Diasfora
General Category => Music => Topic started by: frankcapri on September 28, 2009, 06:08:00 PM
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http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/dailydish/category?blogid=7&cat=136 (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/dailydish/category?blogid=7&cat=136)
"One of the maintenance crew in the studio had a bicycle and so I took it and rode up to the schoolyard.
I just watched the children play. When I came back I was ready to rule the world.
I went into the studio and I turned them songs out."
If this wasn't about Michael Jackson, I wouldn't have believed it :D
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Sorry...that creeps me out.
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Well, yeah. It's disturbing to think that one of the greatest pop records ever recorded
happened because the singer was "inspired" by little kids playing on a playground.
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The whole deal is surreal. Especailly if you imagine the quote in your head in his voice. I tried to avoid watching most the coverage when he died.. but I accidentally caught a couple of snippets from the interviews. His demeanor.. the stuff he said in interviews.. I keep trying to grasp the 'vibe' the interviews gave me.. the best I can come up with is 'detached'.
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Inspired by kids. >:(
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Well, yeah. It's disturbing to think that one of the greatest pop records ever recorded
happened because the singer was "inspired" by little kids playing on a playground.
I always thought "Thriller" was overrated. And I thought that even before I found out Jackson was a paedophile.
The most disturbing part of the article is this bit.
"One of the maintenance crew in the studio had a bicycle and so I took it and rode up to the schoolyard.
He wasn't just passing by the schoolyard and decided to sit and watch the kids play, he borrowed a bike to get to the schoolyard.
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I always thought "Thriller" was overrated. And I thought that even before I found out Jackson was a paedophile.
The most disturbing part of the article is this bit.
"One of the maintenance crew in the studio had a bicycle and so I took it and rode up to the schoolyard.
He wasn't just passing by the schoolyard and decided to sit and watch the kids play, he borrowed a bike to get to the schoolyard.
He could have only have been 23 -24 at the time, wasn't that a long time before any of the trouble started?
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Oh no, his trouble started WAAAAYYYYY before that.
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Oh no, his trouble started WAAAAYYYYY before that.
True, but at least it didn't affect the "Off the wall" album.
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True, but at least it didn't affect the "Off the wall" album.
No, that was shite for different reasons.
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No, that was shite for different reasons.
Personally I think that was MJ's best work outside of the Jackson 5.
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I flip flop between Off the Wall and Thriller. I will say that Off the Wall is a better party album :)
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I flip flop between Off the Wall and Thriller. I will say that Off the Wall is a better party album :)
I thought that the Thriller album had really moved away from the souly/R'n'B/Disco that I loved off the wall for, and had become true "Pop" that appealed to anyone and everyone - or not as the case may be as I was never that keen on the Thriller album even though my sister adored it. I have held Quincy Jones in the highest regard however.