Check the Song Got the Hots (an Thriller outtake)

http://www.youtube.com/wa...xx2Sf679xM

Mike shows why he is the King.The Groove, his voice is perfect.
Nobody can sing like this.Mike in the 80s was playing in another league by his own. He was and still is the Master of modern music.A King!
[Edited 10/3/08 7:41am]

It's not a bad song,but I can see why it was left off the album.It's simply not as strong as the other tracks.

Never been keen on this one.

Cloudbuster said:

Yeah,it's just an average song,isn't it? His vocals sound great but the song itself is dull.

I am a massive fan and I can safely say I f'ing hate this song. Terrible. Off key, and everything. Music is just ok. I can see why it was left off the album, but I cannot figure out for the life of me why it wasn't kept in the vault.

Sorry- Got The Hots induces a bit of a violent reaction in me.

Even though the song isn't great,I still think it should have been included on the Thriller 25th Anniversary set.There should have been an entire disc containing the outtakes.

SoulAlive said:

They'll probably do that for the 30th anniversary edition.

Cloudbuster said:

or the 35th anniversary edition

SoulAlive said:

The re-releases are getting ridiculous.
I would, however, be interested in all of his studio albums from Off The Wall onwards being given the two-disc treatment, but I don't think it'll ever happen.

Cloudbuster said:

Do you have a list of some outtakes from 'Off The Wall'?

SoulAlive said:

No, but I bet bboy87 does.

Cloudbuster said:

Wake him up! I wanna see that list now

SoulAlive said:

I bet he has an MJ alarm clock.

Michael's outtakes are generally extremely mediocre. There are some artists who's outtakes are frequently just as good as their best released stuff (Prince, Dylan, Springsteen). MJ is certainly not one of them. And it's not as if he released anywhere near their amount of material either (not counting the teenage stuff he was just a singer on).

SoulAlive said:

funkly as hell

paisleypark4 said:

I actually like it. Not as bad as I expected especially from other outtakes I've heard. More reminiscent of Razzamatazz than what I’d expect from Thriller. Patti Austin would/could be all over those background vocals.

I like it. Nope not as great as the other songs on the album. Sounds a lot like a cross between Thriller and Off The Wall. Not quite a azz shaker. But it's got that Quincy/ Michael vibe. It's enjoyable. They should release it.

funksterr said:

?????

I don´t unterstand. Sony should relase this as a single? Why?It´s more than 20 years old.

It´s on his latest album release



Isn´t it enough???


http://www.amazon.de/King...l_2#disc_2

You can also buy it from itunes with the album.

Actually, Got The Hots is the "Radio single" for promotion of the King Of Pop albums.


Off The Wall outtakes (the only ones I know of from For The Record)

GOIN’ TO RIO
Song written by Michael with Carole Bayer Sager circa 1976, and
considered for his album, OFF THE WALL. Cited by Michael in his
court disposition in November 1993 – remains unreleased.

SUNSET DRIVER
Written by Michael, and originally scheduled to appear on the
expanded, special edition reissue of OFF THE WALL in 2001, but
withdrawn.
Demo version, recorded in 1982, included on Michael’s THE
ULTIMATE COLLECTION box-set, issued in November 2004.

THANK YOU FOR LIFE
Song written by Michael circa 1976, but failed to make his album, OFF
THE WALL.

marnifrances said:

If these songs were written/recorded in 1976,are you sure they were intended for 'Off The Wall' (an album that wasn't even released until late 1979)? Perhaps these songs are outtakes from one of the mid-70s Jacksons albums?

SoulAlive said:

No, I'm not sure- the songs / descriptions were taken from a book called "For The Record".

It wouldn't surprise me though- Michael has a history of "saving songs for later"

monk76 said:

Thanks for the heads up.

thank you! I couldn't STAND it being off key!