That's how I feel tbh. Michael had already done Thriller in the form of Ghosts/is it scary and Threatened was just another attempt.
Ghosts and Is It Scary definitely have deep meanings, I just don't think Threatened does.
Hmm just thought it was just another scary song and nothing else.
It sounded bloody great mainly because they played it with real, musical instruments, as opposed to the album's generic-sounded version of the song.
Apparently, this came down also to marketing reasons because that move (reaching and appealing also to other listeners from other genres) would increase the sales of his albums.
It would have been very laughable if Michael Jackson kept recording and releasing songs like 'I Want You Back' and 'ABC' in his later adult career.
I'd love to know what Michael's input was bc the lyrics seem to be very relevant to him. Not saying a gifted lyricist couldn't write a set of lyrics that captured aspects of Michael's life - I'm sure they could - but I'd love to know for sure. The song I'm not so bothered about. His input there might have been minimal. But the lyrics? I really would love to know more.
Yes, I am aware of that.
I love the album version of the song.
Whatever. I love the album.
Yes, we all got that.
But this song was never explored enough. It really wasn't given a chance. I think. @SmoothGangsta
Ah, it did, didn't it??
Ah, I loved that part and was like "why doesn't it sound like THAT on the album??"
āReal, musical instrumentsā as opposed to what?
Yeah, eat crappo, Beach Boys.
MJ should have only made music using cassette tapes and 8 tracks like the White Stripes. Forget everyone else in the pop industry making music with digital sounds that are all iconic now.
Tbf, even actual rock songs sound a lot heavier live. That's just normal. I love the album version but I know what you mean.Ah, it did, didn't it??
Threatened is one of the stronger songs on the album and I love it as is, but that heavier sound just elevated it onstage.
Should've used a mandolin like Rod Stewart did on Maggie May, lol.
I like to explore it!
I am talking about the fact that the bulk of the production of the 'Invincible' album was made on machines (i.e., they mostly used synthetic instruments and programmed beats).
I don't consider it "mimicking". It takes the place of them. Electrophones are a unique category, and the synthetic sound isn't concerned with accuracy. I'm sure they knew it wasn't real instruments. But they used real instruments also, check the liner credits.
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Exactly. Imo, it's really just the extra loudness which makes it sound fab! That and the fact of it being something different.
mJ wasn't even satisfied with the TII band, wasn't he? He preferred the others he had stood by in the past.
I can't even talk about this. If that story - about that note - that Kevin Dorsey tells is true it's just heartbreaking. I choose not to think about it.
Free jazz & other avant-garde music is usually played on "real" instruments, even all acoustic ones. Depending on who you ask, it either sounds good or like noise.
Wings (Paul McCartney) released Mary Had A Little Lamb (yes that one) as a single as an adult. The Beatles released songs like Yellow Submarine & All Together Now. Stevie Wonder has sung London Bridge Is Falling Down in concert as an adult. It's even on a live DVD he released. Also many adult performers in many different genres have released Christmas songs like Frosty The Snowman & Jingle Bells as adults. Ringo Starr was Mr. Conductor and a lot of artists have appeared on Sesame Street. I Want You Back was originally written for Gladys Knight & The Pips anyway, not the Jackson 5. A lot of the songs on the Jackson 5 albums & the solo Motown albums were remakes of songs originally released by adult singers/bands. Very few J5 songs were written in a youth perspective like ABC.
Who said this and where did you get this information from?
Sure if the act is a goth band/singer or a death metal band. Even many blues songs are not about bad things happening. Other than maybe songs about Jesus getting crucified, I wouldn't say the average gospel song is dreadful at all. Also if dark and dreadful songs "define an artist" how come there was so much criticism about gangsta rap? Can't get much darker than songs about drug dealers, gangs, murder, pimping, etc. There were parents claiming heavy metal caused their teenagers to commit suicide or worship Satan.
For example, Michael Jackson fans on various websites and online fan forums.Who said this and where did you get this information from?
Paul McCartney was heavily criticized by many people for writing, recording and releasing simple and silly songs.
One would say that there are also some very important messages in the gangsta rap genre.
Yet Paul had the most successful career of the solo Beatles. So Paul knew what the mainstream audience liked. You can look at what became hits over the decades, songs like Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep, The Purple People Eater, What Did The Fox Say, Disco Duck, Shaddap You Face, Speedy Gonzales, I Wanna Be A Cowboy, Barbie Girl, Hanky Panky, Funky Chicken, etc. Critics have never really liked what is commercially successful, they didn't think much of bands such as Journey, Boston, Styx, or Eagles. They labeled it "corporate rock", and 1980s glam metal was called "hair metal". Nor did they like adult contemporary (Barry Manilow, Whitney Houston, Celine Dion, Michael Bolton) or teen idols (New Kids On The Block, Justin Beiber, Debbie Gibson). Anyway, John was criticized for having Yoko on his records and to this day, some people think she broke up The Beatles. If John's records were new releases today, he probably would be criticized for being "woke" (Angela, Woman Is The N- Of The World, Happy Xmas). Even at the time a lot of stores refused to sell the Two Virgins album because of the cover, That's also why The Beatles "butcher babies" album cover was changed.
both have 'deep' meanings in my opinion as well,though.
This is one plus for the HIStory Your, the band does sound the best of them all. Tbh, if they got those same guys and their instruments to redub the Victory Tour or something, that'd be crazy.
