Landis's An American Werewolf in London was an inspiration for Jackson as he created Thriller, and he hired Landis in 1983 to direct the groundbreaking 14-minute video featuring the King of Pop as a monster. Landis and Michael Jackson estate co-executor John Branca said it is a preamble to bigger announcements regarding Jackson legacy projects to be unveiled soon, though Branca said no new music releases are yet on the horizon. Let it go for a while.Director John Landis brought his 3D version of Thriller to the Venice Film Festival Monday, saying it was a chance to celebrate Michael Jackson's life and talent. Thriller has been shining for thirty-four years. This isn't the case for Dangerous or History - without recognition, they fade into the background. If the Michael Jackson Estate were to never mention Thriller again, it would continue to randomly chart on worldwide charts and continue to rack up sales. They deserve the praise more than Thriller does. Everyone is well aware of the impact Thriller made.īut Michael Jackson has five other adult studio albums, four of which rank among the best-selling of all time and hold records of their own in terms of worldwide sales and single sales. Walk around and ask people if they've heard the title track or "Billie Jean" or "Beat It" or "Human Nature" or "P.Y.T." and you'd be hard-pressed to find someone who says no. The media has established Thriller as revolutionary on almost a weekly basis. No other album in the history of the recording industry has come close to reaching its sales, and it's incredibly doubtful that any album ever will.Īll of that information has been ground into the dirt at this point. It remains a benchmark for what pop music is capable of.
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They would have a weekly celebration of that on TV and radio, here in the UK! :yes::doh: Just be glad it ISN'T The Beatles that hold the record. But I don't get fans complaining and moaning about "yet another milking" of THE BIGGEST SELLING ALBUM OF ALL TIME. I get that some fans prefer OTW, BAD, or Dangerous to Thriller. I get that people have varying tastes when it comes to music. And some fans complain that it gets too much coverage/promotion compared to his other great albums? It should be celebrated more IMHO.ĭo people honestly think that it wouldn't be the case if it happened to be The Beatles? Or Elvis?Ī guy that had a tough upbringing, with no advantages other than his talent, makes the biggest selling album OF ALL TIME. Re: John Landis - Top Secret Thriller Project!!!! Coming 2017ĭoes anyone have an idea how many albums have been released since the dawn of recorded music? 100,000? 1,000,000?Īn album by Michael Jackson happens to be the biggest selling EVER. When it comes to Michael I do kind of feel like an accomplishment such as Thriller needs to be shouted from the rooftops just to remind/not let people forget that Michael accomplished something so big. I agree, I want ALL of Michael's albums to be seen as the masterpieces that they are (I'm the first one to say that Invincible is underrated), but I do like Thriller praise if only for the fact that I do feel as though people need to be reminded that Michael did put out an album that garnered more sales then many artists are able to garner with multiple albums or for their entire careers.Īnd before you say that people will never forget/diminish what Michael accomplished with Thriller lets not forget that the media was hellbent on selling Justin Timberlake as the newer better Michael Jackson and new King of Pop (knowing good and well that he was nowhere near MJ's level in reality) while Michael himself was still alive and had changed/reinvented the way music videos were created WITH Thriller.