Codita October 11th, My name is Ali Alansari, and the reason why I chose this song is because I always used to like this song since I was a child and now I really want to know the real meanings towards this song. Michael Jackson wrote thriller. This song was written in , and zombies represent fears in the American consciousness.
Also in that time, there was the great recession, which included poor communities, unemployment, AIDS crisis and racial polarization. The fact that this song was for terrorizing the neighborhood, it allows the audience to imagine connections for social and political issues.
In this text, it is about Michael Jackson …show more content… These techniques include using personification, visual imagery and the use of a anaphora. The forces terrorizing neighborhoods in this era included the early days of the AIDS crisis, high unemployment in urban centers, racial polarization, and the spread of crack cocaine addiction through poor communities.
From to , the U. Gangs, a relatively new social phenomenon, were also on the rise. Gang violence was a part of the inspiration for "Beat It," another hit track on Thriller which is filmed against a similar backdrop.
It also includes gang members rising up out of a sewer in an almost-identical shot to the "Thriller" shot of a zombie coming out of a sewer. Even though "Thriller" was mainly written to produce a hit, the creatures who terrorize "y'alls neighborhood" in the song and video allow us to imagine plenty of connections to social and political issues of the time.
Michael Jackson revolutionized music videos, he revolutionized pop albums, and he took the zombie genre to another, more danceable level. These days, pandemic zombies, whose zombiedom spreads like a plague, have become dominant, "no doubt a reaction to AIDS, Ebola, cloning, genetically modified foods and the remainder of the brave new world of biotechnology. Can "Thriller" tell us something about the eighties other than that red leather pants were acceptable street fashion?
Can the zombie flicks that come out in our own era tell us something about ourselves? More importantly, why can't zombies dance the way they used to? That one's a no-brainer bwaahahahaha : without Michael Jackson, the dancing zombies of the world are without a true leader.
Parents Home Homeschool College Resources. Study Guide. Previous Next. Meaning "Thriller" begins with a creaking door, footsteps on the floor, thunder, and a hot eighties pop beat that sounds like it could have been created on a Casio keyboard. Tired of ads? Join today and never see them again. Watching hours. Alien abduction. Time between midnight and am when most abductions occur. The video was just to deflect the truth. If Michael has done the video about aliens people would run scared.
I feel like this song is about mj scaring his girl into believing evil is near, but it's all in her head. She's safe with him always. I feel like this song is about how he had a rough childhood that no one could understand so than he trying to express that through music if he couldn't say it through words.
If you didn't know of his rough childhood and think he was trying to explain how he was hurt and he felt like it was a Thriller. The zombies would be like the beast of his childhood. Life is never easy He is simply saying to look into the skies. Look at the moon. Wonder if u will see the sun. Referring to same sky both in existance. We live in a thriller. They are out to get you. The government. The masquerade is the song itself he speaks of.
A diversion from what's real in this world and what is not. The whole meaning behind this epic story-line is that nobody can resist the urge to funk. Michael Jackson delivers a breathtaking dance routine in the music video that has earned so much applause over the years.
It is one of those songs that surges every year during the Halloween holidays. That is the extent of cultural impact the song and the video has had. The King of Pop will forever live among us with amazing music work such as these. We would like to hear your opinion on the song, and we would love for you to analyze the song lyrics. Let us know if you think something should be interpreted differently and we will make it a discussion.
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