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Printablebboy87 said: I helped on a book about MJ a couple of months and I've always been really impressed how well the album by itself. Compared to albums today, the album didn't have alot of promotion. 7 singles, 3 videos, 1 performance made this album the best selling album of all times. 104 million.....dayum
 I think people who were old enough to remember that era could have easily told you that. Fans complain about the promotion that Vince got...it got more than Thriller for God sake.!! Bad, Dangerous, History got more hype before and during the release of the albums that's all. But when it come to the actual mania, the style etc, it was Thriller that wins hands down. And as "Soulalive" said people of all ages were wearing Beat It, Billie Jean and Thriller T-shirts. Girls covered their school bags with badges. The one-glove style was imitated. The curly perm with the sides gel down was the in thing with both girls and boys. You just didn't get that with Bad, because by that time Michael image was already being ridiculed and sullied with the extreme plastic surgery, so there wasn't that same euthaism to imitate his style, plus people were moving onto the next big thing by that time. | |
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whatsgoingon said: bboy87 said: I helped on a book about MJ a couple of months and I've always been really impressed how well the album by itself. Compared to albums today, the album didn't have alot of promotion. 7 singles, 3 videos, 1 performance made this album the best selling album of all times. 104 million.....dayum
I think people who were old enough to remember that era could have easily told you that. Fans complain about the promotion that Vince got...it got more than Thriller for God sake.!! Bad, Dangerous, History got more hype before and during the release of the albums that's all. But when it come to the actual mania, the style etc, it was Thriller that wins hands down. And as "Soulalive" said people of all ages were wearing Beat It, Billie Jean and Thriller T-shirts. Girls covered their school bags with badges. The one-glove style was imitated. The curly perm with the sides gel down was the in thing with both girls and boys. You just didn't get that with Bad, because by that time Michael image was already being ridiculed and sullied with the extreme plastic surgery, so there wasn't that same euthaism to imitate his style, plus people were moving onto the next big thing by that time. I was born during the Bad era so I didn't get to be apart of it all. I came around with Dangerous. Even though people were moving to next big thing, Michael was on top, or so it seems. I remember growing up and remember the kids in my class wanted to be Ice Cube, Tupac, and whatever rapper was popular(Hell, even Coolio), but my weird ass wanted to be Michael and Prince  , and I think I made the right decision"We may deify or demonize them but not ignore them. And we call them genius, because they are the people who change the world." |
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I also see about 87/88 when in the R&B scene, it wasn't cool to be "different". In the 90s, Rap had completely changed things and the r&b cats had to catch up. Prince and Michael were seen as too feminine, which is fucked up "We may deify or demonize them but not ignore them. And we call them genius, because they are the people who change the world." |
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TonyVanDam said: .....and please be honest.
 Yeah, during the J5('I Want You Back', 'ABC', 'I'll Be There') days. Those songs were a big part of my childhood. Back in the early 70s, I though Michael & his brothers were the greatest thing on the planet. | |
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WELL YEAH POOK REALLY ALBINO MONKEY! POOK DYE FUR TO MATCH MICHAEL THEN MICHAEL TURN WHITE POOK NOT ABLE TO KEEP UP! P o o |/, P o o |\ | |
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