Genius At Work

lewisrailway

It would be hard to explain to anyone much under 30 just how huge a star Michael Jackson was in 1983 at the time the album "Thriller" was released.I am the same age as him,and have followed his career from its beginnings as the child prodigy in the Jackson 5 through its doldrums in the mid 70s,to megastardom in "83 and back to Planet Earth in the noughties! When the video "Thriller" was released i was in a nightclub in London and they screened it at midnight; everyone stopped dancing,drinking or snogging to watch the most expensive music video ever made. Fast forward 18 years and i picked up the full length "The Making Of Michael Jacksons" Thriller at a car boot sale for £3. Would it still be as good? The answer is that its far,far better! We have become used to plastic pop bands manufactured by corporations, special effects programmed on computers by nerds in offices-to blandness and unoriginality. Get this video and take a trip back to a time when Jacko was a handsome young black guy surrounded by brilliant dancers and a special effects ARTIST in Rick Baker. And be awestruck by a genius at work.

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lewisrailway 26 June 2002

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