Michael's harmonies [Archive] - The Michael Jackson Community

StaceyMJ

08-04-2010, 08:51 PM

One of the most amazing things about Michael's music is the harmonies that he uses. They're amazing, the layering, they sound so thick. Just brilliant. This is something that amazes me time after time. He doesn't get enough credit for it imo. It's not a song, it's like, a vocal creation. Like almost he's building and building, with the foundations and so on.

What are your favourite MJ harmonies?

I was just listening to We Be Ballin' and Michael's parts are so good! Also, off the top of my head the chorus of Speed Demon, Tabloid Junkie and a lot of the others off HIStory. Liberian Girl...Smooth Criminal, Dangerous, Stranger In Moscow, Why. I could go on and on. I recommend you get some decent headphones, turn it up loud and just listen to the harmonies on those tracks!

Hearing the Beat It demo was a huge treat for me.
Anyone else as obsessed with this as I am? :wub:

Safira

08-04-2010, 08:56 PM

I know what you meen! I try to immitate it when I create my own music but I just CAN'T. It's impossible for me to make it sound Michael'ish :P

gawd, I love him so much. What a talent!

StaceyMJ

08-04-2010, 08:58 PM

I know what you meen! I try to immitate it when I create my own music but I just CAN'T. It's impossible for me to make it sound Michael'ish :P

gawd, I love him so much. What a talent!

Exactly, I've never heard anyone do it quite like him! It's like, heavy, but so light at the same time. The keys are complex as well. What a talent, you're right. :wub:

Safira

08-04-2010, 09:12 PM

Exactly, I've never heard anyone do it quite like him! It's like, heavy, but so light at the same time. The keys are complex as well. What a talent, you're right. :wub:

and I can't stand looking at your siggy :P cute..

btt.
also in the chorus for scream is a harmony as you describes here. sometimes his harmonies reminds me of the ones that african natives makes when they sing together to have fun. think about it. i'm thinking about the CORE of the harmonies. not the exact way he sings it.

StaceyMJ

08-04-2010, 09:15 PM

and I can't stand looking at your siggy :P cute..

btt.
also in the chorus for scream is a harmony as you describes here. sometimes his harmonies reminds me of the ones that african natives makes when they sing together to have fun. think about it. i'm thinking about the CORE of the harmonies. not the exact way he sings it.

Oh yeah, can't believe I forgot Scream! Perfect example of what I mean. I can totally hear the African native origins in it too, but Michael adds this velvety smooth thing. Makes me melt!

Beccabubbles

08-04-2010, 09:17 PM

For me the Beat it demo is so beautiful.
Its pure,simple and hearing the way his voice melts together makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up.
xxx

MJultimatemusiclegen

08-04-2010, 09:18 PM

The harmonies from the place with no name demo leak are sensational, although i just wish he would kind of swell it more on the word to, you know make it more trembly and crecendo it. But perhaps he does in the final version :). Also there are some georgeous warm harmonies on butterflies.

Sophielo

08-04-2010, 09:19 PM

I always love the variety of Michael's harmonies. Sometime we had it so silky, sometimes very sexual, and sometimes so raspy and rocky. Oooooh I do love em lol!

StaceyMJ

08-04-2010, 09:22 PM

Becca, I'm obsessed with that demo - pure genius!

The harmonies from the place with no name demo leak are sensational, although i just wish he would kind of swell it more on the word to, you know make it more trembly and crecendo it. But perhaps he does in the final version :). Also there are some georgeous warm harmonies on butterflies.

OMG, yeah that tremble, I think that's why I love the Tabloid Junkie harmonies so much. The chorus on that is just phenomenal...I think that's one of my faves. *goes to listen to A Place With No Name*

EDIT: Just remembered Heartbreaker too.

raz2911

08-04-2010, 09:24 PM

Michaels harmonies are just like him...AMAZING.
I remember a couple of years ago when I think Janet did an interview, and she said that her, Michael and the brothers used to harmonize while doing the dishes. I so wish I could have heard that !!!
I love listening to MJ's accapellas his voice, its so amazing !!. I also love listening to Janets accapellas, both their harmonies are just perfection !!

MJultimatemusiclegen

08-04-2010, 09:30 PM

Becca, I'm obsessed with that demo - pure genius!

OMG, yeah that tremble, I think that's why I love the Tabloid Junkie harmonies so much. The chorus on that is just phenomenal...I think that's one of my faves. *goes to listen to A Place With No Name*

EDIT: Just remembered Heartbreaker too.

Yes, he does it in heartbreaker to and tabloid junkie. On the word breaker in heartbreaker and see it in the tabloid junkie chorus he kind of trembles them, i call them swollen harmonies, lol. I love it when he does that.

Safira

08-04-2010, 09:31 PM

Oh yeah, can't believe I forgot Scream! Perfect example of what I mean. I can totally hear the African native origins in it too, but Michael adds this velvety smooth thing. Makes me melt!

I just listened to the chords for the "ooh" choir in the chorus for scream. It goes something like this:

E Dsus
E Dsus
F C

Seems so easy but still I can't immitate it myself.. It's magic!

raz2911

08-04-2010, 09:32 PM

StaceyMJ

08-04-2010, 09:34 PM

Yes, he does it in heartbreaker to and tabloid junkie. On the word breaker in heartbreaker and see it in the tabloid junkie chorus he kind of trembles them, i call them swollen harmonies, lol. I love it when he does that.

Yeah, it's amazing when he does that. :wub:

I just listened to the chords for the "ooh" choir in the chorus for scream. It goes something like this:

E Dsus
E Dsus
F C

Seems so easy but still I can't immitate it myself.. It's magic!

Wow, thanks for that, will give it a try when I'm home alone! :lol:

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The harmonies on YRMW are amazing !!!

Ah, I remember getting the single when it came out and just listening to that over and over again. Thanks for posting. :wub:

MJultimatemusiclegen

08-04-2010, 09:36 PM

oh and what is that voice in the background in this time around on BIG's rap. Those haunting lines it does to create a paranoid atmousphere. That is insane, it goes unoticed by so many people, but it adds so much to the feel of the track. He used things like that and his skilled use of harmonies to lift his tracks to another level. It's these touched which make michael genius.

raz2911

08-04-2010, 09:37 PM

I've got the single too, it was on repeat for the first year when I got it :lol:

Safira

08-04-2010, 09:37 PM

StaceyMJ

08-04-2010, 09:42 PM

oh and what is that voice in the background in this time around on BIG's rap. Those haunting lines it does to create a paranoid atmousphere. That is insane, it goes unoticed by so many people, but it adds so much to the feel of the track. He used things like that and his skilled use of harmonies to lift his tracks to another level. It's these touched which make michael genius.

Oh yeah, I just listened and I see what you mean. Wow, it's amazing how after so many years something can still shock you as if it's new.
These touches are what gives it the Michael quality stamp, there's nobody quite like him. It's like every song is a work of art.

MJultimatemusiclegen

08-04-2010, 09:44 PM

Oh yeah, I just listened and I see what you mean. Wow, it's amazing how after so many years something can still shock you as if it's new.
These touches are what gives it the Michael quality stamp, there's nobody quite like him. It's like every song is a work of art.

It's true, if you really listen to that voice BIG in the background, it physically makes you feel paranoid, like the tracks supposed to be. Mike was one of the few artists who really fully understood the power of music. He uses the harmonys when he wants to richen out the sound, almost like a soothing massage lol. Or if he wants an angry effect he swells them.

kottur13

08-04-2010, 09:46 PM

Now I feel stupid for not knowing what a harmony is. :lol: Well I think I have a general idea...but could someone explain it to me? Wikipedia isn't helping...

raz2911

08-04-2010, 09:48 PM

MJultimatemusiclegen

08-04-2010, 09:53 PM

But of course remember the time kills them all http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_Wne8Qipno&feature=related Just listen to those harmonies at the end :)

StaceyMJ

08-04-2010, 09:53 PM

It's true, if you really listen to that voice BIG in the background, it physically makes you feel paranoid, like the tracks supposed to be. Mike was one of the few artists who really fully understood the power of music. He uses the harmonys when he wants to richen out the sound, almost like a soothing massage lol. Or if he wants an angry effect he swells them.

Definitely, I totally agree. It's unbelievable what he created. It was always one of my dreams to sit and talk music with him, he's just incredible. :(

MJultimatemusiclegen

08-04-2010, 09:57 PM

But of course remember the time kills them all http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_Wne8Qipno&feature=related Just listen to those harmonies at the end :)

Both chords he uses at the end for the harmonies are 4 note chords, hence four part harmonies, and then you have him addlibing over it, its like wow

StaceyMJ

08-04-2010, 09:57 PM

raz2911

08-04-2010, 09:58 PM

But of course remember the time kills them all http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_Wne8Qipno&feature=related Just listen to those harmonies at the end :)

I'll embed it for you :):
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OMG, when he sing Those Special Times They'll Just Go On And On In The Back Of My Mind :woohoo:

StaceyMJ

08-04-2010, 09:58 PM

Now I feel stupid for not knowing what a harmony is. :lol: Well I think I have a general idea...but could someone explain it to me? Wikipedia isn't helping...

A harmony is like, layering voices all in different pitches so the blend together. Does that make sense? Look at some of the YT's people have posted, that should explain it better.

blue_eyed_belle

08-04-2010, 10:00 PM

Stranger in Moscow has a beautiful harmony :) one of my favourite songs with a gorgeous arrangement!

MJultimatemusiclegen

08-04-2010, 10:00 PM

kottur13

08-04-2010, 10:01 PM

A harmony is like, layering voices all in different pitches so the blend together. Does that make sense? Look at some of the YT's people have posted, that should explain it better.Ahh OK, yes it does make sense. Thanks.

StaceyMJ

08-04-2010, 10:03 PM

Both chords he uses at the end for the harmonies are 4 note chords, hence four part harmonies, and then you have him addlibing over it, its like wow

OMG yeah, it's almost like it fans out or something. The notes are so wide open that it almost seems like it shouldn't work, but it does perfectly. Gosh, amazing doesn't even do it justice.

MJultimatemusiclegen

08-04-2010, 10:10 PM

OMG yeah, it's almost like it fans out or something. The notes are so wide open that it almost seems like it shouldn't work, but it does perfectly. Gosh, amazing doesn't even do it justice.

I just love that section of the song, you have the four notes in the harmonies further backed by the funky synth and the new jack swing beat, then you have synth lines weaving over the top between the chord changes. And then the strings rise up, which you can here well at 3:49 in the track, there is like 6 or 7 notes at once going on there, between the harmonies and the backing music, it's such a warm awesome sound, it frazzles my brain lol. I only hear such richness in classical symphonies or highly sophisticad jazz etc. Ive never heard it in other pop tracks, queen use it in bohemian rapsody, but they have live 5 notes going on in total for the intro, remember the time has like 7. His music was so much better written than all other pop, and the fact he wasn't musically trained shows it's really something from within, he's a genius :)

StaceyMJ

08-04-2010, 10:20 PM

I just love that section of the song, you have the four notes in the harmonies further backed by the funky synth and the new jack swing beat, then you have synth lines weaving over the top between the chord changes. And then the strings rise up, which you can here well at 3:49 in the track, there is like 6 or 7 notes at once going on there, between the harmonies and the backing music, it's such a warm awesome sound, it frazzles my brain lol. I only hear such richness in classical symphonies or highly sophisticad jazz etc. Ive never heard it in other pop tracks, queen use it in bohemian rapsody, but they have live 5 notes going on in total for the intro, remember the time has like 7. His music was so much better written than all other pop, and the fact he wasn't musically trained shows it's really something from within, he's a genius :)

I just listened, I totally see what you mean. It gives me chills! I agree, it's definitely raw genius with Michael, like it just oozes from him. Didn't he say he wanted to bind his soul to his work or something like that? I really believe he achieved it. Just awesome. Thanks for your posts in here by the way, I find them so interesting! :)

Ashtanga

08-04-2010, 10:25 PM

and I can't stand looking at your siggy :P cute..

btt.
also in the chorus for scream is a harmony as you describes here. sometimes his harmonies reminds me of the ones that african natives makes when they sing together to have fun. think about it. i'm thinking about the CORE of the harmonies. not the exact way he sings it.
This made me think of "They don't care about us." :wild: The beat was perfect with the sound of Olodum that reminds me of the African drums. :punk:

MJultimatemusiclegen

08-04-2010, 10:40 PM

I just listened, I totally see what you mean. It gives me chills! I agree, it's definitely raw genius with Michael, like it just oozes from him. Didn't he say he wanted to bind his soul to his work or something like that? I really believe he achieved it. Just awesome. Thanks for your posts in here by the way, I find them so interesting! :)

something like that. It's so much fun to analyse michaels music. The best time to really here these little intricate things is when your lying in your bed with the light off, total silence around you, close your eyes, turn off all your other senses and just listen.......... thats the only time i feel i am truely listening to something, it's a facinating journey of discovery you go on :)

StaceyMJ

08-04-2010, 10:42 PM

something like that. It's so much fun to analyse michaels music. The best time to really here these little intricate things is when your lying in your bed with the light off, total silence around you, close your eyes, turn off all your other senses and just listen.......... thats the only time i feel i am truely listening to something, it's a facinating journey of discovery you go on :)

Yes definitely. I have to be careful when I do it though because it makes me hyper and I can't sleep for hours! :ninja:

Arklove

08-04-2010, 10:43 PM

Oh, what a great thread! I am too absolutely AMAZED ad his harmonies....so lush, and just out of this world...gaaaaaah...I can't even describe it! :wub:

Louise.

08-04-2010, 10:47 PM

Just wanted to say I love this thread. :wub:

raz2911

08-04-2010, 11:12 PM

ok these aren't MJ, there Janet but the harmonies are great on these too :) (I think we should make a thread about amazing harmonies in general :)):
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MJultimatemusiclegen

08-04-2010, 11:45 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbHvLLDKpyQ If someone could embed that for me, as i don't know how to :) Just listen to that from 3:22 to 3:31 so awesome, i like to roll my eyeballs at that bit, like im in some insane simulator like mike does when his head spins 360 degrees lol. I think those harmonies are hugely important to that signature michael feel, when he says he feel it in his dance. It's the harsh beats in billie jean that make him wanna do the crotch grab LOL, but i think it's these kinds of swelling harmonies that make him wanna do that kind of thing when he glides are pushed his head around his shoulders when it kind if flows etc. Notice in scream live in prague, the small clip on youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlQZLHxXmq4 he does the move i mean when harmonys i mentioned earlier come in, and then when the harsh broken glass beat comes back in, he goes back to harsh robotics and tapping his feat. It just helps to show the importance of the harmonys, and how they enhance his moves, which are the visuals etc. He really knew how to use sound :)

redcrush

09-04-2010, 03:31 AM

Ahh OK, yes it does make sense. Thanks.

Sometimes I liken it to the music of Boyz II Men, if you remember them. They were famous for their amazing harmonies. Now imagine Michael being to do that all by himself and being able to thicken out the song, giving it new dimensions, in that manner.

One my favorite example comes from Leave Me Alone. The stacked vocal harmonies really make that song for me. I'm not a musician, but I remember listening to it one day and thinking to myself "Damn I hear him back there." I realized that when he did that it made the song so much richer, giving it more depth. This also the reason I really like Remember the Time as well as the ad-libbing. YRMW included.

MJultimatemusiclegen

09-04-2010, 05:55 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvl9_dDWSXE for anyone who hasn't heard that :)

MJultimatemusiclegen

09-04-2010, 06:10 PM

I'll embed it for you :):
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OMG, when he sing Those Special Times They'll Just Go On And On In The Back Of My Mind :woohoo:

Yes that bit is stunning it's hard to notice it in the track, i really think that track is the best of the lot to demonstrate michaels use of harmony. 1:43 = Heaven :)

ruchie

09-04-2010, 06:47 PM

There is only a few people that can do perfect harmony to their lead vocals and Michael is on the top of my list.He worked hard to make sure his harmony is correct and funky along with his beatbox. I'll miss that most of all along with his smile,His Style and what's on his mind at the moment. Blues Away,Off The Wall,Billie Jean,Speed Demon, Leave Me Alone, BAD, Do The Bart Man, Dangerous, Remember The Time, You Rock My World,Etc... I could just block out the lead and drift on the Background Vocals everytime. Man what a genius he really was and He'll be remembered for his wonderful work. All I ask is why take him away from us when he did nothing to nobody but try to take care of his kids and give all who love him L.O.V.E .

Pace,MioDolceCuore

09-04-2010, 06:57 PM

Yes that bit is stunning it's hard to notice it in the track, i really think that track is the best of the lot to demonstrate michaels use of harmony. 1:43 = Heaven :)

Thanks for that example! He has the "go on and on and on" LITERALLY going on and on and on at 1:43. That's just ingenuity for ya.

LOVE the piano intro.
I am usually in utter love with the start of the bridge in 'Is It Scary'.
3:30. LOVE THE BRIDGE.
Love the chorus, the choir in the chorus is so simple, but it's amazing. I love listening to it through a headset so I don't miss the layers.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zE5T64sKBc&feature=related

Safira

09-04-2010, 07:01 PM

Yes that bit is stunning it's hard to notice it in the track, i really think that track is the best of the lot to demonstrate michaels use of harmony. 1:43 = Heaven :)

aw what a perfect voice..

Pace,MioDolceCuore

09-04-2010, 07:05 PM

Another piece of harmonious ingenuity is "Ghosts". I don't even know which part I like best- I am gasping in pleasure throughout the whole song, if you will. I love the opening.
That layered choir is all over the song. Can only be experienced, not described. It just goes UP UP UP.

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Safira

09-04-2010, 07:08 PM

Another piece of harmonious ingenuity is "Ghosts". I don't even know which part I like best- I am gasping in pleasure throughout the whole song, if you will. I love the opening.
That layered choir is all over the song. Can only be experienced, not described. It just goes UP UP UP.

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ghosts is one of my favorites too.. you cant even pick a place in the song that is better. :D

MJultimatemusiclegen

09-04-2010, 07:38 PM

Thanks for that example! He has the "go on and on and on" LITERALLY going on and on and on at 1:43. That's just ingenuity for ya.

LOVE the piano intro.
I am usually in utter love with the start of the bridge in 'Is It Scary'.
3:30. LOVE THE BRIDGE.
Love the chorus, the choir in the chorus is so simple, but it's amazing. I love listening to it through a headset so I don't miss the layers.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zE5T64sKBc&feature=related

LOL, thats my video for it to :O he he, one of my old ones :)

Pace,MioDolceCuore

09-04-2010, 07:43 PM

LOL, thats my video for it to :O he he, one of my old ones :)

Haha, well, THRILLED to meet you!! Too funny. Thanks for your work, I love being able to watch that song!

Pace,MioDolceCuore

09-04-2010, 07:47 PM

LOL, thats my video for it to :O he he, one of my old ones :)

I just looked at the other "Is It scary" one. Nicely done, I love it!
Nice "build up" when he takes off the jacket! :punk:

ASIS

10-04-2010, 03:32 AM

what exactly do you mean by "harmonies"? I really know nothing about music so can someone please explain it to me?

Pace,MioDolceCuore

10-04-2010, 03:54 AM

what exactly do you mean by "harmonies"? I really know nothing about music so can someone please explain it to me?

A harmony is usually the results of several notes together, played or sung at once. Let's say you play three notes together and that sound is a chord, a harmony.

Here's another explanation.
http://www.empire.k12.ca.us/capistrano/mike/capmusic/harmony/harmony1.htm

Chords

A chord makes harmony. A chord is when three tones are played at the same time. Here is what a chord looks like. Chords move in a vertical line (up and down).
http://www.empire.k12.ca.us/capistrano/mike/capmusic/Intervals/interv19.gif

That's a beginning. Harmonies can have many more notes than just three stacked on top of each other. A harmony is basically notes played together at once that "layer". They don't always have to be "harmonic", and what is considered "harmonic sound" has changed a lot over the last few hundred years of western music.

But basically a "harmony" is just the sound you get when you play or sing several notes at the same time.

ASIS

10-04-2010, 08:33 AM

hm... yeah I think I got it... yeah MJ does a fantastic job with them.

A. Sizzle

13-04-2010, 01:42 PM

something like that. It's so much fun to analyse michaels music. The best time to really here these little intricate things is when your lying in your bed with the light off, total silence around you, close your eyes, turn off all your other senses and just listen.......... thats the only time i feel i am truely listening to something, it's a facinating journey of discovery you go on :)

Its good to know I'm not the only one that does this when listening to music. A lot of people dont understand that listening to music is an activity.

But to get on topic, Someone Put Your Hand Out has great harmonies in the chorus. Also, the harmonies in Why You Wanna Trip On Me are often overlooked. They're in the background of the chorus ("why why why do you wanna trip on, why.") They add a certain ambience to the song

Pace,MioDolceCuore

13-04-2010, 02:31 PM

Its good to know I'm not the only one that does this when listening to music. A lot of people dont understand that listening to music is an activity.

But to get on topic, Someone Put Your Hand Out has great harmonies in the chorus. Also, the harmonies in Why You Wanna Trip On Me are often overlooked. They're in the background of the chorus ("why why why do you wanna trip on, why.") They add a certain ambience to the song

YEEEES! I love "why you wanna trip on me", as all New Jack Swing songs from that collaboration.

I LOVE LOVE LOVE "Is It Scary" and "Ghosts" for his use of the "ethereal choir", I love how Ghosts starts with the choir and then he sort of cuts them off and lets them come back. The choir harmonies let the song float.

I almost exclusively listen to his music with decent headsets at this point (like a lot of classical music) because I can't subject my neighbors to the volume it would require because of the details you miss otherwise. I LOVE his music LOUD.

I love the harmonies of 2Bad. Right in the beginning "but TOO BAD, TOO BAD". Very simply, very short- but what an effect.

Also love "In the closet" for the the harmonies in the chorus, ("something about you baby that makes me want to give it to you") it's not that obvious and sort of look like chords from a piano score sung- but man, it WORKS!

Also a big friend of the arrangement of "They don't care about us". After he sings "tell me what has become of my life" I adore the background harmonies going down.

MJultimatemusiclegen

13-04-2010, 08:32 PM

YEEEES! I love "why you wanna trip on me", as all New Jack Swing songs from that collaboration.

I LOVE LOVE LOVE "Is It Scary" and "Ghosts" for his use of the "ethereal choir", I love how Ghosts starts with the choir and then he sort of cuts them off and lets them come back. The choir harmonies let the song float.

I almost exclusively listen to his music with decent headsets at this point (like a lot of classical music) because I can't subject my neighbors to the volume it would require because of the details you miss otherwise. I LOVE his music LOUD.

I love the harmonies of 2Bad. Right in the beginning "but TOO BAD, TOO BAD". Very simply, very short- but what an effect.

Also love "In the closet" for the the harmonies in the chorus, ("something about you baby that makes me want to give it to you") it's not that obvious and sort of look like chords from a piano score sung- but man, it WORKS!

Also a big friend of the arrangement of "They don't care about us". After he sings "tell me what has become of my life" I adore the background harmonies going down.

Yes, michael's music sounds amazing loud. Someone put your hand out, is like wow, a trumpet solo as well, so rich :)

startinsomethin87

14-04-2010, 03:00 AM

Man, there's so many good ones to pick from! Quite honestly, I think the songs got better as Michael's career went on, harmony/background layering-wise. Take 2 Bad for example. The background-only version of that song is on this forum somewhere, I think in this section. Take a listen, if you haven't already. You WILL be blown away!

MIST

28-01-2012, 08:08 PM

Arklove

28-01-2012, 09:47 PM

I've always loved the harmonies in 'Leave Me Alone'...:wub:

ASIS

28-01-2012, 09:52 PM

wow it's been such a long time since I visited this thread. Ironically, thanks to this thread I managed to actually appreciated his music that much more :D

Arklove

28-01-2012, 09:55 PM

wow it's been such a long time since I visited this thread. Ironically, thanks to this thread I managed to actually appreciated his music that much more :D

This forum is in desperate need for more threads like this :D

Or at least, more discussions on the already existing ones...A lot of them need a little bit of dusting off lol

love is magical

29-01-2012, 01:49 AM

Really enjoy listening to Michael with a good set of speaker in high volume. I always discover something new. I absolutely agree with you. The harmonies in Ghost and Is It Scary are STUNNING.

I also love the way harmonies in the bridge of Heartbreaker, one of the most underrated song from Invincible.

Themidwestcowboy

29-01-2012, 03:25 PM

What a great thread! One of my fav MJ harmonies is def Leave Me Alone! Those harmonies are insane. It comes in from everywhere, right, left, vertical, horizontal lol.

Btw im suprised no one has mentioned the harmonies michael does in the demo of The Girl Is Mine. You know the '' aahhh, aahhh '' that he does in the begining and the end. So soothing yet powerful!