LJ94
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Hi everyone
I've been looking around on here for a few weeks and I can't help but notice some people still have little or no faith in some of the tracks on the new album. While I have not yet heard all of the songs on "Michael" (getting it for Christmas ), it makes me sad to know that some people don't think it's MJ on some of the tracks.
When the dispute about Breaking News being sung by an impersonator first came about, I was also skeptical of the authenticity of the track. However, I managed to get a raw acapella (not fan made) from someone on YouTube who apparently had it from "someone at Sony who cares about Michael". I have listened to it many many times and have come to the conclusion it is definitely Michael's voice, but it seems to me the vocals are a chop up of an early recording/demo he made so he could go back to it later, e.g. there are bits missing out, some bits are definitely cut & pasted to make it sound complete etc...
Some people might believe it's an impersonator because of the Michael-ish sounding backing vocals (these are not on the acapella), but this is clearly not MJ himself anyway, or because of the slightly over processed voice and vibrato.
What you have to realise (as pointed out by some members of this forum) is that Michael is not here to finish and bless the incomplete songs and let them flourish the way he would have done it, rather Sony has brought in some people Michael has previously worked with as a next-best-thing to try their best and finish them off. At least in the case of Breaking News, I believe the people who finalized the track did a good job with what they had to work with.
Another thing you have to realise is that this kind of speculation and controversy is damaging to the wonderful legacy that Michael has left for us all to enjoy. Sadly, Michael does not have a good impression on everyone because everything they know about him comes from the media. I know this to be true because I have previously overheard conversations about him and sometimes found myself defending Michael's name.
The last thing Michael needs and the last thing we as his fans need is for his image to be further wrongly tarnished, and I know that we would all like to see it cleaned up as much as possible. This is why we have to praise the new album for what it is. This album needs to get out there as far as possible because I know people will enjoy it, even if they haven't exactly been MJ fans in the past. Even if they have media-directed views on MJ, they may still enjoy the album, be compelled to find out more about Michael, see the TRUTH, see him for who he TRULY is and what he's TRULY about, thus spreading the L.O.V.E, which is something that everybody NEEDS.
If you're not sure about the authenticity of the tracks, please try to see it the way I see it. If you would like to hear the real acapella for Breaking News, you'll have to do some searching yourself as I don't think I'm allowed to share it here. It's not too hard to find now from what I can see though
Merry Christmas and may God bless you all
LJ
I've been looking around on here for a few weeks and I can't help but notice some people still have little or no faith in some of the tracks on the new album. While I have not yet heard all of the songs on "Michael" (getting it for Christmas ), it makes me sad to know that some people don't think it's MJ on some of the tracks.
When the dispute about Breaking News being sung by an impersonator first came about, I was also skeptical of the authenticity of the track. However, I managed to get a raw acapella (not fan made) from someone on YouTube who apparently had it from "someone at Sony who cares about Michael". I have listened to it many many times and have come to the conclusion it is definitely Michael's voice, but it seems to me the vocals are a chop up of an early recording/demo he made so he could go back to it later, e.g. there are bits missing out, some bits are definitely cut & pasted to make it sound complete etc...
Some people might believe it's an impersonator because of the Michael-ish sounding backing vocals (these are not on the acapella), but this is clearly not MJ himself anyway, or because of the slightly over processed voice and vibrato.
What you have to realise (as pointed out by some members of this forum) is that Michael is not here to finish and bless the incomplete songs and let them flourish the way he would have done it, rather Sony has brought in some people Michael has previously worked with as a next-best-thing to try their best and finish them off. At least in the case of Breaking News, I believe the people who finalized the track did a good job with what they had to work with.
Another thing you have to realise is that this kind of speculation and controversy is damaging to the wonderful legacy that Michael has left for us all to enjoy. Sadly, Michael does not have a good impression on everyone because everything they know about him comes from the media. I know this to be true because I have previously overheard conversations about him and sometimes found myself defending Michael's name.
The last thing Michael needs and the last thing we as his fans need is for his image to be further wrongly tarnished, and I know that we would all like to see it cleaned up as much as possible. This is why we have to praise the new album for what it is. This album needs to get out there as far as possible because I know people will enjoy it, even if they haven't exactly been MJ fans in the past. Even if they have media-directed views on MJ, they may still enjoy the album, be compelled to find out more about Michael, see the TRUTH, see him for who he TRULY is and what he's TRULY about, thus spreading the L.O.V.E, which is something that everybody NEEDS.
If you're not sure about the authenticity of the tracks, please try to see it the way I see it. If you would like to hear the real acapella for Breaking News, you'll have to do some searching yourself as I don't think I'm allowed to share it here. It's not too hard to find now from what I can see though
Merry Christmas and may God bless you all
LJ