Zack44
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Hello everyone. I'm sure that all of you know the unreleased MJ song "What More Can I Give" and the unfortunate circumstances that led to the song not getting the proper traction and success that it should have. Even after almost 20 years, not many people outside of the MJ fan community even know this song exists.
However, in light of recent events, I believe NOW is the time for the Estate and/or the powers that be to re-release this song as a single on streaming services and give it the worldwide recognition that MJ hoped that it would have all those years ago.
#1: Raising money for Covid-19 victims:
The coronavirus has truly changed the world to the point that even if/when it eventually goes away, the aftershock will undoubtedly impact everyone for years to come. Even the music industry in general has really been hit hard. Many artists are unable to tour and even many local performing arts centers and venues are struggling to make ends meet.
If What More Can I Give were to be re-released, not only would it be a great opportunity to raise money and efforts to aid those who were impacted most by Covid-19, it would also be the perfect song to unite the world through music, just like We Are The World did 35 years ago.
They could also knock out 2 birds with 1 stone by re-releasing the song in 2021 to coincide with the 20th anniversary of 9/11, since that was the original foundation of the song.
#2: Possibly re-recording the song with today's artists:
A lot of fans want the solo demo of this song to be released by the estate, but I think it would also be fantastic to incorporate the hit artists of today to provide new vocals to the song.
The artists from the 2001 are great, but I imagine that getting all of those original artists to approve their vocals being put out again would be tricky, especially since some of them are also gone such as Luther Vandross.
Some of them, such as Beyonce and Matriah, are still very popular, but I imagine including a balance between them and new acts like BTS, Taylor Swift, The Weeknd, etc, contributing to a new version (with MJ's vocals intact of course) would give it much more attention from a global audience.
#3: Re-establishing MJ's global credibility through his humanitarianism:
I hate to say it, but a lot of people have lost faith in Michael over the last few years thanks to Leaving Neverland. I believe that re-releasing this song would truly remind the world what an innocent and charitable soul he was. He gave more money to charity than any other entertainer in history, and this is the perfect song to showcase how caring he was when disaster struck the planet.
What do you all think? Is it too farfetched of an idea or does it seem like a plausible thing that the Estate can do soon?
However, in light of recent events, I believe NOW is the time for the Estate and/or the powers that be to re-release this song as a single on streaming services and give it the worldwide recognition that MJ hoped that it would have all those years ago.
#1: Raising money for Covid-19 victims:
The coronavirus has truly changed the world to the point that even if/when it eventually goes away, the aftershock will undoubtedly impact everyone for years to come. Even the music industry in general has really been hit hard. Many artists are unable to tour and even many local performing arts centers and venues are struggling to make ends meet.
If What More Can I Give were to be re-released, not only would it be a great opportunity to raise money and efforts to aid those who were impacted most by Covid-19, it would also be the perfect song to unite the world through music, just like We Are The World did 35 years ago.
They could also knock out 2 birds with 1 stone by re-releasing the song in 2021 to coincide with the 20th anniversary of 9/11, since that was the original foundation of the song.
#2: Possibly re-recording the song with today's artists:
A lot of fans want the solo demo of this song to be released by the estate, but I think it would also be fantastic to incorporate the hit artists of today to provide new vocals to the song.
The artists from the 2001 are great, but I imagine that getting all of those original artists to approve their vocals being put out again would be tricky, especially since some of them are also gone such as Luther Vandross.
Some of them, such as Beyonce and Matriah, are still very popular, but I imagine including a balance between them and new acts like BTS, Taylor Swift, The Weeknd, etc, contributing to a new version (with MJ's vocals intact of course) would give it much more attention from a global audience.
#3: Re-establishing MJ's global credibility through his humanitarianism:
I hate to say it, but a lot of people have lost faith in Michael over the last few years thanks to Leaving Neverland. I believe that re-releasing this song would truly remind the world what an innocent and charitable soul he was. He gave more money to charity than any other entertainer in history, and this is the perfect song to showcase how caring he was when disaster struck the planet.
What do you all think? Is it too farfetched of an idea or does it seem like a plausible thing that the Estate can do soon?