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PrintableHarlepolis said: SoulAlive said: Was that song really offered to Michael? I can't imagine him singing that  The story goes like this... David "Hawk" Wolinski(the song writer/Fellow Rufus keyboardist) wrote this for Quincy Jones to be sung by Michael, but he couldn't find a session singer(all the NYC session singers were booked @ the time) and the only person available was Chaka who was recording her self titled album from '82. Anyway, she didn't want to sing it @ 1st because supposedly she hated it, but under Dave's nagging persuasion she eventually TORE IT UP in one take. David was SO hyped by the result, he kept the master vocals and dubbed everything thing around it and then took it back to Chaka who was impressed by the result, which ended with her dubbing the background vocals. So, the lead vocals that you hear in Ain't Nobody are from the original demo which was sung in ONE TAKE 
The rest is history,,,as they say. DAMN! Chaka is a genius!  | |
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bboy87 said: SoulAlive said: The song "Thriller" was originally titled "Starlight Love",and the song "Billie Jean" had a much longer intro.
Thriller went through alot of changes: Starlight Sun Give Me Some Starlight Starlight Interesting that it was inspired by This Place Hotel My guess it that it was originally a romantic,uptempo song with lyrics about taking a long walk under the moonlight.Or possibly it was a song about dancing all night under the stars.Rod Temperton wrote alot of songs with this theme ("Give Me The Night" by George Benson,for example).Somewhere along the way,Michael probably mentioned that he loves horror movies and wanted a song that was scary and dramatic.He was probably thinking of the video before the song was even composed (lol).Rod changed the lyrics at Michael's request. | |
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SoulAlive said: bboy87 said: Thriller went through alot of changes: Starlight Sun Give Me Some Starlight Starlight Interesting that it was inspired by This Place Hotel My guess it that it was originally a romantic,uptempo song with lyrics about taking a long walk under the moonlight.Or possibly it was a song about dancing all night under the stars.Rod Temperton wrote alot of songs with this theme ("Give Me The Night" by George Benson,for example).Somewhere along the way,Michael probably mentioned that he loves horror movies and wanted a song that was scary and dramatic.He was probably thinking of the video before the song was even composed (lol).Rod changed the lyrics at Michael's request. yep, actually, Michael, Rod, Quincy, and Michael's keyboardist were in the studio listening to Starlight and they felt the song wasn't strong enough, so they simply started to brainstorm and the rest is history  "We may deify or demonize them but not ignore them. And we call them genius, because they are the people who change the world." |
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"We may deify or demonize them but not ignore them. And we call them genius, because they are the people who change the world." |
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Haha never seen that picture. But if I recall it''s from Stevie and Michael visiting the Motown museum in 1998 after they went to the Nelson Mandela Birthday party in South-Africa, I believe Michael''s glove got stolen and Stevie wanted to take pictures also. also i believe Stevie joked he was the one to steal Michael''s glove! I believe Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton were also there.
While they were in Africa Stevie said Michael wanted to check out the wildlife, and wanted to go closer and closer, of course Stevie wasn''t too excited about that! | |
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bboy87 said: The only woman who turned him out I was gonna say Stephanie Mills
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Stephanie was crazy about Michael She couldn't have him,so instead she settled for the guy who taught him how to moonwalk,lol. | |
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bboy87 said: dag said: Öh, yeah. And look at his face.
BTW what happened at the Rod Steward afterparty? Michael went with Tatum O'Neal to Rod Stewart concert and then went to the afterparty. At the party, people were there getting high and having sex in the rooms. Tatum and another actress were with Michael in one of the bedrooms and tried to get him to have a threesome with them, but Michael refused and got out of the room, causing them and other partygoers to taunt and mock him calling him names while the girls ended having sex with Leif Garrett instead It was in The Magic and The Madness No kidding. If that truly happened poor Mike. I haven´t read the whole book, just bits of it and I don´t know what to think of it. "When Michael Jackson is just singing and dancing, you just think this is an astonishing talent. And he has had this astounding talent all his life, but we want him to be floored as well. We really don´t like the idea that he could have it all." | |
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One problem with Michael's albums....
"Baby Be Mine" "The Girl Is Mine" "Unbreakable" "Heartbreaker" "Break Of Dawn"  once he comes up with a word that he likes,he starts writing more songs with that same word in the title,lol. | |
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SoulAlive said: One problem with Michael's albums....
"Baby Be Mine" "The Girl Is Mine" "Unbreakable" "Heartbreaker" "Break Of Dawn" once he comes up with a word that he likes,he starts writing more songs with that same word in the title,lol.lol and he references his made up characters in other songs. billie jean in startin somethin. little susie in blood on the dance floor. i'm guessing not the same suzie tho | |
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