MJ was quite capable of composing the major parts of his songs, Quincy and co merely polished diamonds that MJ brought in. Quincy was a brilliant collaborator who had extensive networks and all the social bullshitting that it took to get a Van Halen in the studio to put down a solo.
Don’t get me wrong MJ was an animal and rightfully the King of Pop.
absolutely, MJ was formidable.
Lol no way. Prince had far more range. MJ was MJ.
he did have way more range but I'd have to give MJ more for his singing control. He could do falsetto also but rarely did and he also mastered a Little Richard type of gritty singing during the bad era, which possibly (depending on if you believe te rumors) led to him shooting his voice out. He wouldn't be the first to do that trying to sing that way. It's down to personal preference though really, not everyone liked Prince's voice, or, maybe they liked his normal range and hated his falsetto. MJ the same, his voice really thinned out by the time of Thriller, likely because he'd started singing higher and he lost a lot of weight. MJ as a child was an amazing singer, a true prodigy, it's crazy but I prefer that singing over most of his adult singing.
I understand preferring MJ and liking his voice more. But better? No. If we were to equate this to acting, MJ is Al Pacino and Prince is Daniel Day-Lewis.
It's like asking who's music you like best, people are gonna be split and there will be people who don't like anything they've heard from a particular artist. Part of that is just closedmindedness but they usually mean they just don't like what they've heard and gave up on the rest. Happens with Springsteen, Prince, Elvis or MJ.
I've read about Prince showing up unannounced on gigs. That would be the equivalent of Dave Chappelle showing up to your local PTA meeting and trying new material.
Prince routinely played after hours gigs after his concerts, it's one of the things that make me scoff at suggestions that he needed drugs for stage fright. He loved playing live. Whatever stagefright he had wasn't anything needing drugs. (his soundman still says the aftershows were better than the main shows).
I guess he enjoys playing music he actually loves instead of what the ticket buyers want him to play.
Yup, I believe, more often than not, he would find some small club and perform for free there after his concerts. All or most of it has been recorded. MJ, as much as I love him, lip synched for pretty much anything after the 80's. Prince hated lipsynching and would only do it when it was insisted on as in a televised performance, rarely did he do that.
My GF saw him play at Cherry Bar in Melbourne I think.
