Thriller

[Sebastian Doyle]

Run time: 13:41 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtyJbIOZjS8   Posted on YouTube: March 11, 2007 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: June 25, 2009 By DU Member: Sebastian Doyle Views on DU: 491

 
Say say say what you want about what happened to the guy in later years, but this video is still a goddamn masterpiece.

RIP Michael :evilfrown:

[Why Syzygy]

1. embed broken

dayam . 37 MILLION views

[Earth Bound Misfit]

2. Political Video?

Not so much.

A great talent, no doubt,

R.I.P.

[RaleighNCDUer]

3. Well, if you accept the premise that everything is politics,

this ground-breaking video qualifies. It had far-reaching cultural impact, it helped make MTV what it was for the next decade, until they curiously stopped the 'M', and moved Jackson from being just another singer into being a singular artist who even played the Reagan White House in '84. The REAGAN White House. They didn't even make him use the back door.

So I'm OK with it.

[Earth Bound Misfit]

5. Good Point.

I stand corrected.

:hi:

[demodonkey]

4. My one connection to Jacko & Thriller... I was directed by John Landis in "Coming to America"

Not sure how many degrees of separation this makes, but yes I was a SAG extra in "Coming to America" in the scene where Eddie and Arsenio walk around the front of McDowells. I am sitting in the window with a child, wearing a red coat and eating burgers.

4 days of much-appreciated Screen Actors Guild scale pay for that scene.

Landis was very nice and had a good sense of humor. Eddie Murphy seemed kind of sad when the cameras weren't rolling. Never met Michael Jackson of course.