Scared of the Moon was an unrealised project similar to the ET Storybook album, with the song as the centrepiece. It would've played a similar role to Someone in the Dark most likely. It was continuously delayed because of Captain EO, and then Bad album.
So WDYK is exclusively a Victory track then?
No way, the Estate lied? Why would they ever do that?
He said that they were worked on in-between Off the Wall and Thriller. You can hear Michael's brothers and sisters in both recordings, so I'd say they were both initially worked on for Triumph.
I'd say he probably revisited it after Thriller like he always did with older tracks, but that it never had any serious developments from the version we got on T40. It probably naturally evolved into I'm So Blue at some point after the fact.
Huh?
They didn't lie. At least, I don't think they did.
What does mean guide vocal ?
I'm So Blue has such similar lyrics and melody to Who Do You Know that I think it can be assumed that one song 'became' the other. Sort of like a Streetwalker/Dangerous situation. But only it happened after Victory, during the Bad sessions.
Yeah, sorry about that. Sometimes trying to clear confusion only leads to more. If the Estate were more concise with their explanation of these songs rather than than a vague 'It was worked on for Thriller', it would probably be easier to get a clear picture of a particular songs lifecycle.
Agreed
It is acquired taste. For me it is magical. I love all the similar MJ tracks. I also don't think it is a demo. His voice shines through on these songs.
It could have been released on Unlimited or Bridging the Gap. Or the song simply remains unreleased till this day.
This thread has exclusively condensed the confusion into 1 coherent place. Now we have even less knowledge of where these tracks come from.
Of course it's not a Thriller song. It's a Thriller outtake. And by that, I mean a song that existed before 1982 that he may have thought about for at least 5 seconds during the Thriller sessions.
Michael loved schmaltz. But he made beautiful schmaltz.
I always wish the chorus went in a slightly different direction, melody wise. I prefer Someone in the Dark, melodically. But it is a fascinating little ditty.
listening to the album, the song "Thrill Seekers" REALLY sounds like a Bad beat, hell i hear the synth drop that was used in a few Dangerous songs in it.It could have been released on Unlimited or Bridging the Gap. Or the song simply remains unreleased till this day.
Since Damien has heard the instrumental of Tomboy at USCO, he should be able to identify and tell whether or not it has found its way onto a album of Roger's
Yes! Not much in the way of unreleased material that I can remember, but Forger is excellent.
Is it just me or does the melody sound really close to Superfly Sister?
holy shit yeah, i can hear it too.
well there are some pretty big similarities in the bass of superfly sister and that song lmao
i think ye are being overly critical, the album itself is actually good, we are just looking for tracks and similarities to mj's work.
I'm just being facetious lol. I agree that there is similarities to some MJ songs. And Roger was an icon, and still is.
Given that the copyright registry from decades ago cites it as having been done in 1981, I think it qualifies as a Thriller-era outtake. Probably written and recorded during the early sessions but never seriously considered. But of course the estate doesn’t know how to clearly acknowledge that lmfao