BEHIND THE MASK - Eric Clapton 1986!!!

[Miss.Peppers]

Eric Clapton  1986.

It is the SAME song.

 confused/  afraid/

[youtube:3nogoaj1]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4N8GbyF4OcM&sns=tw[/youtube:3nogoaj1]

[wishingstar]

This site gives Michael part credit:

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Blessings

[PureLove]

I didn't know Eric also sang the song.  afraid/  Thank you for posting this miss.peppers. bearhug

[Miss.Peppers]

I didn't know Eric also sang the song.  afraid/  Thank you for posting this miss.peppers. bearhug

Me neither!!

Ive done some googling and it seems MJ did write the lyrics but maybe didnt write the melody...   im not sure as there seem to be different things on the internet about it.

I still LOVE Michaels version of this, but it piddles me off that we seem to have been sold down the river with this "Michael" album as nothing is what it seems.

[mjjveritas]

Eric Clapton is such a fantastic singer and he is the fourth greatest guitarist of all time according to some list.

[pepper]

Looks like it was also recorded by other people besides Eric Clapton.

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Solid State Survivor, released in 1979, was YMO's pinnacle recording in Japan, winning the 1980 Best Album Award in the Japan Record Awards. It featured English lyrics by Chris Mosdell, whose sci-fi themes often depicted a human condition alienated by dystopic futures, much like the emerging cyberpunk movement in fiction at that time. The album's major single and YMO's biggest international hit, "Behind the Mask", with lyrics penned by Chris Mosdell, was later revised by Michael Jackson, who added new lyrics.[2] Jackson's version has been released on his first posthumous album, "Michael". Michael Jackson's version was covered by Ryuichi Sakamoto himself on his 1986 solo release "Media Bahn Live" (it was also covered by Greg Phillinganes and Eric Clapton).

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Michael Jackson's version was covered by Ryuichi Sakamoto himself on his 1986 solo release "Media Bahn Live"
[youtube:9nayznju]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QcsodLz5fg[/youtube:9nayznju]
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During a period of increasing international collaborations, Mosdell traveled to Los Angeles to work with pop singer Boy George. They worked together on two single cuts (“Fireboy Meets His Match” and “All Prayers are Answered”) for a Japanese shoju television commercial that, although released for a few weeks, was suddenly withdrawn after the singer’s brush with heroin. In the same city, pop singer Michael Jackson recorded a cover of YMO's “Behind the Mask” for inclusion on his 1981 Thriller album[citation needed], but the song was eventually not included on the album. The Mosdell-Sakamoto-Jackson version was later picked up by Jackson's keyboardist Greg Phillinganes for his 1984 album Pulse, and by Eric Clapton, for his August album, released in 1986.

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Greg Phillinganes – Pulse
Label:
Planet Records (5)
Catalog#:
FL-84698
Format:
Vinyl, LP, Album
Country:
US
Released:
1984
Genre:
Electronic, Funk / Soul, Jazz
Style:
RnB/Swing, Future Jazz, Synth-pop, Disco
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Tracklist
A1       Behind The Mask

    Co-producer, Backing Vocals [Uncredited] – Michael Jackson  

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[GINAFELICIA]

what the hell?!
first This is it, now Behind the mask....damn, I don't understand what's going on in the musical industry crash/

[all4loveandbelieve]

I didn't know Eric also sang the song.  afraid/  Thank you for posting this miss.peppers. bearhug

I did not know either. Thank you for posting this video miss. peppers.

[2good2btrue]

Its not the only song that isnt an original....this is it was written by Paul Anka, and then there's A place without no name, a copy of the original....

I STILL THINK THE WHOLE ALBUM IS A HOAX....and whats great about it, is that Sony are probably gonna lose alot of money..when the troot will prevail...

The best is yet to come

[youtube:1wy884ck]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-L1JjLOwwI[/youtube:1wy884ck]

[youtube:1wy884ck]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbNUita8fn8&feature=related[/youtube:1wy884ck]

[Delphi]

[youtube:2ww3g7ik]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2VqMaA8mX0[/youtube:2ww3g7ik]

[mac5k]

[youtube:25hcwoah]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4ly_jYUcPw[/youtube:25hcwoah]

COVERED

[youtube:25hcwoah]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tE5lhnv0QD4&feature=player_embedded#at=50[/youtube:25hcwoah]

[2good2btrue]

Behind the Mask (song)From Wikipedia,
This article is about song written by Chris Mosdell and Ryuichi Sakamoto. For other uses, see Behind the Mask.
"Behind the Mask"
Song by Chris Mosdell, Ryuichi Sakamoto
Published 1979, 1985, 1987, 2010
Language English
Writer Chris Mosdell
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Producer Chris Mosdell
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Cover versions
Yellow Magic Orchestra, Greg Phillinganes, Eric Clapton, Human League, Senor Coconut, Orbital, Shanice, Michael Jackson

"Behind the Mask" is a song written by Chris Mosdell and Ryuichi Sakamoto. The song has been performed by many artists since its original release in 1979. Michael Jackson has written the additional lyrics for the song, which has been recorded by himself, Greg Phillinganes and Eric Clapton.

Yellow Magic Orchestra version"Behind the Mask"
 
Single by Ryuichi Sakamoto
Released 1987
Format CD, vinyl, 12"
Genre Electronic
Length 3:35
Label Midi Inc.
Writer(s) Chris Mosdell
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Producer Chris Mosdell
Ryuichi Sakamoto

"Behind the Mask" was a track from Yellow Magic Orchestra's 1979 album Solid State Survivor, with English lyrics by Chris Mosdell sung by Sakamoto using a vocoder. It was the first studio recording of this song, although YMO had played it live the previous year. In 1980, the song was released as a single in UK with B-side "Yellow Magic (Tong Poo)".[1]

The keyboardist of Yellow Magic Orchestra, and the writer of the song Ryuichi Sakamoto, re-recorded the song in 1987 with Michael Jackson's additional lyrics and lead vocals by Bernard Fowler. A similar arrangement was performed (with Fowler) in Sakamoto's "Media Bahn Live" tour the previous year. A CD single with 3 tracks [2] and a CD maxi with 6 tracks entitled "Behind the Mask +3" were released.[3][4]

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[hesouttamylife]

On a lighter note, I love, love, love Phil Collins.  I ALWAYS wanted to see him collab with Michael.  Maybe one day he will.

[MissG]

I like Michael´s version the most.

[Miss.Peppers]

On a lighter note, I love, love, love Phil Collins.  I ALWAYS wanted to see him collab with Michael.  Maybe one day he will.

Phil Collins very publicly retired not long ago.....    he has vowed never to work again.