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The Discussion of MJ's Unreleased Tracks

BlackAnon said:
In 1984, Michael was set to provide his voice to a show he was working on called "The Michael Jackson Show". He was also working on a song dedicated to Brooke Shields

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Is "Scared of the Moon" the song he was writing at the time? Also, what paper is this and what's the date?
 
BlackAnon said:
Scared of the Moon was written for the book he was writing of the same name that was ultimately scrapped
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Yes, but wasn't the actual story inspired by Brooke Shield's sister or something?

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"One of the earliest completed demos was called ‘Scared of the Moon’, which Michael worked on in early 1984 with his friend, Buz Kohan. During this period the pair would often have lengthy phone conversations, carrying on late into the night. “All kinds of things would come up in our conversations,” Kohan recalls. “Michael was going with Brooke Shields at the time, and one night he called me and told me about Brooke’s sister; he said she was scared of the moon. And I said to him, ‘Michael, that’s where the word lunatic comes from, a lunatic is someone who is scared of the moon’.” Inspired by the conversation, Michael wrote a song about a girl being scared of the moon. He created the music with partial lyrics, before calling on Kohan to help him complete the song… Scared of the Moon [was] a song recorded in 1984, also with Kohan." - Mike Smallcombe, Making Michael.
 
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Soldier of Love said:
Yes, but wasn't the actual story inspired by Brooke Shield's sister or something?

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"One of the earliest completed demos was called ‘Scared of the Moon’, which Michael worked on in early 1984 with his friend, Buz Kohan. During this period the pair would often have lengthy phone conversations, carrying on late into the night. “All kinds of things would come up in our conversations,” Kohan recalls. “Michael was going with Brooke Shields at the time, and one night he called me and told me about Brooke’s sister; he said she was scared of the moon. And I said to him, ‘Michael, that’s where the word lunatic comes from, a lunatic is someone who is scared of the moon’.” Inspired by the conversation, Michael wrote a song about a girl being scared of the moon. He created the music with partial lyrics, before calling on Kohan to help him complete the song… Scared of the Moon [was] a song recorded in 1984, also with Kohan." - Mike Smallcombe, Making Michael.
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You're right. Don't know why I was thinking of Sophia Loren and "Nona" for Victory.
 
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Bill Bottrell:

In the Bad demos at Hayvenhurst, yes. John Barnes, Michael and I were the crew.

John used the Synclavier to create most instruments, while I created sounds when the Synclavier library came up short - not often - mostly some drums and bass.

John stayed home on nights when Michael and I recorded his vocals. These sessions I treasure for the magic that emerged, and how much I learned about MJ, the songs, his values and desires.

Like all the Bad demos, I have no tapes, or any way to hear the songs we recorded, only my memory.

Even without the tapes, when Bad came out, It was clear that the release closely matched the demos - for the 8 songs we finished, mixed, and sent over to the A-Team at Westlake:

Smooth Criminal
The Way You Make Me Feel
Speed Demon
I Just Can’t Stop Loving You
Dirty Diana
Liberian Girl
Leave Me Alone
Price of Fame

Hearing the BAD release, I understood that MJ had used the demos as his tool to ensure his vision was realized by the A-Team, and I had no problem with that.

Quincy was the producer on Bad, wisely understood the task, and brought in the 2 biggest hits: Bad (song) and Man In the Mirror.

Everything went perfectly according to Michael's plan.
 
Fuzball said:
Bill Bottrell:

In the Bad demos at Hayvenhurst, yes. John Barnes, Michael and I were the crew.

John used the Synclavier to create most instruments, while I created sounds when the Synclavier library came up short - not often - mostly some drums and bass.

John stayed home on nights when Michael and I recorded his vocals. These sessions I treasure for the magic that emerged, and how much I learned about MJ, the songs, his values and desires.

Like all the Bad demos, I have no tapes, or any way to hear the songs we recorded, only my memory.

Even without the tapes, when Bad came out, It was clear that the release closely matched the demos - for the 8 songs we finished, mixed, and sent over to the A-Team at Westlake:

Smooth Criminal
The Way You Make Me Feel
Speed Demon
I Just Can’t Stop Loving You
Dirty Diana
Liberian Girl
Leave Me Alone
Price of Fame

Hearing the BAD release, I understood that MJ had used the demos as his tool to ensure his vision was realized by the A-Team, and I had no problem with that.

Quincy was the producer on Bad, wisely understood the task, and brought in the 2 biggest hits: Bad (song) and Man In the Mirror.

Everything went perfectly according to Michael's plan.
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THis is why I say that there's a more developed version of PoF out there
 
Bill Bottrell:

There's nothing in '85 before the BAD demos.
But in '84 during Victory album he had me mixing State of Shock and 1 session that says "Liberian Girl" which I don't recall anything about.
L.G. was started fresh for the BAD demos.
I also did the sessions for Pepsi Billy Jean in '84.
My '84 spreadsheet ends in April. ? news to me, so I have to fill out April-December '84.
 
Fuzball said:
Bill Bottrell:

There's nothing in '85 before the BAD demos.
But in '84 during Victory album he had me mixing State of Shock and 1 session that says "Liberian Girl" which I don't recall anything about.
L.G. was started fresh for the BAD demos.
I also did the sessions for Pepsi Billy Jean in '84.
My '84 spreadsheet ends in April. ? news to me, so I have to fill out April-December '84.
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Anything about the Dangerous calendars, just wondering?
 
MJ's studio had 2 Studer 24 track machines.
As is normal, all individual sounds from the Synclavier were recorded separately.
 
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