Posts Tagged ‘quincy jones’

Human Nature

Sunday, November 1st, 2009

Enjoy my remix of Human Nature.

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Me vs Michael Jackson

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For a long time, “Human Nature” was not my favorite song on Thriller. It took me many years to wise up to how awesome it is. Maybe it’s a gender thing. I played it for Anna last night and she swooned instantly over the delivery, arrangement, melody, the whole thing worked for her. I’m slowly opening up to it too. I was amused to learn that it was written by Steve Porcaro and John Bettis of Toto. I don’t know if they or Quincy Jones thought up the synth intro and outtro, but both are gorgeous.

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Who owns the Michael Jackson makossa chant?

Friday, September 18th, 2009

My favorite Michael Jackson song is “Wanna Be Startin’ Something.” This post is part of what’s turning into a series on it. The previous post is about the song as fan art, and some of the fan art that it’s inspired, from bootleg Youtube videos to licensed remixes. This one is about who owns the song, specifically the famous chant at the end. Here’s a list of everybody who I think could reasonably make a claim.

Manu Dibango

He wrote “Soul Makossa,” the inspiration for MJ’s chant.

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A synthesizer is like an axe

Thursday, July 23rd, 2009

I found this picture of Herbie Hancock on some dude’s blog.

There was no caption or any other context. So I posted it on my Flickr with a note asking if anyone could identify the computer Herbie is sitting in front of. A couple of days later my friend Mike responded with this video of Herbie and Quincy Jones demonstrating Herbie’s Fairlight CMI in 1983. (more…)

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