Random thought but am I the only one who secretly wishes Michael recorded a slow version of TWYMMF, in the same style to the intro from the 88 Grammys performance? I can only imagine it, in my dreams..... :listeningtomusic
Well, the grammys TWYMMF was playback, so somewhere a recording exists.
Yeah, he plays the studio version at his seminars. It was recorded specifically for the Grammy performance though, in a makeshift studio in a hotel room, so only the intro was recorded - there is not take of MJ singing the entire song laying around (sadly!)A recording might actually exist. If I'm not mistaken from what I read, Brad played it at one of his seminars.
Yeah, he plays the studio version at his seminars. It was recorded specifically for the Grammy performance though, in a makeshift studio in a hotel room, so only the intro was recorded - there is not take of MJ singing the entire song laying around (sadly!)
So nice to hear this. When I saw TII for the first time and he started singing like this I thought the whole of TWYMMF was going to be like this. I never saw the Grammy's since I don't watch award shows. Ngl, I was gutted when he went into the 'normal' version. It was fine, nothing wrong with it, the staging was great but I just think a full slow version would have been so awesome.
When was this confirmed and by who? Amazing if trueIt's been confirmed he sang and recorded the full song in a slower tempo... Likely what is used in the live version we've heard.
In 'In the Studio', They stated that Michael wanted to record a slower version for the grammys and recorded it in a portable studio built on the tour bus in Pensacola. They put mattresses against the walls enclose sound,.When was this confirmed and by who? Amazing if true
They said he recorded the full song?In 'In the Studio', They stated that Michael wanted to record a slower version for the Bad tour and recorded it in a portable studio built on the tour bus in Pensacola. They put mattresses against the walls enclose sound,.
Correction - it was for the Grammy's. The Bad tour reference was being g in Pensacola, I just checked notes. Now that I'm reading them, it doesn't say specifically "a full version" but "a slowed version completed." That could technically mean the portion for the grammys completed but I'd personally intemperate that as a the full song.They said he recorded the full song?
I reckon Brad would have played the full song in his seminars if it existed.Correction - it was for the Grammy's. The Bad tour reference was being g in Pensacola, I just checked notes. Now that I'm reading them, it doesn't say specifically "a full version" but "a slowed version completed." That could technically mean the portion for the grammys completed but I'd personally intemperate that as a the full song.
Take from it what you can.
He didn't play any portion of the song. At least in this one.I reckon Brad would have played the full song in his seminars if it existed.
I know it's off topic but what was Smooth Criminal like in the original key?He didn't play any portion of the song. At least in this one.
He played:
Throwing Your Life Away
Smooth Criminal - in its original key
Speed Demon - slower version
Faces
Family Thing
Someone Put Your Handout - early demo
Chicago 1945
Change The World - demo with someone else's voice
I can't Help It - demo
Stranger In Moscow - Vocal & guitar version
I believe the original would have been around half a step lower than the version on the album.I know it's off topic but what was Smooth Criminal like in the original key?
I love the slow version of TWYMMF, it's just ridiculously cool and then when he performed it live at the grammys, it was somehow even cooler. I think that's the most swag MJ has ever had performing live, it was effortless
Wow really? I'm not musically inclined to be honest, I'm assuming it would have sounded close to MSG 88? Like MJ's deeper live voice?I believe the original would have been around half a step lower than the version on the album.
This what I loved about the TII performance of this. It wasn't just that his voice sounded amazing, that this arrangement really suited his voice, that the whole thing was fan - feckin' - tastic. It was the swag, as you say. In his physicality but also in his voice, in his phrasing. The whole thing. Blew me away.I know it's off topic but what was Smooth Criminal like in the original key?
I love the slow version of TWYMMF, it's just ridiculously cool and then when he performed it live at the grammys, it was somehow even cooler. I think that's the most swag MJ has ever had performing live, it was effortless
Ok you can't do this because now I'm going to nag you about itHe didn't play any portion of the song. At least in this one.
He played:
Throwing Your Life Away
Smooth Criminal - in its original key
Speed Demon - slower version
Faces
Family Thing
Someone Put Your Handout - early demo
Chicago 1945
Change The World - demo with someone else's voice
I can't Help It - demo
Stranger In Moscow - Vocal & guitar version
It would have been close to the way it was played during all of the tours, as far as pitch is concerned. The tempo would have been slightly slower, though.Wow really? I'm not musically inclined to be honest, I'm assuming it would have sounded close to MSG 88? Like MJ's deeper live voice?