When I had the chance to speak to Abigail Barlow and Emily Bear at the Hawaii press junket for Moana 2, they shared a ...
No matter what kind of music you listen to, everyone knows the song “Beat It” by pop icon and overall creepy weirdo Michael Jackson. The third single off of Jackson’s sixth solo studio album Thriller, ...
Released as a single in 1983, "Beat It" went on to dominate the charts, reaching the number-one spot in five countries. The track has since achieved multi-Platinum status, certified eight times ...
“Quincy wasn’t even there, he was at Westlake doing overdubs on ‘Billie Jean’ while we were fixing ‘Beat It ... by himself, Jackson, Lionel Richie and producer Michael Omartian ...
"We wrote a song together that, to my ears, sounds like what 'Beat It' was to Michael Jackson. It is a banger. It is an ...
Michael Jackson’s Thriller -era guitarist says Beat It was “too metal” before producer Quincy Jones stepped in.
Jackson wanted a rock track for Thriller – and Lukather says Jones had to step in to stop the song from entering fully ...
How the late producer and composer Quincy Jones saved this iconic Michael Jackson hit from its heavy metal fate.
guiding his chosen musicians to bring the best out of everyone in pursuit of a great song. In a recent interview with The Guardian, Lukather recalled that he’d listened to Eddie Van Halen’s ...
Steve Lukather recalled how Quincy Jones stopped him from turning “Beat It” into a heavy metal song – even though ... "We did it backwards: Michael’s lead vocal and the Eddie Van Halen ...
Not exactly. But in Grammyland, nothing is simple.