Thriller - A Metal Tribute To Michael Jackson

Short-Fuse wrote:

Boris2008 wrote:

Yeah that might have made the three children he fathered quite difficult.  

You're assuming that that information is true.

I always assumed he was asexual and only young boys were his fetish.

Orion Crystal Ice wrote:

John 5 > Malmsteen

I agree but like most instrumental albums, they get boring IMO.. SO I will always go back to Malmsteen even if I prefer John's playing...

MetalRob331 wrote:

Orion Crystal Ice wrote:

John 5 > Malmsteen

I agree but like most instrumental albums, they get boring IMO.. SO I will always go back to Malmsteen even if I prefer John's playing...

I'm with you on instrumental albums when it comes to metal. Snooze-fests.

Boris2008 wrote:

Yeah that might have made the three children he fathered quite difficult.  

You think they're really his biological kids?

Yes I do. Have you seen the legal battlefield that his estate has become? If there was a realistic chance that his sole heirs were not his biological children, it would have been uncovered by now. Whatever you think of MJ or what he may have done, his children are innocents and do not deserve this kind of bull.

corplhicks wrote:

MetalRob331 wrote:

Orion Crystal Ice wrote:

John 5 > Malmsteen

I agree but like most instrumental albums, they get boring IMO.. SO I will always go back to Malmsteen even if I prefer John's playing...

I'm with you on instrumental albums when it comes to metal. Snooze-fests.

Mastery's debut album kicks major ass, though...

Boris2008 wrote:

Yes I do. Have you seen the legal battlefield that his estate has become? If there was a realistic chance that his sole heirs were not his biological children, it would have been uncovered by now. Whatever you think of MJ or what he may have done, his children are innocents and do not deserve this kind of bull.

Actually, the fact that they ARE his children,either by insemination and/or surrogate donors needs no burden of proof in the legal system. They are his children by law and nothing can dispute that fact. Once a parent gives up legal right to a child its written in stone,so to speak. So the fact that someday it will most likely come out who the real father is and I'm quite sure he is NOT the father of all three. I've heard David Crosby's sperm is rather in demand with the lesbian crowd. 

Boris2008 wrote:

Yes I do. Have you seen the legal battlefield that his estate has become? If there was a realistic chance that his sole heirs were not his biological children, it would have been uncovered by now. Whatever you think of MJ or what he may have done, his children are innocents and do not deserve this kind of bull.

The two oldest kids have no bi-racial features at all. Slash and Lenny Kravitz are half white (for example).
It's well known that MJ didn't like his looks growing up, which is why he had plastic surgery later on. He most likely wouldn't want to take a chance that his kids might inherit his looks. His family fought for the kids simply because they knew how much they meant to him.

Yeaaaaaah this is getting a little...out there.

corplhicks wrote:

Yeaaaaaah this is getting a little...out there.

Well, MJ was out there...

corplhicks wrote:

Yeaaaaaah this is getting a little...out there.

Too much for me. I'm out when we start slandering children.

Boris2008 wrote:

corplhicks wrote:

Yeaaaaaah this is getting a little...out there.

Too much for me. I'm out when we start slandering children.

Who's slandering? I said nothing derogatory. A little too sensitive and PC...

Oh oh, I hope the Jacksons don't sue us and take our Black Sabbath collections. That'd totally suck. I hope they cant track my IP.

cruedevil71 wrote:

Oh oh, I hope the Jacksons don't sue us and take our Black Sabbath collections. That'd totally suck. I hope they cant track my IP.

It's unlikely, however funny it might be.

As expected, this is pretty dreadful. You can listen to all these turds here:

http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/audio-guns-n-roses-motorhead-testament-ex-iron-maiden-members-pay-tribute-to-michael-jackson

There is one really great cover, though, and one that's okay, but they come from bands doing real covers rather than a few musicians coming in for a paycheck and laying down vocals or whatever to some slop a bunch of half-assed session musicians put together.



I really dig that. Just downloaded it from iTunes for 99 cents.

The other that works is Alien Ant Farm's "Smooth Criminal." However, while it works musically, it's a re-recorded version and the production is kinda weak.

So basically there is one song worth a damn on this horrible album. And many of you will probably hate it due to the semi-rapped verses.

I like the Man in the Mirror track a lot and Black or WHite... Those two songs posess melodies that are rly hard to mess up LOL!!! Lajon also sounds fabulous as always...

MetalRob331 wrote:

I like the Man in the Mirror track a  lot and Black or WHite... Those two songs posess melodies that are rly hard to mess up LOL!!!  Lajon also sounds fabulous as always...

Both tracks are absolutely weak. The vocalists might sound fine, but the execution of the songs is just terrible.

Eyesore wrote:

MetalRob331 wrote:

I like the Man in the Mirror track a  lot and Black or WHite... Those two songs posess melodies that are rly hard to mess up LOL!!!  Lajon also sounds fabulous as always...

Both tracks are absolutely weak. The vocalists might sound fine, but the execution of the songs is just terrible.

I don't care how the execution sounds. They still hold the original melody and that makes them great regardless how the arrangement is, IMO...

MetalRob331 wrote:

 They still hold the original melody and that makes them great regardless how the arrangement is, IMO...

Absolutely false. A bad arrangement can destroy even great songs.

S.D. wrote:

MetalRob331 wrote:

 They still hold the original melody and that makes them great regardless how the arrangement is, IMO...

Absolutely false.  A bad arrangement can destroy even great songs.  

I didn't use the word "bad" anywhere :p What is this American Idol?   

"Regardless of how the arrangement is", which SEEMS like you are trying to say that arrangement is unimportant when you're talking about a great song.

S.D. wrote:

"Regardless of how the arrangement is", which SEEMS like you are trying to say that arrangement is unimportant when you're talking about a great song.  

Michael Jackson's songs are all about the melody. Therefore IMHO, I think the two I mentioned are great, regardless if the music behind it, isn't that impressive.

MetalRob331 wrote:

Eyesore wrote:

MetalRob331 wrote:

I like the Man in the Mirror track a  lot and Black or WHite... Those two songs posess melodies that are rly hard to mess up LOL!!!  Lajon also sounds fabulous as always...

Both tracks are absolutely weak. The vocalists might sound fine, but the execution of the songs is just terrible.

I don't care how the execution sounds.  They still hold the original melody and that makes them great regardless how the arrangement is, IMO...

That doesn't make any sense.

MetalRob331 wrote:

S.D. wrote:

"Regardless of how the arrangement is", which SEEMS like you are trying to say that arrangement is unimportant when you're talking about a great song.  

Michael Jackson's songs are all about the melody.  Therefore IMHO, I think the two I mentioned are great, regardless if the music behind it, isn't that impressive.  

How can a song be great when the music "isn't that impressive"? That's like saying a shit sandwich was yummy because sandwiches are all about the bread and this bread was fresh. Still a shit sandwich.