Day 724 - Michael Jackson - Human Nature

For those who don't know, I am listing my 10,000 favorite songs in this blog. This will take just under 30 years from start to completion. This blog can be found at Blogger, Livejournal for your convenience.

DAY 724
Michael Jackson - Human Nature
From "Thriller"
Year: 1983



Michael Jackson died today, but you probably know that by now.

I was at work and nowhere near a computer or a TV when I heard the news. My first inclination was to expect some tasteless punchline, because let's face it: Michael Jackson's name has been associated with strange headlines and rude jokes related to those headlines for some time. It can be hard to remember that there was a time when he was legendary for a completely different set of reasons: Being exceptionally talented, and making great music.

Very few people will ever know what it's like to recieve adoration from millions of fans. I can't think of anyone outside of Michael Jackson that would have known what it felt like to have a very large percentage of those people turn on you.

This song almost wasn't included on Thriller. As the story goes: David Paich (of Toto) provided Quincy Jones with a demo tape of a couple of songs. Quincy didn't really like the demos, but he liked an incomplete song that had been accidentally left on the tape. That song would become "Human Nature"

RIP, King of Pop.

Listen to the song on Blip.fm
Listen to my cover version (recorded in 2006) on Blip.fm

ROCK!

Glenn Case

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Here's my choices sorted by Artist, by album cover, and by year.