Moonbeam said:

it's alright, I suppose, but I like "Fly Away" better as "the other ballad"... hell, put it on there instead of "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" ...

"Liberian Girl" is cool, I guess. I just always kind of get bored in that whole stretch that wraps up Side A

errant said:

I can understand maybe replacing "Speed Demon" and definitely replacing "Just Good Friends", but "Liberian Girl" stays. For Indigo's sake!

Moonbeam said:

I love all 3. I say dont replace any of them.

Moonbeam said:

errant said:

I hate the backgrpound vocals to Bad. They are to flimsy and high pitched. I know they are MJ's but still. Bad move (no pun intended).

Moonbeam said:

Horrifying? Its not the best song on the album, but come on.

dreamfactory313 said:

I agree. Childhood is one of his most horrifying tracks. I mean, I understand the lyrical meaning and all...but....::cringe::

Rogue588 said:

reportedly, Barbra Steisand turned down the opportunity to be his duet partner on "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" saying she simply didn't like the song.

Michael's response? "You ain't seen nothin' yet!"

The song is crap, but the disc is okay. I really liked the NJS songs (Money, 2 Bad, Scream) and "Earth Song" and "Stranger in Moscow". "They Don't Care About Us" has an excellent build up but when it hits that guitar riff, it drags out to a boring payoff

I heard that some of those tracks were from the Dangerous era? If "Earth Song" had been on Dangerous instead of "Heal the World" and BotDF was there instead of "Gone Too Soon", I wouldn't have to hit skip.

Rogue588 said:

"Childhood" is the 2nd most horrifying. Truly scary.

spacedolphin said:

That's my favorite song on the album, and possibly for Michael - the 90s.

Cinnie said:

It's a very good song and ironically, the one he is performing in the now famous "rehearsal" vid.

The main problem with "Bad" is that the Dance Extended Mix with the false fade is so much better.


Since I just did this to make my top 100, I'll post it as well:

Dangerous

Great!
1. Remember the Time (6)
2. In the Closet (19)
3. Who Is It (20)
4. Keep the Faith (41)
5. Will You Be There (45)
6. Dangerous (57)
7. She Drives Me Wild (59)
8. Why You Wanna Trip on Me (64)
9. Black or White (70)

Good!
10. Jam (88)
11. Can't Let Her Get Away (89)
12. Heal the World (90)
13. Give in to Me

OK
14. Gone Too Soon

HIStory

Great!
1. Stranger in Moscow (7)
2. They Don't Care About Us (21)
3. You Are Not Alone (24)
4. Scream (32)
5. Earth Song (73)

Good!
6. This Time Around
7. 2 Bad
8. History
9. Come Together
10. Money
11. Little Susie
12. Tabloid Junkie
13. Smile

OK
14. D.S.
15. Childhood

dreamfactory313 said:

I'm reffering to worldwide sales. As we were with HIStory as well.

errant said:

errant said:

haha.

He lives in Israel or somethingb similiar. Who knows what morals they have,

graecophilos said:

Oh, No I don't live in Israel.
what has been posted was wrong and offensive regardless how I was rasied or where I live....

NOw...Move on.

seeingvoices12 said:

the person who created the gif is probably some geoffrey dahmer fan.
And I probably fucked their mother too, fucking sick fucks!

AlexdeParis said:

I agree,that extended mix puts tha album version to shame!

Timmy84 said:

You forgot one of his most artistic ones :

Little susie....Vastly Underrated.

seeingvoices12 said:

It is a little winded and haunting..the first verse and everything plays along well...but he doesnt go on to say what actually happened to Little Suzie other than someone killing her....followed by Smile....two sad songs in a row just did not end the album well. It was disjointed and odd....too many different musical elements, however they still had melodies and great crafty lyrics...especially Tabloid Junkie, Scream, Stranger..., and Money. Stronger than Bad, Victory and Invincible.

seeingvoices12 said:

Little Susie is in the good aisle.

Timmy84 said:

I despise LS.

I love Smile.

graecophilos said:

I like the lyrics in LS, lol.

What's that classical piece on the intro to Little Susie? Soon as it gets to the actual song, I skip it.

Cinnie said:

"Pictures at an exhibition" I think? Its been awhile since I played it though.




Heres Emerson Lake and Palmer doing it, with added words. The actual segment is called "the great gates of kiev", as its a long ass piece of music...



I like Mikes choice of classical music. Not surprisenly, he likes bombastic, stirring stuff like "the gates of kiev". I love it aswell.

The "HIStory" advert is russian based again, this time from the OST of "hunt for red october" (which I own somewhere and is OK). I prefer the adaptation they did for Mikes ad, but heres the original piece.



Given the russian feel of the track (and singing LOL), its not surprising the ad itself felt like some grandiose advert for Stalins second coming or something. I love it, and Mike loves all that bombastic parading as we know from the 80's.

Heres the "HIStory ad". Only Mike would get away with something like this LOL....



[Edited 7/15/09 16:03pm]

Cinnie said:

Oh sorry, I thought you were talking about the intro to the song "history" LOL. My mistake and ignore the post (you probably would anyway LOL).

I actually like it.

thesexofit said:

Little Susie uses Sunrise Sunset from Fiddler on the Roof

Swa
[Edited 7/15/09 18:11pm]

Swa said:

Yeah, thats the actual melody or riff during the song itself I think? But the intro? I really need to hear it again. Always did like it alot.