クエストラブさんのインスタグラム写真 - (クエストラブInstagram)「2.9 secs can change your entire life. It shifted the entire music industry recorded on March 23rd, broadcasted on May 16th 1983. 40 years ago today Similar to what he did exactly 10 years earlier on @SoulTrain this moment really wasn’t about his dancing. This moment was “I see y’all”—-this was an US Weekly “stars are just like us” moment. This was Sereena C-Walkin after her Olympic Victory. FUBU. Because of the constant stress of code switching a majority of our black artists weren’t in a position to be this free or inventive. I mean James Brown & Joe Tex & Rufus Thomas made songs up about the dances they invented—-but this was different——this was the artist crossing the other side of the tracks to see what the common folk were up to, not the opposite. If you were a black artist back then you code switched to show more #ChollyAtkins level sophistication. You weren’t gonna get in the Copa doing street dancing. Michael naturally adapted because he was the same age….and from Gary! Another important element of this moment was the nationalization of the VCR. By 83? Most households HAD to have them. So the difference is when the Jacksons came on tv when I was a kid, you pretty much knew it was “one and done” (with an occasional rerun to help jog memory) now “rewind culture” is a thing. Which explains why suddenly in the aughts, any entertainer born in the 80s (think of the Sisqo/Beyoncé/Usher/Ginuine/Maya/JT/Breezy squad) all goin hard af in their videos/presentation: they had a device to rewind and study!!! (Just like MJ/Prince had VCR access in the 70s to guide them!) This was one of the first modern examples of going viral pre YouTube I can think of. Although MJ was in mid “Beat It” early “Human Nature” cycle by 83 this moment not only brought “Billie Jean” back to life to ubiquitous levels after having a stronghold in Dec/Jan on MTV/BET——but Thriller the lp immediately sold 1 million copies a week for the months to come. 2.9 secs changed EVERYTHING.」5月17日 14時57分