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Which songs do you like better performed live (vocal, not show) instead of studio version?

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Which songs do you think sounds better performed live instead of studio version (album)?

My favourites are -

Human Nature - sounds awesome in live compared to Thriller album (just my opinion)
Rock With You - faster tempo, ad-libs and LIVE
APOM
Thriller - perhaps live (Bad tour) isn't better but I like it more than recording
IJCSLY - love ending ad-libs
Man In The Mirror - although it's not completely live but I LOVE ending ad-libs :)
Billie Jean - I can't say I like VOCAL live more than recording but it definately gives more energetic feeling :D
 
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Definitely Human Nature. The live version is amazing, sooo much better than the studio one IMHO!
 
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Heartbreak Hotel (Bad Tour version)
Wanna Be Startin Somethin
Working Day And Night
Human Nature
Smooth Criminal
Another Part Of Me
I Just Can't Stop Loving You
Man In The Mirror
Blood On The Dance Floor
 
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Things I do for you
Lovely one
Shake your body down to the ground
Working day and night
 
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Shake your body
Man in the mirror
 
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How can any of you NOT put Dangerous on that list?!! That has to be the best improved song for being performed live! :D
 
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Actually I like all LIVE songs more.

I think it adds a lot to the sung it is sung live in front of an audience, the energy is different, the feeling is different.

I would love for SONY or TE to release a live album. - When a BAD concert is released they could also release a BAD LIVE CD!
 
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Man in the mirror
They don't care about us
Dangerous
Another part of me
Human Nature (Bad Tour)
Blood on the dance floor
Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'
Rock With You
Billie Jean (Bad Tour 1988-89)
 
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thrillerchild said:
How can any of you NOT put Dangerous on that list?!! That has to be the best improved song for being performed live! :D
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I'm talking about VOCAL, not show. :)
BTW are you sure Michael sang Dangerous live?
 
Wanna be startin something
Human Nature (Bad Tour 88)
Beat it
Working Day and Night
IJCSLY (love the ad-lips and the ending on Yokohama 87)
Shes out of my life (always on of my live favorits)
 
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MJHDvideos said:
I'm talking about VOCAL, not show. :)
BTW are you sure Michael sang Dangerous live?
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The Diana tribute HWT show in Oostende?Was the first verse live or something?
 
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Hess said:
Actually I like all LIVE songs more.

I think it adds a lot to the sung it is sung live in front of an audience, the energy is different, the feeling is different.
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I so agree with you! But if I must name some favourites I think it would be Dirty Diana and APOM.
 
With no doubt: Human Nature and WBSS. The J5 Medley is very cool, too, with the adult-MJ voice.
But also the TII Black or White, mainly because of the amazing guitar outro.

I wonder why some chose BOTDF. Wasn't it just lip-synced?
 
thiron said:
With no doubt: Human Nature and WBSS. The J5 Medley is very cool, too, with the adult-MJ voice.
But also the TII Black or White, mainly because of the amazing guitar outro.

I wonder why some chose BOTDF. Wasn't it just lip-synced?
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Yes but it sounded better live.
 
I prefer ALL songs performed live of course but not because they are better than the album version.

I love to hear his speaking and singing voice live, so I love the Motown medley sung live, SOOML, IJCSLY, WBSS.

If I have to name one song that I believe it's better live it would be APOM.And again, not because the album version isn't good enough but because the whole live performance dancing and singing is AMAZING.
 
I think the following sounds better live:


Billie Jean
Earth Song
Human Nature
Beat It
They Don't Care About Us
Shake Your Body
Dangerous
Smooth Criminal
and any other song that he did live
 
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I agree with all you put.
Just adding WBSS(all tour, keys), Beat It(all tours, specially Dangerous Tour), You Are My Lovely One(Bad Tour 1987) and Working and Night
 
Billie Jean---1 song that comes to mind instantly.

I've always liked the live versions better.
You can feeeeel it more live.
By "it", I mean, the rawness, the anger, the energy, etc.
He sounds more sexy that way too :D
The ad-libs here and there are also ridiculous.
 
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