On the eve of MJ's funeral, take a trip back in time

On the eve of Michael Jackson's funeral, I read some of the old reviews of Thriller, before anyone knew it would be the number one selling album of all-time. Rolling Stone said that Thriller "may not be Michael Jackson's 1999, but it's a gorgeous, snappy step in the right direction."

Another review really stuck out: the New York Times' review of Thriller. This review, which was written just shortly after my birth, I felt as though I was teleported to an entirely different era, which it was. The reviewer seems amused that "white" radio stations play this music. In closing, we are left with...

"Best of all, with a pervasive confidence infusing the album as a whole, ''Thriller'' suggests that Mr. Jackson's evolution as an artist is far from finished. He is, after all, only 24 years old."