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Billie Jean/Is That Inspector Gadget?

Episode Summary

A discussion of Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean", Terry Bollea, and missing concerts in your 40s.

Episode Notes

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Special Guest Host: George Ajjan from The Ajjancy

Michael Jackson “Billie Jean” from the 1983 album "Thriller" released on Epic. Written by Michael Jackson and produced by Quincy Jones and Michael Jackson.

Personel:

• Michael Jackson – lead and backing vocals; Yamaha CS-80 synthesizer; songwriting; vocal, rhythm, synthesizer and string arrangements
• Michael Boddicker – E-mu Emulator
• Leon "Ndugu" Chancler – drums
• Louis Johnson – bass guitar
• Greg Phillinganes – Rhodes piano, synthesizer
• Tom Scott – lyricon
• Greg Smith – synthesizer
• David Williams – guitar
• Bill Wolfer – synthesizer, synthesizer programming
• Jerry Hey – string arrangement
• Jeremy Lubbock – string conducting
• Bruce Swedien – mixing, engineer

Cover:

Performed by The Ajjancy

Intro Music:

"Shithouse" 2010 release from "A Collection of Songs for the Kings". Writer Josh Bond. Produced by Frank Charlton.

Other Artists Mentioned:

Fruit Bats

Pinback

Hulk Hogan

Metallica

Jason Newstad

Captain Lou Albino

Cyndi Lauper

Eddie Murphy “Party All the Time”

The Beatles

Madonna “Like a Prayer”

The Moody Blues

Eric Clapton

Maury Povich

Michael Jackson “Off the Wall”

Chris Licht

Toto “Beat It”

Steve Lukather

Eddie Van Halen

Michael Jackson “Beat It”

Michael Jackson “Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin”

Jackson 5

Michael Jackson w/ Paul McCartney “The Girl is Mine”

Michael Jackson “Thriller”

Michael Jackson “PYT”

Guns n Roses “Sweet Child of Mine”

Billie Jean King

Cobra Kai

Euryhtmics “Sweet Dreams”

Rockwell “Somebody’s Watching Me”

Toto “Rosanna”

Michael Jackson “Human Nature”

George Clinton “Atomic Dog”

Hall and Oates “I Can’t Go For That (No Can Do”

John and Vangelis “State of Independence”

Yes “Roundabout”

Jon Anderson

Quincey Jones “We Are the World”

White Stripes “Seven Nation Army”

The Civil Wars

Chris Cornell

Weezer