I see, I think the lowered song meant he wanted to sing them live like WBSS and Beat it, and when the pitch was the same it would mean lip sync (except for Human Nature).It was usually the last song on his later tours. When his voice was tired he still wanted the important message to be clear and triumphant (the ad libs were sung live). I think this answers both questions. On This is it he wanted to be able to sing all songs live if possible, while still considering vocal sustainability.
At first I though they lowered it just for the outro but apparently they also rehearsed it lowered. Why ? It doesnt seem to be very difficult to sing especially since he was probably going to lip sync it (btw if someone could explain why he lip synced this seemingly simple song to sing) maybe he wanted to sing live ? Also I'm wondering the same for IJCSLY since it also doesn't seem very hard to sing...
Maybe he wanted to sing part of it so he lowered it to make sure he didn't sound bad as you say ?I guess it was lowered to make it appear he was singing it live.
MJ would have never have sung HTW live for TII anyway, it already sounded very bad the last times he did (pieces of) it
he wanted to sing as much of TII live as possible, whether HTW woulda been live is up in the air, the lowered key suggests that he wanted it live as that specific song at a lower key is very quite easy to sing, but also as someone pointed out vocal sustainability, at the end of the show he gets a 3-4 minute break there before his mic is turned on where he can save his voice for the next 4 songs that are vocally demanding (WYBT, Billie Jean, MITM) - IJCSLY isn't hard to sing but its not easy, and he clearly could do it as the unedited vocals from the film for that song showAt first I though they lowered it just for the outro but apparently they also rehearsed it lowered. Why ? It doesnt seem to be very difficult to sing especially since he was probably going to lip sync it (btw if someone could explain why he lip synced this seemingly simple song to sing) maybe he wanted to sing live ? Also I'm wondering the same for IJCSLY since it also doesn't seem very hard to sing...
Hmm could be, but to be honest the former times he sang it his voice was just to hoarse, I don't think lowering it would fix that. And him wanting to sing more songs live for TII, is there a source on that? I can hardly believe this would have happened..Maybe he wanted to sing part of it so he lowered it to make sure he didn't sound bad as you say ?
That's something that has been bothering me too because we don't have any answers, and I'm still sometimes raging that we didn't get a single concert to get all of our answersHmm could be, but to be honest the former times he sang it his voice was just to hoarse, I don't think lowering it would fix that. And him wanting to sing more songs live for TII, is there a source on that? I can hardly believe this would have happened..
Wait what do you mean "was written in a lower register", I don't see the connection to sustainabilitySame reason “Beat It” and other songs were lowered: it made his voice sound “older” and would throw some people off the trail when he was miming. “Heal the World” is written in a lower register, so there’s no way it was done for sustainability.
He did not need to lower the song because he could very easily hit the notes in the original. I’m assuming that‘s what @AlwaysThere meant. And it’s true, he did not need to lower it, but it did give the impression that he sang live because his voice sounded more mature.Wait what do you mean "was written in a lower register", I don't see the connection to sustainability
