james283126
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You need to chill lol. Rod Temperton was one of the best songwriters of all time in my opinion with ZERO credit in the public eye. In fact I’d say without Rod, Michael would not be as big, his contributions were INSANE on OTW and Thriller! So even though I love Michael’s self written songs as well and I’m glad he started gaining more confidence in that aspect because he was incredible as well and became just as good in his own right. Rod was the unsung hero of those two albums and blended very well with Michael! In fact I’m sad they didn’t work together more frequently.I was coming here to type this bro.
I've got nothing against Hot Street, I just see why it wasn't released. Songs like this are why I'm glad Mike took charge of songwriting duties post Thriller
Mike liked Hot Street, if remember correctly he mentioned it in the 93 Mexico Deposition and said "I liked it but they didn't think it was strong enough"
Midwestcowboy, to say that the Thriller outtakes were the worst is just ridiculous and you need to take a time out from this forum and sit in a corner to reflect on your silly take.
Niteline
Hot Street
Got The Hots
Carousel
Behind The Mask
Who Do You Know
Trouble
PYT (demo)
Some SERIOUS bangers and could have easily been a follow up album before bad because these went to waste. I hope to hear more of the demos from this era because they’re incredible! Still want to hear Rolling the Dice!!!