Am I 100% certain that it’s MJ singing the Cascio songs? No, I’m not, because we haven’t got definite proof. But because of all the reasons I’ve explained at length many times before, it strikes me as very unlikely that the voice isn’t MJ.
Theoretically, we could have the same doubt about ANY MJ song for which we don’t have definite proof of MJ singing it – and that’s a lot of songs. But of course, in the absence of any particular reason to doubt the authenticity of something, we don’t doubt it; otherwise, we could barely function in society.
The reason why there is particular doubt about the Cascio songs is because of the nature of the songs, and the circumstances surrounding them. Both create doubt, but the internal and external analysis of the songs assuages to a large extent – in my case – those doubts.
It’s like in the field of history. Some works can be attributed to a given historical author with 100 % (or 99.9 %) certainty, while others are more like 95 %, 90 %. Some scholars will only study the works that are not debated; some will admit all but the most disputed works.
Of course, when it comes to historical figures, proof is often lost to history, so it’s difficult to settle any dispute. But in the case of those songs, the proof – or lack thereof – is right there for the taking, as it were: a legal challenge would result in the proof being produced, or the lie being revealed. So I stick to my main point: considering that there are people who could certainly profit from exposing this lie, and that the means to do so are available to them, the fact that they haven’t tried to tells me that the proof exists, and is solid.
