In the year 1982, Michael Jackson decided that he had toredefine pop music. The ordinary wasn’t enough for him, and he had ‘gotta bestarting somethin'. With that mantra in mind, he came up with a series of songsthat were ‘too high to get over, too low to get under’. Ladies and Gentlemen,it is best to twiddle ones thumbs and wait in anticipation for innovation inthe pop world that outdoes this album. I'll be twiddling away until somethingsubstantial comes my way (in the meanwhile, I’ll cringe at the thought ofJustin Bieber).
Now, allow me to state, (for those of you reading this) that‘Beat It’ is hands down, one of the King of Pop's best vocal tracks. Why? Holdon, let me pop the CD back in. He's raw. Listen to the range executedthroughout the track. ‘The Girl is Mine’ is a song that made me smile when Iwas all of 12 years old, but in retrospect, the song is corny at best. Don'twaste your time; skip straight ahead to the next song.
What can one say about Thriller? I hated it, and then lovedit, though the video is still a source of constant nightmares to the childrenof the eighties. I loved MJ’s shiny suit and white glove adorned in the videoof ‘Beat It’. A certifiable classic is what it is. ‘Billie Jean’ has anabsolutely heart pumping rhythm. Long live David Williams for that completelytimeless funky four second guitar scratch!
With the passage of time, and the mellowing of my nature, Ifind myself loving Michael Jackson the moment ‘Human Nature’ comes on. JohnMayer was right in saying he would never do the song justice. I want that songin every movie soundtrack. I want to hear that get more radio air-time when I'mdriving to work.
That is an ‘in the blinking of an eye’ recap of MichaelJackson's Thriller. None of the musical jargon spewed will make it any better,or worse, but hopefully some sentimental sap reading this will go and buy acopy of ‘Thriller’, and change his somewhat (pop music wise) meaningless life.I will probably listen to the album tomorrow morning and wonder ‘why’ to myself.Why? Because it's human nature.
