GONE TO SOON
'GONE TOO SOON'
The track was written by Buz Kohan and Larry Grossman in 1983 and debuted during a live performance done by Dionne Warwick during a TV special dedicated to many deceased music icons, including:-
Elvis Presley, John Lennon, and Jimi Hendrix.
Michael called Kohan to tell him he cried after watching the performance and that he'd like to record "Gone Too Soon" someday.
He finally got to do it in June 1990. Jackson's version was produced by himself and Bruce Swedien. Jackson had recorded "Gone Too Soon" in memory of one of his friends, Ryan White, a hemophiliac who was diagnosed with the AIDS virus aged eleven years, and who died just after turning eighteen in April 1990.
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BACKING TRACK / Courtesy of YouTube / Michael Jackson - Gone Too Soon Lyrics [HD] / Frankvd3
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This is a non-profit video made solely for the purpose of study, review or critical analysis, comment, education / pedagogical / teaching purposes only. All rights to the respected owners.
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GUITAR INSTRUMENTAL BY :- Ian Wilson.
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SOUND WAS ACHIEVED BY :-
By playing my Fender Stratocaster guitar, into a Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 2nd Gen USB Audio Interface, then into a 'Reaper Mixing Software' programme to record the sound whilst playing to the backing track of :- 'Gone Too Soon'
Using Reaper & Guitar Rig, I produced the desired sound required and saved the finished soundtrack to my computer as a MP3 file.
Then I placed the camera footage onto the timeline in CyberLink PowerDirector19, 'BUT' I replaced the camera soundtrack with the 'NEW'
computer mixed soundtrack from Reaper and Guitar Rig, re-edited the footage to produce the finished video of :- 'Gone Too Soon'
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Gone Too Soon / Song by Michael Jackson / Lyrics
Like a comet
Blazing 'cross the evening sky
Gone too soon
Like a rainbow
Fading in the twinkling of an eye
Gone too soon
Shiny and sparkly
And splendidly bright
Here one day
Gone one night
Like the loss of sunlight
On a cloudy afternoon
Gone too soon
Like a castle
Built upon a sandy beach
Gone too soon
Like a perfect flower
That is just beyond your reach
Gone too soon
Born to amuse, to inspire, to delight
Here one day
Gone one night
Like a sunset
Dying with the rising of the moon
Gone too soon
Gone too soon
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