I have a somewhat jaded appetite for the Thriller album, on account of this unfortunate incident:
The soon-to-be-Mrs-Dave and I were moving all her stuff from her house to our first house together. I borrowed the largest van I could, but even so it meant 2 return trips of about 8 hours each over a weekend. So we set off and stuffed the first cassette (Thriller) into the player.
When it finished, the damn player refused to eject the tape, meaning we couldn't change tapes and couldn't even put the radio on. So after a while of listening to the engine droning away, we opted for a second dose of Thriller.
When we arrived at Julie's old house we'd heard quite enough of Thriller. I set about the tape player with a screwdriver, but still couldn't persuade it to release its grip on MJ's finest. So we had another 12 hours of driving with nothing else to listen to.
Believe me, after 16 hours of that you'd never want to listen to the thing again!
And to add insult to injury, the moment I parked the van up when I returned it the following day, the tape ejected itself at considerable speed to the back of the cab.
Dave
> I am most impressed by this....
> Of the Top 10 Best Sellers of All Time - ONLY ONE has ALL
> words and music by ONE individual.
>
> Plus, don't forget that Bat's sales were underestimated by
> certain record companies. In truth it should be planted
> FIRMLY in the #2 spot.
>
> >
> > Because someone just came out with these numbers and JD
> > wanted to emphasize Jim's accomplishment.
> >
> > > We all know that Bat Out Of Hell is the third biggest
> > > selling album of all time, but why is it all over the
> > > homepage now? A picture of Michael Jackson beside Jim too.
> > > After all the insults aimed towards him on this forum
> > > since his death, maybe Jim is trying to tell us something.
> > > No other reason IMO !!!!!!
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