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barbee0715;4138442 said:
Of course, I love the English-language version of “I Just Can’t Stop Loving You.” This song, to me, ranks very highly up there, vocally-wise (in all of its different, various versions - either studio or LIVE, in any one of the three languages in which it was recorded - especially, in what turned out to be his final version, which I strongly believe was his best) with such beautiful songs as “Human Nature” and “The Lady in My Life.” His guest vocals on Barry Gibb’s song, “All in Your Name,” were amazing, too, at the time he recorded them. Listen to the part when Michael sung the rest of it alone, and his voice kept going up increasingly higher, towards the end. WOW!!!
“Speechless’ ” great A Cappella opening and closing parts, as well as the main portion of the song, sounded quite beautiful, with a very brief snippet shown in “This Is It,” when Michael proved that he still had his abilities at his mature age, abilities that he never really lost. Perhaps, what I would consider one of the greatest (if not the greatest) of Michael’s vocal performances, of ALL time, is “Butterflies.” The whole, entire, complete song is just absolutely magnificent, from beginning to end, especially, its second half, when Michael sang mainly in his Upper Register, putting it to great use.
As for his ability to sing “I Just Can’t Stop Loving You” in both Spanish and French (despite his not having been a fluent speaker of either language, nor any other one that most people would know of outside of English, for that matter), I believe that his pronunciation of words was very good. One of the most difficult things for many English speakers (especially, the majority of American-born ones) to do is to “roll” the letter “R,” particularly, when it’s not part of the natural speech nor the pronunciation - what some call “phonation” - of words. As difficult as proper Spanish (Español) pronunciation is to learn, French (Français) is even more difficult.
You have pointed out, that Michael may have learned the translated versions of his lyrics phonetically. Since he was never a fluent speaker of either language, this was likely true. As with his dance routines, his singing skills, and other aspects of him as an entertainer, he easily picked up, studied and learned whatever he had been taught, and native speakers of those languages (or, someone who might not have been, but who had also learned how to speak, over a period of time) have taught him very well.
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