Talk:Thriller (song)

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[edit] American Werewolf

I just added a line highlighting that John Landis came to this project shortly after directing An American Werewolf in London. My guess would be that that film was a significant influence on Jackson wanting to make a vazz in this style. There are probably more connections too. In particular does anyone know whether other people were involved on both projects - makeup artists, special effects or art direction? -- Solipsist 07:00, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Merge

I can't see why these two were split; every other article on a single has a section on any relevant video (often bloated with blow-by-blow descriptions of every tedious clichéd detail). These two articles are short enough to be combined. --Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 16:49, 16 October 2005 (UTC)

I think it's time the Music videos split off from the articles that specifically refer to the song. IMHO, I believe the best place to start this trend is with Thriller. In this example, the notability of the video transcends merely noting it on a song page. This importance is illustrated with the new iTunes video downloading service - and Thriller, not surprisingly, is in the top 10 of most downloaded. When people discuss Michael Jackson's songs, Billie Jean is almost always mentioned as his best (and probably his most listened to) - but when the discussion switches to his music videos - Thriller, the music video - stands out alone uncontested. I think it's important to make this distinction. In due time, the Thriller (music video) article will grow much larger than the article about the song.--The lorax 17:15, 16 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Lead Guitar

Was it just me who heard Eddie Van Halen played lead guitar on this track-the-muffin-man- 19:36, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

Eddie Van Halen did a guitar solo on "Beat It" JoeD80 (talk) 21:11, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Michael Jackson getting a Co-Writing Credit...?

In the Thriller album booklet, Rod is listed as the only composer of this song, so i'm gonna remove Michael's co-writing credit from this page, unless someone has a source for it. MatteusH 09:47, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Bollywood version

If you go to youtube and type in somethng like "Thriller Indian" you'll see an Indian version of this song. I beleive this should be mentioned in the article, I'm very curious If Jackson filed lawsuit for plagurism. THROUGH FIRE JUSTICE IS SERVED! 01:36, 14 October 2007 (UTC)