The drums are live on that sucka too. Only found out reading Bruce Swediens posts on gearslutz the other day, i've not read the credits for years, i was amazed.

The whole song is amazing, i love everything about it, it's one of those songs i've never skipped, never got bored of, i just can't. MJ's lead vocal is one take, the strings, the little flourishes, the backing vox, so much to listen to and find new things in it (even after a zillion listens!).

It's never stopped getting played in bars and clubs since it came out, so easy to hear why. it's pure ear candy. Michaels zenith really as an artist, after the Motown25 performance it was the start of the decline (starting with the Victory tour), I don't think it ever came together again for him as perfectly as it did with Billie Jean again.

But this here song will be around as long as humans are on the planet.

Harlepolis said:

I like the bassline..,,but it ant incredible or nuffin...it's[edit]NOT[edit] what makes the song...but i've come up with better my self.


edit is as shown above.
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I reliazed, not to long ago, that the thing I hate most about MJ is the way he pronounces words....over pronounce, slur...all that shit....3/4 of the time I don't know what he's saying.....his singing is alright to me...it would be GREAT if he could pronounce words intelligibly

The drums are live on that sucka too. Only found out reading Bruce Swediens posts on gearslutz the other day, i've not read the credits for years, i was amazed.

The whole song is amazing, i love everything about it, it's one of those songs i've never skipped, never got bored of, i just can't. MJ's lead vocal is one take, the strings, the little flourishes, the backing vox, so much to listen to and find new things in it (even after a zillion listens!).

It's never stopped getting played in bars and clubs since it came out, so easy to hear why. it's pure ear candy. Michaels zenith really as an artist, after the Motown25 performance it was the start of the decline (starting with the Victory tour), I don't think it ever came together again for him as perfectly as it did with Billie Jean again.

But this here song will be around as long as humans are on the planet.

Marrk said:

I would say Man in the Mirror came pretty close.

purplesweat said:

What about Stranger in Moscow? I looooove that song! It's a great track to hear, in the middle of the night, when there is no noise. Beatiful and VERY UNDERRATED song!
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I don't think it ever came together again for him as perfectly as it did with Billie Jean again.

But this here song will be around as long as humans are on the planet.

This is why, "Off The Wall", is my favorite MJ, CD. In my opinion, it is far superior that "Thriller" and has aged better.

Marrk said:

i agree with this

does anyone else feel like wannabe startin something is underrated? it's one of my favorite tracks, a perfect transition between thriller and otw. i wish he had more tracks like that
[Edited 8/18/09 9:47am]

I reliazed, not to long ago, that the thing I hate most about MJ is the way he pronounces words....over pronounce, slur...all that shit....3/4 of the time I don't know what he's saying.....his singing is alright to me...it would be GREAT if he could pronounce words intelligibly

does anyone else feel like wannabe startin something is underrated? it's one of my favorite tracks, a perfect transition between thriller and otw. i wish he had more tracks like that

dearmother said:

extremely underrated. It's a killer opener and just perfect for Thriller.

Nice tid-bit - it was first written around the time of OFF THE WALL.

Swa

dearmother said:

extremely underrated. It's a killer opener and just perfect for Thriller.

Nice tid-bit - it was first written around the time of OFF THE WALL.

Swa

purplesweat said:

What about Stranger in Moscow? I looooove that song! It's a great track to hear, in the middle of the night, when there is no noise. Beatiful and VERY UNDERRATED song!

This is why, "Off The Wall", is my favorite MJ, CD. In my opinion, it is far superior that "Thriller" and has aged better. Allot of people think that because an albums sells allot and stays at No. 1, that it's a great album; I don't believe this. In fact, I think in some ways, it's your worse album. The better CD, is the one that does not sell that well, but has songs that people can play 20 plus years later....this is what, "Off The Wall", is. As much as I like "Thriller", I don't play it as much as I play "Off The Wall". When I do, I find myself skipping tracks. I play "Off The Wall", right through. Maybe it is an age thing, but, "Thriller", has not aged well.

Yup, that too.

if mj never achieved super stardom with thriller i wonder how different his music would be

if mj never achieved super stardom with thriller i wonder how different his music would be

dearmother said:

I wonder if it had flopped, would he still be with us?

Marrk said:

"Thriller: The Blessing and Curse of Michael Jackson"

Marrk said:

"Thriller: The Blessing and Curse of Michael Jackson"

Timmy84 said:

Actually the moment he did the moonwalk on the Motown thang was the blessing and curse.

That performance soar his record sales

Things change big time afterwards
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