[Wanna be Startin' Somethin' by Michael Jackson]
 
 
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a great human being called Michael Jackson
and to share a little bit more of my life.
 
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Hello, Moonwalkers. How are you guys doing?
I hope you are doing very well today.
Welcome once again to a new episode of MoonwalkerTV.
Today I bring you a super interesting
and quite entertaining episode.
And now I am going to tell you why.
Last year, when I was in Spain for vacations,
I came up with an idea of making a video in which I would show you
each instrument that was used to make a Michael Jackson song.
Obviously, I am not a music expert.
I just like to admire and listen to every Michael Jackson song
and analyze all the sounds that are used.
However, that idea stayed in Spain and it was not until recently,
when a very important youtuber uploaded a very interesting video
in which he analyzed each instrument used in Thriller.
The youtuber is named ShaunTrack and well,
his style was already to analyze lots of songs since a long time ago
because he practically devotes himself to music.
So his analysis, more than anything, is professional.
What I am going to analyze are the instruments that
Michael Jackson uses in a specific song.
In this case, we are talking about my favorite song,
Smooth Criminal.
But I am going to analyze it with "a fan ear".
I mean that I am going to admire each instrument and also why not,
Michael Jackson's voice.
Now I recommend you use headphones
so you can analyze better with me all the video
and obviously all this song.
But before that, do not forget to subscribe to the channel
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And now let's start with the first part of this video
called Deconstructing Michael Jackson
Smooth Criminal.
Well, again I want to clarify that I do not devote myself
exclusively to music.
Therefore, what I am going to do here is just to show you
all the instruments and stuff that Michael uses for Smooth Criminal.
I think that everyone knows this song and actually, the song sounds like this.
 
 
See? This is how the Smooth Criminal song sounds,
but did you know that there are a lot of sounds as you see on the screen?
There are a lot of sounds that Michael uses.
Sounds, instruments.
There are many things that we are going to analyze one by one.
And at this moment, what we are going to do is
to start just with the first part that are the drums.
Sorry for getting too excited with the sounds,
but I have not analyzed all the instruments, just some.
It sounds good. It sounds good.
The drums are heard almost in the whole song.
Let's move forward to see if there are any changes around here.
Of course. It is because the drums are the basis of this song
which is what we can highlight the most apart from the other instruments.
Obviously, there is also Michael Jackson's voice.
His voice sounds super cool.
The echo is already added, but it does not matter.
Do you hear how Michael hits the floor with his foot while singing the song?
 
Wow. Michael is the best.
 
These sounds that he makes...
Wow
I have heard in an interview that Michael always
followed the song with his foot, tracking the rhythm with his foot.
And that is why that in many of his songs that we listen to acapella,
we listen to them like that.
 
 
 
 
I love it. I love it. Well, now...
let's see how the final part sounds.
His beatboxing.
We have already listened to Michael's acapella.
Now we are going to listen to the choir,...
how it sounds.
 
This is the famous "ayuwoki".
Let's see more here.
 
 
 
There the drums sound.
Let's listen to how the audio sounds if I add Michael's voice to the drums part.
I am going to play the drums part.
 
 
Michael's voice
 
 
 
Ooh!
I love it. I love it. I love it.
And consider that, for the choir,
there is an union of many, many voices.
But I do not have those audio tracks.
I have the basic one, but I know that there is one
in which all the voices of the Smooth criminal choir can be added.
But unfortunately, I do not have it.
But this is still very interesting.
Let's see... listen, listen to this.
 
That is the intermediate part.
Let's listen to the chorus again.
 
Now we are going to try this one. Ok? I will expand it.
Let's see... Here there are just a few hits.
Let's see... What's this?
Ah, yeah, yeah.
It is a sound that is heard a lot in the song.
I do not know if you guys recognize it.
It is part of the drum...
or drums.
Music is interesting. Isn't it?
Let's see. What if I play it with this?
Let's see. I am going to fast forward it here.
Let's see here.
Huh? (as surprise or excitement)
Well, now let's analyze this one here.
This is also Michael's voice if I am not wrong.
 
 
 
This is the chorus that many people asked for.
 
 
 
 
I'm going to turn up the volume here.
 
 
Let's see. What if we put this together with the girls' chorus?
Chorus 1
Let's try it.
 
 
Ah!
 
Did you see (hear) how all the voices are combined?
This really... I am getting excited too much with this song.
Oh my god. Well, let's continue.
 
 
 
I am sorry. I had to add the drums.
Well, let's hear more sounds.
Now let's listen to this one here.
 
Wow
I love this sound.
Let's turn up the volume.
Let's hear the chorus. The chorus comes next.
 
 
 
 
 
I got goosebumps. Oh my god! I cannot believe it.
Well, let's continue. There are more things here.
Wow
The best!
Stop, stop, stop. I am getting excited with this.
Let's listen to the next sound now.
That is the "Annie, are you okay?" part.
[singing] So Annie, are you okay? Are you okay, Annie?
With the drums.
Let's see (hear) what sounds here.
Listen.
That is the intermediate part. I mean this one.
 
Did you listen? Did you listen?
 
The best. Let's see here.
It is the same. It is always the same.
Ah, that is the final part.
It is a little softer.
Listen, listen.
If you are enjoying the video so far, like this video.
Well, let's continue with another sound.
Let's see (hear) what sounds here.
 
Ah,...
that is keyboard part.
And to think that Michael supervised
each instrument so that they sound perfect in his song,...
oh my goodness.
Michael really surprises me more every day.
Let's see (hear) what sounds here.
Everything is keyboard, huh?
 
 
What if I put it together with this one here, with the one above?
 
Let's put the sounds together but without Michael's voice, ok?
The drums.
How well it sounds, huh?
And consider that more sounds are missing, huh?
How cool this sounds, seriously.
Well, let's continue with the next sound.
Ah, this goes with the one from above.
 
 
 
Let's see. Here there are just some parts that are these ones.
Let's see what sounds here.
Wow
I love that part.
 
How beautiful it sounds.
 
Ah
 
I loved it.
Let's see (hear) the next sound.
It is the same but a little softer, I think.
Let's see...
 
Ah, double sound.
Let's continue with the next one that seems to be longer.
Let's see. Well, here only the cymbals, huh. Listen to how it sounds.
 
Now we are going to mix it with the drums.
 
Even that is recorded separately.
 
Let's see (hear) this one now.
Wow, the little guitar!
 
 
 
How beautiful it sounds.
 
 
With the drums...
 
 
Ah, how beautiful!
 
 
I am getting excited. I am getting excited.
Let's continue with this one now.
I think you know that sound,...
right?
Ah? See? How cool! Let's see (hear) how this one below sounds.
Now we are going to put all the sounds together, except Michael's voice.
Ah, but I did not make you listen to the initial part that is this one. Listen, listen.
 
This is how the song starts.
Well, it does not matter. The drums, the drums.
How cool it sounds, huh?
 
How cool it sounds, seriously.
The basis.
Let's hear the chorus, the chorus.
 
 
Let's hear it without drums.
 
 
 
I love it. I love it.
This song is really the best, guys.
It is the best. It is one of Michael Jackson's best songs that cannot be missing in your playlist,
both on your mobile and on your computer.
Seriously, this song fills me completely.
And well, it's done.
And well moonwalkers, we have reached the final part of this video.
I really hope that all the audio that I have shown to you today has pleased you.
We have analyzed each of the vast majority of sounds
that Michael has used for this excellent song called Smooth Criminal.
I do not know exactly how long this video will last
because I took about 40 minutes to analyze the whole song, but I am going to cut it a lot.
And as a gift from me, I will leave in the description box the pack with all the sounds used in this video
so that you can have them on your computer.
So download it and enjoy it.
Now I want you to tell me, in the description of this video,
if you really like this type of video that I made, analyzing
Michael Jackson's Smooth Criminal,
and if you would like me to do another similar one later.
Anyway, the most likely thing is that you did like...
Anyway, the most likely thing is that you liked this video.
So I am going to see what song I could use later to make another video, analyzing each sound.
So thank you very much for watching today's video.
And well, you know that if you liked this video, do not forget to like it since it helps me
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See you soon. Bye!
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