Iwasaloser619
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Is the song really the smooth criminal predecessor. Cause I just came up with the thought that it could be about his parents but I don’t know.
Nite Line;4306596 said:It's a completely different song and has nothing to do with Smooth Criminal. Chicago 1945 tells the story of three girls disappearing during one cold night.
"The song “Chicago 1945″, on the other hand, makes a number of significant Chicago-related citations. The World’s Fair (which visited Chicago), The Chicago Tribune (local newspaper), Al Capone (of ‘The Chicago Outfit’ fame), and so on. While making these citations it tells the story of a mysterious disappearance in the area. “Three girls disappeared on a cold windy night, never to be found again, never to be found again!” sings Jackson in the first verse. “Who solved the mystery late Chicago night? Ya can’t hide the truth so won’t ya turn on the light,” he continues in the choruses, before launching into a flurry of high-pitched “hoo-hoo” and “hee-hee” ad libs. The track finishes with Jackson chanting “Chicago! Chicago!” over and over in his trademark, gritty (slightly angry) vocal-style. The track was constantly on Jackson’s mind over the course of his career, and was worked on during the ‘Invincible’ sessions and again at Neverland in 2004."
http://www.damienshields.com/xscape...he-was-lovin-me-and-chicago-one-and-the-same/
I just said the same thing lmao. I sitting here coming up with all types of melodies in my head to those lyricsMan, I wanna hear it, lol.
IMWhizzle;4306685 said:Rodney Jerkins once stated on his website that he recorded this song during the Invincible sessions along with others we still didn’t hear.
Rodney constantly teases unreleased tracks without ever going in detail. He's been doing it since Invincible came out.
A few months ago, he did an Instagram live stream where he played half-second snippets of unreleased tracks, and nine times out of ten you couldn't even tell if the person singing was Michael or LaShawn Daniels (who, for those who don't know, sang the demos presented to Michael).
It's sorta fun because it keeps you guessing, but also sorta aggravating because we know next to nothing about them other than 6-8 titles.
Iwasaloser619;4306589 said:Is the song really the smooth criminal predecessor. Cause I just came up with the thought that it could be about his parents but I don’t know.
AlwaysThere;4306599 said:No connection. If you really wanted to, you could say that “Chicago 1945” might’ve influenced the “Smooth Criminal” video, what with the 1940s gangster aesthetic and all, but the songs themselves aren’t related in any way.
AlwaysThere;4306725 said:Rodney constantly teases unreleased tracks without ever going in detail. He's been doing it since Invincible came out.
A few months ago, he did an Instagram live stream where he played half-second snippets of unreleased tracks, and nine times out of ten you couldn't even tell if the person singing was Michael or LaShawn Daniels (who, for those who don't know, sang the demos presented to Michael).
It's sorta fun because it keeps you guessing, but also sorta aggravating because we know next to nothing about them other than 6-8 titles.
SeriousFX;4306785 said:Yeah. And what's infuriating is that the never-before heard songs actually sound like good bops, but he doesn't actually want to release them. I get that the estate probably owns the songs and he wants to skirt past copyright as much as possible, but it's kinda dickish to tease the fans like that.
My forensics class come in handy at that moment! I loved that class, it was my favorite"Chicago 1945" has that dramatic murder mystery feeling.
I can tell Michael was thinking about the song since he liked the song but I still don't think "Chicago 1945" was ever connected to "Smooth Criminal" and the video ("Chicago Nights") itself because he first thought about the "Smooth Criminal" video to be western video but instead he wanted it to be on a Summer night in Chicago on 1945.MJ definitely had Chicago 1945 in his mind while making Smooth Criminal due to the similarities both songs have, he even specifically says "Chicago 1945" when he talks about how he came up with the idea of the clip for SC in his Private Home Movies documentary.