Three of the most reliable sources lol. To be fair, All The Songs contains some really good and reliable information, but isn’t fully accurate. The other two, though, are not great sources, in my opinion.
He also wrote this on gearspace.com back in 2009.
i think it was cause michael saw it as a "thriller" track, and he used the most polished version of it to release. i heard he attempted to re-record it but his voice was too damaged or something so he used the dangerous vocals, could be very wrong with that though.Well, not what they.. what Michael was doing...He was still alive and somehow decided to add a DANGEROUS era song to a T25...
yeah i knew there was something with re-recording or something like that, i do believe michael saw songs as songs from eras, regardless of when the vocals were done.
But why would he see it as a Thriller era song? Remember, it was not written until the Dangerous era.
Yes, when I first heard For All Time, I thought it was from the Thriller era. It has an early 80s sound. Similar to Human Nature in a way.
I think we can apply Occam’s razor here. The simplest explanation is probably the most likely here. MJ put For All Time on Thriller 25 because he liked the song.
No, that's not correct. Steve Porcaro has mentioned during seminars that he did not write the song until the Dangerous era and that he himself did not understand why it ended up on Thriller 25, because it has nothing to do with the Thriller album.
If you're an "MJ vocals expert analyser" as a member once wrote, you can tell FAT vocals are not from the 80s. The way he sings and how Mike's voice changed is spot on early 90s
"Regarding why MJ put it on T25, I have a feeling he was requested to put one more unreleased song, and he just "gave" them FAT"
Yeah I was kinda throwed off for a second too... im like... what are you talking about
As much as MJ was a huge genious, he did make some mistake musicwise. Back in the 80s Quincy Jones tried to tell MJ to include some rap in his songs. For example Run DMC were contacted, but the song was never recorded ("Crack Kills" I believe). MJ thought that rap was something that wouldn't last. When he stopped working with Quincy Jones (big mistake in my opinion) he hired Teddy Riley, and what did he finally get on Dangerous album? Some rap. It was way too late. It already felt more like copying others than being the pioneer such as with Thriller or Bad album. From then on, all he got was trouble with SONY and what not.
MJ was remarkably terrible when it came to features, guest spots, and collaborations. He had a couple slam dunks (e.g., Biggie, Janet, Heavy D), but most were head-scratchers. No tracks with Whitney, Madonna, George Michael, Mariah Carey, Celine, Jay-Z, or Timbaland… in favor of Aqil Davidson, Princess Stephanie, Siedah Garrett, Shaq, and Fats.
In what way was Michael Jackson the pioneer with the 'BAD' album?
It has been written that the actual reason was that Michael Jackson did not like the fact that Run-DMC members used to make negative comments about him.
MJ was the first artist in America to use a synthesizer, drum track and sing all on one song thats why he was a pioneer with Bad
I'd argue Liberian Girl and Smooth Criminal were well ahead of anything any of Michael's rivals were releasing at that point.
I’ll let Spike Lee answer: “Go to the charts ... and see what were the top albums 25 years ago, play those albums now and then play Bad, and then see which one still sounds fresh and doesn't sound dated”.
