When Michael Jackson first revealed his song Thriller to the world, you’d have expected him to have thrown a huge listening party with his friends and family. However, it appears he did something very different, and a lot more humble.
Surprisingly, the star flung open his car door, invited his sister Janet into the passengers side, and asked if she’d like to hear his new hit.
A little less extravagant than a party, but a lot more modest – and we quite like it. Speaking to The Official Vodafone Big Top 40, the 52-year-old opened up on how she and her brothers would make music, as well as the first time she head some of Michael’s hits.
She said: ‘Mike used to always throw me in the car and play me his albums before he played them for anybody. ‘[We would] just sit in the car and this major sound system, and just listen to everything from front to back. He played me Thriller and Off The Wall to see what I thought.’ She then went on to speak about her family’s song writing process, and it appears they all chipped in together. Janet said: ‘If we’re around and there’s a piano and someone’s playing and someone said “I just wrote this the other day” and started playing it and next thing you know somebody is singing a melody to it and you know that would happen a lot and that’s how a lot of songs got created, that way.’
SOURCE: Metro
