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It includes Stevie's Superstition and The Weeknd's Blinding Lights as Halloween Songs... Strange list‘thriller’ topped the heart radio ‘30 best halloween songs ever’ list. ‘somebody’s watching me’ also made it to number 3.
I’ve never heard this story before. I’ll have to look up her voiceover work
I didn't know about this, either. The video that @Skylover posted inspired me to go looking. I found this:I’ve never heard this story before. I’ll have to look up her voiceover work
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everybody knows that rod temperton wrote the song ‘thriller’. he’s literally credited. he’s given interviews, and was even featured on the special edition album from 2001. I read past the opening paragraph, thinking that the article would reveal some secret songwriter other than rod. I don’t like that this was written after his death. it’s as though they’re putting words into his mouth. this sounds like another bitter attempt to detract from michael.I didn't know about this, either. The video that @Skylover posted inspired me to go looking. I found this:
Writer of Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller’ Wanted Elvira to Voice the Narrator
“Darkness falls across the land. The midnight hour is close at hand.” It’s always been kind of a bummer to me that writers often get left out in the cold, and the iconic song Thriller is a great example of what I mean. You know that it’s a Michael Jackson song, you know that John […]
Published 7 years ago on August 23, 2017
By John Squires
"It’s always been kind of a bummer to me that writers often get left out in the cold, and the iconic song Thriller is a great example of what I mean. You know that it’s a Michael Jackson song, you know that John Landis directed the music video, and you probably even know that Rick Baker did the makeup effects for that video.
But do you know who wrote Thriller? That’d be Rod Temperton, who passed away just last year. Temperton wrote three songs on Jackson’s Thriller album, including the title track; his life and career are the subject of Jed Pitman’s forthcoming book The Invisible Man: The Story of Rod Temperton, being released on September 1.
Promoting the book, New York Post published a few quotes from Pitman today, revealing a really interesting little fun fact about Thriller. Of course, Vincent Price provided the voice-over narration for Thriller, but what you definitely did not know is that Temperton’s personal choice was Elvira, Mistress of the Dark!
From the site…
“During his research, Pitman found that Temperton was usually meticulous about his work. “He had all the parts in his head,” Pitman told The Post. “He knew exactly what he wanted, and how to get there.” But recording the iconic “Thriller” monologue was unusually slapdash.”
“Working with Quincy Jones, Temperton initially suggested Elvira, Mistress of the Dark (of the TV show “Fright Night,” originally), to record the spooky spoken-word part. But Jones suggested Price, who was a friend of his wife’s.”
Price proved to be the perfect person for the job, nailing it in just two takes.
And the rest is history."
Sorry, 83, but I disagree. I think amongst the general public there are probably lots of people who don't know that Rod wrote Thriller. Sure, Rod did some interviews but most general music fans won't have seen those. You have to specifically search for them, they don't pop up easily as I found myself when I wanted to find out more about him. And there's not that many interviews, only a handful. I know bc I wanted to post them all on the board for an appreciation thread. I'm sure there are lots of younger people who know Thriller from joining in a Thriller flash mob on Oct 31. I'd be surprised if every single one of them knew the song was written by Rod.
but he's not the main singer, i dont think of that new cover of thriller from sing being a "Temperton" cover, nor do i think covers of hound dog being a Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller cover. whoever popularised the song is going to be the one attributed to it, such as Michael with Thriller and Elvis with hound dog.
Beano, you've confused me. I'm saying the same thing as you. I'm saying that many people in Michael's fanbase know that Thriller was written by Rod but the general public - who might absolutely love Thriller as a song and might know it very well - most likely won't know about Rod. They associate the song with Michael. Rod has definitely had the respect and the critical acclaim that he deserves but the general public won't know anything about him, imo. For many people Thriller = Michael.
i think so
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I'd love to hear that metal version!Turning to “Beat It,” Lukather recalled: "We did it backwards: Michael’s lead vocal and the Eddie Van Halen guitar solo were done with a couple of small overdubs but no click track. Jeff made a click track and then a drum part, and I played a bunch of really wild guitar parts, because I knew Eddie’s solo was on it – I was doing real hard rock, a quadruple-track riff.
“Quincy wasn’t even there; he was at Westlake [Recording Studios] doing overdubs on ‘Billie Jean’ while we were fixing ‘Beat It’ — so we’d be on the phone and he goes: ‘It’s too metal, you gotta calm down. I gotta get it on pop radio! Use the small amp, not so much distortion.’”
The results spoke for themselves. "Beat It" became a chart-topping smash and won Grammys for Record of the Year and Best Male Rock Vocal Performance in 1984. Lukather credited Jones for his vision on that song and many others.
Quincy Jones Stopped Steve Lukather From Going Metal on 'Beat It'
Steve Lukather reflected on playing on Michael Jackson's 'Beat It' as he paid tribute to Quincy Jones in a November 2024 interview.
yep good postMJ Studies Today CVII
MJ Studies Today November 2024 looks at the animated Halloween animated short Sing: Thriller in the context of the legacy of Michael Jackson’s original song and short film.michaeljacksonstudies.org
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It already does imo. The streets yearn for incredible harmony R&B.
Ditto. I can see why it was discarded from Thriller but it's a crime it wasn't finished.
That happens when being fooled by Lotfi (wdyk's a demo of btm).
