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Morphine, Ghosts & Is It Scary....the hits that weren't but shoulda been discuss...  | |
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Krayzie, you think my post about "Thriller" was stupid? 
Nah, I'm just fucking with you, Fury... honestly I don't see the hit potential.  Maybe "Is It Scary" at the least. I don't know about "Morphine" or "Ghosts". "Morphine" would've been too controversial. | |
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Probably three of my favourite MJ tracks, delivered right in the middle of a career stage when I was starting to go off the guy.
Ghosts - Should have been much bigger than it was. I think MJ expected far more.This was his attempt at Thriller part 2. Is it Scary - This is a hit that should have been, a bit like "If you don't love me". Perfect pop record, but left to rot. Morphine - For me, one of the top three songs of th 90's. The breakdown in the middle is a melody so sublime it could have spawned a number one ballard in its own right. The problem is, these excellent tracks should not have formed part of a remix project, but rather the basis for a new album. they would have faired far better. . | |
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SquirrelMeat said: Probably three of my favourite MJ tracks, delivered right in the middle of a career stage when I was starting to go off the guy.
Ghosts - Should have been much bigger than it was. I think MJ expected far more.This was his attempt at Thriller part 2. Is it Scary - This is a hit that should have been, a bit like "If you don't love me". Perfect pop record, but left to rot. Morphine - For me, one of the top three songs of th 90's. The breakdown in the middle is a melody so sublime it could have spawned a number one ballard in its own right. The problem is, these excellent tracks should not have formed part of a remix project, but rather the basis for a new album. they would have faired far better. ditto 
that's the direction he should've gone with the next album not invincible | |
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LightOfArt said: SquirrelMeat said: Probably three of my favourite MJ tracks, delivered right in the middle of a career stage when I was starting to go off the guy.
Ghosts - Should have been much bigger than it was. I think MJ expected far more.This was his attempt at Thriller part 2. Is it Scary - This is a hit that should have been, a bit like "If you don't love me". Perfect pop record, but left to rot. Morphine - For me, one of the top three songs of th 90's. The breakdown in the middle is a melody so sublime it could have spawned a number one ballard in its own right. The problem is, these excellent tracks should not have formed part of a remix project, but rather the basis for a new album. they would have faired far better. ditto
that's the direction he should've gone with the next album not invincible Annoying sod isn't he? With Ghosts, Blood On The Dance Floor, Superfly Sister, Morphine and Is It Scary already in the bag, the guy was halfway to delivering his best album since thriller. It really annoys me when I see History in the mix in the bargain bins for £1, as people walk past not realising how good some of the tracks are. . | |
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SquirrelMeat said: LightOfArt said: ditto
that's the direction he should've gone with the next album not invincible Annoying sod isn't he? With Ghosts, Blood On The Dance Floor, Superfly Sister, Morphine and Is It Scary already in the bag, the guy was halfway to delivering his best album since thriller. It really annoys me when I see History in the mix in the bargain bins for £1, as people walk past not realising how good some of the tracks are. I was one of them for many years... Then I said..OK ILL BUY IT 
When Is It Scary ended I knew I was terribly wrong. Straight Jacket Funk Affair
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paisleypark4 said: SquirrelMeat said: Annoying sod isn't he? With Ghosts, Blood On The Dance Floor, Superfly Sister, Morphine and Is It Scary already in the bag, the guy was halfway to delivering his best album since thriller. It really annoys me when I see History in the mix in the bargain bins for £1, as people walk past not realising how good some of the tracks are. I was one of them for many years... Then I said..OK ILL BUY IT
When Is It Scary ended I knew I was terribly wrong. Me too! I ignored it as dance fan cash in clap trap and I didn't end up getting it till about 2000. Needless to say, when I played it, I was....WTF? [Edited 2/4/08 18:15pm] . | |
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I love the songs a lot, but they sounded like nothing else in 1997, as they were Dangerous rejects. I don't understand fans who thought these songs were ahead of their time when they easily could have come out in the 80's or early 90's and become hits then. But then again, that heavy kind of sound is kind of back now, so they might have fared well today. | |
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