Michael Jackson - The Lady In My Life (1982)

마이클 잭슨은 30여년전 오늘인 1982년 11월 30일「Thriller」The Great 앨범을 선보인다.
팝 역사상 이토록 거대한 쓰나미는 없었다.
모든 차트가 아작이 나고, 기록이 깨지고, 앨범은 불티났고, 애들은 따라하고, 난리도 아니었다.

1. Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'
2. Baby Be Mine
3. The Girl Is Mine
4. Thriller (feat. Vincent Price)
5. Beat It (feat. Eddie Van Halen)
6. Billie Jean
7. Human Nature
8. P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)
9. The Lady in My Life

이 앨범이 무슨 상 받았네,
기네스 기록이 있네, 이런 건 너무 유명한 얘기고,
게다가 죄다 유명한 곡들이지만,

그건 그거구...

이 유명한 곡들 가운데 보석 같이 소중한 곡이 내 귀를 자극하였는데,
마지막 곡 The Lady in my life 이었당~
Quincy의 아득/야릇한 판타지스런 멜로디와 Michael 목소리의 조화는 "소름"이 돋는다.

또 하나의 The Lady in my life는 1985년 양손주법(two-handed tapping)의 기타리스트 Stanley Jordan 버전인데,
퀸시의 감수성이 묻어나면서도 스탠리 조던의 고급진 테크닉이 조화를 이룬 멋진 Jazz곡이다.
88년에 이 곡을 듣고는 훅~ 갔었다.

<스탠리 조던의 곡들>
- Stanley Jordan - My Favorite Things (1984) LIVE!!Jazz
- Stanley Jordan - Sunny (1986, Standards Vol.1)



Stanley Jordan - The Lady In My Life (Magic Touch, 1985)


Michael Jackson - The Lady In My Life (Thriller, 1982) Full version

작사 : Rod Temperton / 작곡 : Quincy Jones

There'll be no darkness tonight
Lady our love will shine (Lighting the night)
Just put your trust in my heart and meet me in paradise (Now is the time)
Girl, you're every wonder in this world to me
A treasure time won't steal away

So let me keep you warm
Through the shadows of the night
Let me touch you with my love
I can make you feel so right
Just come into my arms
While the world goes spinnin' by
In the glow of candlelight
I will show you you're the lady in my life

Don't need no fortune or fame
I just want you close to me (There's no mystery)
No time for castles in space
Or livin' in make believe (Don't you just see)
I'd trade it all for just a rainy day
As long as I know you'll be there, girl

So listen to my heart
Lay your body close to mine
Let me fill you with my dreams
I can make you feel alright
And baby through the years gonna love you more each day
So I promise you tonight that you will always be the lady in my life

Lay back in my tenderness
Let's make this a night we won't forget
Girl, I need you sweet caress, oh
Reach out to a fantasy
Two hearts in a beat of ecstasy
Come to me, girl

And I will keep you warm through the shadows of the night
Let me touch you with my love
I can make you feel so right
And baby through the years even when we're old and gray
I will love you more each day
'Cause you will always be the lady in my life

Stay with me, I want you to stay with me
I need you by my side
Don't you go no where
(Ooh girl let me keep you warm)
Let me keep you warm
(You are the lady in my life)
You're my lady
(Feel you with the sweetest love)
I wanna squeeze ya
(Always the lady in my life)
I wanna touch you baby
(Lay back in my tenderness)
(You are the lady in my life) doo doo doo
(Rock me with your sweet caress)
(Always the lady in my life)
Your my lady and I love your girl
(Ooh girl let me keep you warm)
(You are the lady in my life) Don't you go nowhere
(Feel you with the sweetest love)
(Always the lady in my life) I love you I love you I need you I want you, baby
(Lay back in my tenderness) Stay with me
(You are the lady in my life) Don't you go no where
(Rock me with your sweet caress) And I love you baby
(Always the lady in my life)
Woo, Ooh Baby
Don't go no where
You're my lady
All through the night

(Ooh girl let me keep you warm) I wanna give you all
(You are the lady in my life) In my life
(Feel you with the sweetest love) Let me be your baby
(Always the lady in my life) All over all over all over
(Lay back in my tenderness) Lay back with me
(You are the lady in my life) Let me touch you girl
(Rock me with your sweet caress) Lay back with me
(Always the lady in my life) All over [x7] baby
(Ooh girl let me keep you warm)
(You are the lady in my life) Woo
(Fill you with the sweetest love)
(Always the lady in my life) You're my lady
(Lay back in my tenderness) You're my lady, baby

Michael Jackson, Justin Timberlake - Love Never Felt So Good (Xscape, 2014)

마이클 잭슨 사후 두번째 미발표곡 앨범 Xscape 中
Love Never Felt So Good~~

그를 충분히 그리워 할만하다. 그럴만하다.
그리고 저스틴 팀버레이크 듀엣 버전도 환상적이다.

Michael Jackson - Love Never Felt So Good (Xscape, 2014-05-02)


Michael Jackson, Justin Timberlake - Love Never Felt So Good (Xscape, 2014-05-02)

Songwriters : Michael Jackson / Paul Anka

원곡인 Johnny Mathis의 1984년 A Speicla Part of me앨범의 Love Never Felt So Good~~
Johnny Mathis - Love Never Felt So Good (A Special Part Of Me, 1984)

One, two, three
Baby, love never felt so good
And I doubt if it ever could
Not like you hold me, hold me
Oh baby
Love never felt so fine
And I doubt if it's ever mine
Not like you hold me, hold me
And the night's gonna be just fine
Gotta fly, Gotta see, I can't wait,
I can't take it cause

Baby,
Every time I love you
In and out my life
In and out baby
Tell me
If you really love me
It's in and out my life
In and out baby
So baby
Love never felt so good

Oh baby
Love never felt so fine (so fine)
And I doubt if it's ever mine
Not like you hold me, hold me
Oh baby
Love never felt so good
And I doubt if it ever could
Not like you hold me, hold me
And the night through the thickest tears,
Gotta fly, gotta sing, can't believe
I can't take it cause

Baby
Every time I love you
It's in and out my life
In and out baby
Tell me
If you really love
It's in and out my life
Driving me crazy
Baby
Love never felt so good

Oh baby
Love never felt so fine
And I doubt if it's mine all mine
Not like you hold me, hold me
Oh baby
Love never felt so good (so good)
And I doubt if it ever could
Not like you hold me, hold me
And the nights, that feels good (feel so good)
Gotta fly, gotta sing, can't believe
I can't take it cause

Baby
Everytime I love you
It's in and out my life
In and out baby
Tell me
If you really love me
It's in and out my life
Driving me crazy
Cause baby
Love never felt so good
Never felt so good (oh)
It never felt so good
Never felt so good
It never felt so good (Never felt so good)
It never felt so good
Never felt so good

Alright that's fine

Michael Jackson - Thriller (1982)

팝뮤직 사상 기념비적인 작품!
Michael Jackson (1958.8.29~2009.6.25)을 추모하며...

Michael Jackson - Thriller (1982)

Songwriters : Rod Temperton

It's close to midnight and something evil's lurking in the dark
Under the moonlight, you see a sight that almost stops your heart
You try to scream but terror takes the sound before you make it
You start to freeze as horror looks you right between the eyes
You're paralyzed
'Cause this is thriller, thriller night
And no one's gonna save you from the beast about strike
You know it's thriller, thriller night
You're fighting for your life inside a killer, thriller tonight
You hear the door slam and realize there's nowhere left to run
You feel the cold hand and wonder if you'll ever see the sun
You close your eyes and hope that this is just imagination, girl!
But all the while you hear the creature creeping up behind
You're out of time
'Cause this is thriller, thriller night
There ain't no second chance against the thing with forty eyes, girl
Thriller, thriller night
You're fighting for your life inside a killer, thriller tonight
Night creatures calling, the dead start to walk in their masquerade
There's no escaping the jaws of the alien this time
(They're open wide)
This is the end of your life
They're out to get you, there's demons closing in on every side
They will possess you unless you change that number on your dial
Now is the time for you and I to cuddle close together, yeah
All through the night I'll save you from the terror on the screen
I'll make you see
That this is thriller, thriller night
'Cause I can thrill you more than any ghost would ever dare try
Thriller, thriller night
So let me hold you tight and share a
Killer, diller, chiller, thriller here tonight
'Cause this is thriller, thriller night
Girl, I can thrill you more than any ghost would ever dare try
Thriller, thriller night
So let me hold you tight and share a killer, thriller, ow!
(I'm gonna thrill ya tonight)
Darkness falls across the land
The midnight hour is close at hand
Creatures crawl in search of blood
To terrorize y'alls neighborhood
I'm gonna thrill ya tonight, ooh baby
I'm gonna thrill ya tonight, oh darlin'
Thriller night, baby, ooh!
The foulest stench is in the air
The funk of forty thousand years
And grizzly ghouls from every tomb
Are closing in to seal your doom
And though you fight to stay alive
Your body starts to shiver
For no mere mortal can resist
The evil of the thriller