunset Driver. Was that song an unreleased track from Off the Wall or the Jacksons Triumph.

I have heard it was from one of them, and the production sounds like Triumph.

LittleBLUECorvette said:

I'm pretty sure it's a solo song. But I don't think it's related to any project.

GooeyTheHamster said:

is it that 2002 lawsuit where he forgot the words? if it is, then yes he sounds great
[Edited 9/30/05 1:30am]

hellomoto said:

Is this a serious post? Then I don't get it.
If this is an attempt at being funny, I don't get it either.


I just want to stress that this is a MUSIC thread, not the thread where you can dump yer problems with Mr Jackson's personal life.

"We are here to change the world" is the best previously unreleased song. Sounds very futuristic and space like!

I've been on a Sunset Driver rampage this past fortinight!

hellomoto said:

That was 1993. I love that!

I like the man's footwork.....

http://media.putfile.com/Movie6082

CinisterCee said:

One of my very favorite songs of his. It was a Jacksons song, but it might as well have been a Michael Jackson solo song. It's that age old MJ theme of intimacy as a metaphor for fright. It's a haunting song, and I never tire of that single!

lilgish said:

Hell yeah it is! Even after just the first listen to that demo last year, I put it right up there with the original. They're both superb though very different takes on the song.