# Have you ever owned "Thriller"? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 5, 2016, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-owned-thriller/742197 "2016-01-05T04:43:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2016, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-owned-thriller/742197/21 "2016-01-05T12:49:51Z")
Never owned it in any form, although I thought the John Landis-directed, Vincent Price-narrated video was cool. Does anyone remember that back in 1991 there was a Harvard Lampoon parody at the end of their TV special, _MTV – Give me Back my Life_, in which Michael Jackson undergoes a transformation under a full moon and ends up – with his Old Nose. > **[MTV, Give Me Back My Life: A Harvard Lampoon Parody (TV Movie 1991) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2248903/)** > > MTV, Give Me Back My Life: A Harvard Lampoon Parody: Directed by Iain Paterson. With Lewis Black, Mark Blum, Al Franken, Daisy Fuentes. ---
**Author:** ![Shearer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/57b2e6/32.png) [@Shearer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shearer)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2016, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-owned-thriller/742197/22 "2016-01-05T13:35:46Z")
[Only this one](http://www.jennielinden.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/thriller.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2016, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-owned-thriller/742197/23 "2016-01-05T13:37:59Z")
No. I had long since stopped buying CDs at the time and Jackson didn’t impress me that much. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2016, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-owned-thriller/742197/24 "2016-01-05T13:49:34Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > No. I had long since stopped buying CDs at the time and Jackson didn’t impress me that much. It came out in 1982 and you had already long since stopped buying CDs? You were hipster before that was cool. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2016, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-owned-thriller/742197/25 "2016-01-05T14:18:59Z")
My family had the record, but it was more for my sister than for me. Several years later, some bitch borrowed it and never gave it back. A couple years ago I bought a used\* Thriller\* CD at a thrift sale. ---
**Author:** ![Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/les_espaces_du_sommeil/32/308_2.png) [@Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Les_Espaces_Du_Sommeil)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2016, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-owned-thriller/742197/26 "2016-01-05T14:50:12Z")
Yes, and it was the first tape I ever owned, to go with my brand new Sony Walkman that looked very much like [this](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walkman#/media/File:Original_Sony_Walkman_TPS-L2.JPG). ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2016, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-owned-thriller/742197/27 "2016-01-05T15:18:15Z")
No. Never liked “family bands” like the Jackson Five or the Osmonds. As Michael aged I liked him even less. ---
**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2016, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-owned-thriller/742197/28 "2016-01-05T15:21:25Z")
Yes, but I dont remember if it was on tape or the record. I’m pretty sure my brother had a copy, too. ---
**Author:** ![somepumpkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@somepumpkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/somepumpkin)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2016, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-owned-thriller/742197/29 "2016-01-05T15:32:37Z")
I’ve never owned it but my sister did. I wasn’t that charmed by “Thriller”, the track, nor did I think -at the time- that MJ was anything more than Pop _fluff_. Though as time has aged me, I’ve come to think Mike and his friends showed some great talent on that album. I’ve (ala carte) bought “Billie Jean” -which is a great track- and there’s some other gems on that album. Heck, now that you’ve re-introduced me to it, I may just go buy the damn thing. ---
**Author:** ![Dorjan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dorjan/32/12440_2.png) [@Dorjan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dorjan)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2016, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-owned-thriller/742197/30 "2016-01-05T15:37:27Z")
We had the album on vinyl and played it to death. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2016, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-owned-thriller/742197/31 "2016-01-05T15:38:30Z")
I was little when it came out but my parents owned the LP. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2016, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-owned-thriller/742197/32 "2016-01-05T15:42:06Z")
Hated it then. Hate it now. Will always hate it in the future. Hearing _Billie Jean_ makes me want to pop my eardrums. Though I have to admit, it did make _Eat It_ possible. ---
**Author:** ![NeonMadman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/58f4c7/32.png) [@NeonMadman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NeonMadman)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2016, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-owned-thriller/742197/33 "2016-01-05T15:43:49Z")
I still have the vinyl LP, and have the album on my iPod by way of download. I’m not a big Michael Jackson fan at all, but that’s a good album. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2016, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-owned-thriller/742197/34 "2016-01-05T15:51:18Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > It came out in 1982 and you had already long since stopped buying CDs? You were hipster before that was cool. You found me out. I’m from the future. Now I have to kill your grandfather. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2016, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-owned-thriller/742197/35 "2016-01-05T15:58:11Z")
I distinctly remember my mom borrowing the album from the teenage neighbor girl and listening to it on the “hi-fi” with my brother and me (we would have been 6 and 4 years old). I also remember sitting down to watch the premiere of the “Thriller” video and it was the scariest thing I’d ever seen. We never owned it, tho. I guess my mom didn’t enjoy the preview that much. I have not purchased it myself, either. ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2016, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-owned-thriller/742197/36 "2016-01-05T16:39:37Z")
Before we were married, my wife bought the original LP version when it came out. I married her anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2016, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-owned-thriller/742197/37 "2016-01-05T16:47:22Z")
I never liked Michael Jackson’s music, despite being the right age during his peak years. ---
**Author:** ![MoonMoon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moonmoon/32/2959_2.png) [@MoonMoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoonMoon)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2016, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-owned-thriller/742197/38 "2016-01-05T16:58:17Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > I never liked Michael Jackson’s music, despite being the right age during his peak years. Same. I never really cared for pop/top 40, even when I was a pre-teen/young teen. The subsequent overplaying on MTV and the radio made me actively loathe that album. The pedophilia and general creepiness that surfaced later makes me feel icky when one of his songs occasionally comes on the radio these days. ---
**Author:** ![stillownedbysetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2016, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-owned-thriller/742197/39 "2016-01-05T16:59:05Z")
One of my boys had it on cassette tape, but I never owned it myself. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2016, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-owned-thriller/742197/40 "2016-01-05T17:00:44Z")
> [@MoonMoon](#): > > Same. I never really cared for pop/top 40, even when I was a pre-teen/young teen. The subsequent overplaying on MTV and the radio made me actively loathe that album. The pedophilia and general creepiness that surfaced later makes me feel icky when one of his songs occasionally comes on the radio these days. I generally liked pop/top 40 music of the 70s and early 80s. Didn’t like MJ, however. Agree about the overplaying of all his music. He had some talent, but it wasn’t my thing. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-owned-thriller/742197.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-owned-thriller/742197.md?page=3)