Rd 4 - 5 - Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited v 2 - Michael Jackson - Thriller

[gah]

I am not trying to deny that Thriller is an iconic album and worthy of praise and I also agree that Highway 61 is not Dylan's best work (I reserve that title for BOTT).  I just can't give a vote to an album that, while very groundbreaking, held no significance to me and rarely, if ever, gets any playback in my house.

That's because you're Canadian.  :-P

USA! USA! USA!










:hereitisyousentimentalbastard

[twatts]

i love Highway 61 and lsiten to it quite often, but i dont think it's Dylan's best, and unfortunately gets beat every day by this.......



i remember seeing this video for the first time. Staying up late on Fridays to watch Friday Night Videos. (a pre-MTV video show)

Once Billie Jean starts with the opening break, EVERYONE knows what it is because it is so CLASSIC and so GOOD! The little string hits are subtle yet so tremendous.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2007/jul/12/popandrock

[twatts]

(I reserve that title for BOTT).

Not even close... 



"And what would you do if you met a jibboo?"

Terry

[Buffalo Budd]

I am not trying to deny that Thriller is an iconic album and worthy of praise and I also agree that Highway 61 is not Dylan's best work (I reserve that title for BOTT).  I just can't give a vote to an album that, while very groundbreaking, held no significance to me and rarely, if ever, gets any playback in my house.

That's because you're Canadian.  :-P

USA! USA! USA!










:hereitisyousentimentalbastard

While this is true GAH, my wife would have picked MJ hands down but she's into that teeny bop dance stuff so  :-P

[gah]

I am not trying to deny that Thriller is an iconic album and worthy of praise and I also agree that Highway 61 is not Dylan's best work (I reserve that title for BOTT).  I just can't give a vote to an album that, while very groundbreaking, held no significance to me and rarely, if ever, gets any playback in my house.

That's because you're Canadian.  :-P

USA! USA! USA!










:hereitisyousentimentalbastard

While this is true GAH, my wife would have picked MJ hands down but she's into that teeny bop dance stuff so  :-P

Well....she....I was.....look, there's nothing wrong with liking scantily clad teenagers...wait...pop music is music too....I mean, it's called pop music for a reason, and if it appeals to the lowest denominator and.....goddamn it, he's the KING OF POP man!!!!

[Igbo]

I am not trying to deny that Thriller is an iconic album and worthy of praise and I also agree that Highway 61 is not Dylan's best work (I reserve that title for BOTT).  I just can't give a vote to an album that, while very groundbreaking, held no significance to me and rarely, if ever, gets any playback in my house.

That's because you're Canadian.  :-P

USA! USA! USA!










:hereitisyousentimentalbastard

While this is true GAH, my wife would have picked MJ hands down but she's into that teeny bop dance stuff so  :-P

Are you considering MJ and "Thriller" to be teeny bop dance stuff?

[sls.stormyrider]

This feels like 2004 when I can't imagine anyone voting for Bush yet there he is winning...

definitely

Come on man, when this drops, you can't tell me you're sitting still.

you're right - I'm running to the controls and changing the tune to some good music.

shocked and stunned.

[Buffalo Budd]

I am not trying to deny that Thriller is an iconic album and worthy of praise and I also agree that Highway 61 is not Dylan's best work (I reserve that title for BOTT).  I just can't give a vote to an album that, while very groundbreaking, held no significance to me and rarely, if ever, gets any playback in my house.

That's because you're Canadian.  :-P

USA! USA! USA!










:hereitisyousentimentalbastard

While this is true GAH, my wife would have picked MJ hands down but she's into that teeny bop dance stuff so  :-P

Are you considering MJ and "Thriller" to be teeny bop dance stuff?

I was just teasing GAH.  I was simply making the point that I was not into pop music back then (or now for that matter) and my wife used to dance with her friends to Thriller until they wore the tape out.  I put him in the Madonna category in that they were huge pop icons of the 80s.
Ah forget it, it doesn't matter anyway.  :shakehead:

[Hicks]

Madonna wishes she had half the performance skills of MJ in his prime.

[Igbo]

I am not trying to deny that Thriller is an iconic album and worthy of praise and I also agree that Highway 61 is not Dylan's best work (I reserve that title for BOTT).  I just can't give a vote to an album that, while very groundbreaking, held no significance to me and rarely, if ever, gets any playback in my house.

That's because you're Canadian.  :-P

USA! USA! USA!










:hereitisyousentimentalbastard

While this is true GAH, my wife would have picked MJ hands down but she's into that teeny bop dance stuff so  :-P

Are you considering MJ and "Thriller" to be teeny bop dance stuff?

I was just teasing GAH.  I was simply making the point that I was not into pop music back then (or now for that matter) and my wife used to dance with her friends to Thriller until they wore the tape out.  I put him in the Madonna category in that they were huge pop icons of the 80s.
Ah forget it, it doesn't matter anyway.  :shakehead:

Ha! I was ready to box over Michael Jackson not being teeny bopper.   :-D

[danje]

The popularity of Thriller on this board baffles me.

[mattstick]

There are a lot of bad songs on Thriller.

[Hicks]

There are a lot of bad songs on Thriller.

Wrong, there are two.

[Hicks]

The popularity of Thriller on this board baffles me.

Does it also baffle you that it has sold over 60 million copies worldwide?

[mattstick]

Baby Be Mine, Human Nature, The Girl Is Mine = a lot.