Guest analogue wings Posted December 9, 2010 Share Posted December 9, 2010 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wh5gG_NUWTg MJ wrote lyrics to Yellow Magic Orcestra's Behind the Mask. It was supposed to be on Thriller but they dropped it when they decided to make Thriller a single LP. MJs keyboard player Greg Philliganes recorded it with MJ's vocal melody and lyrics. The actual MJ version is going to be on the "new" album. Michael Jackson and YMO!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHz1P6NGMCw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awepittance Posted December 9, 2010 Share Posted December 9, 2010 interesting, Brian E showed me this track, it's pretty decent it's just strange to hear something being that heavily sampled in an MJ track Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest analogue wings Posted December 9, 2010 Share Posted December 9, 2010 It's not a sample it's a cover with new lyrics. Presumably that's not the backing track from the Thriller sessions either. Not quite slick enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awepittance Posted December 9, 2010 Share Posted December 9, 2010 It's not a sample it's a cover with new lyrics. strange it sounds very much like a sample of the YMO track to me, if it's not a sample as you say i wouldn't be surprised if they recreated the riffs with a studio band back then instead of now. Similar to how the sugar hill gang hired a backup band to play the loop from Chic's good times Edit: the song is already leaked(out?) and easily downloadable if anybody was wondering edit2: the reason i think it sounds so exact is because Greg Philliganes probably slaved away to make it sound identical Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest analogue wings Posted December 9, 2010 Share Posted December 9, 2010 it's out in 4 days' time (officially) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mrx Posted December 9, 2010 Share Posted December 9, 2010 Interesting. I haven't heard this new version, but I bet that it can't be worse than the Eric Clapton version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awepittance Posted December 9, 2010 Share Posted December 9, 2010 it's pretty good, it almost seems like something that could have been on an old MJ album, well i correct myself if it weren't for those Justice-y grungey synth chords it would i like the track 'breaking news' too, the rest of them are pretty forgettable, the stuff on Blood on the Dance Floor and Invincible is still better than most of 'Michael' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest analogue wings Posted December 9, 2010 Share Posted December 9, 2010 i just think it's great that a YMO song is gonna be on one of the most high profile releases of the year. all the "born again" mj fans who are pretending they never turned on him are going to lap up this record with their guilty little wallets and they're going to be rewarded with classic japanese electronica Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awepittance Posted December 9, 2010 Share Posted December 9, 2010 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDNHVXSIcM4 edit: you can hear the YMO at the very end of this clip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest analogue wings Posted December 9, 2010 Share Posted December 9, 2010 OH SHIT BILLIE JEAN DRUMS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest analogue wings Posted December 9, 2010 Share Posted December 9, 2010 Early reviews: album is shit except for Behind The Mask But then something remarkable happens. You get to track nine' date=' ‘Behind The Mask’ and it’s an absolute revelation, a swirl of psychedelic, orchestra-twinged R&B. Jackson howls a solid-gold melody at his fearsome best, and blippy production and robotic backing vocals dancing behind it. It could sit quite happily on ‘Dangerous’. It is actually brilliant.[/quote'] "Behind the Mask" is a fiercely funky cousin to "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' " Then' date=' just as you're about to consign Michael to decided mediocrity, along comes the Thriller outtake "Behind the Mask." Driven by warped synths and robotic blips and bleeps, this bout of pseudo-futuristic pop boasts Jackson's finest vocal performance on the album. Complete with all his fêted vocal tics and an inimitable swagger, "Behind the Mask" is an unassailable highlight that reminds us that Jackson, as an artist and a performer, was truly a unique talent.[/quote'] I'd love to hear the Thriller version. I mean the remix is really good but it's clearly a remix. I found the track on an "outtakes" collection but it was the Philliganes version Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awepittance Posted December 10, 2010 Share Posted December 10, 2010 if someone could find the acapella it might be possible to reconstruct it, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest analogue wings Posted December 10, 2010 Share Posted December 10, 2010 Assuming Phillinganes used the Thriller backing track. But his track came out in 85 and Thriller was recorded in 81, so I reckon he would have re-did it. cant see the estate releasing any acapellas until they've milked the "official remix" cow completely dry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCONES TO DIE FOR Posted December 10, 2010 Share Posted December 10, 2010 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64dUqMxxyjQ Needed more Phil Collins.. and Eric Clapton.. and Elton John.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cult fiction Posted December 10, 2010 Share Posted December 10, 2010 You can hear it here... would love to have heard a version on Thriller... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCONES TO DIE FOR Posted December 10, 2010 Share Posted December 10, 2010 The OG YMO version is still the best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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