Post by bestmusicexpert on Feb 25, 2012 7:44:20 GMT -5
OK, Many albums are classic and perfect the way they are. But sometimes an artist has unreleased songs from the session and maybe it would have made the album better...
My question is about Thriller by Michael Jackson.
The original album:
Wanna Be Startin Somethin'
Baby Be Mine
The Girl Is Mine
Thriller
Beat It
Billie Jean
Human Nature
PYT
The Lady In My Life.
OK, now here are some links to hear (if you never have) some outtakes from the sessions:
Starlight (Original version of Thriller)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wmn-QauAmok
Got The Hots:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXV9LH4gMJI
Carousel:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycG4BVbSzYM
Can't Get Outta The Rain (B-Side of 3 singles):
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrhgy4WABTw
(BTW, This is a re-recording of You Can't Win Part 2, a b side of a single from The Wiz)
Trouble:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vzgnly0tPPM
Slapstick:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dY4scgOotI&feature=related
3 duets with Freddie Mercury:
State Of Shock:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bj4dIiNwUVA
There Must Be More To Life Than This:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooKEHgeH884
The third (Victory) has never surfaced.
There may be others, but these are the ones I could find/know of...
Now, after hearing the songs, are there any songs that you'd get rid of in favor of others?
Carousel was supposed to be on the album until Human Nature came along...
I'd have used a few as b-sides instead of some that we got...
(Single pairings):
The Girl Is Mine/Can't Get Outta The Rain
Billie Jean/Can't Get Outta The Rain
Beat It/Get On The Floor
Human Nature/Baby Be Mine
Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'/Instrumental
PYT/Workin' Day & Night (Jacksons-Live Version)
Thriller/Can't Get Outta The Rain
What does everyone think?
My question is about Thriller by Michael Jackson.
The original album:
Wanna Be Startin Somethin'
Baby Be Mine
The Girl Is Mine
Thriller
Beat It
Billie Jean
Human Nature
PYT
The Lady In My Life.
OK, now here are some links to hear (if you never have) some outtakes from the sessions:
Starlight (Original version of Thriller)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wmn-QauAmok
Got The Hots:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXV9LH4gMJI
Carousel:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycG4BVbSzYM
Can't Get Outta The Rain (B-Side of 3 singles):
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrhgy4WABTw
(BTW, This is a re-recording of You Can't Win Part 2, a b side of a single from The Wiz)
Trouble:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vzgnly0tPPM
Slapstick:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dY4scgOotI&feature=related
3 duets with Freddie Mercury:
State Of Shock:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bj4dIiNwUVA
There Must Be More To Life Than This:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooKEHgeH884
The third (Victory) has never surfaced.
There may be others, but these are the ones I could find/know of...
Now, after hearing the songs, are there any songs that you'd get rid of in favor of others?
Carousel was supposed to be on the album until Human Nature came along...
I'd have used a few as b-sides instead of some that we got...
(Single pairings):
The Girl Is Mine/Can't Get Outta The Rain
Billie Jean/Can't Get Outta The Rain
Beat It/Get On The Floor
Human Nature/Baby Be Mine
Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'/Instrumental
PYT/Workin' Day & Night (Jacksons-Live Version)
Thriller/Can't Get Outta The Rain
What does everyone think?