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They tampered this photo from the Bonnie Shiffman photoshoot:The thumbnail is confusing the hell outta me. It looks like MJ, but it also doesn’t. Help.

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They tampered this photo from the Bonnie Shiffman photoshoot:The thumbnail is confusing the hell outta me. It looks like MJ, but it also doesn’t. Help.
Interesting. Yes this is what I meant. Thank you for the clarification.The streaming challenge is all set and ready to go, I think. Is that the same as a radio challenge? I'm now confused
andjustice4some wants the sales to happen during the Thriller challenge rather than now so I wasn't going to post this. But ...whatever!
Alex Van Halen has revealed that he’s still bitter over his brother’s decision to play on Michael Jackson’s “Beat It.”
It was 1982 when Eddie Van Halen, guitar god for the biggest band in the world, was approached by producer Quincy Jones to play on Jackson’s song. Eddie knew that doing so would break a Van Halen band rule regarding outside work, but he decided to take the gig anyway, much to the dismay of Alex.
“Why would you lend your talents to Michael Jackson?” the drummer declared during a recent interview with Rolling Stone, his first since Eddie's death. “I just don’t ****** get it.”
Eddie’s solo on “Beat It” became one of the most identifiable guitar riffs of the ‘80s, rivaling anything he recorded with his own band. Alex saw it as treason.
“And the funny part was that Ed fibbed his way out of it by saying, ‘Oh, who knows that kid anyway?’” the drummer recalled. “You made the mistake! Fess up. Don’t add insult to injury by acting stupid.”
This‘beat it’ would have been a hit with or without eddie van halen. the guitar solo was only a small portion, that didn’t make or break the song. it’s just more rock snobbery. much like billy joel’s comments about ‘we are the world’. there’s a real ignorance among a certain demographic about michael’s legacy pre ‘thriller’. they act as if michael was a nobody who just got lucky. his career actually predated a lot of theirs.
this is very timelyThis
Eddie did a decent piece of work, it's a bit showy, a bit predictable, too much 'shredding' for my liking but ... whatever. Yes, it's become a really famous guitar riff but ... so what? Not saying it wasn't a clever move on Quincy's part, bringing in an established rock guitarist. We all know the story and it does make sense.
Alex van Halen is probably just playing the media game, complaining about this precisely bc he knows it'll get him the coverage and headlines he wants. Fine. Knock yourself out, mate. But he sounds like a brat throwing his toys out of the pram.![]()
Bro's just mad the band broke up. He's literally Jermaine for Van Halen.
I'm talking about the original lineup changing, not the disbanding of the band.They didn't "break up", they were forced to stop after his brother died.
Hopefully we get to hear the original version with Tito on guitar before Eddie came in‘beat it’ would have been a hit with or without eddie van halen. the guitar solo was only a small portion, that didn’t make or break the song. it’s just more rock snobbery. much like billy joel’s comments about ‘we are the world’. there’s a real ignorance among a certain demographic about michael’s legacy pre ‘thriller’. they act as if michael was a nobody who just got lucky. his career actually predated a lot of theirs.
This is truly a foreign world. Why was this even necessary, genuinely? Did everyone in a family have a copy? Did near everyone on earth legit buy a copy?From reddit:
"Over a year after Thriller was released it was still selling 1 million albums worldwide every 4 days. In 1984 in some record stores they were selling over 500 copies of Thriller a day. - Billboard March, 17 1984"
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Also on reddit, source not cited:
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I guess you dont remember or never experienced consuming music before the internet.This is truly a foreign world. Why was this even necessary, genuinely? Did everyone in a family have a copy? Did near everyone on earth legit buy a copy?
I get where you're coming from.This is truly a foreign world.
Hot Take: I don't really care about physical sales anymore. It mattered more in the pre digital age. But even then it was,, never actually a perfect measurement? [...] Not really any different than streaming and the music videos. I pay more attention to those statistics.
All of which leads us to this:Just so massively different I don't even know where to start, lol. The record you want is out of stock? Oh, you'll have to come back next week! And we did.
No.Why was this even necessary, genuinely? Did everyone in a family have a copy?
No.Did near everyone on earth legit buy a copy?
Not really. TGIM was released as a single. Plus it came out before the album.You also have to remember that the only way to get album songs, was to buy the album. So Beatles / Paul McCartney fans would have to buy Thriller to get The Girl Is Mine.
Well, no... It uh, slipped my mind lol.I guess you dont remember or never experienced consuming music before the internet.
They're off. Already trendingI haven't heard about a Thriller radio challenge this year. Curious, what's going on there?
Yes, the challenge has started again. Right now there is a streaming party that I’m in on the app ‘Stationhead’. It’s very fun, every few songs Thriller comes on and the rest of it is just MJ and related songs. A song of Paris even played.They're off. Already trending
Oh, that's a clever idea.Yes, the challenge has started again. Right now there is a streaming party that I’m in on the app ‘Stationhead’. It’s very fun, every few songs Thriller comes on and the rest of it is just MJ and related songs. A song of Paris even played.
The Stationhead app created a special Moonwalker station after the Thriller Challenge of last year.
There are about 90 people in that station right now so it is really fun chatting with the other fans while listening to the music.
If some of you would like to join:
I will put a link right here to the app and the moonwalker channel (if it is allowed).
You need to log in with you Spotify premium or Apple music account.
stationhead.com/c/moonwalkers
By the way, there is a lot of information about the Thriller Challenge on this website:Yes, the challenge has started again.