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Come-on not Shamone

SkyWalk

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When Michael is signing and he says shamone, I'm I right in saying that he is actually saying 'come-on' but in his funky artistic way?
 
saying "come on" would be too ordinary for Michael Jackson :coolio:
 
In the handwritten lyrics for Bad, it is "come on". But the ad-lib is spelt "shamone".
 
It is admission time for me: For the past 30 years, I've always wondered what Shamone meant too!! I'm guilty!! Thanks.
 
Yeah, Jacksonese for "come on" :D

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SkyWalk said:
When Michael is signing and he says shamone, I'm I right in saying that he is actually saying 'come-on' but in his funky artistic way?
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You are right, though most people strongly will disagree with you. The urban myth of Michael singing Shamone is believed to be a fact and it got way out of controll. That sound is mishearing Michael actually singing Come On. Most people listen to many songs by different artists and bands and always mishear lyrics, and sometimes what you mishear sounds better than the actually lyric. But Michael does song Come On, NOT Shamone.

Most artists wouldn't sing Come On, they would just say it and slow down there vocal. Michael sings Come On and emphasis Ca sound and Come, Michael really sings Come On with a bite like when he does those little tough ad lib sound like Da and ah in between lyrics.

It never was Shamone and never will be Shamone, but many people think it is. If you have Bad on vinyl (as I have had since I bought it on it's day of release in September 1987) and play Bad slowed down you will hear Michael sings Come On. I when I first heard Michael sing Come On, it sounded like Shamp- ho to me so I understand why people think Michael's singing Shamone even though he isn't.

Joyce said:
It is admission time for me: For the past 30 years, I've always wondered what Shamone meant too!! I'm guilty!! Thanks.
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30yrs ? ............ I can't think of any song where the sound Shamone (when Michael is actually singing Come On) appears before the song and album Bad, which was released almost 23yrs ago not 30yrs ago.
 
benscarr said:
You are right, though most people strongly will disagree with you. The urban myth of Michael singing Shamone is believed to be a fact and it got way out of controll. That sound is mishearing Michael actually singing Come On. Most people listen to many songs by different artists and bands and always mishear lyrics, and sometimes what you mishear sounds better than the actually lyric. But Michael does song Come On, NOT Shamone.

Most artists wouldn't sing Come On, they would just say it and slow down there vocal. Michael sings Come On and emphasis Ca sound and Come, Michael really sings Come On with a bite like when he does those little tough ad lib sound like Da and ah in between lyrics.

It never was Shamone and never will be Shamone, but many people think it is. If you have Bad on vinyl (as I have had since I bought it on it's day of release in September 1987) and play Bad slowed down you will hear Michael sings Come On. I when I first heard Michael sing Come On, it sounded like Shamp- ho to me so I understand why people think Michael's singing Shamone even though he isn't.



30yrs ? ............ I can't think of any song where the sound Shamone (when Michael is actually singing Come On) appears before the song and album Bad, which was released almost 23yrs ago not 30yrs ago.
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Exactly..Spot on!!! Thats wot I was trying to say and justify really, and yes the BAD song was I think the first time he enthersized singing come-on.
 
benscarr said:
You are right, though most people strongly will disagree with you. The urban myth of Michael singing Shamone is believed to be a fact and it got way out of controll. That sound is mishearing Michael actually singing Come On. Most people listen to many songs by different artists and bands and always mishear lyrics, and sometimes what you mishear sounds better than the actually lyric. But Michael does song Come On, NOT Shamone.

Most artists wouldn't sing Come On, they would just say it and slow down there vocal. Michael sings Come On and emphasis Ca sound and Come, Michael really sings Come On with a bite like when he does those little tough ad lib sound like Da and ah in between lyrics.

It never was Shamone and never will be Shamone, but many people think it is. If you have Bad on vinyl (as I have had since I bought it on it's day of release in September 1987) and play Bad slowed down you will hear Michael sings Come On. I when I first heard Michael sing Come On, it sounded like Shamp- ho to me so I understand why people think Michael's singing Shamone even though he isn't.



30yrs ? ............ I can't think of any song where the sound Shamone (when Michael is actually singing Come On) appears before the song and album Bad, which was released almost 23yrs ago not 30yrs ago.
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I'm pretty sure he is saying shamone. Just like when MJ performs Beat It live. He always sings "shere" instead of "here" in the opening line.
 
Eric said:
I'm pretty sure he is saying shamone. Just like when MJ performs Beat It live. He always sings "shere" instead of "here" in the opening line.
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I'm 100% sure Michael doesn't sing Shamone when singing Beat It, Michael emphasis's the Ca on Come so it will sound like Shamone even though Michael is singing come on.
 
what about Chris tucker in "You rock my world" ?

C: Oh man, ah, look at that girl right there! Goodness gracious, ah, that girl is fine man. Look at it, Ohhh she's just too fine. She knows she's fine too.
M: She is banging.
C: Oh, she's off the hook!
M: She looks good. You're right.
C: Ah ah ah ah ah. And I bet you can't nobody get that girl.
M: Chris, I can get her.
C: Can't get that girl, Mike. I Guarantee you can't get that girl.
M: Watch me get that girl.
C: I bet you never-Neverland you can't.
M: I can get her!
C: Alright!, Shomon then, shomon!
M: Watch...
 
mehdiblanket said:
what about Chris tucker in "You rock my world" ?

C: Oh man, ah, look at that girl right there! Goodness gracious, ah, that girl is fine man. Look at it, Ohhh she's just too fine. She knows she's fine too.
M: She is banging.
C: Oh, she's off the hook!
M: She looks good. You're right.
C: Ah ah ah ah ah. And I bet you can't nobody get that girl.
M: Chris, I can get her.
C: Can't get that girl, Mike. I Guarantee you can't get that girl.
M: Watch me get that girl.
C: I bet you never-Neverland you can't.
M: I can get her!
C: Alright!, Shomon then, shomon!
M: Watch...
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:clapping::clapping::clapping::):):) LOL
 
benscarr said:
I'm 100% sure Michael doesn't sing Shamone when singing Beat It, Michael emphasis's the Ca on Come so it will sound like Shamone even though Michael is singing come on.
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I didn't say MJ sang shamone in Beat It. I said MJ sings "shere" in his live performances of Beat It. I was giving an example of how MJ sings some words in his songs. Even if you emphasize the C when pronouncing the word come, you don't get an "S' sound. So I don't see how you can say he is saying come on when there is clearly an S sound in there.
 
If you compare the album version of Bad to live version (Yokohama) there is a huge difference. Live it's "come on" but on the album it really sounds like he sings "shamone" (still meaning come on). Well, either way I think it sounds cool :yes:
It's his song so he can sing it as he pleases and obviously he sang a lot of times the way that people were left wondering what on earth he said, lol.
 
januska said:
If you compare the album version of Bad to live version (Yokohama) there is a huge difference. Live it's "come on" but on the album it really sounds like he sings "shamone" (still meaning come on). Well, either way I think it sounds cool :yes:
It's his song so he can sing it as he pleases and obviously he sang a lot of times the way that people were left wondering what on earth he said, lol.
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Thats true, in the live version he sinsg come and sounds like "caam on" and then adds a "now", so its like "Caam on now"
I've been to the Jacksonese class :lol:
 
l think it's Shamon not come on because Michael has always created something new ,he is stylish , and l see that no one answer my question.
 
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