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Yes - love Billie Jean!
I'm definitely in the 'Off The Wall' camp! - All the singles from that album were superb & really made Michael Jackson stick out within the soul & disco crowd! - I think if 'Thriller' had had more songs like 'Billie Jean' on it, it would have been a great album too. Instead I think it was overexposed & many of its average songs hyped up by the use of MTV etc. To be honest I'm surprised it was the massive seller it was!''Billie Jean'' isn't merely a great song because i think it most resembles those songs on 'Off The Wall' (which i don't think it does by the way), which i suspect may be the reason starry is linking them up. ''Billie Jean'' is a great song on its own terms which has little to do with the direction of Jackson's music on his previous album. Yes, MTV played a massive part in the success of the 'Thriller'' album! |
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Some interesting editions out there on You Tube, apologies if any already discussed:
22/11/73: JS introducing GG plus a tip for the top that was right for once with the New Seekers. Arguably their guest appearance on the Morecambe and Wise Christmas show was even more important and, unlike this edition, still has a chance of frequent airings. Christmas Day 1984: The no presenter edition, which means we should get to see it. No George Michael / Wham but a memorable performance of Do They Know Its Christmas with the odd substitute coming off the bench. It really was the year of the A-listers. Dec 89 80s Review: The last of Paul Gambaccini's occasional appearances, almost 4 years after he left Radio 1. He was on the 1000th edition in 1983 which won't be aired. Lots of short clips. Fantastic performance from Kim Wilde. Thriller and Off The Wall both great, far superior to anything he did afterwards. |
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It's slightly embarrassing IMO that Bad is MJ's biggest selling album in the UK. In fact I think it's one of the top 10 best selling albums of all time in the UK. I'm not saying there aren't some decent tunes on Bad, but the idea it's a classic album is a bit silly.
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It's slightly embarrassing IMO that Bad is MJ's biggest selling album in the UK. In fact I think it's one of the top 10 best selling albums of all time in the UK.
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It's slightly embarrassing IMO that Bad is MJ's biggest selling album in the UK. In fact I think it's one of the top 10 best selling albums of all time in the UK. I'm not saying there aren't some decent tunes on Bad, but the idea it's a classic album is a bit silly.
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Maybe because Stock Aitken & Waterman were the main alternative choice in the UK charts the year Bad came out? I believe America was spared the worst of their musical atrocities
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It's slightly embarrassing IMO that Bad is MJ's biggest selling album in the UK. In fact I think it's one of the top 10 best selling albums of all time in the UK. I'm not saying there aren't some decent tunes on Bad, but the idea it's a classic album is a bit silly.
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It's slightly embarrassing IMO that Bad is MJ's biggest selling album in the UK
https://www.ukmix.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=63110 Still, Bad is a fantastic album to iron to. Just grab the mountain of freshly-washed clothes, say to the wife 'Leave Me Alone' and iron out those creases like a 'Smooth' criminal. |
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Bad outsold Thriller in the UK? Or anywhere? Hard to believe, that. But if this is analysis is anything to go by then it's true - Bad at almost 4.1m sales and Thriller at 3.3m.
https://www.ukmix.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=63110 Still, Bad is a fantastic album to iron to. Just grab the mountain of freshly-washed clothes, say to the wife 'Leave Me Alone' and iron out those creases like a 'Smooth' criminal. |
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Perhaps in retrospect "Smooth Criminal" was the most successful song on the 'Bad' album, at least as far as the dance tracks go.
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I know this has been posted before but if anyone can be kind enough to save me searching through the thread and post the TOTP broadcast dates over Xmas and New Year that would be great. I've got the TV guide but don't trust myself not to overlook an edition. I was expecting it to be on tonight, but it isn't
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I love "Leave Me Alone" but I may be right in saying that it was not originally on the UK edition?
Mate had the vinyl, Sister had the Cd. |
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I know this has been posted before but if anyone can be kind enough to save me searching through the thread and post the TOTP broadcast dates over Xmas and New Year that would be great. I've got the TV guide but don't trust myself not to overlook an edition. I was expecting it to be on tonight, but it isn't
![]() Friday 30th at 7.00 (9/12/82) and 7.30 (23/12/82) - repeated from 1.35 Saturday morning and 11 PM on New Year's Day. |
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Thanks for that. I'll get the ones over this weekend all set to record.
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Are there any Men Without Hats fans on here? I've been one since about 1997. This is one of my favourites, a 1982 single release called "Antarctica" which sums up their stark electronic style quite well IMO:
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If anyone's interested, you can listen to the Top 40 with Tommy Vance from 25th July 1982 here:
https://www.mixcloud.com/eugene-se/t...-july-25-1982/ |
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After all of the MJ discussion on here, and how great Off The Wall is, it's odd that none of the singles from it topped the UK charts, and it was the Motown cash-in after that which led to his first #1 with the wonderful 'One Day In Your Life'... and then Thriller and Bad only contributed one chart topper each.
I don't know if it's the old memory playing tricks, but for the Thriller and Bad singles, I seem to remember these being almost like must-see events, and were like a special premiere in the UK at the time? Certainly seemed that way with the first viewing of the full length Thriller video at least, and the talk of school the next day... Do we ever get to see MJ in the TOTP studio after 1982? I think on one of the recent TOTP2, he was in with his family doing Rockin' Robin, but I don't recall seeing him on their solo... |
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Are there any Men Without Hats fans on here? I've been one since about 1997. This is one of my favourites, a 1982 single release called "Antarctica" which sums up their stark electronic style quite well IMO:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ho2tFueTgE8 Men without hats Where do the boys go? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8T3N6a24A9I |
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After all of the MJ discussion on here, and how great Off The Wall is, it's odd that none of the singles from it topped the UK charts, and it was the Motown cash-in after that which led to his first #1 with the wonderful 'One Day In Your Life'... and then Thriller and Bad only contributed one chart topper each.
I don't know if it's the old memory playing tricks, but for the Thriller and Bad singles, I seem to remember these being almost like must-see events, and were like a special premiere in the UK at the time? Certainly seemed that way with the first viewing of the full length Thriller video at least, and the talk of school the next day... Do we ever get to see MJ in the TOTP studio after 1982? I think on one of the recent TOTP2, he was in with his family doing Rockin' Robin, but I don't recall seeing him on their solo... Wasn't Michael Jackson's final Top Of The Pops studio appearance, ''Destiny'', with his brothers from early 79? I believe that may also have been around the time he made his appearance on the Multi Coloured Swap Shop, talking to his fans by phone. |
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After all of the MJ discussion on here, and how great Off The Wall is, it's odd that none of the singles from it topped the UK charts, and it was the Motown cash-in after that which led to his first #1 with the wonderful 'One Day In Your Life'... and then Thriller and Bad only contributed one chart topper each.
I don't know if it's the old memory playing tricks, but for the Thriller and Bad singles, I seem to remember these being almost like must-see events, and were like a special premiere in the UK at the time? Certainly seemed that way with the first viewing of the full length Thriller video at least, and the talk of school the next day... Do we ever get to see MJ in the TOTP studio after 1982? I think on one of the recent TOTP2, he was in with his family doing Rockin' Robin, but I don't recall seeing him on their solo... [I see Jedikiah has beat me to it!] |
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Vintage TV are showing 'Toyah's Vintage Xmas', and aired 'Mel & Kim's 'Rockin' Around The Xmas Tree'. They forgot to edit out the Rolf Harris mention. I was so disgusted I put my foot through the TV screen and I am sending Toyah the bill.
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![]() Had a bit of a sneak peak at tonight's line-ups and it confirms the disadvantage of showing a double bill with one show missing in between, namely that we will see some songs consecutively in both shows. |
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I love "Leave Me Alone" but I may be right in saying that it was not originally on the UK edition?
Originally the big plan in the UK was to release every single track from "Bad" as a single, including "Leave Me Alone", which would have been 11 tracks from a 10-track album As it happened, "only" 9 were released, the last (Liberian Girl) coming almost 2 years after the first (I Just Can't Stop Loving You). Only Just Good Friends and Speed Demon weren't released, and weren't performed on tour either (except one solitary performance of Just Good Friends with Stevie Wonder as guest in Sydney).Interestingly, Speed Demon was one of the standout parts of the Moonwalker movie - the claymation video (with the dancing rabbit) would have made a perfect promo clip... |
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- All the singles from that album were superb & really made Michael Jackson stick out within the soul & disco crowd! - I think if 'Thriller' had had more songs like 'Billie Jean' on it, it would have been a great album too. Instead I think it was overexposed & many of its average songs hyped up by the use of MTV etc. To be honest I'm surprised it was the massive seller it was!
