1983... my daughter was 5. - Democratic Underground

lamp_shade

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Fri Jun-26-09 05:02 AM
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1983... my daughter was 5.

She knew all the words, danced all the dances. This became an extension of her arm. She carried it everywhere, even to the next room. She had two cassettes... one blank... one Michael Jackson.

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EFerrari

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Fri Jun-26-09 05:09 AM
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1. My son is a pianist and a bass player. The first album he knew inside out

was Thriller.

A world opened up for him, right there. He was seven or so.

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proud patriot

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Fri Jun-26-09 05:15 AM
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2. I was 14 when thriller was released

I was a rocker but , I had to buy thriller, because
Eddie Van Halen played in Beat It . :headbang:

I've been to Dances/bars/weddings , so I have heard most of
his songs that were hits . Being 10 years younger than Micheal
I can't remember a time before Micheal on the radio or dance floor.

I feel I should get his hits I don't have any of his tunes on my
Ipod ...

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lamp_shade

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Fri Jun-26-09 05:44 AM
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6. To this day, I don't think there's any kind of music my daughter doesn't appreciate.

Hard rock, soft rock, rap, hip hop, blues, country... any of the classics from the 60's thru the 90's... you name it.

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bdamomma

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Fri Jun-26-09 07:46 AM
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10. The Thriller album got me, every song was a hit

Edited on Fri Jun-26-09 07:48 AM by bdamomma

brings back good memories for me, hearing Billie Jean I still have to get up and dance, what a fanastic artist. My girls are 13 and we listened to some of Michael's songs last nite, my daughter was trying to do the moonwalk!!! His influence will live on so will the memories.

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jasonone

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Fri Jun-26-09 05:24 AM
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3. impressive

That was way back in 1983 but your daughter was impressive, at 5 she was able to appreciate music like that of Michael Jackson. I wonder how she did her moonwalk at the age of 5. I'm sure the parents were so happy and proud for the daughter's liking to music. A good sample to reminisce the King of Pop's influence to people.

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lamp_shade

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Fri Jun-26-09 05:39 AM
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5. I think that's why I'm so sad today. As much as I enjoyed his music and especially

his videos, my true connection to Michael is through my daughter. I feel very sad for her. Her "little girl love" for him brings back many sweet memories for me.

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ccharles000

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Fri Jun-26-09 05:30 AM
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4. in 1983 I was negative 6(born in 89)

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lamp_shade

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Fri Jun-26-09 07:50 AM
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11. But you've probably heard all the music and watched all the videos. That's the magic of MJ.

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MotorCityMan

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Fri Jun-26-09 08:23 AM
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17. The magic of MJ is right

I was 19 in '83, and it would be difficult to overstate what an impact "Thriller" had during the eighties. You could not get away from it.

In this case, I really thought the hype was justified. For all of his "otherness", Michael was an amazingly talanted man, and "Thriller" was the right sound at the right time. Of course, the emergence of MTV helped tremendously. The album he did before that, "Off the Wall", was excellent also.

For me, "Billie Jean" will always be the ultimate eighties song.

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Jennicut

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Fri Jun-26-09 07:53 AM
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13. You youngin!

I was born in Dec of '75 so I was already 13.

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lamp_shade

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Fri Jun-26-09 08:19 AM
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16. I've got a pair of socks that are older than either of you. Really.

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Sukie

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Fri Jun-26-09 06:40 AM
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7. My kids had a cassette player just like that!

They were still very young when Thriller came out, but yesterday, once news came out about Michaels death, I talked to each of them and they remarked about how they can remember when the song and video came out. He will be greatly missed.

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Blue_Tires

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Fri Jun-26-09 07:37 AM
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8. i remember that well

Edited on Fri Jun-26-09 07:37 AM by Blue_Tires

i was 6 in '83

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rainbow4321

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Fri Jun-26-09 07:43 AM
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9. I've been having flashbacks of my dorm lobby

Edited on Fri Jun-26-09 07:49 AM by rainbow4321

The TV was always tuned to his music video. You couldn't walk thru the lobby without hearing his music because the TV was tuned to his "new" music video every minute of the day.
I'm not having much luck this morning trying to get to work withOUT a red nose or watery eyes because the morning DJs have beening doing tributes to him/playing his music. Tuning into the TV morning news shows probably didn't help matters, either.

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Jennicut

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Fri Jun-26-09 07:51 AM
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12. I was 7 in 1983 and my brother and I listened over and over to Thriller on our record player (!)

I feel kind of old now, remembering records but tapes became big right after.

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brendan120678

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Fri Jun-26-09 07:54 AM
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14. I was also 5 in 1983...

and I had that exact type of cassette player as well.

In fact, Thriller was the very first tape that my parents allowed me to buy with my very own money.

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nc4bo

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Fri Jun-26-09 07:55 AM
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15. My dd was born in '85 she LOVED MJ even as a baby...

Weird. As she grew up, she started begging us to buy anything that had MJ's face on it; tapes, posters, wall portraits.

The Thriller video scared her to the point where we had to take his portrait off her bedroom wall and hide it :rofl: but it didn't stop her from loving his music.

Later on, she had us scrambling to the store to buy blank video tapes to take his concerts that would play on cable.

Later still, she began collecting all his CD's.

Now, 24 years later - her iPhone is filled up with MJ's music.

She's hurting really bad today.

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