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I've seen some debate on other forums surrounding the length of time Dark Side of the Moon was on the Billboard charts (741 consecutive weeks) vs. the crazy amount of copies of Michael Hackson's ...excuse me...Jackson's "Thriller" album which all sold in a relatively short period of time.
I contend that fads are short lived and that's why they are fads. People blindly jump on the bandwagon and then you don't hear about it anymore. (AchyBreaky Heart, Macarena, Who Let the Dogs Out, etc.) Face it...other than his bizarre personal life - what talk was there about Michael Hackson in the last 10 years? Before he bought the farm, that is. Yes, "Thriller" sold a bazillion copies in about a year and that was like 1983 or '84 if I recall. But the last week of listening to people crying and gushing over this overrated long-ago washed up bubblegum pop sensation is nauseating. Especially the people claiming he was a "genius" and a "revolutionary." That is pure extract of B.S. He stole his trademark "Moonwalk" from the great James Brown and the Jax5 which was better than his solo crap was yet but a teenybopper sugar-coated Temptations ripoff.
Some facts to consider:
The Eagles "Greatest Hits" CD outsold Thriller in the U.S.
Pink Floyd "Dark Side of the Moon" was on the Billboard charts for twice as long as Thriller.
Most top ten albums? Rolling Stones with 36. Jackson didn't even sniff the top of the list.
Most #1 albums? The Beatles of course with 19.
(There is a Jackson on the list with 6. Janet Jackson, not Michael.)
Most total weeks at #1? Beatles 132. Michael Jackson down the list at 50.
The "Westside Story" soundtrack spent 17 more weeks at #1 than Thriller.
Comedy actor Jackie Gleason (yes, Ralph Cramdon the bus driver from the Honeymooners) had an album that was in the top ten twice as long as Thriller. As did big band's Glen Miller.
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Jesus f*cking Christ.
How f*cking desperate do you have to be?
I've never seen Brown do the moonwalk, but everyone knows he was an influence on Jackson but to say he stole all his dance moves from him is just retarded. Temptations ripoff? How f*cking ignorant, how is he a Temptations ripoff? Because it has soul influence? Give me a goddamn break. Seriously.
Do you really think anyone cares that Jackie Gleason sold more records? Do you really think The Eagles had the kinda impact Jackson did? Do you really think all you have to discredit the man for is his record sales?
I'm tired of people who like you who think having influences automatically translates to being a direct ripoff. It's like all the idiots who argue over which of the 1000 bands Red Hot Chili Peppers ripped off, if they had that many influences, they didn't f*cking ripoff anybody.
I can understand you're tired of the media coverage, but really, do you think a "fad" would get that kinda coverage if people stopped caring about him after Thriller? Forgotten about him in the past 10 years? Are you kidding? The last 10 years of the man's life has been a media circus, everyone talked sh*t about him. And I'm tired of people going to such ridiculous measures to discredit everything he did even in death.
Anyway, I say Jackson wins this. Because Floyd didn't give us that talentless hack Syd Barrett.