Didn´t even know it existed.

Makes you wondered why it wasn't included on the album


Billie Jean has additional lyrics too..

There is also a different remix to "Human Nature". It is used by SWV on their remix to "Right Here", from the "Free Willy" soundtrack. It is more melodic than the version on the CD.

funkpill said:

There wasn't enough room.In his autobiography,Quincy Jones talks about the making of 'Thriller' and how they had to edit out alot of stuff.Several songs had to be shortened,with verses removed.Originally,"Billie Jean" had a long,haunting intro,but it too had to be removed.According to Quincy,Michael was in tears when that part was removed.

Instead of these silly remixes by will.i.am,Akon and others....wouldn't it be more exciting if we could hear the original,un-edited version of 'Thriller',before alot of parts were removed? They should have released that on the Thriller 25th annivsersary set.

The version that was released works better, but thanks for posting this. Rod wrote a hot tune with a great arrangement, Mike sings beautifully, and the band is the shit, esp. Louis Johnson!!

Instead of these silly remixes by will.i.am,Akon and others....wouldn't it be more exciting if we could hear the original,un-edited version of 'Thriller',before alot of parts were removed? They should have released that on the Thriller 25th annivsersary set.

funkpill said:

There wasn't enough room.In his autobiography,Quincy Jones talks about the making of 'Thriller' and how they had to edit out alot of stuff.Several songs had to be shortened,with verses removed.Originally,"Billie Jean" had a long,haunting intro,but it too had to be removed.According to Quincy,Michael was in tears when that part was removed.

Instead of these silly remixes by will.i.am,Akon and others....wouldn't it be more exciting if we could hear the original,un-edited version of 'Thriller',before alot of parts were removed? They should have released that on the Thriller 25th annivsersary set.

This was it, the big moment: Rod, Bruce, Michael, his managers Feddie DeMann and Ron Weisner, and myself sat down and listened to the final test pressing of a record that was to be the follow up to "Off The Wall". It was a disaster. After all the great songs and the great performances and great mixes and a great tune stack, we has 24-karat sonic doo-doo. There was total silence in the studio. One by one we crept across the hall for some privacy; more silence ensued.

We'd put too much material on the record. To be really competitive on the radio, you need bug fat grooves to make a big fat sound. If you squeeze it into thin grooves, you get tinny sound. We had twenty-eight minutes of sound on each side; we knew there was nothing to discuss. Smelly would say, "Oh no, that's the jelly- that's what makes me want to dance," which would end the conversation every time. With vinyl, you had to be realistic; it had to be under nineteen minutes of music per side. This was now all about physics first, then music. On CD's it didn't matter, because it's digital. Deep down inside we must have known all this all along as we were working, but chose not to deal with reality in our fatigue and musical euphoria.

We were in trouble and tears were streaming down Michael's face. He said, "What do we do now?". "The Girl is Mine" single was already out in the marketplace and charting at number 2 with a bullet: the album was late. The record company wanted the masters that afternoon.

We told Larkin Arnold, "In its present state, this record is unreleasable".

We took two days off and in the next eight days we put it dead in the pocket, mixing one tune per day. Rob cut one verse from "The Lady In My Life" , and Smelly finally agreed to give up some of the jelly in the long, long, long intro to "Billie Jean".

This is what Q said in his bio:



I am pretty sure the 12" version of Billie Jean was what Michael actually intended for it too.

This is what Q said in his bio:



I am pretty sure the 12" version of Billie Jean was what Michael actually intended for it too.

Didn´t even know it existed.

There is also a different remix to "Human Nature". It is used by SWV on their remix to "Right Here", from the "Free Willy" soundtrack. It is more melodic than the version on the CD.

funkpill said:

There wasn't enough room.In his autobiography,Quincy Jones talks about the making of 'Thriller' and how they had to edit out alot of stuff.Several songs had to be shortened,with verses removed.Originally,"Billie Jean" had a long,haunting intro,but it too had to be removed.According to Quincy,Michael was in tears when that part was removed.

Instead of these silly remixes by will.i.am,Akon and others....wouldn't it be more exciting if we could hear the original,un-edited version of 'Thriller',before alot of parts were removed? They should have released that on the Thriller 25th annivsersary set.

shorttrini said:

See, I wouldn't have been caught dead with the Free Willy soundtrack in 1993. I didn't realize that's where SWV's "Right Here (Human Nature)" was released to the mainstream besides the 12" or CD single.

Anyway, it sounds like the same old LP version of "Human Nature" looped on the SWV song to me.

Cinnie said:

This version has more vocal adlibs. I like that version better.

shorttrini said:

orgnote!!

SoulAlive said:

amen to that, we need the original studio versions!!

purplewisdom said:

I think i said before, I am pretty sure the original Billie Jean is the 12" mix. It has a much longer intro, longer bridge and more adlibs at the end.

bboy87 said:

I know! I thought my interest in the topic said enough...


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