![]() Thriller (1983) [ larger cover art ] |
It's close to midnight, and something evil's lurkin' in the dark
Under the moonlight, you see a sight that almost stops your heart
You try to scream, but terror takes the sound before you make it
You start to freeze, as horror looks you right between the eyes, you're paralyzed
'Cause it's a thriller, thriller night
And no one's gonna save you from the beast about to strike
You know it's thriller, thriller night
You're fighting for your life inside a, killer, thriller tonight, yeah
You hear the door slam, and realize there's nowhere left to run
You feel the cold hand, and wonder if you'll ever see the sun
You close your eyes, and hope that this is just imagination
Girl, but all the while, you hear a creature creepin' up behind, you're outta time
'Cause it's a thriller, thriller night
There ain't no second chance against the thing with the forty eyes, girl
(Thriller, thriller night)
You're fighting for your life inside a, killer, thriller tonight
Night creatures call and the dead start to walk in their masquerade
There's no escaping the jaws of the alien this time
(They're open wide)
This is the end of your life
They're out to get you, there's demons closing in on every side (boom!)
They will possess you, unless you change that number on your dial
Now is the time, for you and I to cuddle close together, yeah
All through the night, I'll save you from the terror on the screen, I'll make you see
That it's a thriller, thriller night
'Cause I can thrill you more than any ghoul would ever dare try
(Thriller, thriller night)
So let me hold you tight and share a, killer, diller, chiller thriller here tonight
'Cause it's a thriller, thriller night
Girl, I can thrill you more than any ghoul would ever dare try
(Thriller, thriller night)
So let me hold you tight and share a (Killer, thriller)
I'm gonna thrill you tonight
Darkness falls across the land
The midnight hour is close at hand
Creatures crawl in search of blood
To terrorize your neighborhood
And whosoever shall be found
Without the soul for getting down
Must stand and face the hounds of hell
And rot inside a corpse's shell
I'm gonna thrill you tonight
(Thriller, thriller)
I'm gonna thrill you tonight
(Middle of the night, thriller))
I'm gonna thrill you tonight
Ooh, babe, I'm gonna thrill you tonight
Middle of the night, babe
The foulest stench is in the air
The funk of forty thousand years
And grizzly ghouls from every tomb
Are closing in to seal your doom
And though you fight to stay alive
Your body starts to shiver
For no mere mortal can resist
The evil of the thriller
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Ah-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha
Ah-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha
| a2 (Michigan) | Posted: Oct 31, 2010 - 11:59 Missed hearing it this year |
| df1489 (Lake Palestine, Tyler Tx) | Posted: Oct 29, 2010 - 15:36 a_genuine_find wrote: ![]() Love it! |
| That_SOB (The Dark Side of the Tune) | Posted: Oct 29, 2010 - 15:35 This was released 27 years ago ? Wow..... wow....! |
| Tippster (Washington, DC) | Posted: Oct 29, 2010 - 15:32 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
| Bazooka (Honolulu, HI USA) | Posted: Oct 29, 2010 - 15:32 Happy Halloween Everyone! Have fun!! |
| Beclipsed (Germany) | Posted: Oct 29, 2010 - 15:32 Next |
| robotbass (Boston Area) | Posted: Oct 29, 2010 - 15:31 A CLASSIC! |
| UltraNurd (Boston, MA) | Posted: Oct 29, 2010 - 15:31 Awesome!!! Only pop music allowed in the house when I was little :oD. |
| a2 (Michigan) | Posted: Oct 31, 2009 - 11:32 Halloween came on a Saturday this year. |
| pamohearn (not close enough to a beach) | Posted: Oct 30, 2009 - 15:47 as long as it's only once a year... |
| Johng (San Luis Obispo, CA. Hey I call this paradise too!) | Posted: Oct 30, 2009 - 15:30 Wow that was painful. Good thing Halloween only comes once a year. |
| a_genuine_find (not me, Radio P) (3rd stone, sol, orion belt, milkyway) | Posted: Oct 30, 2009 - 15:29 ![]() |
| paloeguevo (Venezuelan in Villahermosa, Mexico) | Posted: Oct 30, 2009 - 15:25 I guess the Album's cover has nothing to do with the album's name |
| DaMoGan (Body on the east coast, Mind in the west coast.) | Posted: Oct 30, 2009 - 15:25 Yup, this brings me back to Halloween in the mid 80's... Thanks RP! |
| moonsaura (Baltimore, Maryland) | Posted: Oct 30, 2009 - 15:25 omg! brings back memories...when i was a kid! groovy..... |
| Zep (Looking for my pitch) | Posted: Oct 30, 2009 - 15:24 A'riiite.... |
| keller1 (In A Gadda Da Vida, Baby) | Posted: Jun 25, 2009 - 17:42 Wow ... over a page of comments. Random thoughts: huge talent, weirdo or worse, transcended race —- in the end, life imitates art. And, for my money, this tune has one of the great grooves of all time. |
| jimbaca (Albuquerque) | Posted: Jun 25, 2009 - 16:25 Michael, you paid the price. Thank you so much for the music! |
| jpfueler (South o' Ft Worth) | Posted: Jun 25, 2009 - 16:24 Bazooka wrote: Vincent Price always makes me laugh. He'd of loved to know that. |
| Stave (San Francisco) | Posted: Jun 25, 2009 - 16:23 blades wrote: World can be very a very strange place. Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson on the same day ? And Ed McMahon just before that, although I guess that wasn't much of a surprise. |
| budaloco | Posted: Jun 25, 2009 - 16:22 I owe this man everything I am, musically speaking. A childhood hero. He will be missed. |
| inmanart | Posted: Jun 25, 2009 - 16:22 I prefer Vincent Price's contribution to Alice Cooper's "Welcome To My Nightmare", now that's great theater! |
| dolfan (Kingsland, Ga./Jacksonville, Fl) | Posted: Jun 25, 2009 - 16:22 tfodden wrote: Yep Bill - like you said - not the usual fare for RP; same here; but boy oh boy, that guy blew the music video thing wide open. His talent will be missed. And Farrah's too. And Sky Saxon. |
| JrzyTmata | Posted: Jun 25, 2009 - 16:22 damn. You were quite a talent. RIP Michael. |
| blades (NYC) | Posted: Jun 25, 2009 - 16:22 World can be very a very strange place. Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson on the same day ? |
| captain99 (North Vancouver, BC, Canada) | Posted: Jun 25, 2009 - 16:21 RIP Michael.. ..a true musical master..up there with the greats.. |
| renostve999 | Posted: Jun 25, 2009 - 16:21 Dangit...this guy was one weird dude, but this song (actually the whole album) still sends me into an early 80's kinda happy mood. ![]() RIP you weirdo. I really loved your earlier music. Not so much the later stuff, tho. |
| tfodden | Posted: Jun 25, 2009 - 16:21 Yep Bill - like you said - not the usual fare for RP; same here; but boy oh boy, that guy blew the music video thing wide open. His talent will be missed. And Farrah's too. |
| birdland (Right about....here.) | Posted: Jun 25, 2009 - 16:21 R.I.P Michael You lived a troubled, public life - and you gave your talent. |
| Bazooka (Mountain View, CA USA) | Posted: Jun 25, 2009 - 16:20 Vincent Price always makes me laugh. |
| mellyp (east bay, ca) | Posted: Jun 25, 2009 - 16:20 thank you for playing this, it choked me up a little. he will be missed! |
| Jungle_Jim (Brighton UK) | Posted: Jun 25, 2009 - 16:20 Let the hyberbole and mythologizing start - he is the Elvis of his generation, and Neverland will be opened as a major tourist attraction like Graceland. |
| craiggaemon | Posted: Jun 25, 2009 - 16:20 Thanks for playing and recognizing his impact on pop music! |
| petelincandjulie (Sunny Santa Barbara) | Posted: Jun 25, 2009 - 16:20 So very sad. Rest now MJ. |
| redeyespy (Clandestined in the bamboo thicket.) | Posted: Jun 25, 2009 - 16:19 I knew you were gonna play this, Bill. RIP, Michael. |
| ufamsm (Phoenix, AZ, USA) | Posted: Jun 25, 2009 - 16:19 Was great to hear them announce the sad news. I was going to go see him in Vegas after he finished up in London. Dude was a serious, hardcore freak with some pretty massive personal issues, but some of his albums ("Off the Wall", I'm looking at you) are among the best R&B/pop out there. Going to have to dust off my vinyl later and revisit some of the great stuff he did in his early career. |
| jpfueler (South o' Ft Worth) | Posted: Jun 25, 2009 - 16:19 Never really liked his stuff, but this was damned good, made better by Vincent's bit. Ed, Farrah, and Mike. . . been a rough week, |
| aaronm (Eugene, Oregon) | Posted: Jun 25, 2009 - 16:18 RIP. |
| Deadwing (Cincinnati OH) | Posted: Jun 25, 2009 - 16:18 Really out of the blue... RIP MJ and Farrah |
| ouiae | Posted: Jun 25, 2009 - 16:18 RIP, mj |
| Rilynn | Posted: Jun 25, 2009 - 16:17 not a fan but still sad to see one of the "greats" go. R.I.P |
| TrampInMudtime | Posted: Jun 25, 2009 - 16:17 I was just about to put this on the stereo - so sad. |
| rtrudeau (Bay Area, California) | Posted: Jun 25, 2009 - 16:17 Bless |
| TernaryBit (O-town) | Posted: Jun 25, 2009 - 16:17 Very fitting, farewell Michael. |
| CafeRacer (Indianapolis) | Posted: Jun 25, 2009 - 16:16 Thank you Bill. RIP Michael |
| 1wolfy (Mission Viejo California) | Posted: Jun 25, 2009 - 16:16 peter_james_bond wrote:RIP Michael. |
| gandracu | Posted: Jun 25, 2009 - 16:16 Sad, sad, sad. rip |
| peter_james_bond (Lunenburg, NS) | Posted: Jun 25, 2009 - 16:16 RIP Michael. |
| jsjacob (El Cerrito, CA) | Posted: Jun 25, 2009 - 16:15 RIP |
| RadioDoc (Chicagoland) | Posted: Oct 31, 2008 - 15:20 MinMan wrote: spooky, freaky, baby's on fire, the boy needs therapy...and then there's the music. Ooooooh....too bad "Baby's on Fire" by Eno isn't on the playlist. That would be excellent about now... |







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