兩個星期前的星期五(台北時間6/28)早晨,當代「流行天皇」麥可˙傑克遜(Michael Jackson)猝逝於家中,享年50歲。
身為引領音樂風潮的天王巨星、也是持續付出心力關懷世界的「彼得潘」,儘管在生前就曾經引發不少的爭議與負面新聞,但是在追思他的告別紀念儀式上,每個悼念者印象中想到的麥可,都是他美好而易於相處,像個頑皮大孩子般的天真個性。
個人很久以前也曾經瘋狂喜歡過兩度來台開唱的他的音樂作品~
包括這首歌和後來的「Bad」(飆)、「Billy Jean」、「Black or White」等等。
而當年為了打這首歌所拍攝的劇情影片,也是日後所謂的「音樂電視/音樂錄影帶」(MTV/MV)風潮的引領者與開路先鋒,我想這顯然是絕對無庸置疑的肯定與正面評價。
(原片長度據說快10分鐘,幾乎等於是小型的劇情電影....)
Rest In Peace , The King of POP.
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Michael Jackson - Thriller
作詞:R. Temperton
作曲:Michael Jackson
Its close to midnight and something evils lurking 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 this is thriller, thriller night
And no ones gonna save you from the beast about strike
You know its thriller, thriller night
You're fighting for your life inside a killer, thriller tonight
You hear the door slam and realize theres nowhere left to run
You feel the cold hand and wonder if youll ever see the sun
You close your eyes and hope that this is just imagination
But all the while you hear the creature creepin up behind
You're out of time
cause this is thriller, thriller night
There ain't no second chance against the thing with forty eyes
You know its thriller, thriller night
Youre fighting for your life inside of killer, thriller tonight
Night creatures call
And the dead start to walk in their masquerade
Theres no escapin the jaws of the alien this time
(they're open wide)
This is the end of your life
They're out to get you, theres demons closing in on every side
They will possess you unless you change the number on your dial
Now is the time for you and I to cuddle close together
All thru the night Ill save you from the terror on the screen,
I'll make you see
That this is thriller, thriller night
cause I can thrill you more than any ghost would dare to try
Girl, this is thriller, thriller night
So let me hold you tight and share a killer, diller, chiller
Thriller here tonight
(rap performed by vincent price)
Darkness falls across the land
The midnite hour is close at hand
Creatures crawl in search of blood
To terrorize yawls neighbourhood
And whosoever shall be found
Without the soul for getting down
Must stand and face the hounds of hell
And rot inside a corpses shell
The foulest stench is in the air
The funk of forty thousand years
And grizzy 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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