'A Place with no Name'

sorry, but the link's in German.
http://www.bild.de/BILD/u...oeren.html

The song -- "A Place with No Name" -- sounds similar to the song "A Horse with No Name" released by the group America back in 1971. We're told several years ago America's manager gave his group's permission for Jackson to record the song, "A Place with No Name" -- despite the similarity.

America's current manager, Jim Morey, who was also Michael's manager in the late 80's and early 90's, tells us, "The band was honored that Michael chose to do their song and they hope it becomes available for all Michael's fans to hear."

It's unclear when Michael recorded the song.
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I'm guessing that this song was recorded in the mid-90s,probably for 'HIStory.

SoulAlive said:

really? I think it sounds current, his voice is quite low.

graecophilos said:

according to reports, he played it to folks at his rehearsals recently. it was recorded december 2008 apparently.

unusual type song for him. interesting.
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It sounds quite recent to me. Even tho it's a snippet I liked it right away but then I've always loved Horse With No Name.

Marrk said:

Oh,so maybe this was planned for his next album?

JackieBlue said:

"A Horse With No Name" is one of my favorite 70s soft rock songs It's so warm and melodic.I can see why Michael liked that song.

JackieBlue said:

Same here. I looked yesterday, and youtube is full of videos of the "full version" of this song. That translates to 3 minutes of the above sample repeated.

I didn't know the Horse song but I like it.

I am totally loving it. Hearing MJ´s angelic voice in a new piece of music has always been the coolest thing for me. He can do harmonies like noone else.

graecophilos said:

Horse With No Name - America

I Like this song as well. His voice can take any melody and make is sound amazing

I heard that there are at least 150 unreleased MJ songs in the vaults.There are gonna be many "new" MJ albums released in the future!

SoulAlive said:

i believe has morre!

It's cool but a little bit too ripped off

Thibaut said:

well, it's a rework, I guess.

I like it, but I also like the original. So I would say, nice sung, but not MJ at his most original.

graecophilos said:

thats why it was unreleased....who knows what he was really going to give us or not. Maybe he was going to scrap everything all together and do another type of album...I cant wait for all the unreleased music to come. Fans holding that demo of Baby Be Mine need to be releasing some stuff NOW

I don't know how anyone can judge the song from hearing only 25 seconds

I do believe that the song has potential.

Hasn't the full version leaked yet?

i like the original quite much. Is it well known in America? I never heard it, but it has nice chords and is well written.

Btw, whatever happened to the OTW 30t anniversary edition? They HAVE to release one. With bonus songs.

People would buy this like bread.

seeingvoices12 said:

well, what great surprises do you expect? It's basically a rework of that old song.

And by that snippet of course you can judge whether or not tenors can reach the notes.

graecophilos said:

It's a classic, one of several number ones by the band America. They were popular in the 70s and even into the 80s. Purple Rain took its name from a line in their song Ventura Highway (some say, others disagree). They're one of the best of the folk pop groups, and a favorite of mine.




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RipHer2Shreds said:

which other songs can you recommend? albums?

Not bad, considering it was only 25 seconds

angel345 said:

It sounds promising.

SoulAlive said:

150 songs from the past couple of years

There are more....and that's not counting the Motown vaults

bboy87 said:

I just hope they release quality. I'd love for Teddy to overlook his work, and maybe add instrumentation or production to it. I know he'd do justice.

NMuzakNSoul said:

Bryan Loren (producer of Superfly Sister, Work That Body, She Got It, To Satisfy You) said he'll be posting around 20 of the songs he and Michael worked on on his myspace page

bboy87 said:

I dig Bryan too, I even like "Do the Bartman"

Gotta keep check on his Myspace then.