Thriller: A Track By Track Review

By Sarah Jones

Track 1: "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" - There's more great ideas in this one pop song than there is in the entirety of most pop albums.

Track 2: "Baby Be Mine" - An under appreciated song that keeps the boogie going after the outstanding opener.

Track 3: "The Girl Is Mine" - This one is just too cute for a lot of people but I enjoy it. To me it just sounds like two of the greatest musical artists of all time (Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson) just having a good time recording a sweet little pop song together.

Track 4: "Thriller" - This brilliant song was written by Rod Temperton (who also wrote the only two non singles on the album, "Baby Be Mine" & "The Lady In My Life") but it was Michael Jackson's incredible performance that makes the song so memorable. That and the amazing music video of course.

Track 5: "Beat It" - This song greatly expanded the appeal of Michael Jackson. This was MJ at his most "rock n roll" and Eddie Van Halen's awesome guitar solo didn't hurt either.

Track 6: "Billie Jean" - One of the greatest pop songs of all time and Michael has sole songwriting credit on it. Don't forget that MJ wasn't only an amazing singer & dancer, he was also an excellent songwriter.

Track 7: "Human Nature" - One of the really great "lesser known" (by Thriller standards) Michael Jackson classics. This song and "P.Y.T." are the Thriller tracks I seem to enjoy the most these days.

Track 8: "P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)" - An irresistible song filled with pure energy. How can anyone listen to this song and not want to start dancing?

Track 9: "The Lady In My Life" - I'd vote this one as my least favorite song on Thriller but I still quite like it, particularly the more danceable bits that come in after the balladry of the beginning. - 18780

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Movie Reviews And Finding Movies Online

By Miyazaki Stuber

For years now, the video store was the way to get movies. As technologies have advanced, downloading dvds from off movie download sites is becoming very common. You can get virtually any movie you want with a good movie download site. Here are some examples.

Only You: Likable confection in reference to a youthful female who invests her entire life looking for her exact mate-whose name was summoned up in adolescence on an Ouija board; destiny and happenstance bring her to Europe to meet her "other half." Tomei's sincere and appealing behavior makes the far-fetched tale work. Controller Jewison grants a dreamy travelogue of Italy photographed by Sven Nykvist, no less as her backdrop. Like numerous modern-day romantic comedies, this one invokes an earlier one Roman Holday to rationalize its presence. Cast includes Marisa Tomei, Robert Downey, Jr., Bonnie Seek, Joaquim De Almeida, Fisher Stevens, and Phyllis Newman. (108 minutes, 1994)

Paint It Black: Roaming, disheartening thriller with Rossovich a sculptor who's tore off by his lover, craft trader Kirkland, then victimized by nut ball Savant. Cast includes Rick Rossovich, Sally Kirkland, Martin Landau, Julie Carmen, Doug Savant, Peter Frechette, and Jason Bernard. (101 minutes, 1989)

Bolt: This is an animated family adventure film about Bolt, a dog actor. On hjis TV series Bolt is and action super hero. When he is accidentally shipped to New York, he thinks his super powers will get him home. He teams up with, Mittens the cat, and Rhino the hamster, and tries to get back to Hollywood.

About a Boy: A self possessed man, living in his own selfish world, finds himself befriending a 12 year old buy who is living with his very depressed mother. The friendship they develop allows both to grow. The film stars Hugh Grant, Nicholas Hoult, and Toni Collette. (2002 Comedy-Drama)

Frontier Hellcat: Another Karl Winnetou tale, which seizes flavor of the Old West in venture of pioneers passing through Rockies. Cast includes Stewart Granger, Elke Sohuner, Pierre Brice, and Gotz George. (98 minutes, 1966)

Four Brothers: The rough and rugged Mercer brothers have just found out that there adoptive mother has been murder. The four men gather back at home to decide what to do. They soon start coming to the streets of their youth to track down the killer.

Fantastic Invasion of The Planet Earth: Discharged theatrically in three-D, this plays like a lined Dusk Sector show; youthful couple finds their selves snared in seemingly defected town encircled in a mammoth Baggie. The primordial title, THE BUBBLE, was far less deceiving: there are no foreigners and no "invasion" in proof, and not much enthusiasm, either. Initially 112 Cast includes Filmed in widescreen Space-Vision. Cast includes Michael Cole, Deborah Walley, and Johnny Desmond. (91 minutes, 1996)

Doug's First Movie: The megastar of Television's excited Doug is characterized in this bland, formulaic tale, stringently for babies. Gentle-behaved preteen Doug attempts to spare a local jeopardized "beast" clash with his want to take his lady friend to the school dance. This movie was built as a direct-to-video production. Voices of Thomas McHugh, Fred Newman, Chris Phillips, Constance Shulman, Doug Preis, and Alice Playten. (97 minutes, 1999)

Crimson Tide: The USS Alabama has been put to sea. A Russian nuclear submarine is now in the hands of a rebel faction of the old Soviet Union. An order to attack has come down from high command. With the threat of WWIII in the balance, the Captain, and the Lt. Commander disagree on the best course of action to take.

To find downloads for music or games, try phrases like "Movie Rentals Online". Try a new phrase if that one did not work. To get new search results type in "Internet Movie Rentals". - 18780

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Picking New Pickups For Your Favorite Electric Guitar

By Kylw Zoltowski

The harmonious and vibrant sound of electric guitars was the most important creation for rock and roll. Back in the 1950's, this type of music was being tried and then in the 60's and 70's, that style was added to until it transformed into rock and roll. The gorgeous sound that comes out of an electric guitar is like no other. It is amazing to ponder where music would have ended up if it hadn't been for the invention of the electric guitar; a terrible idea. A band that doesn't have an electric guitar is like a child without its mother.

Electric guitars come in several different forms, sizes, colors, and designs. Some people have the belief that it does not make a difference what electric guitar you get because they all are the same thing. This is just false; brand, size, pickups, and neck matter in the sound that is made. Therefore, certain brands of electric guitars remained popular for decades because of the perfection in sound. Although, the largest contributing factor to the sound produced is the pickups.

Whether starting a brand new band, jamming solo, or adding instruments to your band's existing stock, you should become aware of the different arrangement of pickups for electric guitars prior to your purchase. Many instrument shops will be ok with you testing them and can be very helpful in giving information that will lead one in picking the most appropriate electric guitar. Make sure to learn about the differences in pickups. Thekinds of pickups for electric guitars are:

* Single Coil Pickups - This style has a single wire and coil. Single coil pickups are the oldest of electric guitar pickups. When using a single coil pickup, the sound is compromised by other frequencies in the room which make a humming sound. These types of pickups are usually not seen today but still used by some very well known artists because of the old style sound they produce.

* Humbucker Pickups - This kind of pickup has two coils so the unwanted hum of the single coil pickup was cancelled out. Essentially, the coil carries two signals: one that the guitar is producing and one that cancels out the hum. The actual piece in this arrangement is called a Humbucker which was patented in 1954. The humbucker is basically the arrangement of two coils.

* Double Coil Pickups - These pickups, like in the name, consist of two coils. But, for one reason, guitarists do want the hum sound from time to time so the double coil pickup electric guitars sometimes come with a switch that can take out the second coil.

There are of other contributors that go into the sound an electric guitar provides. But, pickups are the single most important part of the electric guitar. Other parts such as: neck length, shape, material, frets, and tuners make a difference too but not like the pickups. For years, rock stars have been trying new things in hopes to finding the perfect guitar to make the optimal sound. Rock and roll has transformed in some ways but in many ways it has remained indifferent. - 18780

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Online Bass Guitar Lessons: Don't Get Stuck While You're Paying For Lessons

By Darryl Andrews

Whether you have a musical bone in your body or not, being your own teacher on how to play the bass guitar is not impossible since a lot of musicians are self-trained. It is a challenge that requires patience and determination. To help out, here are the reminders before learning to produce music with this stringed instrument.

But will you be learning the proper techniques, the proper fingering? You best hire yourself a tutor. If you want to learn slap bass, it's the ultimate way to go. And it's also a great way of improving your music skills.

Attacking The Strings: The most important part to remember while starting to take slap bass lessons is the amount of intensity used to attack the strings. Now that you know the proper hand positioning and wrist movement you must know how to attack the strings with your thumb.

Beginner bass players should learn these right away to save them years of time, trouble and frustration, but that most often never happens for them. Intermediate bass players have to have some patterns under their belt to even be at an intermediate level, however, they are usually the most frustrated players because they feel like they are getting somewhere with their instrument, but the are so held up with partial information that they can't move beyond where they are at.

Save the beer for in between setlists. Drink water if you're thirsty. If someone offers you a beer just before a setlist, just set it to the side and save it for the next break. Water drinking musicians onstage just look more professional than beer-drinking ones.

NEVER SING if you feel uncomfortable about it. NEVER HARMONIZE if you're not sure what notes to hit with the lead singer. Avoid "falsetto vocals" if at all possible. Falsetto only belongs when you are driving in the car, ALONE, and with your favorite CD playing

Never play in a club where there's a "house soundman." Guaranteed - they will get paid more than the band, in most cases, and the probably have a standard sound for all the basses, without knowing your playing style. He probably eq your bass with an insane volume range.

Feel the beat, playing the bass guitar differs primarily from playing a regular guitar because it entails an emphasis on the beat of the music. One can compare the bass guitar into a drum or percussion set that is made into a guitar. Beats are very important in playing bass guitar because this type of guitar gives depth and timing to any song. - 18780

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Buying A Bass Guitar

By Greg Williams

There are many kind of instruments and the beautiful part of music is that no matter the instrument you want to play, all of them are special and have their function among all the instruments that form part of the band.

In the case of the bass guitar we have an amazing and very important instrument. The bass guitar is very special because along with the drums they should keep the rhythm in a band. The bass guitar is an instrument that instead concentrate in listening you focus in feeling it.

The level of decibels you can find in the bass guitar produce a feeling where you can have the sensation of knowing what is happening musically instead see what is happening.

When you are attempting to buy a bass guitar you should evaluate well the price of buying the bass you are looking at. Once you have make the proper selection of the type of instrument you want, you will need to determine how many strings you are able to play with the style and comfort that is required for this musical instrument.

Bass guitar has basically four strings in its common and basic model. You can find bass guitar performers that are currently playing six and even seven strings in a bass guitar.

You should have the capacity to play at least the standard four bass guitars, but if you see a performer playing six and seven stings it doesn't mean they are better bass guitar players than you.

Furthermore, the brand of your bass guitar is very important, because there are affordable but high quality brands such as Ibanez which is also a brand of electric guitars and other kind of instruments. Buying a bass guitar could be a great experience if you have the propel guide. - 18780

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