Michael Jackson P.Y.T. Pretty Young Thing Original Studio Multitracks (Listening Session & Analysis)

Analyze “ The Lady in My Life ” from the thriller album , please

Simplicity and layering. Creating space for other sounds is what I learned

This is truly a KILLER groove. And one of MJS top 10 vocal deliveries of alltime. Absolute perfection. And pure electro funk.

The low voice was Quincy Jones

Track down Dangerous please.

The Weeknd's vocals influenced by MJ.

Can you react to “Butterflies” from MJ?

where did you find this multitrack ? i would be so happy to get it 😎

One of my favourite songs from Thriller that stood out to me when i bought the tape in 82! Great drums N,dugu Chancelor Percussion by Paulinho Da Costa and as mentioned already Paul Jackson Jr on guitar! Louis Johnson funk bass of course quality production!

This video is brilliant

Gee wiz the drums ALONE is groovy as all get out ❤

I call it Disney production.

cool

Goosebumps from the Voice💯The Best MJ

Where does het get these multitracks from?

Q is a genius

The first groove remembers me of the Chaka and Rufus - Do you love what you feel. Maybe there was an inspiration, considering Quincy Jones produced the 1979's jam and wrote this one with Michael.
Great song. Thanks for sharing. ❤

I first heard this song when a friend of mine was getting out of a cab on Valentine Ave in the Bronx.
She opened the door and I was like “wtf is that?”
It played from 119 (in logic) till the end.
I was frozen. She was talking to me and although her mouth moved I didn’t hear a word she said.
It was 3 in the morning and the streets were silent.
I listened till the end because the cab got caught at the light.
The next day I asked her what the song was and she said “that’s the Thriller album silly.”
(I hadn’t heard the album. This is before PYT was a single.)
I copped the album the next day and heard the whole song and was blown away.
I played it about 40 times in my Walkman and knew every sound and how to sing it (mouth it) by the end of the day.
Sooo many tickly ear candy sounds on that track. And funky as hell!

Respect to Quincy Jones

Michael is the man

Dude, where are you located? Your studio looks like it's arranged just like my old boss's studio.

Nana=vag

SM7, there were no SM7B that time.

Drum is so fasty Billie Jean tho !

Amazing!

I actually prefer the version that Michael Jackson and greg phillinganes wrote

Amazing and thank you!❤❤

How can we get the full track?

I absolutely love isolated tracks on these famous songs. And the educational value is a godsend

Always I'm asking my self there is something special I'm Michael Jackson songs which is the beats and tons, now I know why 😉

Note to todays artists; No Auto-tune!

HOW DID YOU GET THIS? Westlake Studio?

Paul Jackson Jr can do it ALL. The absolute perfect guitarist, world class, and he played all the guitar tracks on this cut.

Why are the vocal tracks doubled up like that? Because Quincy Jones was a genius. This album is the holy bible for all pop music to follow. You had Steve Lukather, Jeff Pocaro, Steve Pocaro, Vincent Price, Quincy Jones, Paul McCartney, Eddie Van Hale…. ‘Nuff said.

Can u do my faves you rock my world and remember the time

You shining bald beauty! Brilliant analysis of a great song. Thank you mate from England!!

Sounds like I'm knocking on modern production, but it's just my take on it. I love good music regardless of genre and time period, but still:

So the vocals sound "unfinished" because there wasn't any autotune or pitch tuning back then aside from rudimentary vocoding (which Mike didn't use save for pure effects). It's also why a lot of older tracks, not just Michael Jackson stuff" still stands out and has a personality; it's not trying to be perfect past recording/in post, it's trying to express and be as good as it can be 'while' recording. Put them vocals together and you get a story, not just a technical blob of perfect information. Definitely a sound example on how "less is more", and the mindset back then vs now

I sorta hope that there's a "natural" trend in the future where people do just go for good takes rather than using Melodyne to fix it in post, and sorta "feel" out things instead of going off of a "path to success" flowchart. Honestly would be a shock of cold water against how things are following that "flowchart" to a T and sounding samey even with all of the genres on display these days

It's not that modern Pop sounds bad, just way too uniform, ironically not really "popping". Meanwhile there's an example from the King of Pop from several decades ago that's blowing modern minds with things like "hey let's layer my unprocessed (save compression) vocals", it's a lil telling honestly

Look, I'm not a modern pop lover at all. Most of it these days is far too generic, kids in bedrooms with loops. I am a hard rock lover, where genuine actual studio originality and musicianship still reigns. Even still, what Quincy Jones did with Michael's arrangements back then, is still something huge. Respect. And you had the original tape prints rendered & transferred to HD file stems to audtion? Lucky man!

And please, people, quit the 'Rock' anologies. He was never Rock!!!! Makes me puke that some can even confuse rock with pop. Rock is guitar driven music. He knew that. But Michael is the King of Pop. He knew that too.

"Yeah...you need some loving" Naughty Q 😂
Brilliant as always ❣

is there any chance to get this multitrack?

download where?

So, who else went and played the song right after watching this?

That low voice was Quincy Jones. Just sayin......