Today's Song: Michael Jackson 'Speed Demon (Nero Remix)'
Yet another of the "new" offerings from the upcoming Bad 25 box set has leaked: a remix of "Speed Demon," best known for its video (really, an excerpt from Moonwalker), in which Michael Jackson dances alongside a clay rabbit that is also himself. Or something.
"Speed Demon" is filler on an overrated album (there are a few good tunes on Bad, but they're almost all terribly produced in that mushy late-'80s way), so I think this reimagining from dubstep/drum-and-bass producers Nero marks an improvement. It's pretty derivative of Human After All era Daft Punk, but that's the case of a hell of a lot of dance music that came in its wake. The production here matches MJ's pseudo-butch swagger perfectly.