History(the album) is Michael Jackson's artistic affirmation. So covering a tune and turning it into a Michael Jackson-ish feel kind of song isnt out of place. Take Prince for example. Prince was a true musician (just like Michael was,but Prince is better than him ,at least for me
),a multi instrumentalist virtuoso; composing,producing and songwriting genius,who impacted the music industry by pioneering a unique sound,The Minneapolis Sound
(which Janet and several songs on the History album benefited from). Being a creative genius (and in my opinion,the best artist that ever lived,also a genius and exciting, spectacular live performer) and releasing more than 35 full of magic studio albums during his career,
Prince always found time to do covers.(in concert ,as well on studio albums).Take ,for example,his cover of "A Case of You"(from the 1983 live debut of his masterpiece hit and Oscar winning album,"Purple Rain ") or his released cover of "Crimson and Clover" ,from his 2009 triple disc album "LotusFlo3wr". He did cover these songs and made them sound like Prince songs ,being the genius that he was . With all the thousands songs that he wrote and released or left ,unfortunately,in the vault,he still found space for covering songs and taking them to the next level,by adding his musical and production touch;D
So why wouldnt Michael,a great artist himself,do the same?Not to mention he also owned The Beatles catalog . So the position of a great cover on Michael's most ambitious musical effort does make sense for me Sorry for the long message,but my heart is FULL of L.O.V.E for PRINCE
!
As well as for Mike