monk76 said:

You prove my point, no debate is possible with someone as blindly dedicated to MJ.Prince's voice is awful??? WTF???

kanamit said:

you know you're taking the troll bait, right?

bboy87 said:

Florence Ballard
Mary Wilson
Diana Ross
Barbara Martin (a fourth member during the group's early years)
Cindy Birdsong (Flo's replacement)
Jean Terrell (Diana's replacement)
Lynda Laurence (Cindy's replacement)
Scherrie Payne (Jean's replacement)
Susaye Greene (Cindy's replacement after Cindy rejoined the group for a brief period)

Nine.

dag said:

Not only that but I think Prince didn´t wrote or delivered a vocal performance that can stand next to songs like Butterflies or Whatever Happens.
Man if you compare Whatever Happens to Chelsea Rodgers. It´s like Mozart compared to Lenny Kravitz.Whatever Happens or Butterflies beat the shit out of
songs like Chelsea Rodgers,Planet Earth,Mr. Goodnight

Wow, we're comparing Prince to MJ gain.

If ever I wanted to define the word "ignorant", I'd use this post as an illustration.

monk76 said:

That word should be write ... 'scuse me. But back to the matter at hand. If you think Butterflies is soulful then I guess in your opinion, Julie Andrews "Spoonful Of Sugar" from The Sound Of Music has soul to. They both are in the same league to me.
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Timmy84 said:

and Mary Wilson stayed for all the incarnations?

midnightmover said:

Bland, uninspired songs don't appeal to me.

dseann said:

So which Prince song he did write in the last 8 years is soulful when Butterflies is not...??

monk76 said:

This isn't a Prince vs. Michael thread.

Marrk said:

Why does everyone hate "Girlfriend"? I don't get it.I think it's a nice song.

DID SOMEONE SAY...

"I can't help it" has no melody...?


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Did anyone know that after the first pressing of the album, Michael went and alightly remixed Get On The Floor and Rock With You. The versions on the original 1979 edition are kinda different.

He did the same thing for Bad and remixed Bad, The Way You Make Me Feel, I Just Can't Stop Loving You, Dirty Diana, and Smooth Criminal after the first pressings were released

DID SOMEONE SAY...

"I can't help it" has no melody...?


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bboy87 said:

Seriously? I have an old vinly copy of OTW...I wonder if it's the first pressing.

SoulAlive said:

Yeah- it interesting how they did this. I think the first mixes are better in both cases.

SoulAlive said:

I love it. I think it's a great little fun tune. Michael's playful tone is just perfect.

WaterInYourBath said:

I agree. The Supremes' Susaye Greene co-wrote "I Can't Help It".

curioso said:

Curie, I'm CURIOUS as it what OTHER MJ songs you think is bland and uninspired?

Inquiring minds will like to know, potna.

Bland, monotonous or uninspired songs are the following.

She drives Me Wild
Can't Let Her Get Away

Timmy84 said:

Bland, monotonous or uninspired songs are the following.

Off The Wall:
I Can't Help It


Dangerous Album:
She drives Me Wild
Can't Let Her Get Away

Good beats though overall repetitive.

History Album:
Tabloid Junkie
Money
This Time Around

Invincible Album:
Every song except 'You Rock My World' and 'Don't Walk Away'
The beats on 'Unbreakable' and Heartbreaker' are great but overall the songs are boring .
'Butterflies' is incredibly overrated.

Oh, another problem with the final version of workin day and night are those breathing pauses. Ruins the flow.

Bland, monotonous or uninspired songs are the following.

Off The Wall:
I Can't Help It


Dangerous Album:
She drives Me Wild
Can't Let Her Get Away

Good beats though overall repetitive.

History Album:
Tabloid Junkie
Money
This Time Around

Invincible Album:
Every song except 'You Rock My World' and 'Don't Walk Away'
The beats on 'Unbreakable' and Heartbreaker' are great but overall the songs are boring .
'Butterflies' is incredibly overrated.

Oh, another problem with the final version of workin day and night are those breathing pauses. Ruins the flow.

SoulAlive said:

Yeah- it interesting how they did this. I think the first mixes are better in both cases.

Timmy84 said:

Bland, monotonous or uninspired songs are the following.

Off The Wall:
I Can't Help It


Dangerous Album:
She drives Me Wild
Can't Let Her Get Away

Good beats though overall repetitive.

History Album:
Tabloid Junkie
Money
This Time Around

Invincible Album:
Every song except 'You Rock My World' and 'Don't Walk Away'
The beats on 'Unbreakable' and Heartbreaker' are great but overall the songs are boring .
'Butterflies' is incredibly overrated.

Oh, another problem with the final version of workin day and night are those breathing pauses. Ruins the flow.

When I played back my cassette later there was a version of the song 'Off The Wall' that blew me away!! It was much fuller in sound than what was on the album.

It sounded like there were many, many more horns and it was fantastic!

this mix I heard was night and day different from the album version.

Bad: All trumpets are included throughout the song (like the video) and the guitar in the chorus is a little more prominent.

The Way You Make Me Feel: Lead vocals are lower in volume. There's a snap after the second chorus. The synth strings are a little lower, and there's no lead vocals at the end, just the backing vocals.

I Just Can't Stop Loving You: Just has the spoken intro.

Dirty Diana: Slightly longer, with the bass guitar turned up a little and some vocals crossover on a later chorus.

Smooth Criminal: Backgrounds are panned a little different and a lot of the sounds are mixed at different volumes or some sounds aren't even in there.

Smooth Criminal actually went through 3 incarnations on the album. This first one, then the second which had everything remixed with a "grittier" sound, and then the third which was the same as the second, but with the breathing at the beginning removed.