During this podcast, they discuss the song 1999 by Prince. And
they breakdown the song as well as Thriller by Michael Jackson. 1999 was unique
for its time because Prince had used a new drum machine for the beginning of
his song which creates a wall of sound that sounds very electric. This wasn’t
the intent of the drum machine, but Prince took the instrument and put his own spin
on it which gives it a unique sound. The rest of the song is a repeating melody
with Prince’s lyrics. This song exploded and then once Michael Jackson hears
the song, he changes the song he had been working on at the time. This song was
Thriller. Thriller then also gets a wall of sound just due to the competition
at the time with Prince. This wall of sound was unique, and it generated
competition within other artists because they knew it was making waves within
the musical community. Then, Prince is also himself unique because he was one
of the first people to really use computers and upload albums to the internet.
I personally don’t listen to much Prince or Michael Jackson just because that’s
not my favorite style of music but after comparing 1999 and Thriller together I
have decided that I like Thriller a little more. I just like Michael Jackson’s
vocals a lot more than Prince. Michael Jackson’s vocals and lyrics are so much
louder and more prominent. Prince focuses more on the beats and his vocals aren’t
very prominent and I am just not really a fan. However, when it comes to the
drum machine discussed in the podcast, I am a really big fan of how Prince
innovated this instrument. He found his own melody within it and pushed the
machine to its limits to discover what he could do with it.
Sloan, Nate and Harding Charlie, hosts. “Why U Love 2 Listen
2 Prince (with Anil Dash).” Switched on Pop, Vox Media Podcast Network
22 Oct. 2019 https://switchedonpop.com/episodes/why-u-love-2-listen-2-prince-with-anil-dash
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