Multitrack Listening & Analysis Session: The Jacksons - This Place Hotel (a.k.a. Heartbreak Hotel)
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- What a voice! What an arrangement!! Going backwards to the Jackson's catalog is extremely fun for me because you hear all sorts of little previews and influences that really started to cook in Michael's late 80s and early 90s performances! Free Voice Lessons: chrisliepe.com/free-your-voice/
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If you really appreciate ado’s playfulness and vocal range I highly recommend you check out “minami”, specifically her more vocal focused songs would be “hollowness”, “crying for rain”, or “main actor” her voice is incredible, some things to note are that her songs build a lot the first half is set up for the second half climax and the audio mixing has the instruments a bit loud in comparison to her voice. Minami is someone who has truly dedicated her life to singing, she blew up with “crying for rain” back in 2019 at 22 years old
Have you listened to the full sound recording of Michael Jackson’s warm up session with Seth Riggs? Shows his low range. It’s insanely awesome his octaves and head, chest, etc. Also if haven’t yet watch the 23 min video recording of MJ in NY studio recording Childhhod with live symphony in real time and his voice is just on point. You never see MJ in the studio recording and this was the one time we got to see it.
Quincy often called My late Uncle's Don Myrick's Horn section, since off the Wall. The Phenix Horns Esq. (EWF 77' -82', Phil Collins (83' -93') til he passed in '93.
Can you eventually do “off the wall” please?
@@Michaelraymondonkeys life ain’t so bad at all when your living off the wall, ya know. At least that’s what I told myself years ago 🤪. But on serious note he can only cover it if he gets the stems or multitracks. May not have off the wall.
Written, composed, arranged & produced by Michael Jackson, sung by Michael Jackson. The evolution to Thriller is evident!
Shows how far Ahead of time, Michael Jackson was because off the wall. He was already doing this type of stuff literally with the song off the wall
His consistancy is the key of great outcome..He never stops
Yes Rod Temperton said he was inspired by this track when he wrote Thriller.
@@bolder2009oh I didn’t know this!
@@alannakennedy5779 Yes it's true.
This is literally probably in his top 5 underrated songs. SO GOOD!! Thanks Chris
Agree. Triumph is one of their best
Yes!!
Favorite song by him🤘
Love hearing this. One of my favorite songs. You can tell he had fun recording this.
Agree. This, Who Is It, Stranger in Moscow, Liberian Girl are some of the others.
This is a real Michael Jackson masterpiece!!!
You’re right, vocally this song is actually BETTER performance wise than his later work. Masterpiece is the word.
When I first heard this on the Motown on showtime (the legend continues) I wasn’t interested at all, but it’s become one of my favourite MJ songs. I absolutely love it live. He knew how good it was also and never let it go.
I actually do believe all background vocals were Michael. He was able to go down to baritone low G. He just didn't make that known or do it very often since he tried to keep the appearance of his childlike voice going indefinitely. Listen to his vocals on "2,000 Watts".
Yes, you’re absolutely right. Those lower vocals are indeed Michael.
wrong his brothers weren’t credited that don’t mean they weren’t on the song
literally a video of michael talking about him and his brothers singing on the single 😂😂
you’re talking about a early 20michaels compared to a 40 year or Michael bro
@@triplechrizzy3649but why wouldn’t they be credited if on it?
Michael was a gift to this world. The gift that gave us these incredible songs. This is just one example of how incredible he was. Listening to this, stripped back, you see and hear that every expression comes from somewhere very few people can ever experience. The subtle inflections and nuances he was able to generate, incredible. You hear things you never even thought was there. He expanded the music to different dimensions. Every single second of the song there's something else going on. The vocals are just extraordinary. There will never be anyone ever again like Michael Jackson. That was greatness personified.
Well said!
It's the attention being paid to my guy MJs recording process
Listen!!!!!!!
It is one of the best songs that MJ wrote and composed for The Jacksons. It is one of my favorites!
The live performance of this is F***KIN AMAZING!!!! It should be on UA-cam.
I agree I can't wait for the movie I believe this will included
What movie? @@ashiaadams1394
There are plenty of videos on YT right now that display his live performances of this song. It appears in videos related to the Triumph, Victory, and Bad Tours.
@@alaza61 Bad tour version of this song is the best for me, neved get tired of it! :)
Yeeeah! Michael is back on your chanel! 🥰 Love these analysis of MJ's music. So-so thankful for this 🙏🏻
Oh, and btw, one of my favs from the Jacksons (especially the live version of it at Bad tour, omg! Michael is on 🔥 there)!
@katalinkiss4299 Yep, the live version is reeaalllyy cool and full of energy, especially the faster-paced arrangement compared to the recorded version
Good work Chris. Get into that Jacksons set. That era of Destiny & Triumph is criminally underlooked.
And you started with one of the all-time classics, Heartbreak Hotel.
Now this place is Hardcore Hotel. HARDCORE! Can't wait to see your breakdown.
For sure! 'Give It Up' on the Triumph album is a masterclass vocal performance (and Marlon on lead too...)
@@adeyesufu7142 The Triumph album DOES NOT get enough coverage & love.
TOO underrated. I hope he does Give It Up next. He probably will. Too much gold on that album.
I know tou are listening and saying "that vocal isn't Micheal"... but that part with compressed "da do dun da da Dunday" shows just how low he could go and sound utterly different to to his main vox. Even sometimes using recording to slow the vox down by recording at higher rates and this changed the sound again separating that vocal out from the natural phase and tone. Adding to these darker natured tracks a sense of (something isn't right) after all, this is Heartbreak hotel right. Hooooooooo
Love your work on these
All for L.O.V.E
Fun Fact: those ad-libs came from MJ telling guitarist Paul Jackson Jr. How he wanted the solo to sound. Paul transposed MJ's scatting note for note and that's what we hear on the record.
@matthewallen1834 yeah there is a similar ad lib in state of shock where you can here it's MJ riffing in guitar parts...... loved his methods and imperfections while recording adding on the dynamics.
@moonwalkerlive9899 Yes! The 12 inch of State of Shock has that ad-lib, just like Leave Me Alone has the ad-lib on the bridge of MJ doing the horn part.
@@matthewallen1834Correct
He truly is one of the absolute greatest vocalists of all time. Great breakdown, Chris.
All those horns and trumpets and strings were so Earth Wind and Fire and in such a one of an era time for the style at that time. Haunting and groovy
Definitely. That and Kool And The Gang.
10:32 Wait a minute hold on. Whuh-whoa-whoa. Waitaminnit waitaminnit whoa hold on.
THAT AIN'T *MICHAEL JACKSON* SINGING THAT LOW BASS. Wait a minute now.
THAT IS NOT *MICHAEL JOSEPH JACKSON* SINGING THAT LOW BASS IN THIS SONG. Whuh-wha-wha...
That CANNOT be Michael Jay Jay singing *"In My Room"* so low down to the ground. What in the HELL!!
I thought I KNEW this song! So many times I heard this. I assumed it was his brothers singing backup!
YOU MEAN TO TELL ME MIKE IS OUT HERE DROPPING BASS NOTES IN 1980?!? That's NOT his brothers?!?
Whew...my God. That man ALWAYS got surprises, don't he? You never know how deep the thing goes with this guy.
Mike be laying secrets on the track to be discovered decades later. Aw MAN!!
This song is WAY thicker than I realized. I'm already surprised by the layers in the instrumentation.
Now you drop THIS bombshell on me. Wow.
I love it! Black genius is unstoppable.
....okayyyy 🙄
@@matthewpettway3864 Michael was such a visionary cat, man. It's hard to wrap your mind around it.
And it is said that there is so much UNRELEASED material sitting in his vaults somewhere.
It's almost like he was saving them for his kids to make money off of them after he passed.
One by one they trickle out & you're like "WOW! THIS was left OFF of the album???"
V-I-S-I-O-N-A-R-Y.
he had a range on him tho
It sounds more “forced” and it also seems stacked. Sounds like Mike playing with his lower range
Hello again. Always come back for these Michael Jackson analysis videos. So thank you for that. I think greg phillinganes was one of the producers on this album.
MJ was the main producer of this track with Greg on piano and associate production. He also composed the coda at the end.
@@matthewallen1834 im glad you responded to my comment because i checked your channel and it looks interesting. Gonna watch some of those videos.
"Associate." 😏
Hell. Yes. Chris Liepe & Michael Jackson. Today is a good day! 🔥
The sequel was "Thriller."
Later we got "Somebody's Watching Me" with Rockwell, "Torture" with The Jacksons,
"Is It Scary" and "Ghosts."
A trilogy about the horror concept. But
"This Place Hotel'
(Aka. Heartbreak Hotel) was actually based on a nice horror story what was created by Michael himself. The scream was from his sister "Latoya" and the "WOOOOOOO-HOOOOOOO" were done by Michael himself like the spirits that were making these creepy sounds like it is "Halloween."
Michael was inspired by the horror films to do this joint. And with the sound effects. Even his acting part on the end "NOOOOOOOO" where he got attacked by one of the spirits and then he woke up after his nightmare ❤😊
and "Threatened" btw
It's,,goth-pop,, started from Michael, which inspired later also Lady Gaga,s style.
HE SHOULD'VE SAVED THIS FOR THE THRILLER ALBUM👌👍
This is a true MASTERPIECE and without doubt one of the best Michael Jackson Song!
His vocals have perfect harmony 😂 it's insane it's literally perfection to my ears😂😂😂
I wish you could get your hands on "Walk Right Now" from the Jacksons including MJ ... The way MJ sings the chorus in that song imho is one of his finest demonstrations of his vocal abilities .. if you havent checked that song out, I highly recommend just for the chorus ... And, please, if you havent, you HAVE to watch this version live ... MJ is on fire here ... that energy is not from this earth watch?v=6l561Q8wry8
Please do❤
I've always felt that this is a truly underrated song. This analysis makes me appreciate it even more. The arrangement, musicianship, and production. are just immense!
I think it would be really interesting to have a look at a multitrack from Invincible era. Especially 2000 Watts
that would be really interesting
I want to hear multi track of the song Invincible on the Invincible album..
@@matthewpettway3864 yeah that would be good aswell
Even though I was very young when this song came out I thought it was an amazing arrangement. It was cool funky hip and showed a new level for the Jackson's. I believe it set stage for all of Michael's future songs it's the template. Imagine if there was video technology like the thriller album had.
The scream at the end of your video was btw La toya Jackson his sister. He mentioned it in his book. That’s why he laughs in the recording. 😊 She was giving her debut I guess 😅
Dude, I don’t know how why this showed up in my feed but the universe knew I needed this in my life. One of my favorite songs from my favorite artist, with this genius breakdown is just everything. I never thought I’d ever be able to hear this song separated. I’ll hold on to this forever. Thank you!
These videos are immensely rewarding. I love them so much.
So happy to see another MJ analysis Chris! I think the bit at 17:43 is what people say a lot about how MJ could recreate the sound of instruments with his mouth and hums. It sounds like he’s trying to mimick an instrument here!
yeah he's mimicking the guitar solo, you can hear some of that vocal in the final part
Just angelic to hear those raw vocals. ❤
I was waiting for another micheal jackson analysis so glads its back. Looking forward to it 😊
I am typing this as I watch right now and may watch more times than any other MJ written song. This is the ultimate paranoia hyper excitement funky soulful, the background vocals. This era. Prequel to Billie Jean in retrospect. This is the one song I have ever listened to the most out of Michale. I love all the live versions, all the bad tour versions, victory tour. I just can’t get enough. Thank you Chris. I love your videos on Michael. I hope we can get the actual vocals from the original in the closet
This week I 'rediscovered' your michael jackson vids. They are so great! One up for this one 😊
WOW! I always loved that song but this made me love it even more! What a masterpiece!
This track is amazing! Going to watch this video right now! 😊❤️
Edit: I loved this video! Hearing all the details in the mix was amazing! I loved the scream part at the beginning (which I believe was done by Michael's sister LaToya!) because you hear Michael laughing afterwards 😅
I think it's so cool that Michael's organic and very emotionally charged sound comes in part because of how he and his team left his breathing, claps, foot-stomps and ad-libs in the mix ❤
Additional background vocals: Stephanie Spruill, Maxine Willard Waters, and Julia Tillman Waters
Written arranged and composed by MJ.
people only wish they could sing like mike, He's at least at the minimum top five singers of all time the goat. And that's with whitney and aretha, sam cook an otis
I really really enjoy the Michael Jackson's song analysis, from all his albums, from all his eras.
I'd love to see an analysis of some of the songs from his last album Invicible. Songs like Privacy or Unbreakable expose a lot of grit and distortion in his voice. Its increadible
no multitracks available for the Invincible era really... it's a huge bummer!
@@chrisliepe There actually is some! I believe the Rock My World multitrack is available, and same with privacy. I found Privacy multitrack by looking it up, and you can get it on the first result. There may be more from that era too, im not sure. I hope that helps!
If you cant find them, i have them if you needed me to send them. But im sure you can find them. We really appreciate these analysis videos you do, they are really entertaining to watch! Keep up the hard work chris!
Are they 'real' like these or are they made with AI or some software with the studio mix being the source? If you have those, I'd LOVE to do videos on both of them!!!!@@toxicblaze8664 email me at info@mymusicalvoice.com :)
@@chrisliepe They are totally real! They are official studio vocals. So i can send you those Privacy vocals, and ill try to get my hands on the Rock My World multitrack again. If you want, can i throw in a Billie Jean live performance multitrack? They are pretty rare. But anyways ill send them.
@@chrisliepe I sent them!
"Don't stop 'til get enough" est une chanson aussi intéressante
just amazing, just like all of Michael's other tracks that you have covered
Thank you for this, Michael is the 🐐
Hi, Chris! I truly LOVE you and your channel, particularly the Michael Jackson analyses. Please, keep doing the MJ videos, they're GREAT! By the way, a fun fact: despite of what MANY people think, Michael WAS perfectly able to sing/talk in a much lower register than what he usually did. Seth Riggs, his vocal coach, confirmed that in the incredible documentary "Bad 25" (2012). He said Jackson just "didn't like" or "wasn't personally comfortable" to do so (it was a choice, not an inability). I say that because, when you said there's line in this song likely too low to have been sung by Michael, it is totally possible that he did sing it, specially since it's late 1970's/early 1980's, when MJ used that "low singing voice" a few times in songs from his album "Off The Wall" (1979) and The Jackson's "Destiny" (1978) and "Triumph" (1980). Anyways, love you, and bye!
Amazing tracks, especially loved your analysis and explaining the techniques Michael used.
Maaaaaan!!!! You've got me binge watching every Michael breakdown video!! Your breakdowns are just as complex and intense as Michael's recordings.
this channel has slowly but surely become my happy place! i love these breakdowns
Jermaine on that bass!!
Jermaine's always been a beast on the bass. Let's Get Serious is some of his best work.
Please Chris !
Next Everybody on The Jacksons I love this song ❤
He should analyze "Walk Right Now!" the vocals are divine.
@@matthewpettway3864
Okay 👍
All the clicking and snapping that Michael’s doing… he said that Quincy Jones didn’t like that when he was doing Billie Jean
One of my favorite songs from Mike, the energy in it just feels so good. You feel that energy of Mike being and growing toward being the worlds biggest star before enduring the excruciating pressure of being the King of the Industry
This is my all time fav Michael Jackson song. Learned to sing it early on. I’d forgot all about it until watching your video. Human Nature is my second favorite.
Finally!!!!!! Thank you soo much, I've been waiting for this episode since I discovered your channel
Another fantastic listening and analysis of MJ! 🤩💥Thank you for this ... always so good!
Thank you so much, Chris! This is probably my favourite J5/Jacksons song and I think, although it isn't to everyone's taste, one of their very best. I love it so much I frequently listen to it on repeat, maybe 3 or 4 times in a row. Amazing melodies and arrangement and another example of Michael displaying his absolute mastery of his incredible voice. Thanks for soloing some of the instrumentals too - that bass is soo warm!
Awesome as always. Love all your MJ videos especially the ones with the Jackson 5/Jacksons
Yay, been waiting for another MJ analysis. You do the best ones, thank you so much. 🙏
One of my favorite Jackson/Michael songs. It sounds amazing broken down its stunning
I was waiting for more Michael Jackson videos. I enjoy how you explain Michael’s vocal. It’s so interesting to learn. Thank you Chris. Hope there’s more MJ videos.
omg omg omg!!! haven't watched it yet but this is one of my favourite songs and Michael's performance is so amazing. Thank you!
Absolutely amazing, someone give me goosebumps medicine.
I remember playing this song over and over in 1980 when my mom bought the triumph album
Some priceless advice mixed in there! Thanks 😊
8:46 We ABSOLUTELY COULD delete regions back in 1980, but because it was tape, you would solo the track, grease pencil (on the tape) at your starting point and end point and erase in between. Or you would audibly use a cue such as a hihat to count it out and be in and out between those points. You could also bounce the original track out to a 2-track master, get your splice points, cut the tape and splice in clean tape from head or tail reel, then fly it back in to the 24-track master. Easiest way was just to send the original track to a clean track on the master and just use the channel mute button on the fly to edit the unwanted parts out! We weren’t dinosaurs back then! Heck, just a few years later, digital audio tape was already being used! (ADAT)
There is no other word that................Genius
The song breakdown ive been waiting for.
Thanks for the content sir, the great MJ and Jacksons track. Great music can never die!!
Amazing gestion of his voice. He is umbelievable. Really the best.
Thank you so much for posting these Michael Jackson videos.
Thanks for this fantastic analysis of one of my MJ’s favorite songs
Ahh awesome Chris🔥🔥 I've been waiting for this for a while!!! 🤘🏽😉🤘🏽
Finally, thank you for this! This is one of my favorites, and one of MJ's favorite's ,,baby,, (source- Moonwalk). And you, Mr. Liepe, you rock!
Michael Jackson never used compression, Bruce Swedien said it's for children.
A couple of things, I have this original album. The album was recorded in 1979, released in 1980, months later after Michael Jackson’s Off The Wall. The other thing is, if you listen closely, that’s Michael doing all of the backgrounds himself, maybe that’s why his brothers weren’t credited on those. His brothers vocals all have different textures, they don’t sound like Michael’s
aah, I really craved a Jackson walk-through! thanks for the satisfaction!
I was waiting for this analysis 😄
I love these Michael Jackson videos!! ❤
I love watching these videos!
love that you broke this track down man I think this track was mad underrated that guitar solo makes me ascend haha
These songs literally need to be reworked. Just like how you're listening to them it's so cool and so good
My point exactly. Excellent video. R.I.P. - MICHAEL JACKSON - Gone But Never Ever Forgotten 💯
Been a while. I've never personally listened to this song, but i will after this. Awesome.
This is incredible!
Long live MJ the Great!❤
His singing is as smooth as his dancing 🙃
Love these videos, Chris!
Hell yeah, one of my favourites being analysed 😎🔥
Wow.... Utterly fascinating deconstruction and walkthrough of a hugely underrated track. Thank you 😎💪🏼
thank you man,this is too cool ...MJ was a true Genius ..only a Genius can be that confident of his Art ,that he can leave all those " human" noises" ..the whole thing is on another level ,anything MJ did is on another level ❤❤❤
Fun Facts:
1.His brothers didn’t sing background on it.
Michael had three female singers
do the background with him.
2.His sister LaToya did the scream
in the beginning.
3.He also sang the guitar solo to Tito.
This is be the single most bad ass MJ song/recording! So glad I got to hear broken down. Thanks!
Hi Chris! It would be dope to see a video specifically on the MJ's harmonizing technique! Thank you so much!👋
Bruh! Thank you SO much for this!
Wonderful Chris! Thank you.
The energy! You feel it even more stripped back!
+Gabrielle YES. So many layers in this song!
One of my favorites by the Jacksons.
It’s that time again! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Thank you for bringing MJ again
The thing with michael jackson this was pure soul is just pure soul. . You can try and imitate or a copy or what have you or learn? But this is natural
Good Stuff!! MJ was a musical genius.
Amazing!! Delicious! I love it!
Love your videos!!!
Brilliant production!