A Chorus of MJs 

05 Apr 2014

Every once in a while you hear something that just makes you say “ohhhhh”, and then makes you just sort of weep for what people can do with the human voice.

The ones that always stop me in my tracks are the vocal only tracks from The Beach Boys on Pet Sounds.

Go listen to this:

and listen to this:

This week I saw a link to a recording of Michael Jackson laying down the demo to Beat It. It’s unreal. It’s an a cappella chorus of MJs.

Go listen to it. I’ll wait.

…….

Seriously – amazing, right?

I came across this from a link that someone had sent to this post, which has a really great story of how Michael Jackson used to layout songs:

As Jackson couldn’t fluently play any instruments, he would sing and beatbox out how he wanted his songs to sound by himself on tape, layering the vocals, harmonies and rhythm before having instrumentalists come in to complete the songs.

The rest of the story is even better, but I don’t want to steal it all, so head over to that aforementioned post to get the rest of the story.