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Thriller 40th Anniversary

ChrisC said:
I assume this graphic will be progressively added to eventually showing all 10 titles.
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Came to say the same thing.

Expected, but still interested in hearing the original demo (though I don’t expect to like it half as much as the 2010 version).
 
ChrisC said:
I assume this graphic will be progressively added to eventually showing all 10 titles.
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That sounds cool, but is really not that obvious and makes the first graphic look very odd.

Could’ve been executed much better if that is their intention
 
Not a bad start I guess, I thought they were either gonna show a leaked demo or a remix first.
 
I hope the demo isn't the exact same as Greg Phillinganes's version, even if it's just one chord different or if it has one new ad-lib I still want to hear something that feels new in case Chicago 1945 or some other unheard song isn't released.
 
AChanceToDance said:
I hope the demo isn't the exact same as Greg Phillinganes's version, even if it's just one chord different or if it has one new ad-lib I still want to hear something that feels new in case Chicago 1945 or some other unheard song isn't released.
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I assume it's pretty close. The vocals on the 2010 edit sync perfectly to Greg's version. I also wonder if Greg may have even performed on the demo.
 
I am a little worried about the Way it is written.

For the 1st time, hear MJ’s demo played along with demos of Billie Jean and Beat It at a listening session with Q.

Does this mean it is not just the song? But a recording from the studio where they listen to the song? And maybe even talk over it? And also BJ and BI ??

I really hope we get a clean “normal” song. Just like the “We are the World” demo on TUC.

If so - great great start. This was one of the songs I really hoped for, so I am very happy. Nice
 
So is there no truth to the rumor that BTM failed to make the Thriller album due to a copyright issue?

I now assume it just didn't make the album because it wasn't strong enough.
 
knigofpop said:
After hearing the original instrumental recording of this song by the group Yellow Magic Orchestra, Michael reached out to them to ask if he could create a version of the song with lyrics. They readily agreed and Michael wrote the lyrics and recorded the demo which he played at a listening session at his home studio attended by Quincy Jones, Rod Temperton and Greg Phillinganes at which Michael also played the demos for “Billie Jean”, “Beat It” and “Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’”. Unfortunately, “Behind The Mask” didn’t make the cut for the Thriller album and, although Michael worked on the track over the years, a finished version wasn’t released until the Michael album. But this original demo by Michael has never been released. https://michaeljackson.lnk.to/Thriller40th
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I think this is a (partially) made up story. It doesn't match. It doesn't match what Bruce & Q previously have said.
 
Hess said:
I am a little worried about the Way it is written.

For the 1st time, hear MJ’s demo played along with demos of Billie Jean and Beat It at a listening session with Q.

Does this mean it is not just the song? But a recording from the studio where they listen to the song? And maybe even talk over it? And also BJ and BI ??

I really hope we get a clean “normal” song. Just like the “We are the World” demo on TUC.

If so - great great start. This was one of the songs I really hoped for, so I am very happy. Nice
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Only the twitter post is worded that way and has been sloppily edited. It's supposed to say that MJ played it for them.
 
SmoothGangsta said:
Interesting they mention MJ continued working on Behind The Mask over the years. Wasn't a track I'd ever considered him going back to tbh.
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I don't think that is correct either as Greg Phillinganes was given the track a year later for his own album. Which means to me MJ dumped it off.

I wonder if this was the demo that was registered under the name "Who Do You Know".
 
Surprising, in my opinion. Wasn't expecting this to be their first choice and quite frankly, I wasn't even sure they would include it on the album.
 
Derek1984 said:
So is there no truth to the rumor that BTM failed to make the Thriller album due to a copyright issue?

I now assume it just didn't make the album because it wasn't strong enough.
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Co-writer Ryuichi Sakamoto confirmed it in an old Maximum Jackson interview (which no longer is accessible, unfortunately). If memory serves me, MJ wanted the largest chunk of the royalties, and Ryuichi basically said no. By the time they resolved the dispute, Thriller had already come out.

I imagine the estate is avoiding acknowledging any legal disputes because… well, y’know.
 
Fuzball said:
I think this is a (partially) made up story. It doesn't match. It doesn't match what Bruce & Q previously have said.
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Derek1984 said:
I don't think that is correct either as Greg Phillinganes was given the track a year later for his own album. Which means to me MJ dumped it off.

I wonder if this was the demo that was registered under the name "Who Do You Know".
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Yeah, it could be they just made up some stuff to put in the description.
 
AlwaysThere said:
Co-writer Ryuichi Sakamoto confirmed it in an old Maximum Jackson interview (which no longer is accessible, unfortunately). If memory serves me, MJ wanted the largest chunk of the royalties, and Ryuichi basically said no. By the time they resolved the dispute, Thriller had already come out.

I imagine the estate is avoiding acknowledging any legal disputes because… well, y’know.
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Ok, thanks for that info.

That being said, even without hearing the demo, I don't think the track would've been strong enough to make the final tracklist anyways.
 
Hess said:
I am a little worried about the Way it is written.

For the 1st time, hear MJ’s demo played along with demos of Billie Jean and Beat It at a listening session with Q.

Does this mean it is not just the song? But a recording from the studio where they listen to the song? And maybe even talk over it? And also BJ and BI ??

I really hope we get a clean “normal” song. Just like the “We are the World” demo on TUC.

If so - great great start. This was one of the songs I really hoped for, so I am very happy. Nice
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If it's a recording of them talking about it then I think I've seen a video clip of that before
 
I'm really happy that Behind The Mask is track 1. That's a great start and it'll be interesting to hear if it's like Greg's version

I love Behind The Mask, I hope it has those great background vocals (Who do you love) running throughout, one of the stand out parts missing in the 2010 version
 
Beano Wild said:
Because some people want to hear these songs in higher quality, and we are all thinking realistically instead of getting our hopes too high.
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^^this. When For All Time originally leaked online, it was good. However when it appeared on Thriller25, cleaned up, in great quality and there was more vocals on it, it was even better then before. One can only hope the same happens to any of the other outtakes, such as Hot Street for example. This is by far my favorite outtake not officially released yet.
 
i know for a fact starlight and hotstreet/slapstick will sound amazing in CD quality. same with Behind the mask's demo.
 
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