I agree 100%. You know the estate don't need to do anything ever again. They have enough money to keep the children rich for the rest of their lives and give plenty to his charities. They can sell the ATV catalog and that would be it. No more Michael Jackson- zero, zilch. I would not blame them really. Instead of being grateful some of you constantly pick apart everything. This time theyl listened to us and they have done a PHENOMENAL job!
But I am grateful that the MAJORITY of the fans love and appreciate this project. I guess there will always be ppl that have to nitpick; (human nature I suppose) at every little thing and worse of all speculate which is very dangerous. We are certainly not privy to every multitrack or every demo Michael ever did in the vault. The only ones that have access are the State/Sony. So really it is much speculation on some fans' part.
Look I am not saying we have to love every little thing about this project, (even though I do),we all have different tastes and opinions but it is becoming very clear, at least to me, that the same ppl who are clearly not very happy with this project tend to insert their negative views every chance they can. It's like they come out of the woodwork- lol You don't hear from them that much and all of a sudden when there a chance to have their view heard boom!
Anyway, I guess that's human nature. The majority of us will keep enjoying this wonderful project, and to the rest of you the best.
Except NONE of that post that you quoted, actually has anything to do with what's being said in this thread. Once again, people are reading the not 100% positive comments about specific songs on the album, and are purposefully misconstruing what's being said to paint the false image of all of us being "fake fans" and "Estate haters"..
Who said in this thread that they expected the same leaked demoes on this album? Who, where? Tell me, I'll wait....
What's actually being said is that the demoes weren't mixed properly for an 2014 album release and that some of them, may not even be the original versions at all, and some people tend to think the Estate did it on purpose, to enhance they're "contemporized" versions of Michael's songs. I don't necessarily think that's the case, but fact of the matter is, some of the "original" demos, are mixed shitty, that's just the fact of it, Do I know for sure if they aren't the original versions? Nope, but I do know STTR is missing ad-libs. I do know Blue Gangsta is slightly different from the leaked version, and some have argued for the worse. Nobody at anypoint stated that they expected the already leaked songs to be on this album, we're just wondering why they weren't mixed to the same extent as the 8 songs before the "Original" versions, and why some sound like they were deliberately tampered with made to sound in a worse condition than they were when Michael actually recorded them. That's what's being said.
And again, myself, and countless others in this thread have voiced their admiration for the album before the whole "VMJ" crap, and continue to do so. The "same people" you're attempting to refer to (possibly me, Birchey, and a couple others), the same ones who were realistically critiquing "VMJ" and for good reason aren't nitpicking, and we aren't trying to "insert our negative views every chance we can", the fact that people seem to think this about us is ludicrous, considering, if you actually go back and read post before the "VMJ" stunt, we voiced our appreciation for the album, and we were also allowed to speak on the songs we didn't like without having to hear these dumb accusations. But now, when everybody clearly isn't falling into the Estate's plan of whoring Michael's image on whatever they can, now all of a sudden, we're "haters", "fake fans", "negative nancies", whatever else you'd like to think of to address us as simply because we voice concern in regards to some of the moves made by the Estate recently.
This is a message board, we're allowed to realistically critique, question, and criticize something that we don't feel is up to par with Michael's standards. It's that simple, nothing is negative about that. It's only negative to you because a lot of you seem to have this new found dislike, of realistic fans.
I love the album, I just hate how some of the "original demos" sound, and from what we hear from others who knew about these things before us, some of those "original demos" didn't sound that bad prior to being put on this album. How on earth is that negative? It's just a realistic viewpoint that differs from yours, simple as that.
