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Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
Does anyone actually like the stuff on Bad?
So Thriller was already about an aging pop idol losing it, it just made money with that general theme, and you wonder why he went downhill?
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He was 23 when he (and Quincy Jones) made "Thriller." Granted, he had been performing since age 10, but he wasn't "aging" and as of "Thriller," he wasn't losing it.
I think "Off The Wall" is a much better album than "Bad." Michael Jackson was iconic. In fact, his iconic status reminds me of a Chris Rock riff. Bill Clinton was so famous that Monica Lewinsky became famous just for having sex* with him. Michael Jackson was so iconic that Nirvana and Kurt Cobain became iconic in no small part because they knocked him off the top of the charts.
There will never be a more iconic American pop star that Michael Jackson because of the fragmentation and decline of the music industry. Arguably, Nirvana was the last iconic rock band in American music, and they ended 15 years ago.
You can argue that the era ended long ago instead of last week, but an era in American music that Michael Jackson personified has certainly ended.
* oral sex, done properly, is sex
