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Michael Jackson — Beat It
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vanmas
(Leiden, Netherlands)
Posted: Jan 03, 2013 - 02:50
 
Yes! Nice surprise...
Sweet memories of the 80's...
But its not more than that...

sterlingy
(Los Angeles or New York)
Posted: Nov 09, 2009 - 23:54
 
Okay.... Here's the deal...

When this came on, for a brief moment, I thought I was accidentally listening to something other than Radio Paradise.

Truthfully, MJ is a guilty pleasure, and Bill gets credit for mixing one of the most "pop" songs in with everything else on here.

Cheers,

Sterling

AndyFarang
(Bangkok)
Posted: Nov 09, 2009 - 23:54
 
WOW! I just checked Bill's webcam, and could have sworn I saw him doing the moonwalk in the studio.............. {#Bananasplit}

(PS Where is the moonwalking banana emoticon...??!!)

rtrudeau
(Bay Area, California)
Posted: Nov 09, 2009 - 23:53
 
 thewiseking wrote:
couldn't stand it then or now. as for the blockbuster video, the whole androgynous 90 pound freak portraying a tough guy thing was beyond absurd.
 
somebody needs to take a {#Chillpill}


keller1
(In A Gadda Da Vida, Baby)
Posted: Oct 09, 2009 - 11:34
 
Wow ... I just checked out Wikipedia's list of best selling albums worldwide ...

This one sold 110 million copies —- over twice as many as the next one on the list, Back in Black.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_albums_worldwide


musikalia
(Somewhere (over the rainbow))
Posted: Oct 09, 2009 - 11:28
 
 RadioDoc wrote:

I agree, there is much better Jackson material that RP could be playing. 
 
Me three! So many MJ tunes so much better than this one.


thewiseking
(New York, New York)
Posted: Oct 09, 2009 - 11:27
 
couldn't stand it then or now. as for the blockbuster video, the whole androgynous 90 pound freak portraying a tough guy thing was beyond absurd.

smdeeg
(SillyCone Valley)
Posted: Oct 09, 2009 - 11:26
 
Fun ... poppy ... the sound of an era.  The comment thread is interesting.  One can only imagine what it would have looked like had Bill played this a year ago.

foothillfreak
(Salt Lake City)
Posted: Oct 09, 2009 - 11:25
 
i forgot that this song had a guitar jam. SWEET! Reminds me of being 13 and calling girls a fox. Keep mixin it up

FrankMc
Posted: Oct 09, 2009 - 11:24
 
Might have been a nice stroll down memory lane were it not for the Jacksonian death frenzy of—what has it been?—the last year and a half. What? The post-mortem orgy has only been going on since June 25th? Wow, it seems like a year and a half. Or forever.

lmic
(Limpid Drivel of the Best Kind)
Posted: Oct 09, 2009 - 11:24
 
 weevilkinevil wrote:
Wow— MJ on RP?  Excellent!
Yeah! How about "Don't Stop" next time?


n4ku
(Lex Vegas)
Posted: Oct 09, 2009 - 11:24
 
This one might just win an award as #1 Hater-bait.
I don't think I have seen a song's rating drop so fast in such a short time.

I gave it a 9.

evansdad
(CT)
Posted: Oct 09, 2009 - 11:23
 
WTF????  {#Eh}

DaveInVA
(In a crumbling Queen Anne mansion in Damnville, VA)
Posted: Oct 09, 2009 - 11:23
 
I had to restart this to make sure I really had RP on or if some malicious virus redirected me to a pop station. This sucks

onerb
Posted: Oct 09, 2009 - 11:22
 
no one wants to be defeated...

RadioDoc
(Chicagoland)
Posted: Oct 09, 2009 - 11:22
 
Man, this just screams 'early 1980s'.

I agree, there is much better Jackson material that RP could be playing.  I could go for the next 25 years not hearing this again.

black321
(Bong Island - FL - CA - CO - WA - Bong Island)
Posted: Oct 09, 2009 - 11:22
 

cant help but hear weird al on this one.

How come youre always such a fussy young man?
Dont want no captain crunch, dont want no raison bran
Well, dont you know that other kids are starving in japan
So eat it, just eat it



Shouc
Posted: Oct 09, 2009 - 11:22
 
Oh yeah! I'm no MJ fan but this kicks some @$$!!!

big_gare
(Langley, Bee Cee, Canada)
Posted: Oct 09, 2009 - 11:22
 
Strangely cool.  :-)

utt73
(Washington, DC, USA)
Posted: Oct 09, 2009 - 11:21
 
Heck yesssssss.

tnt_thomas
(In awkuous enough)
Posted: Oct 09, 2009 - 11:21
 
Didn't like it then. Don't like it now, no matter how tortured he was. Not for me. Rather it was not played, but volume controls work.



donnyballgame
Posted: Oct 09, 2009 - 11:21
 
Are you kidding??!!

Awesome!!

Oh, the memories.

aelfheld
Posted: Oct 09, 2009 - 11:21
 
This song should beat it from the playlist.

It's aged about as badly as he had.


duchessb
Posted: Oct 09, 2009 - 11:21
 
 CatFitz wrote:
I'd much rather hear Weird Al's 'Eat It.'
 
Me too!!

glassman
(Nanaimo, British Columbia)
Posted: Oct 09, 2009 - 11:21
 

PLEASE STOP IT.  SERIOUSLY!!!



AliGator
(Chez Broca)
Posted: Oct 09, 2009 - 11:21
 
This is a nice surprise.

CatFitz
(Tulsa, OK)
Posted: Oct 09, 2009 - 11:20
 
I'd much rather hear Weird Al's 'Eat It.'

DaveInVA
(In a crumbling Queen Anne mansion in Damnville, VA)
Posted: Oct 09, 2009 - 11:20
 
Just when I thought this set couldn't get any worse...


Fooboy
(Vancouver, BC, Canada)
Posted: Oct 09, 2009 - 11:20
 
not a big MJ fan.... but this just made my day !! (9 for sure)

weevilkinevil
(close to Paradise)
Posted: Oct 09, 2009 - 11:20
 
Wow— MJ on RP?  Excellent!


Kite_Flyer
(Red Sox Nation)
Posted: Jun 25, 2009 - 19:35
 
Thank you MJ, you brilliant, tortured soul, for all you gave us.
Rest In Peace.

ufamsm
(Phoenix, AZ, USA)
Posted: Jun 25, 2009 - 19:05
 
 keller1 wrote:

This was 1983 ... Eddie Van Halen meets Motown ... absolutely destroyed what was left of race barriers in pop music by taking it mainstream.

And a great fargin tune to boot.

Ok, Bill, now we need Don"t Stop Til You Get Enough.

 
I second you on 'Don't Stop', that song f*ing rocks

keller1
(In A Gadda Da Vida, Baby)
Posted: Jun 25, 2009 - 19:04
 

This was 1982 ... Eddie Van Halen meets Motown ... absolutely destroyed what was left of race barriers in pop music by taking it mainstream.

And a great fargin tune to boot.

Bill, you're doing a great job —- Don"t Stop Til You Get Enough would make it a grand slam.





MojoJojo
(Indianapolis, IN USA)
Posted: Jun 25, 2009 - 18:54
 
 cayenne wrote:
This!! This is what I want to remember Michael for.

Edited to add: I remember listening to this at top volume (in my crappy Mazda RX3, remember those?) in the summer when I was 19. That means he was only 22 or 23 when this came out.
 
Wankel on my friend, Wankel on.

dionysius
(The People's Republic of Austin)
Posted: Jun 25, 2009 - 18:51
 
 cayenne wrote:
This!! This is what I want to remember Michael for.

 

This is okay. Great (if rather sterile) production by Quincy. Great guitar riff wrestled down into bland safety. Meh. What you want to remember Michael for is the VOICE. And he had it as a teenager, mostly. "I'll Be There" is more a monument than this ever will be.

jadewahoo
(Beautiful Earth)
Posted: Jun 25, 2009 - 18:50
 
Throughout it all, nothing could tarnish Thriller...
Thanks, MJ.

cayenne
(in over my head)
Posted: Jun 25, 2009 - 18:47
 
This!! This is what I want to remember Michael for.

Edited to add: I remember listening to this at top volume (in my crappy Mazda RX3, remember those?) in the summer when I was 19. That means he was only 22 or 23 when this came out.



Shesdifferent
(Just visiting this planet this is not my home)
Posted: Jun 25, 2009 - 18:46
 
Thanks Bill for giving airplay to MJ.....like you say...great contribution to the world. Sad Day!
We should all dance around....this is such a great song! Love MJ


MojoJojo
(Indianapolis, IN USA)
Posted: Jun 25, 2009 - 18:46
 
What a life. Amazing, sad, inspiring, strange... So many contrasting adjectives come to mind.

I looked for an emoticon, but nothing fits.

RIP