It's speculated that the estate des not have access to the multitrack of that song so they can't do much with it in terms of remixing.
Hot Fun is unknown to be from what era exactly but it was recorded sometime between 1998-2003.
According to people who went to MJ Music Day's seminar from last year Dream Away was also considered for Xscape. As for Who Do You Know the info comes from Korgnex, but he didn't specify which album was it considered for exactly so that's why I put a question mark next to it. https://www.mjjcommunity.com/thread...ng-to-promote-thriller-40.201155/post-4543268
I think the attendees got that wrong, as that’s the exact same story for “Chicago 1945” — the estate wanted to remix it, he said no. He also said elsewhere that he didn’t want to release “Dream Away” with MJ’s vocals, which contradicts this idea.
Why remove? And yes that is true. So not even Brad Sundberg has the multitracks?
Brad was an assistant engineer only (if I'm not wrong). Most of the Bad demos were found by Matt Forger during research for Bad 25 in 2012. If he couldn't locate them back then, they're lost for now.
But it could have been mentioned or wanted to be on Xscape?
So there are no Bad demos that could have missed/scrapped or been considered for Bad 25?
“Chicago 1945” was, because Steve told that story as far back as 2014. “Dream Away” suddenly received the same story in 2022, which leads me to believe that attendees were mistaken.
True, but you can tell that the vocals have been autotuned so it's not far-fetched to say Steve may have worked on it for a possible posthumous release, similarly to how he's been touching up on C1945 for years now. Though those are valid points you make so that's why I put a question mark next to it.
Wait was changes considered for Xscape?
No, the song is way too incomplete for the type of release the estate wants. The post was talking about another demo that was made for MJ in 2009.
Great question.
Okay so I’m guessing he just has the mix from back when they worked on it.
And sorry for asking a lot of questions that you may not know, but do you know if there are any songs that were considered or mentioned for Thriller 40 as well?
Yes. Brad was basically the "mailman" of tapes during production (according to his own words).
No need to be sorry. Again, great question. The whole project was announced out of the blue, so there's not much info of what went behind the scenes.
What what?
Thanks! I am still decently new to the community (I joined in 2018) but mostly enjoy concerts so just wanted to learn more about the unreleased material (cause I like a decent handful of demos, even tho I enjoy listening to live stuff more).
You're on the right side then
"Dream Away" was played in the middle of the seminar. This same story was told by Porcaro just after this listening. I had thought about it at that time. And we listened to "Chicago 1945" at the end.
They could have just asked for both songs.
Seems like you finally found your soulmate.You're on the right side then
Now they can sit and stare at the wall together, because there still ain't no concerts
Screw you lol
Yes. Let's laugh at them while all we have are crumbs given by collectors.
We'll be fine. We have AI.
