although QJ was always interested in new sounds... he uses moogs etc. all over his early 1970s records, and as far back as the early 60s he was doing some stuff with vocalese and musique concrete elements.
― wizzz! (amateurist), Monday, 30 November 2015 03:55 (eight years ago) link
what the demo is missing is the 16th note riff thing. that's practically what makes the track. and it's such a toto/porcaro kind of thing that I'm surprised it's not there!
― chinavision!, Monday, 30 November 2015 04:04 (eight years ago) link
this takes a while to kick into gear but once it days
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eJPEwI-jXY
― wizzz! (amateurist), Monday, 30 November 2015 04:06 (eight years ago) link
er, does
hahahaha the original post
― just knocked me cold and left me on the sidewalk (some dude), Monday, 30 November 2015 04:07 (eight years ago) link
Not as good as Baby Be Mine― Andy_K (Andy_K), Tuesday, October 11, 2005 7:05 AM (10 years ago)
This is exactly the sort of thing I'd say (because I believe it) right before telling myself to just shut up.
― thread of getting sw0le and lena jokes (Eric H.), Monday, 30 November 2015 04:30 (eight years ago) link
I'd tell myself to shut up before believing that.
― The Reverend, Monday, 30 November 2015 06:21 (eight years ago) link
Also worth noting that Quincy called in John Bettis to rewrite the lyrics.
― The Reverend, Monday, 30 November 2015 06:22 (eight years ago) link
such a fantastic track. one of those that I can still listen to with pleasure and wonderment on Thriller (which was the biggest thing in my life as a kid !).together with "startin' somethin'", "baby be mine", "PYT" and "lady in my life"... well, that's still more than half of the album actually !thinking of it, the closest thing to a dud on the album is "the girl is mine". and that's mainly because of the silly collab. cos the basic track and groove are great.
the Toto demo is very detailed. I could have easily imagined only basic guitar or piano chords with some humming of the melody, like many demos.
― AlXTC from Paris, Monday, 30 November 2015 11:28 (eight years ago) link
https://soundcloud.com/harringtone/michael-jackson-human-nature-dave-harrington-edit
― ArchCarrier, Wednesday, 2 December 2015 14:54 (eight years ago) link
I've been listening to the Easy Star All stars version of Thrillah lately and it's really grown on me.
― canoon fooder (dog latin), Wednesday, 2 December 2015 16:41 (eight years ago) link