The synth sounds of Michael Jackson's Thriller

Wow! I had no idea some of these tracks existed:

    Starlight (later reimagined as Thriller)[1]
    Billie Jean (1981 Home Demo)[2]

Thriller was my first “favorite album”. I wore out the CD case and the creases in the lyrics book.

To me, Billie Jean was the epitome of cool. That beat was unmistakable, I remember recognizing it even before the synths came in, playing softly in the background at a crowded Pizza Hut.

The home demo is cool, you can hear MJ mumbling what later became the story of a paternity dispute that so many urban kids—including myself—can unfortunately relate to.

[1] https://youtube.com/watch?v=olCw64N_16o

[2] https://youtube.com/watch?v=2Hp3P4XOT_U