In cities large and small, weekend, people will gather as they do every Halloween weekend, an annual ritual. Johnson City, Tennessee, in Midland, Michigan, the zombies come out to play again ... "Thriller" dance. In addition to the annual meetings of Halloween, people are still doing remixes of the song. And a quick search on YouTube shows dozens of video tribute.
Nearly 30 years after its debut, Michael Jackson "Thriller" is still very popular. To provide context, the album of the same name, had been over a year and was the No. 1 selling album of all time, and the videos were made by two of his songs ("Billie Jean" and "Beat It "). After Jackson was An American Werewolf in London, contacted John Landis, who directed the film.
"Michael contacted me and he wanted to become a monster," Landis said in an interview a number Michele Norris. "And I thought and thought," No, I do not want to make a rock video. They are just ads for the book. "But then I thought, 'You know what, Mike? And the short play?" And he said,' Sure. '"
Not surprisingly, Landis says that dancers are not difficult to find because everyone wanted to dance with Michael Jackson. But apparently, everyone wanted to be part of history.
"Working with Michael Jackson at the time was really crazy. Fred Astaire came, came by Gene Kelly, Jackie Kennedy entered, Marlon Brando has come because I think he was crazy, "said Landis, laughing. "They really kind of felt privileged to work with him at the time, Michael was 20 and he was wonderful and full of beans -. I think it was great, he did everything I asked, I remember when I wrote it. . I said, 'Mike, you know the line - I am not like other guys -. 'll get a good laugh "And he said [in falsetto]" Why "? "Well, Mike, you're not like other guys, and people will laugh." He said, "It's OK." I think it was really great to work with. "
One thing you may not know about the stage version of "Thriller" is the engineer Bruce Swedien and producer Quincy Jones will not let Landis has original tracks for the song. Landis is a "movie mix" which is not the same sound you would hear on an album. While filmmaker George Folsey and Landis came into Jackson Rolls-Royce (with Jackson) and went to Studio City 3 in the morning with a large suitcase.
"We took the wheels off the rack, went out and drove the entire city of Todd-AO Hollywood, deceived all the tracks, and then returned," says Landis. "The whole thing lasted for hours if you watch the video -. Never people realize that the song is 11 minutes and 'the same original songs completely remixed and recut In fact, Vincent Price, re-record the narration for me because I could not 't use the Record Narration, .. because it was mixed with a synth on the track. Mr. Price very kindly came and rebuilt. "
Nearly 30 years after its debut, Michael Jackson "Thriller" is still very popular. To provide context, the album of the same name, had been over a year and was the No. 1 selling album of all time, and the videos were made by two of his songs ("Billie Jean" and "Beat It "). After Jackson was An American Werewolf in London, contacted John Landis, who directed the film.
"Michael contacted me and he wanted to become a monster," Landis said in an interview a number Michele Norris. "And I thought and thought," No, I do not want to make a rock video. They are just ads for the book. "But then I thought, 'You know what, Mike? And the short play?" And he said,' Sure. '"
Not surprisingly, Landis says that dancers are not difficult to find because everyone wanted to dance with Michael Jackson. But apparently, everyone wanted to be part of history.
"Working with Michael Jackson at the time was really crazy. Fred Astaire came, came by Gene Kelly, Jackie Kennedy entered, Marlon Brando has come because I think he was crazy, "said Landis, laughing. "They really kind of felt privileged to work with him at the time, Michael was 20 and he was wonderful and full of beans -. I think it was great, he did everything I asked, I remember when I wrote it. . I said, 'Mike, you know the line - I am not like other guys -. 'll get a good laugh "And he said [in falsetto]" Why "? "Well, Mike, you're not like other guys, and people will laugh." He said, "It's OK." I think it was really great to work with. "
One thing you may not know about the stage version of "Thriller" is the engineer Bruce Swedien and producer Quincy Jones will not let Landis has original tracks for the song. Landis is a "movie mix" which is not the same sound you would hear on an album. While filmmaker George Folsey and Landis came into Jackson Rolls-Royce (with Jackson) and went to Studio City 3 in the morning with a large suitcase.
"We took the wheels off the rack, went out and drove the entire city of Todd-AO Hollywood, deceived all the tracks, and then returned," says Landis. "The whole thing lasted for hours if you watch the video -. Never people realize that the song is 11 minutes and 'the same original songs completely remixed and recut In fact, Vincent Price, re-record the narration for me because I could not 't use the Record Narration, .. because it was mixed with a synth on the track. Mr. Price very kindly came and rebuilt. "
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