Probabili ispirazioni di Michael per i suoi brani

In merito alle ispirazioni.... eccovi Thriller.

http://teamrock.com/news/2016-07-20/jon-anderson-on-how-vangelis-album-inspired-thriller

Exclusive: Jon Anderson recalls Michael Jackson producer copying Friends Of Mr Cairo riffs
Jon Anderson has recalled how the 1981 album The Friends Of Mr Cairo which he produced with composer Vangelis inspired Michael Jackson's smash hit album Thriller.

The former Yes man claims that producer Quincy Jones told him that he and Jackson took a guitar riff from the record and "made it funky" for the 1982 hit Billie Jean.

Anderson tells the new issue of Prog magazine: "The luck of the draw, I met Vangelis – a very different kind of musician, who started the trend of electronic music. Over the 80s we were evolving musically, not thinking about what was hip or what was good business.

"There's my classic story of how we inspired Michael Jackson's Thriller. Quincy Jones told me that he and Michael had been listening to our album, The Friends Of Mr Cairo.

"They took the riff and made it funky for Billie Jean. Quincy said he'd been recording our song State Of Independence with Donna Summer, and I said he had an incredible guy singing backing vocals.

"He said, 'That guy was Michael – we were both digging your album.' So that's kinda cool, that cross-pollination in music."

Jon Anderson will be presented with the Prog God prize the 2016 Progressive Music Awards, held at London's Underglobe venue on September 1.

Probabilissima ispirazione per "Unbreakable".

EDIT. Mi sono appena accorto che era già presente nel primo post, scusate.

Altre probabili ispirazioni...


Give In To Me

Scritta e composta da Michael Jackson e Bill Bottrell. Chissà se uno dei due si ispirò a "How will I laugh tomorrow" dei Suicidal Tendencies, brano del 1989.







Beat It

La chitarra, suonata prima dell'assolo di Eddie Van Halen, ricorda l'inizio di "Back on the road again", dei REO Speedwagon (1979).







Earth Song

Ha qualcosa in comune con "Classical Gas" di Mason Williams, del 1968. Ascoltate da O:56.







Love Never Felt So Good

Ricorda "Honey please, can't ya see" di Barry White, del 1973.







Much Too Soon

La chitarra di Much too soon ricorda quella di "Slunečný hrob" della band Blue Effect (1968)







Black Or White

Il riff di chitarra principale è molto simile a quello di "Escape", dei Journey (1981)





Nel 1982, uscì "Hurts so good" di John Mellencamp. Anche in questo caso, la chitarra di Black or white è simile a quella di questo brano.

Non dimenticate "They Don't Care About Us" che a me pare ispirata a "We Will Rock You" dei Queen