MJInTheMirror;4104152 said:
Hi! I´m new and I hope this thread hasn´t already been done in the past. I listened to the demo of GITM a few weeks ago, and it´s amazing, I don´t know if it´s better than the original (which is amazing too) but the demo has some vocals that I don´t know why he didn´t used in the original.
Anyway, tell me what you think about it if you heard it.
Excuse me if I made any mistakes, I´m from Argentina
It is standard practice for demos to include additional vocals (improvisations, etc.), so, this specific demo could not have been an exception to the rule.
In more specific terms, I think the ‘Give in to me’ demo is unique in its own way. For example, MJ’s raw, passionate vocals stand out in an exceptional way & literally there is no way to ignore them. Also, the demo sounds (musically) very good even without Slash’s guitar performance &, in my opinion, this shows perfectly well how
strong the melody is in the first place.
Furthermore, as you may know, there is a
controversy that still exists regarding a specific verse, that is “love is a donut” (or “love is a donna”
. Many theories have tried to explain the meaning of this line. For example, “love is a donut” probably refers to his father (Joe Jackson) who used to lay on the kitchen table donuts for his children, or because a donut resembles the heart’s shape, etc. In the case of “love is a donna” the explanation seems rather easier because ‘donna’ (probably) is used alternatively, instead of the words ‘lady’ or ‘woman’. Either way, I am not going to prove which explanation holds water because it is not rare for lyrics to have ambiguous meanings.
Finally, this specific demo is rumored to have been recorded in November (1990).