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How the heck did I miss the Throwing Your Life Away snippets?? Wow.
 
ChrisC;4234684 said:
How the heck did I miss the Throwing Your Life Away snippets?? Wow.
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I know! I don’t remember hearing it but sounds awesome.
 
Next year will mark J5's 50 Anniversary. That would be a huge opportunity for Universal/Motown as well as Sony/Epic(& Estate of MJ) to release some previously unreleased songs (doesn't matter if J5/Jacksons or MJ solo)
 
Fuzball said:
Next year will mark J5's 50 Anniversary. That would be a huge opportunity for Universal/Motown as well as Sony/Epic(& Estate of MJ) to release some previously unreleased songs (doesn't matter if J5/Jacksons or MJ solo)
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Motown have already released hundreds of songs that were once unreleased. I'd be surprised if there was much left.
 
ChrisC;4234759 said:
Motown have already released hundreds of songs that were once unreleased. I'd be surprised if there was much left.
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There are about 100 more songs that still await their release. To name a few: Lavendar Blue / To Sir With With Love / Be My Girl / After The Storm The Sun Will Shine / I've Gotta Be Me / What's So Good About Goodbye / Daydreamer / She Say Want / Yesterday / Ace Up My Sleeve / Aged In Love / What’s So Good About Goodbye.


Maybe we'll get unreleased songs from the 1969 Bobby Taylor sessions, which imo would be perfect for a 2019 release (on the 50th Anniversary of their recording).
 
I don't know why but I get a feeling that something is coming, it's too quiet, like the calm before the storm
Hopefully that storm would be new music
 
SmoothCriminal1995 said:
I don't know why but I get a feeling that something is coming, it's too quiet, like the calm before the storm
Hopefully that storm would be new music
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What are you expecting, new unreleased song, new remix or a new gadget (like the OTW chalk)?
 
Fuzball;4234765 said:
There are about 100 more songs that still await their release. To name a few: Lavendar Blue / To Sir With With Love / Be My Girl / After The Storm The Sun Will Shine / I've Gotta Be Me / What's So Good About Goodbye / Daydreamer / She Say Want / Yesterday / Ace Up My Sleeve / Aged In Love / What’s So Good About Goodbye.


Maybe we'll get unreleased songs from the 1969 Bobby Taylor sessions, which imo would be perfect for a 2019 release (on the 50th Anniversary of their recording).
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Yesterday? - could it be a cover of the Beatles song? Or is it a totally different song?

I would love to hear MJ - era around 1975 - sing Yesterday
 
^Idk but those titles existence are confirmed by a Motown executive.
 
Is there any confirmation about the existence of I'll Be There and Never Can Say Good Bye adult version that would have been on Decade?
 
flamyyy said:
Is there any confirmation about the existence of I'll Be There and Never Can Say Good Bye adult version that would have been on Decade?
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Does anyone know what MJ did for Decade? I've heard all sorts, ranging from Never Can Say Goodbye all the way to Strawberry Fields Forever. It was a rumour that MJ was creating so much he decided to skip Decade and do a full blown album of what he was making.
 
Some people and cultures believe in celebrating the greatness a person brought into the world "celebration of life" on the day a person passed.
 
dam2040 said:
Does anyone know what MJ did for Decade? I've heard all sorts, ranging from Never Can Say Goodbye all the way to Strawberry Fields Forever. It was a rumour that MJ was creating so much he decided to skip Decade and do a full blown album of what he was making.
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Long post incoming :p

Decade was conceptualized by John Branca in response to the unrealistic standards (i.e., outselling Thriller) Michael inflicted on himself and his team during the Bad sessions. Branca felt that a greatest hits set would both lessen any pressure of having to compete or exceed oneself and provide the opportunity for a break from extended recording/touring, all the while still providing something to hold the fans over. An August deadline was set, with a Thanksgiving release earmarked.

According to J. Randy Taraborrelli, the proposed track list was...

  1. "Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough"
  2. "Rock With You"
  3. "Off the Wall"
  4. "She's Out of My Life"
  5. "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'"
  6. "The Girl is Mine"
  7. "Thriller"
  8. "Beat It"
  9. "Billie Jean"
  10. "Human Nature"
  11. "P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)"
  12. "Bad"
  13. "The Way You Make Me Feel"
  14. "Man in the Mirror"
  15. "I Just Can't Stop Loving You"
  16. "Dirty Diana"
  17. "Smooth Criminal"
  18. "Someone in the Dark"
  19. "State of Shock"
  20. "Heartbreak Hotel"
  21. "Come Together"
  22. "Never Can Say Goodbye (Adult Version)"
  23. "I'll Be There (Adult Version)"
... as well as a handful of new songs, which Michael started working on circa June 1989. Whether or not "Never Can Say Goodbye" and/or "I'll Be There" were recorded remains contested -- no one reputable has commented on it -- though both Bill Bottrell and Brad Sundberg have effectively ensured that "Strawberry Fields Forever" doesn't exist.

By September 1989, Michael was entertaining the idea of scrapping Decade altogether and moving forward with a full-length album, partly because he was uncertain of the proposed format (e.g., what songs to include/exclude, the overall purpose of a greatest hits album) and partly because his newer material had whet his appetite and he wanted to keep creating. He was particularly proud of "Black or White," "Heal the World" (then titled "Feed the World") and "Earth Song" (then referred to as both "Earth" and "What About Us") and felt that including them on a greatest hits album would be a disservice.

It wasn't until summer 1990, after failing to meet at least two proposed deadlines and battling with CBS over the terms of his contract, that he ditched Decade in favor of what would ultimately become Dangerous.
 
AlwaysThere said:
Long post incoming :p

Decade was conceptualized by John Branca in response to the unrealistic standards (i.e., outselling Thriller) Michael inflicted on himself and his team during the Bad sessions. Branca felt that a greatest hits set would both lessen any pressure of having to compete or exceed oneself and provide the opportunity for a break from extended recording/touring, all the while still providing something to hold the fans over. An August deadline was set, with a Thanksgiving release earmarked.

According to J. Randy Taraborrelli, the proposed track list was...

  1. "Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough"
  2. "Rock With You"
  3. "Off the Wall"
  4. "She's Out of My Life"
  5. "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'"
  6. "The Girl is Mine"
  7. "Thriller"
  8. "Beat It"
  9. "Billie Jean"
  10. "Human Nature"
  11. "P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)"
  12. "Bad"
  13. "The Way You Make Me Feel"
  14. "Man in the Mirror"
  15. "I Just Can't Stop Loving You"
  16. "Dirty Diana"
  17. "Smooth Criminal"
  18. "Someone in the Dark"
  19. "State of Shock"
  20. "Heartbreak Hotel"
  21. "Come Together"
  22. "Never Can Say Goodbye (Adult Version)"
  23. "I'll Be There (Adult Version)"
... as well as a handful of new songs, which Michael started working on circa June 1989. Whether or not "Never Can Say Goodbye" and/or "I'll Be There" were recorded remains contested -- no one reputable has commented on it -- though both Bill Bottrell and Brad Sundberg have effectively ensured that "Strawberry Fields Forever" doesn't exist.

By September 1989, Michael was entertaining the idea of scrapping Decade altogether and moving forward with a full-length album, partly because he was uncertain of the proposed format (e.g., what songs to include/exclude, the overall purpose of a greatest hits album) and partly because his newer material had whet his appetite and he wanted to keep creating. He was particularly proud of "Black or White," "Heal the World" (then titled "Feed the World") and "Earth Song" (then referred to as both "Earth" and "What About Us") and felt that including them on a greatest hits album would be a disservice.

It wasn't until summer 1990, after failing to meet at least two proposed deadlines and battling with CBS over the terms of his contract, that he ditched Decade in favor of what would ultimately become Dangerous.
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It's hilarious to think that greatest hits album could be made after 3 solo albums. If that's true, I doubt it [Taraborelli is not a reputable source], it would've sucked. Thank god we got Dangerous!

I was always under the assumption Decade was to fulfil the 'Greatest Hits' release in the contract.
 
dam2040 said:
It's hilarious to think that greatest hits album could be made after 3 solo albums. If that's true, I doubt it [Taraborelli is not a reputable source], it would've sucked. Thank god we got Dangerous!

I was always under the assumption Decade was to fulfil the 'Greatest Hits' release in the contract.
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I disagree that it would've not been successful. Even though only 3 solo albums were released in those 10 years, almost every single Michael released between 79 and 89 was a top 10, top 5, or number 1 hit. To have all of those in one collection during the bad era would have been a HUGE success.
 
dam2040 said:
It's hilarious to think that greatest hits album could be made after 3 solo albums. If that's true, I doubt it [Taraborelli is not a reputable source], it would've sucked. Thank god we got Dangerous!

I was always under the assumption Decade was to fulfil the 'Greatest Hits' release in the contract.
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3 solo albums and more than 10 Jacksons albums. Besides 3 solo albums is more than enough for a greatest hits album, especially when you consider that it would have featured some new songs. Personally speaking, I'm glad that we got Dangerous instead, but a part of me wishes that the Decade album was released instead. I would have loved to hear the adult version of I'll be There, Never Can Say Goodbye, and also Michael's version of Strawberry Fields Forever.
 
moon2008;4234862 said:
I disagree that it would've not been successful. Even though only 3 solo albums were released in those 10 years, almost every single Michael released between 79 and 89 was a top 10, top 5, or number 1 hit. To have all of those in one collection during the bad era would have been a HUGE success.
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Most of those are from OTW-Thriller-Bad. I meant they are the biggest pop songs in history and they all come from 3 albums.

It’s obvious the package would’ve been a tremendous success.
 
dam2040 said:
It's hilarious to think that greatest hits album could be made after 3 solo albums. If that's true, I doubt it [Taraborelli is not a reputable source], it would've sucked. Thank god we got Dangerous!
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For a greatest hits set, it does the job well enough, I'd say! I'd junk "State of Shock" in favor of "Lovely One," but the adult cuts of Motown songs and the handful of new songs would've won me over.

It's a huge testament to Michael's success in the '80s that he could feasibly cut together a greatest hits collection that consists of nine #1 singles (ten if you count "I'll Be There"), three Top 5 singles (four if you count "Never Can Say Goodbye"), and five Top 10 singles (six if you count "Heartbreak Hotel") after only three solo albums.
 
Idea.. if Motown did a j5 greatest hits with a small collection, they could also add in the alternative vocal versions of the songs.

That album that they are singing some songs differently, they could throw them on there
 
Thank god we ended up getting Dangerous, what a great album. It became a big part of MJ's legacy selling over 30 million copies around the world and is still the 3rd biggest selling album by a male solo artist ever (Thriller is #1, Bad is #2). I believe Dangerous is MJ's best album, it has heavy black influence and is literally a mural of multiple genres. It has ROCK (Give Into Me), POP (Black Or White, Who Is It, Remember The Time, In The Closet), GOSPEL (Will You Be There, Keep The Faith), Jack Swing (Dangerous, She Drives Me Wild, I Can't Let Her Get Away), sappy Balads (Heal The World), and elements of RAP/HIP HOP (Jam, She Drives Me Wild, rap verse on Black Or White).
 
travis3000 said:
Thank god we ended up getting Dangerous, what a great album. It became a big part of MJ's legacy selling over 30 million copies around the world and is still the 3rd biggest selling album by a male solo artist ever (Thriller is #1, Bad is #2). I believe Dangerous is MJ's best album, it has heavy black influence and is literally a mural of multiple genres. It has ROCK (Give Into Me), POP (Black Or White, Who Is It, Remember The Time, In The Closet), GOSPEL (Will You Be There, Keep The Faith), Jack Swing (Dangerous, She Drives Me Wild, I Can't Let Her Get Away), sappy Balads (Heal The World), and elements of RAP/HIP HOP (Jam, She Drives Me Wild, rap verse on Black Or White).
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Hear hear!
 
Themidwestcowboy said:
Hear hear!
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travis3000 said:
Thank god we ended up getting Dangerous, what a great album. It became a big part of MJ's legacy selling over 30 million copies around the world and is still the 3rd biggest selling album by a male solo artist ever (Thriller is #1, Bad is #2). I believe Dangerous is MJ's best album, it has heavy black influence and is literally a mural of multiple genres. It has ROCK (Give Into Me), POP (Black Or White, Who Is It, Remember The Time, In The Closet), GOSPEL (Will You Be There, Keep The Faith), Jack Swing (Dangerous, She Drives Me Wild, I Can't Let Her Get Away), sappy Balads (Heal The World), and elements of RAP/HIP HOP (Jam, She Drives Me Wild, rap verse on Black Or White).
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AGREED! that album imo is mjs best album its my fave as it had different elements of music in it which made it a bug success
 
Is bad really #2? I used to state that back on the day but when I look at sales numbers I dont see it at #2 anymore.. for a while!
 
KOPV said:
Is bad really #2? I used to state that back on the day but when I look at sales numbers I dont see it at #2 anymore.. for a while!
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it isn't #2 in the US, globally it could still being at #2
 
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