You know this song has changed me from 'it is MJ's voice' to completely the opposite view, its crazy!
I think I just wanted it to be him and that they couldn't possibly do this, but the difference between these 3 songs and Gangsta, Slave to the Rhythm and Do You Know Where Your Children are is clear as daylight to be frank.
MJ songs have a certain 'magic' about them, it doesn't matter whether its a demo, some mumblings or a proper track, its got a feeling to it, it has emotions. Fall Again is an incomplete demo yet it's one of my favourite songs, his voice even in that 1 vocal take stuns me.
Blue Gangster, Slave & Do You Know are just.....Michael. I don't really know how to describe it, but you put them against songs like Who Is It, Billie Jean, songs that define MJ's voice, they fit purely because its got MJ's magic, just like Fall Again and all of the other rough demos we've heard. Breaking News, KYHU and Monster just sound weird. I actually defended some of the songs from Cascio but Monster has really opened my eyes.
You guys are so right when you say that people have NEVER questioned MJ's vocals on other songs other than the Cascio tracks, it says it all really. When MJ sings a song, he really feels it, you can sense him grooving to 'STTR' and his aggression on Gangster just as you can feel his pain on Earth Song and the fantasy of Thriller, you don't feel ANYTHING on these tracks.