Songs that sound better live than on the cd

[kottur13]

Human Nature, WBSS, Another Part of Me, Jam, Working Day & Night, Beat It...

[analogue]

Wanna Be Startin Somethin
Heartbreak Hotel
Another Part Of Me
Smooth Criminal
Billie Jean
Blood On The Dance Floor

[dancemasterman]

Human Nature, Another Part of Me, Rock With You, and I Just Can't Stop Loving You.

Yeah I forget to mention those three.

[L.T.D]

I think the obvious one is Jam. Much better live IMO.

[Ashtanga]

Shake Your Body (down to the ground), BAD TOUUUR!

Yeah, this performance is perfect. Michael is so full of energy. Well, the Bad Tour is perfect from beginning to end.

[startinsomethin87]

First off, GREAT topic!!!

Probably have to say the songs that sound better live, IMO, are:

-Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' - Victory Tour, Bad Tour ('88/89 shows), Dangerous Tour ('92 shows, especially the earlier shows and the Tokyo concerts)
-Rock With You - Victory Tour, Dangerous Tour rehearsals
-Off the Wall - Victory Tour
-Another Part of Me
-Jam
-Billie Jean - Bad Tour, Dangerous Tour
-Bad - BOTH Bad Tour and Dangerous Tour versions

[MJultimatemusiclegen]

LOL, i find it strange that some people say billie jean, it's mixed to absolute perfection on the CD in my opinion, it's never sounded like that live to me. I think human nature is a million times better live, purely for the extended ending with the high synths, it's so magical

[dancemasterman]

yeah I got to agree on billie jean, howver the ad lybs he came up with for the history tour do sound incredible.

I always wished he would re record billie jean in the studio after he got older.

[DIRTYDIANA☆]

Wanna Be Starting Something definitely!

[Alyssa]

Another part of me!! i love it live!!!

[oceanborn]

Definately Jam and Wanna Be Starting Something! I just fell in love those songs when I saw Michael performing them

[stineLOVESmichael]

shake ur body..has a lot more energy and it's faster live..
IJCSLY Because I find the song boring on cd but with the passion he brings into it singing it live makes it..woah
heartbreak hotel, I'm not a fan of that song, but HH live is spectacular and would be actually one of the first clips I'd show someone if I were to make them a fan...from bad tour.
human nature is very 50/50.. on the cd is amazing.. live is magic

[jemini515]

Some live faves for me are: IJCSLY & Human Nature (both so expressive with live vocals), WBSS, and also I like how TDCAU is re-arranged live, both the HIStory tour version w/ Scream & ITC, and also the TII version.

Haha, I realize I used a lot of acronyms in this post but I think you know what I mean!

[ThunderPower]

Human Nature during the Bad Tour. I love that version. Also, Jam in TII sounded great. Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' sounded good on every tour including TII. I also prefer the live version of Off The Wall during the '87 leg of the Bad Tour to the album version. I also tend to prefer the Jackson 5 medley of the later tours to their original versions.

[Frankyboy5]

Billie Jean, even if it's playback I love the drums and the style.

Smooth Criminal and TDCAU sounds so much better live. Even though it's playback he sounds so different in SC and I love the basses and chords in both songs.

WBSS was amazing. I especially liked the DWT to TII performances. TII was really cool even though it's shorter and cuts out a verse.