filmandmusic
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It goes against macho culture, violence and toxic masculinity mainly aimed at youth cultures and boy did it hit big time. Youth ate it up!
I think it still sounds as fresh lyrically as it did back then especially with the youth violence flaring up all over the world. It is also a pretty rare topic in pop music, it is not about love or changing the world, this was a black guy sticking up his middle finger to gang violence and he made them dance!
Also it is disco rock, who the hell made disco rock that still appealed to rock fans as to dance fans at the same time without sounding like a gimmick (cough Kiss cough)?
From a critical stand point and all that comes with it it might be his best achievement.
Also isn’t Bad returning to the same scene or topic 5 years later?
I think it still sounds as fresh lyrically as it did back then especially with the youth violence flaring up all over the world. It is also a pretty rare topic in pop music, it is not about love or changing the world, this was a black guy sticking up his middle finger to gang violence and he made them dance!
Also it is disco rock, who the hell made disco rock that still appealed to rock fans as to dance fans at the same time without sounding like a gimmick (cough Kiss cough)?
From a critical stand point and all that comes with it it might be his best achievement.
Also isn’t Bad returning to the same scene or topic 5 years later?
and even young kids know it. I'm 13 (14 in 2 weeks!) and everybody is like 'do you like Beat It because it's my favorite song' and I'm like 'I know every single song from MJ yes I know Beat It.'