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John Mayer wonders what the reaction to Thriller would have been like if the Internet cultural-reaction complex had been around in 1982, kind of nails what probably would have happened: “I don’t know, maybe I’m just used to the demo of ‘Billie Jean’ that leaked, but the final version seems ‘off’ to me.” … “OffDWall78, MJ is going to reach a lot more people with this record. It sucks that he won’t be ‘ours’ anymore, but good for him.” … “So far, after my first listen, ‘Thriller’ is my least favorite song on the album. It just seems, I don’t know, overproduced.” [Twitter]
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I must say I have really enjoyed John Mayer’s take on all of this Michael Jackson business. :)
He forgot the “You guys, I just heard that they’re using ‘P.Y.T’ in an ipod commercial. Not sure how I feel about that :(”
I’m guessing OffDWall78 had some harsh things to say about choosing “The Girl Is Mine” as the lead single.
Very clever, but he needn’t have wondered.
From Pitchfork, 18 months ago:
And it just keeps going, just like that…7.2/10…
http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/11163-thriller-25th-anniversary-edition/
@RobMurphy: Oh, PItchfork. Did you see their recent take on the Big Star twofer? It got a 4.5 not because of the music, but for being a reissue of the original two-albums-on-one-cd reissue!
http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/13101-1-record-radio-city/
It’s nice of them to keep the expectations of their younger readers low enough that they aren’t going to be disappointed when (or if, considering the low ratings) they ever decide to give Big Star or MJ a listen.
@RobMurphy: but that review (which i should note was penned by a friend of mine) was written with history (and HIStory) in mind.
“@InTh3Ghetto: Thriller is aright. this will be forgotten, while Rick James will last forever tho”
“@Sooperfreak: thriller the song TOTES rips off give it ot me baby’s baseline. I hope rick sues Jacksoff!!!!!1″
@will.i.am That PYt song totez rips off that thing we did in “all that i got”
@RobAnt so excited to have Mj guest on my next solo album!! #ScherzFanz
@iamdiddy make this happen! http://www.theonion.com/content/news_briefs/new_rap_song_samples_billie
@Thierry: Well that Big Star reissue is not any better than the other one that was already available. I think that was the point, that it wasn’t sonically any better.
Btw, when will John Mayer take this good humor and creativity and apply it to his music?
@Lucas Jensen: Sure, but add three single mixes and it suddenly becomes sub-5.0? The New Order reissues were awful (with clicks and pops and drops on the bonus discs) and still were rated pretty highly. I’m fine with adding a caveat that those who already own the original don’t need to buy it, but a lot of kids put their trust into those ratings and buy anything that’s 8.0 and above. And if they really wanted to be consistent, there’s no way that adding Akon and Fergie to Thriller doesn’t take away more than a couple of rating points…
Also, JM’s obviously putting all of it into Twitter and blog posts, as well as his dating life – there’s only so much creativity to go around!
@Lucas Jensen: I could almost like the guy if he limited his career to posting on Twitter.
@PainT needs mor autoTune #yeezyfans
@edgeybaby havent heard it yet been 2 busy with other things #iranelection #projectred