

"After they had managed this, Jeff Porcaro and me were called in to bind Eddie's solo and some haphazard percussion which was a major headache. So to fit his solo to where it went in the song, they had to cut the tape which took a lot of time to synchronise together." However, he played over a section that had more chord changes. Steve Lukather: "Quincy Jones and Michael took a skeleton version of Beat it up to Eddie Van Halen's place as they wanted him to solo over the verse section. I don't do something unless I want to do it." I was a complete fool, according to the rest of the band, our manager and everybody else. Maybe Michael will give me dance lessons someday. In the interview, he explained why he didn't ask for any royalties over the sales of Beat it, the song on which he plays a guitar solo. Rock guitarist Eddie Van Halen was interviewed by Rolling Stone magazine in 1984. The awards were for his work on the Thriller album and his work on the narrative for the ET Storybook. In 1984 Michael won a record breaking 8 Grammy awards in one night. This performance alone set Michael undoubtable into the realm of a superstar. In 1983 Michael performed the now legendary moonwalk for the first time on the 'Motown 25 years' anniversary show. So successful was this video that The making of Michael Jackson's Thriller became the world's largest selling home video combined with soaring album sales. The short film Thriller used the latest make-up artists technolgy combined with fantastic dancing and choreography, to produce a 14 minute video, with a start, a middle and an ending. He worked with the best directors and producers, using the latest technology and special effects for the hit song Billie Jean. Michael was keen to use music video or short films as he called them to promote his singles from the album.

This album produced 7 hit singles, breaking yet again more records, and went on to sell over 50 million copies worldwide.

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