Lanre Bakare
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
He was the biggest thing going.
the stadium doors finally opened, it was impossible not to be overwhelmed watching the fans storm onto the field to get the coveted spot at the very front.
World tours that made him millions of dollars.
Thriller selling 80 million copies.
Fastest selling album ever.
And also he like changed what a pop star could be.
He kind of emerged through Motown and got the kind of classic R&B kind of set up.
The Jackson 5 are here tonight.
With his brothers.
I'm Jermaine.
And I'm Michael.
You're Michael.
And then he becomes a solo act who not only can dance, not only can he sing, he actually is smart enough to realise that the future is music videos.
And he creates Thriller, which just completely changes the culture when it came to the standard that you had to set for a music video.
You've got these amazing dance sequences.