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It was insane to watch this go from a TMZ rumor passed to me via gchat to most-twittered about subject to confirmed by the LATimes in about ten minutes. As I write this, the NY Times still hasn't confirmed (they're saying "hospitalized"). But again, that isn't stopping literally (no, seriously, literally) tens of thousands of people per minute from tweeting "RIP Michael Jackson." I wonder what the death of John Lennon would have been like (since that was even more shocking) in the twitter era.
Anyway, that said, go listen to Off the Wall if you haven't in a while. It's a fucking awesome album. .(So is Thriller, of course-- I'm not being contrarian by picking the lesser known one. It's just that we all know all the songs (or at least 7 out of 9) from Thriller-- Off the Wall is more of a revelation). Check this out-- if you take away the lead vocal and just listen to the backing track it sounds like it could be off of Remain in Light:
(BTW, the video above is one of those creepy "tribute" videos that are mostly useful to get an embeddable version of a song. But, of note, it's from two years ago!)
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You know, I'm going to have to admit that until you posted it, I had never in my life seen Thriller video all the way through. And even given my relative unfamiliarity, it was really sad to see the talented young superstar he had been before his life became so utterly whacked out. The man could really dance.
this song is awesome. and i have to admit i don't really know off the wall at all.
i have so many childhood memories of listening to MJ. I remember being 11 and convinced that i could sing EXACTLY like him.
Tex's comment reminds me that I guess you didn't even post the Thriller video, but after watching the one you did post, I was compelled to keep watching several more.
To revive an old debate....
Best disco singer ever.
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