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Post by MattyJam on Oct 31, 2024 12:47:13 GMT
Every time I put MJ on at work, everyone stops what they're doing and are glued:  Same thing happened when I worked at an out of school club for primary aged kids years ago. Kids loved Ghosts, but some parents complained it was inappropriate because its scary (it was Halloween!) and also because of those bloody allegations. But the kids loved Michael anyway! Maybe some still do now they're adults - I know one of them now has a toddler. Time flies! Yeah, Ghosts is a bit more hardcore on the horror front. My 7yr old loves Thriller but hated Ghosts (maybe I should've waited a few more years to show him that one). |
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Post by pg13 on Nov 1, 2024 11:37:29 GMT
Same thing happened when I worked at an out of school club for primary aged kids years ago. Kids loved Ghosts, but some parents complained it was inappropriate because its scary (it was Halloween!) and also because of those bloody allegations. But the kids loved Michael anyway! Maybe some still do now they're adults - I know one of them now has a toddler. Time flies! Yeah, Ghosts is a bit more hardcore on the horror front. My 7yr old loves Thriller but hated Ghosts (maybe I should've waited a few more years to show him that one). I was showing it to kids around 7 or so. Every one of them loved it and didn't find it scary, but they found it funny too. So much so when I left they made a big send off card that said "MJ is the best!" on the front. Still have it somewhere! |
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Post by MattyJam on Nov 1, 2024 19:34:53 GMT
Read on X that Thriller was the most streamed song in the world yesterday across Spotify and Apple Music.
Awesome.
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Post by TonyR on Nov 1, 2024 21:45:33 GMT
Read on X that Thriller was the most streamed song in the world yesterday across Spotify and Apple Music. Awesome. Why? |
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Post by MattyJam on Nov 2, 2024 9:22:25 GMT
Read on X that Thriller was the most streamed song in the world yesterday across Spotify and Apple Music. Awesome. Why? No, Thriller. |
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Post by pg13 on Nov 2, 2024 9:35:00 GMT
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Post by russtcb on Nov 2, 2024 14:34:58 GMT
Read on X that Thriller was the most streamed song in the world yesterday across Spotify and Apple Music. Awesome. Did they manage to get it to number one this year? I know a bunch of people were trying really hard over the past few years. |
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Post by russtcb on Nov 4, 2024 12:20:46 GMT
We went to a record fair yesterday. I saw a young dude (like in his 20s) next to me who had Thriller and Bad in his hands but he set Bad back in the bin. I was like "Dude. How you gonna put Bad back?" He laughed and said "I've never even heard Thriller I just know it's supposed to be amazing so I figured I'd grab that one".
Me being me, I went into a sales pitch about how incredible Bad is as well. The dude was like "Oh damn, Ok I'll get that one too". In short, I'm out here doing the lord's work.
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Post by abbeycodi on Nov 4, 2024 13:44:27 GMT
How does someone in their 20’s go through life and not inadvertently hear Thriller.
It’s played on the radio all the time, in stores, parties, weddings, etc. Unless he lived under a rock, that’s so hard to believe lol.
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Post by respect77 on Nov 4, 2024 16:21:32 GMT
How does someone one in their 20’s go through life and not inadvertently hear Thriller. It’s played on the radio all the time, in stores, parties, weddings, etc. Unless he lived under a rock, that’s so hard to believe lol. I have seen a comment on FB today saying that someone they know never heard of Queen. 😲 |
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Post by abbeycodi on Nov 4, 2024 16:46:51 GMT
well, it’s one thing to not connect the artist to the popular songs, but I find it impossible that some people (meaning adults, it’s different if you’re under the age of like 13 or so) go through life being unaware of extremely popular things that are impossible to avoid. They pop up in the media all the time, not to mention the outside world.
Like those reaction videos on Youtube that say “listening to XYZ for the first time” and I just think there’s no way you never hear XYZ before?! Maybe you never intentionally sought it out, but you certainly had to have heard it in passing right??
even people in desolate, isolated places know the most popular songs and artists. At least from the 20th century, when culture was more singular and not as convoluted as it is today.
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Post by blackbird on Nov 4, 2024 18:06:28 GMT
well, it’s one thing to not connect the artist to the popular songs, but I find it impossible that some people (meaning adults, it’s different if you’re under the age of like 13 or so) go through life being unaware of extremely popular things that are impossible to avoid. They pop up in the media all the time, not to mention the outside world. Like those reaction videos on Youtube that say “listening to XYZ for the first time” and I just think there’s no way you never hear XYZ before?! Maybe you never intentionally sought it out, but you certainly had to have heard it in passing right?? even people in desolate, isolated places know the most popular songs and artists. At least from the 20th century, when culture was more singular and not as convoluted as it is today. I try to keep it short. Which is a lot for my mind. I didnt had the privilege to experience Michael as a kid. I was a teenager when he came in my country for thr first time in 1992, and already with my interest in angst music. He was a megastar but I had no idea why. Later on when I had access to MTV I've seen some of his short films and recognized his voice from some songs heard on radio that stuck in my head bc of his amazing unique voice. I've asked my parents what songs they know before the regime changed in my country and they said that some, a few, heard at an illegal radio. And still I can write here the songs I knew without consuming too much space. I've continued to listen my music until I got bored and for years and years I've listened movies soundtracks and quiet music. And 3 yrs ago I had the urge to listen Smooth criminal. I liked the song itself, it was not the video that made me to really like tgis song. In several days I was in awe, esp discovering the J5 and the Bad tour with its energy and everything unleashed, and since then I'm on MJ rollercoaster. My reaction was under what rock I've lived... I had preferences before, one, two posters on my dorm room walls but I never was a fan of anyone. Favorites yes, but not like this. But MJ. Well, he is family now. My room looks like it should had been when I was younger. He is above music, this man. I wish to had known him when I was a kid. With my eyes always on the sky and dreams of flying. How good would had been for me to hear Someone in the dark. But it's OK, it's never too late. When I listen to some of his more intimate songs the kid in me is there smiling, feeling safe, and ...I'm thankful for this. This man left indeed a lot behind. So, I had no idea abt what phenomena was Thriller, i think that even the song or the video were not known by me, when I first saw Dirty Diana I was on the floor; many of these ppl are faking it, but some of them perhaps are aware of these songs and they start to re watch them after a long time bc it's cool and for sure they will have views. I hope you understood something, I've tried to keep it as short as possible. But in the same time I think you're right. My mother is with her radio open all the time and she knows better than me the ,,modern,, voices, the Weeknd, TS, Beyonce, Usher, etc. |
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Post by russtcb on Nov 4, 2024 23:39:07 GMT
well, it’s one thing to not connect the artist to the popular songs, but I find it impossible that some people (meaning adults, it’s different if you’re under the age of like 13 or so) go through life being unaware of extremely popular things that are impossible to avoid. They pop up in the media all the time, not to mention the outside world. Like those reaction videos on Youtube that say “listening to XYZ for the first time” and I just think there’s no way you never hear XYZ before?! Maybe you never intentionally sought it out, but you certainly had to have heard it in passing right?? even people in desolate, isolated places know the most popular songs and artists. At least from the 20th century, when culture was more singular and not as convoluted as it is today. I didn't bother putting the kid under a full interrogation. I just went ahead and had a nice interaction with him instead. Seemed like a good way to go about it. |
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Post by amaya on Nov 5, 2024 0:25:53 GMT
well, it’s one thing to not connect the artist to the popular songs, but I find it impossible that some people (meaning adults, it’s different if you’re under the age of like 13 or so) go through life being unaware of extremely popular things that are impossible to avoid. They pop up in the media all the time, not to mention the outside world. Like those reaction videos on Youtube that say “listening to XYZ for the first time” and I just think there’s no way you never hear XYZ before?! Maybe you never intentionally sought it out, but you certainly had to have heard it in passing right?? even people in desolate, isolated places know the most popular songs and artists. At least from the 20th century, when culture was more singular and not as convoluted as it is today. Some people are just... simply not exposed to things. Either they're super sheltered (i.e. they grew up in a religious home where mainstream, secular music wasn't allowed) or they just don't get exposed to it somehow and it slips through the cracks. For me, I was kind of a mix of both. My parents didn't deliberately try to shelter me from popular music, but they didn't go out of their way to expose me to it, either. The only mainstream music album I remembered them trying to get me into was Garth Brooks' Pieces album, and I felt awkward when they did that. Like... "why are you making me listen to this?" The only other exposure I had to popular, mainstream music for most of my childhood was: - Whatever music my brother happened to listen to, which wasn't much... and as he got older the exposure got limited since he was listening to explicit stuff and I wasn't allowed to listen to that. However, one of the albums he had that I was allowed to listen to was the Bad album... until the allegations happened and I was urged to stop listening to it.
 - Whatever music I happened to hear in school or my friends' parents' cars (on the few times I was able to ride in said car-needless to say my lack of music knowledge did not make me very popular, and my friends weren't very sympathetic either)
- Songs I overheard in movies/shows/commercials (i.e. Beat It in Back to the Future Part II), but I didn't realize that those were songs by people/bands that had other songs
So my childhood music library consisted of what's listed the above, Disney songs (or would this fall under popular music too? I mean, they didn't play Under the Sea on the radio back then... or did they?), and classical kids songs/nursery rhymes, and even then I didn't have all of these songs readily available to listen to. It wasn't until maybe fifth/sixth grade when I started watching VH1 for some reason and watched that top 10 countdown show they had back then, and Pop Up Video. My parents also signed up for that Columbia House music thing for some reason, and they let me pick the albums I wanted. I got a bunch of albums, although there wasn't much variety; mostly pop music of the late 90's (i.e. Backstreet Boys, Aqua). I did have the first two Spice Girls albums also, so I guess they were the first group I was really a fan of. And then of course they fell out of the limelight, so that goes to show how great I was at picking bands/groups to follow. =P For junior high/high school my music tastes were still limited. Mostly video game/anime stuff (not easy or cheap for an American back then; RealAudio streams FTW) and some J-Pop, and Cher. I got really into Cher for a time thanks to that one X-Files episode with her music in it. This also did not make me popular. In high school I remember listening to Limp Bizkit and Kid Rock, but only one album from each, and I only knew of those albums because the Undertaker's theme song was on those albums lol. The Kid Rock album was such a waste of money cause I remember hating all the songs on there except American Badass; wish I knew that CD singles were a thing... I also remember getting into Destiny's Child for a bit. I actually listened to The Writing's On the Wall album recently; still a good listen, I think. In junior year I actually got to watch the Thriller video for a class, and that was my first ever exposure to that song/video. I became vaguely aware of the album and how big it was around that same time, but I didn't look into it further. This was around the time that there was a lot of negative stuff about Michael in the media, so I kept away. Pretty foolish of me. When the Sonic 3 theories started popping up in 2006, I started getting into his stuff again, but it wasn't until his passing that I went all-in on his back catalog. I know, it's pathetic... I think I just missed out on Thriller due to the timing of when I grew up and when the allegations happened. That and my parents just... never had that album themselves, or told me about it. I honestly don't think I properly expanded my musical tastes until the end of college and even after that. That was when I finally started listening to bands, albums and genres that I became aware of through pop culture but never fully invested in. Pink Floyd, the Rolling Stones, The Who, Rush, Black Sabbath... and of course Michael. Rap music, hip hop, R&B, disco, and thanks to the resurgence of the Japanese City Pop genre I'm listening to more J-Pop too. I'm glad I'm able to readily listen to any music I want these days, but there's a part of me that will always be sad that I missed out on this stuff during my childhood. ...wow, I didn't mean to rant like that lol. |
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Post by abbeycodi on Nov 5, 2024 2:27:18 GMT
well, it’s one thing to not connect the artist to the popular songs, but I find it impossible that some people (meaning adults, it’s different if you’re under the age of like 13 or so) go through life being unaware of extremely popular things that are impossible to avoid. They pop up in the media all the time, not to mention the outside world. Like those reaction videos on Youtube that say “listening to XYZ for the first time” and I just think there’s no way you never hear XYZ before?! Maybe you never intentionally sought it out, but you certainly had to have heard it in passing right?? even people in desolate, isolated places know the most popular songs and artists. At least from the 20th century, when culture was more singular and not as convoluted as it is today. I didn't bother putting the kid under a full interrogation. I just went ahead and had a nice interaction with him instead. Seemed like a good way to go about it. I wasn’t implying you should’ve interrogated him… I thought your interaction was perfectly fine. I was more so generally speaking about people’s, specifically adults, exposure to pop culture in the post above. |
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