I just love that section of the song, you have the four notes in the harmonies further backed by the funky synth and the new jack swing beat, then you have synth lines weaving over the top between the chord changes. And then the strings rise up, which you can here well at 3:49 in the track, there is like 6 or 7 notes at once going on there, between the harmonies and the backing music, it's such a warm awesome sound, it frazzles my brain lol. I only hear such richness in classical symphonies or highly sophisticad jazz etc. Ive never heard it in other pop tracks, queen use it in bohemian rapsody, but they have live 5 notes going on in total for the intro, remember the time has like 7. His music was so much better written than all other pop, and the fact he wasn't musically trained shows it's really something from within, he's a genius
This made me think of "They don't care about us." :wild: The beat was perfect with the sound of Olodum that reminds me of the African drums.and I can't stand looking at your siggy
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also in the chorus for scream is a harmony as you describes here. sometimes his harmonies reminds me of the ones that african natives makes when they sing together to have fun. think about it. i'm thinking about the CORE of the harmonies. not the exact way he sings it.
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I just listened, I totally see what you mean. It gives me chills! I agree, it's definitely raw genius with Michael, like it just oozes from him. Didn't he say he wanted to bind his soul to his work or something like that? I really believe he achieved it. Just awesome. Thanks for your posts in here by the way, I find them so interesting!
something like that. It's so much fun to analyse michaels music. The best time to really here these little intricate things is when your lying in your bed with the light off, total silence around you, close your eyes, turn off all your other senses and just listen.......... thats the only time i feel i am truely listening to something, it's a facinating journey of discovery you go on
(I think we should make a thread about amazing harmonies in general ):
Just listen to that from 3:22 to 3:31 so awesome, i like to roll my eyeballs at that bit, like im in some insane simulator like mike does when his head spins 360 degrees lol. I think those harmonies are hugely important to that signature michael feel, when he says he feel it in his dance. It's the harsh beats in billie jean that make him wanna do the crotch grab LOL, but i think it's these kinds of swelling harmonies that make him wanna do that kind of thing when he glides are pushed his head around his shoulders when it kind if flows etc. Notice in scream live in prague, the small clip on youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlQZLHxXmq4 he does the move i mean when harmonys i mentioned earlier come in, and then when the harsh broken glass beat comes back in, he goes back to harsh robotics and tapping his feat. It just helps to show the importance of the harmonys, and how they enhance his moves, which are the visuals etc. He really knew how to use sound
I'll embed it for you
OMG, when he sing Those Special Times They'll Just Go On And On In The Back Of My Mind :woohoo:
Yes that bit is stunning it's hard to notice it in the track, i really think that track is the best of the lot to demonstrate michaels use of harmony. 1:43 = Heaven
Yes that bit is stunning it's hard to notice it in the track, i really think that track is the best of the lot to demonstrate michaels use of harmony. 1:43 = Heaven
LOL, thats my video for it to :O he he, one of my old ones
LOL, thats my video for it to :O he he, one of my old ones
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A chord makes harmony. A chord is when three tones are played at the same time. Here is what a chord looks like. Chords move in a vertical line (up and down).
something like that. It's so much fun to analyse michaels music. The best time to really here these little intricate things is when your lying in your bed with the light off, total silence around you, close your eyes, turn off all your other senses and just listen.......... thats the only time i feel i am truely listening to something, it's a facinating journey of discovery you go on
