MJJuniorSinceMW
Proud Member
Ok, got the memo. 
I'm switching to estate-twitter-mode:
(imagine a gif art with a Microsoft paint like scripture of the song title above my post)
To me THIS SONG is the "diamond in the ruff" from the Thriller40 release.
I understand why most like "Who Do Know" better & I agree that it is more pleasing to the ear, especially on first few listenings.
BUT: THIS SONG is special. It is showing another facet of MJ. A whole other style & like always when he dips into different styles & genres, MJ makes it his own & makes it more enjoyable for me. More than any other artist ever could.
THIS SONG to me is so completely different than all of his other songs & material we got over the years, it's a total treasure.
What makes THIS SONG difficult to access is the bare bones state of the demo. And how they mixed & arranged the different tracks they had. There's an abruptness to start & end the song & even between verse & chorus. That's what's a little off-putting. But even with those shortcomings of the Thriller40 album mix, i totally fell in love with THIS SONG.
Having said that, @ChanceToDance I would recommend you to the "Multiverse Mix" of THIS SONG, which hides above mentioned shortcomings. It's supposedly close to the version of Mark Ronson, which he did for the MICHAEL album. It provides more instrumentation, which gives the song a red line to follow through from beginning to end. It gives it a feeling of breezy effortlessness, & everything seems to be coming together in a more neat, tidy & refined way.
Have fun with that true diamond of an MJ song.
By the way I immediately sorted THIS SONG within my 'Off The Wall/early - Era' outtakes album. There it fits perfectly and is one of the nicest additions. Along with 'Sunset Driver' & 'CGOTR'.
I'm switching to estate-twitter-mode:
(imagine a gif art with a Microsoft paint like scripture of the song title above my post)
To me THIS SONG is the "diamond in the ruff" from the Thriller40 release.
I understand why most like "Who Do Know" better & I agree that it is more pleasing to the ear, especially on first few listenings.
BUT: THIS SONG is special. It is showing another facet of MJ. A whole other style & like always when he dips into different styles & genres, MJ makes it his own & makes it more enjoyable for me. More than any other artist ever could.
THIS SONG to me is so completely different than all of his other songs & material we got over the years, it's a total treasure.
What makes THIS SONG difficult to access is the bare bones state of the demo. And how they mixed & arranged the different tracks they had. There's an abruptness to start & end the song & even between verse & chorus. That's what's a little off-putting. But even with those shortcomings of the Thriller40 album mix, i totally fell in love with THIS SONG.
Having said that, @ChanceToDance I would recommend you to the "Multiverse Mix" of THIS SONG, which hides above mentioned shortcomings. It's supposedly close to the version of Mark Ronson, which he did for the MICHAEL album. It provides more instrumentation, which gives the song a red line to follow through from beginning to end. It gives it a feeling of breezy effortlessness, & everything seems to be coming together in a more neat, tidy & refined way.
Have fun with that true diamond of an MJ song.
By the way I immediately sorted THIS SONG within my 'Off The Wall/early - Era' outtakes album. There it fits perfectly and is one of the nicest additions. Along with 'Sunset Driver' & 'CGOTR'.
