I've noticed lately is that whenever a new MJ is leaked someone will always say ''This song needs to be updated'' and sometimes I agree and other times I don't agree. For all we know Michael could have left some really timeless gems in the vault that don't need any updating. Take Do You Know Where Your Children Are as an example. Does that need to be updated? No it doesn't because it has a timeless sound to it. I also wish that people would focus on how good a song is instead of focusing on how ''current'' it will sound, and I know that lots of people will say ''It needs to be updated and sound more current to get to number 1'' and I see that logic but am I the only one who thinks that a good song is more important than getting a number 1 hit in the charts? If we can get both then that's great but if it's one or the other then I'll take a good song over a number 1 hit every time
If it wasn't released in Michael's time, then it wasn't finished. Did MJ himself ever released songs that weren't finished?
It is not necessary that we want no 1 hit, but we have to think that those songs represent Michael out there, and if the estate releases an unfinished song that has no tail or head, what do you think the media say? They'll be like hawks all over those songs and will be wondering who actually did Michael's other successful albums if that is what he was doing. Do you understand what I mean, its hard to explain
Then there is an issue of you take a good song over no 1 hit. Who gets to decide what is a good songs because we all have different music taste? I cannot repeat often enough, there was Bad 25 album with unreleased unfinished songs, and were the fan base happy about them? There were more complaining than praise.
I know what you mean, there seems to be an obsession these days with whether a song sounds dated or not and for many its a measure of the vaulue of a song. If it sounds modern it's cool, if it doesn't it sucks. I really don't understand that logic. Probably also because I'm not really a big fan of the current sound anyway. So to me sounding modern does not equal good or great.
I don't think it is obsession nor updating as such.
Queen has been working on album and more than likely there is some updating done on the unfinished songs, so why shouldn't Michael's songs be finished the way that they are up todays standards? Can they even finish old songs todays tools to sound like 20 years ago?
I would like to know what Queen fans thinks of Brian and Robert updating bands old unreleased songs and are their fans as angry as MJ fans
Exactly!
i totally agree with you.
I think album Invicible was ahead its time.
Do you need update Thriller or Billie Jean ? no,thats because theres no need for that.
No, you don't update Thriller or Billie Jean because MJ finished them, but all the same, he also re-released them with current and updated version (Thriller 25). See, even MJ was up for updating his stuff
It is a different thing whether you like it or not, but MJ did it, and now his estate is doing it on his behalf.