Very valid question!
In my opinion, you hit the nail on the head: MJ’s official catalog has already been examined, dissected, and documented to a decently extensive degree. Of course some albums have gotten more attention than others, and it’s important to keep these conversations going for newcomers and the next generation. But at this point, I’ve heard the story of Quincy accidentally stumbling on “Human Nature” a million times, and I just don’t care to hear it again.
His vault is more tantalizing to me because it’s so shrouded in mystery and uncertainty. It seems like every year we discover another song title, or we learn that a song that was commonly thought to be an instrumental actually has full vocals, or we’re told that a track thought to have been recorded for Invincible originated during the Bad sessions. There’s so many unanswered questions.
For me, while I’d savor the opportunity, I don’t have much interest in hearing another anecdote about the recording of “Black or White.” But if Michael Prince offered to tell us about “H2O?” I’d be sat.
- he said he understands the frustration but also that the best stuff is out there (like you already wrote) and what's in the vault are mostly beats/melodies/ideas.
Were you there this weekend in Frankfurt? Beause I don't remember Brad speaking about that. Did you ask him im private?
