Behind the Mask
La versión original que Michael escuchó y le inspiró a escribir una "variación o adaptación" del tema.
Yellow Magic Orchestra - Behind the Mask (1979)
Written by Ryuichi Sakamoto/Chris Mosdell
Track 5 on 'Solid State Survivor' (1979)
LICENCIAS:
Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc., SME (en nombre de Sony Music Direct (Japan) Inc.); AMRA, Sony Music Publishing, ASCAP, Polaris Hub AB, Kobalt Music Publishing, UNIAO BRASILEIRA DE EDITORAS DE MUSICA - UBEM, LatinAutor, LatinAutor - SonyATV, LatinAutorPerf, AMRA BR y 7 sociedades de derechos musicales.
Letra:
Now the mask you're wearing
Is stoney and staring
Lines and tears
Age and fears
Growing old
Passions cold
Is it me Is it you
Behind this mask, I ask
Is it me Is it you
Who wears another face
There's nothing in your eyes
That marks where you cried
All is blank
All is blind
Dead inside
The inner mind
Is it me
Is it you
Behind this mask, I ask
Is it me
Is it you
Who wears another face
Michael Jackson - Behind the Mask (Demo)
LICENCIAS:
Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc., SME (en nombre de Sony Music Direct (Japan) Inc.); AMRA, Sony Music Publishing, ASCAP, Polaris Hub AB, Kobalt Music Publishing, UNIAO BRASILEIRA DE EDITORAS DE MUSICA - UBEM, LatinAutor, LatinAutor - SonyATV, LatinAutorPerf, AMRA BR y 7 sociedades de derechos musicales.
Supongo que las licencias que están sacadas de Youtube no son del todo correctas, ya que MJ también tendrá derechos asociados a esta adaptación.
Letra:
All along, I had to talk about it
But like a two edged sword
It cuts you and it stabs me
All along, I knew you were a phony girl
You sit behind the mask
And you control your world
You sit around and I watch your face
I try to find the truth
But that's your hiding place
You say you love me but it's hard to see
'Cause when he's in your arms
You're throwing rocks at me
Who do you love?
Is it me?
With you?
I don't know
Who do you love?
I don't want ya
If you can't answer
You know me
(There is nothing in your eyes)
There is nothing in your eyes
(But that's the way you cry)
But that's the way you cry, girl (cry girl)
(All is grand, all is bright)
All is grand, all is bright
(You're just studying my mind)
I walk around, I'm suffering in my doom
When I come to you
You're sitting in your room
You sit around in the strangest place
So take off the mask
So I can see your face
Who do you love?
Is it me?
With you?
I don't know
Who do you love?
I don't want ya
If you can't answer
I know you
(Heaven must be wearing)
Heaven must be wearing
(Your smile is scary)
You got me scared, girl
(Insincere, empty tears)
Every year, yours are good
You got me scared, girl
(Heaven must be wearing)
Heaven must be wearing
(Your smile is scary)
You got me scared, girl
(Insincere, empty tears)
Every year, yours are good
You got me scared, girl
I walk around, I'm suffering in my doom
And when I come to you
You're sitting in your room
You sit around in the strangest place
So take off the mask
So I can see your face
Who do you love?
Is it me?
With you?
I don't know
Who do you love?
I don't know
I don't wanna talk about it
(let's talk about it)
I don't wanna talk about it
(let's talk about it)
I don't wanna talk about it
(let's talk about it)
Michael Jackson - Behind the Mask
LICENCIAS:
SME (en nombre de Epic); CMRRA, LatinAutor - SonyATV, LatinAutor, Sony Music Publishing, Kobalt Music Publishing, SOLAR Music Rights Management, Polaris Hub AB, UNIAO BRASILEIRA DE EDITORAS DE MUSICA - UBEM, ASCAP, LatinAutorPerf y 20 sociedades de derechos musicales.
Michael Jackson
After hearing the original instrumental recording of this song by the group Yellow Magic Orchestra, Michael reached out to them to ask if he could create a version of the song with lyrics. They readily agreed and Michael wrote the lyrics and recorded the demo which he played at a listening session at his home studio attended by Quincy Jones, Rod Temperton and Greg Phillinganes at which Michael also played the demos for “Billie Jean,” “Beat It” and “Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin.’” Unfortunately, “Behind The Mask” didn’t make the cut for the
Thriller album and, although Michael worked on the track over the years, a finished version wasn’t released until the
Michael album. But this original demo by Michael has never been released.
"Después de escuchar la grabación instrumental original de esta canción del grupo Yellow Magic Orchestra, Michael se acercó a ellos para preguntarles si podía crear una versión de la canción con letra. Estuvieron de acuerdo y Michael escribió la letra y grabó la demostración que tocó en una sesión de escucha en el estudio de su casa a la que asistieron Quincy Jones, Rod Temperton y Greg Phillinganes en la que Michael también tocó las demostraciones de "Billie Jean", "Beat It". y "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin". Desafortunadamente, "Behind The Mask" no pasó el corte para el álbum Thriller y, aunque Michael trabajó en la pista durante años, no se lanzó una versión final hasta el álbum de Michael. . Pero esta demo original de Michael nunca ha sido lanzada."
Créditos del CD:
Behind The Mask
Written By MIchael Jackson, Chris Mosdell. Ryuichi Sakamoto
// Published by Mijac Music (BMI). AII rights adminislered by
Wamer-Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (BMI) & by Alfa Music. Lnc.
(JASRAC) AII rights administered by Sony/ATV Tunes LLC
(ASCAP) / Produced by Michael Jackson. John McClain /
'Behind The Mask' contains a sample of the recording
“Behind The Mask" as performed by Yellow Magic 0rchestra.
℗ 1979 ALFA MUSIC. INC. Licensed by ALFA MUSlC, INC.
All rights reserved
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Entre la versión Demo y la publicada en el CD Michael ya no sé cuanto es de Michael y cuanto es de John McClain, según pone en los créditos.
Todo lo producido tras su muerte si no hay pautas finales de Mj (Como Mozart en su Requiem) es posible que no tenga nada que ver con el producto que tenía en su cabeza.
¿Con cual te quedas de las tres?