Gerade in einem anderen Forum gelesen, wie der Co-Produzent vom Earth Song, Bill Bottrell, auf Twitter zur Entstehung des Songs geschrieben hat.
Laut im soll Michael ihn im Jahr 1986 zu einer Privatvorstellung von "The Emerald Forrest" (auf deutsch "Der Smaragdwald") eingeladenen haben. Im Anschluss soll er Bill eine Kopie des Films auf Videokassette in die Hand gedrückt haben.
ZitatAlles anzeigenI worked on Earth Song for a year.
M. had a lot of songs to work on
E.S. started to languish
I got my friends Steve Ferrone and Guy Pratt to play drums and bass
From then, M. seemed concerned but couldn't describe
Still he sang it, got Andre Crouch and I got George del Barrio for strings.
M. got David Paiche for more keyboards.
M. was still concerned.
I mixed it anyway as the album was wrapping up
M. never got used to something about the direction: too heavy?
It didn't make the album
Later, History sessions, M hired Foster
Worked and worked and by now M. was getting used to my version, Foster expressed his frustration to me at the grammys
My version and mix came out on History with only new vocals in the outro
Legal contract for Foster said he got first credit.
These things happen all the time.
That production, that song, was unique
In that M. was a bit skeptical of the path I took
But didn't stop me. And he didn't release it
Until he was ok with it.
I am so proud of that song and of Michael's wisdom.
Way back in 1986 at Hayvenhurst he and I sat and he screened me "The Emerald Forest" in his theater.
He handed me a vhs tape of it to take home.
He was, even then, choosing me to work on "Earth Song".
I took that mission seriously, and so it was hard when he couldn't quite accept the best version, 4 years later, that we two could come up with together.
And then it didn't matter.
Sometime, as we were no longer working together, he found it as it was, and received it, and released it.
I am grateful for M's patience on this.
David Foster never had a chance against such History.
