Michael Jackson's "Thriller" turns 30! Thoughts?

[bass12]

Parts of the album sound really dated (and that`s not always a bad thing - I like the chipmunk voices in P.Y.T. ) but to me it remains a fantastic piece of work and a great example of the talent that often used to go into producing a pop record. The writing, arranging, playing and producing are top notch and the dance tracks make me want to dance way more than anything I've ever heard by Lady Gaga or any of the other top 40 acts currently on the scene. Oh, and 'Human Nature' is one of my favourite songs on the album.

 

[bass12]

As opposed to most other POP, rock, blues, and soul songs where the words are completely understandable

 

[uOpt]

I don't have much memory of that year (very young) but what I do remember specifically is how Jackson "rescued" that year. Music readily available to me had really turned bar at that time and this was really good.

 

[4dog]

Ba doo do doo do doo,,,,, repeat

 

[MarkMgibson]

Grab your crotch and cry 'Wooo".

 

[pflash4001]

Grab your crotch and cry 'Wooo".

Don't grab it THAT hard!

 

[DiabolusInMusic]

Well I was born in 86, so I grew up with Dangerous era Michael, it is not just for old people, anybody that doesn't like that record doesn't like pop music. Solid record all the ay through, I LOVE Human Nature, I was cranking it and singing along on the radio last night, love when it comes on.

 

[MarkMgibson]

Well I was born in 86, so I grew up with Dangerous era Michael, it is not just for old people, anybody that doesn't like that record doesn't like pop music. Solid record all the ay through, I LOVE Human Nature, I was cranking it and singing along on the radio last night, love when it comes on.

I guess I don't like "pop music" then, but then a lot of us old people don't.

 

[FilterFunk]

"The stories that he tells"? I never heard a single person sing along to those songs who actually knew the words. Diction wasn't his strong point.

So, you hate it so much you can't even hear it? I've rarely heard anyone sing along to MJ's songs who didn't know the words. They are some of the most well-known lyrics of all time. All the hating in the world won't change that.

 

[bluewine]

I guess I don't like "pop music" then, but then a lot of us old people don't.

I do, and I'm 59. I like anything done well an MJ changed the face of pop music.

MJ was one those artist that was out of this world. Once in a life time artist.

Blue

 

[Blue_Whistle88]

oh, and by the way, the late Michael Jackson sang the lead lines.

Wow, I honestly did not know that... Michael Jackson singing lead lines on a Michael Jackson album? Unthinkable!

 

[MarkMgibson]

MJ was one those artist that was out of this world. Once in a life time artist.

Blue

Let's hope so, I couldn't handle another one.

 

[Moogerbass]

Well this is one of the albums everybody grew up with. All the boys wanted to look and dance like MJ in my youth.

MJ was omnipresent in the early eighties. I guess that selling 1.4 million copies of Thriller in The Netherlands alone which had a population of 14 million at that time had something to to with it ;-)

 

[Epitaph04]

Let's hope so, I couldn't handle another one.

We get it.

 

[MarkMgibson]

We get it.

Ok, I'll leave you be.

 

[BassyBill]

Quincy Jones is a great music director and producer and he used absolute top notch musicians for the sessions. Mix down and final touches were flawless...oh, and by the way, the late Michael Jackson sang the lead lines.

Top notch musicians, exactly - like most of the guys from Toto. And Qunicy Jones can do no wrong.

My favourite track on the album is Wanna Be Starting Something, with Beat It a close second, Thriller third, Bille Jean fourth. But there isn't really a bad track on the album.

 

[chadds]

I guess I don't like "pop music" then, but then a lot of us old people don't.

So you were born in 85?

 

[jmac]

I'm not a pop music fan, nor MJ fan. But that doesn't mean I don't recognize the genius that was "Thriller."

 

[SturmUndDrang]

How do we get this far into a thread about thriller without mentioning Louis Johnson? He had some sick grooves going on Off the wall. Love all his stuff with Brothers Johnson too.

 

[MonetBass]

I was 16 when it came out, and even though I was into hard rock at that time (Van Halen, Night Ranger, Judas Priest, etc.) I appreciated good pop music. That album, along with MJ's Off The Wall, are two of my favorites to this day. My original copy was on cassette, but a few years ago my wife bought me the 25th anniversary edition of Thriller on CD. It sounds even better now.