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Recalling one of his biggest studio gigs, he recalls => Michael Jackson's "Beat It."
"Quincy Jones and Michael took a skeleton version of it up to Eddie Van Halen's place as they wanted him to solo over the verse section. However, he played over a section that had more chord changes. So to fit his solo to where it went in the song, they had to cut the tape which took a lot of time to synchronise together. After they had managed this, Jeff Porcaro and me were called in to bind Eddie's solo and some haphazard percussion which was a major headache. Initially, we rocked it out as Eddie had played a good solo but Quincy thought it too tough. So I had to reduce the distorted guitar sound and this is what was released. It was a huge R&B/rock success for us all really and helped pave the way for the bands of today that fuse these styles." (Total Guitar, February 2000)
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BEAT IT
During Steve Lukather's session career, he has played on thousands or records. Especially in the '80s, his work could be heard on many hit records.Recalling one of his biggest studio gigs, he recalls => Michael Jackson's "Beat It."
"Quincy Jones and Michael took a skeleton version of it up to Eddie Van Halen's place as they wanted him to solo over the verse section. However, he played over a section that had more chord changes. So to fit his solo to where it went in the song, they had to cut the tape which took a lot of time to synchronise together. After they had managed this, Jeff Porcaro and me were called in to bind Eddie's solo and some haphazard percussion which was a major headache. Initially, we rocked it out as Eddie had played a good solo but Quincy thought it too tough. So I had to reduce the distorted guitar sound and this is what was released. It was a huge R&B/rock success for us all really and helped pave the way for the bands of today that fuse these styles." (Total Guitar, February 2000)
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