Themidwestcowboy
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The Bad Era has a very fond place in my heart. It has my favorite tour of all time and one of the finest pop records ever produced. As a fan I'm obviously happy with his enormous output during this period, but I couldn't help myself asking one question. Was Michael over saturated during this period?
Looking back at the Thriller era and the real beginning of "Michael Mania", he was everywhere but that was a byproduct of releasing Thriller. This era had 3 Music Videos (not counting say say say) and he was also a part of the ET soundtrack and later did the Victory Tour (which came at the end tail of Thriller)
Now onto Bad. MJ released his autobiography, the album, the tour and moonwalker on cinema and VHS! On the album he made an abundance of music videos, 8 to be exact, that was playing on tv stations. Almost all songs were released as singles as well which means that MJ was constantly on the radio. He also had those countless Pepsi commercials (4?) and he also performed on the Grammy’s. I think he went into the mindset that he was going to be everywhere and that all those things were meant to bolster the sales of Bad.
What do you think about this approach? Do you think this was the right move after Thriller or should he have dialed it down a little?
Looking back at the Thriller era and the real beginning of "Michael Mania", he was everywhere but that was a byproduct of releasing Thriller. This era had 3 Music Videos (not counting say say say) and he was also a part of the ET soundtrack and later did the Victory Tour (which came at the end tail of Thriller)
Now onto Bad. MJ released his autobiography, the album, the tour and moonwalker on cinema and VHS! On the album he made an abundance of music videos, 8 to be exact, that was playing on tv stations. Almost all songs were released as singles as well which means that MJ was constantly on the radio. He also had those countless Pepsi commercials (4?) and he also performed on the Grammy’s. I think he went into the mindset that he was going to be everywhere and that all those things were meant to bolster the sales of Bad.
What do you think about this approach? Do you think this was the right move after Thriller or should he have dialed it down a little?
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