MJ's Thriller: A Dusty Demo

Michael Jackson’s Thriller will always remain one of my favorite music videos of all time. I bet I watched Thriller a thousand times as a kid growing up. Needless to say my VHS was completely worn out.

Regardless of what Michael Jackson went through later in life, I will always remain a Thriller fan. The person he was during the Thriller days versus the person he was during his “Legal Trouble” days are like night and day, and so I like to think that it was two different people.

Thanks to “Fangoria,” I recently read that Thriller was originally called “STARLIGHT.” That just boggles my mind, it almost seems like a hoax. However, the original demo to “THRILLER/AKA STARLIGHT” has surfaced, and can be heard HERE. All I can say is Thank God fate stepped in and changed it. I mean, I’m sure it would’ve still been liked among Jackson fans, but it wouldn’t have come close to being the hit that Thriller did. It’s hard to imagine the 80’s without Thriller.

Happy Thanksgiving!!