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rgambs
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The Eagles "Their Greatest Hits 1971-1974" passed Michael Jackson's "Thriller" as highest selling album ever!
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  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576

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  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,579
    edited August 2018
    I try to not congratulate people making naked 15 years olds  OD in their mansions.

    But that song Victim of Love is the shit.
    Post edited by Spiritual_Chaos on
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,615
    rgambs said:
    The Eagles "Their Greatest Hits 1971-1974" passed Michael Jackson's "Thriller" as highest selling album ever!
    People like that Hotel song that much?  Wow!
  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,760
    I guess the baby boomers really still have the buying power, lol.
    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,579
    tempo_n_groove said:
    rgambs said:
    The Eagles "Their Greatest Hits 1971-1974" passed Michael Jackson's "Thriller" as highest selling album ever!
    People like that Hotel song that much?  Wow!
    Isn't Hotel California (the album) number three behind Thriller also.
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,882
    I think this is a really good thing....if only because it knocks Michael Jackson from the top spot.

    The love he receives is the love that is saved
  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,615
    F Me In The Brain said:
    I think this is a really good thing....if only because it knocks Michael Jackson from the top spot.

    Michael should always be the king and on top...  I'm going to start a MMGA, Make Michael Great Again campaign.
  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,579
    This is just the US though.

    Thriller rules sales worldwide

    I think...
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,760
    tempo_n_groove said:
    F Me In The Brain said:
    I think this is a really good thing....if only because it knocks Michael Jackson from the top spot.

    Michael should always be the king and on top...  I'm going to start a MMGA, Make Michael Great Again campaign.
    Good idea, lol.
    MJ is sooooooooooo much better than the Eagles, and I think Thriller deserves to be on top forever. That album is the definition of music perfection IMHO.
    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576
    Hahaha that's absolutely ridiculous?  How can someone think Thriller is music perfection AND like Pearl Jam.
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  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576
    tempo_n_groove said:
    rgambs said:
    The Eagles "Their Greatest Hits 1971-1974" passed Michael Jackson's "Thriller" as highest selling album ever!
    People like that Hotel song that much?  Wow!
    It could easily be asked, "people like that Halloween song that much?"

    :wink:
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  • JK_Livin
    JK_Livin South Jersey Posts: 7,365
    tempo_n_groove said:
    rgambs said:
    The Eagles "Their Greatest Hits 1971-1974" passed Michael Jackson's "Thriller" as highest selling album ever!
    People like that Hotel song that much?  Wow!
    I don't think HC is on that album
    Alright, alright, alright!
    Tom O.
    "I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was twelve. Jesus, does anyone?"
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  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,882
    tempo_n_groove said:
    F Me In The Brain said:
    I think this is a really good thing....if only because it knocks Michael Jackson from the top spot.

    Michael should always be the king and on top...  I'm going to start a MMGA, Make Michael Great Again campaign.
    Mmm.  Well, let's just say that we have very different opinions on Michael Jackson.  (And, separately, on his music.)
    Good luck with your campaign, and I know that I am clearly in the minority with my opinions about him.

    The love he receives is the love that is saved
  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,615
    JK_Livin said:
    tempo_n_groove said:
    rgambs said:
    The Eagles "Their Greatest Hits 1971-1974" passed Michael Jackson's "Thriller" as highest selling album ever!
    People like that Hotel song that much?  Wow!
    I don't think HC is on that album
    Just had to check, it is not on there!

    I'm not an Eagles fan so I'd have no clue.rgambs said:
    tempo_n_groove said:
    rgambs said:
    The Eagles "Their Greatest Hits 1971-1974" passed Michael Jackson's "Thriller" as highest selling album ever!
    People like that Hotel song that much?  Wow!
    It could easily be asked, "people like that Halloween song that much?"

    :wink:
    I have no idea what this means...
  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576
    tempo_n_groove said:
    JK_Livin said: ki
    tempo_n_groove said:
    rgambs said:
    The Eagles "Their Greatest Hits 1971-1974" passed Michael Jackson's "Thriller" as highest selling album ever!
    People like that Hotel song that much?  Wow!
    I don't think HC is on that album
    Just had to check, it is not on there!

    I'm not an Eagles fan so I'd have no clue.rgambs said:
    tempo_n_groove said:
    rgambs said:
    The Eagles "Their Greatest Hits 1971-1974" passed Michael Jackson's "Thriller" as highest selling album ever!
    People like that Hotel song that much?  Wow!
    It could easily be asked, "people like that Halloween song that much?"

    :wink:
    I have no idea what this means...
    Thriller, duh lol
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  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,615
    rgambs said:
    tempo_n_groove said:
    JK_Livin said: ki
    tempo_n_groove said:
    rgambs said:
    The Eagles "Their Greatest Hits 1971-1974" passed Michael Jackson's "Thriller" as highest selling album ever!
    People like that Hotel song that much?  Wow!
    I don't think HC is on that album
    Just had to check, it is not on there!

    I'm not an Eagles fan so I'd have no clue.rgambs said:
    tempo_n_groove said:
    rgambs said:
    The Eagles "Their Greatest Hits 1971-1974" passed Michael Jackson's "Thriller" as highest selling album ever!
    People like that Hotel song that much?  Wow!
    It could easily be asked, "people like that Halloween song that much?"

    :wink:
    I have no idea what this means...
    Thriller, duh lol
    I've never heard it as a halloween song.  New to me.


  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,579
    edited August 2018
    rgambs said:
    tempo_n_groove said:
    JK_Livin said: ki
    tempo_n_groove said:
    rgambs said:
    The Eagles "Their Greatest Hits 1971-1974" passed Michael Jackson's "Thriller" as highest selling album ever!
    People like that Hotel song that much?  Wow!
    I don't think HC is on that album
    Just had to check, it is not on there!

    I'm not an Eagles fan so I'd have no clue.rgambs said:
    tempo_n_groove said:
    rgambs said:
    The Eagles "Their Greatest Hits 1971-1974" passed Michael Jackson's "Thriller" as highest selling album ever!
    People like that Hotel song that much?  Wow!
    It could easily be asked, "people like that Halloween song that much?"

    :wink:
    I have no idea what this means...
    Thriller, duh lol
    Theres only one Halloween song.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGiYxCUAhks
    Post edited by Spiritual_Chaos on
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576
    I looked it up, Thriller is still number 1 worldwide, so MJ fans can relax lol

    I was raised on Eagles so I'm biased (Victim of Love IS a slick-ass song, yo!), but putting that aside, I was always a little irked that the man with the best selling album wrote less than half of the songs on it, though his songs were the biggest hits of the album.

    There's room in my world for both albums to coexist as masterworks, but I will always prefer music made by bonded bandmates playing instruments and singing and writing earnest songs.  The whole "studio creation" aspect of pop albums like Thriller doesn't produce less valuable art, but it's not my cup of tea.  
    It's like George Martin and the Beatles, I sure wouldn't wish for a world where that collaboration never happened, but in the end I prefer the Beatles songs that have the least of his influence.  I like it when an analog music artists opens up and shares what's inside of them in an intimate, unadorned way.  Old-fashioned, I guess.
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  • pledgeagrievance
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  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576
    tempo_n_groove said:
    rgambs said:
    tempo_n_groove said:
    JK_Livin said: ki
    tempo_n_groove said:
    rgambs said:
    The Eagles "Their Greatest Hits 1971-1974" passed Michael Jackson's "Thriller" as highest selling album ever!
    People like that Hotel song that much?  Wow!
    I don't think HC is on that album
    Just had to check, it is not on there!

    I'm not an Eagles fan so I'd have no clue.rgambs said:
    tempo_n_groove said:
    rgambs said:
    The Eagles "Their Greatest Hits 1971-1974" passed Michael Jackson's "Thriller" as highest selling album ever!
    People like that Hotel song that much?  Wow!
    It could easily be asked, "people like that Halloween song that much?"

    :wink:
    I have no idea what this means...
    Thriller, duh lol
    I've never heard it as a halloween song.  New to me.


    Did you never listen to the lyrics about a night when monsters and evil spirits roam free or see the insanely popular music video (that mysteriously gets a ton of play in late October) where they dance a monster dance in monster costumes to the song about a night when monsters and evil spirits roam? lol

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