Konstantin Kisin
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Podcast Appearances
Yeah.
Yeah.
But also, people are always going to listen to Ignition by R. Kelly.
He didn't write Man in the Mirror.
He talks about writing Billie Jean and he said he was driving down the road and he heard the beat and he said... That's one of the greatest fucking songs of all time.
But this is a really interesting bit.
So when they were doing Thriller, he went to Quincy Jones, who was the producer, and he said, Quincy, I want to do Billie Jean.
And you know what Quincy said?
He went, Michael, it's because they made 112 songs and then cut it down to, I think, the 12 or whatever it was on the album.
He went, Michael, I don't like it.
I don't think it's strong enough.
So those two were having arguments about whether Billie Jean was strong enough to go on the album.
Wow.
So that not only tells you how strong that record is, if you put on that record and listen it from beginning to end, it's a flawless record.
It's a masterpiece.
You know, there's no filler.
Every track stands on its own.
But the fact that Billie Jean was a point of contention, and it's arguably the greatest pop song ever written.
Yeah, that would be like Hart.
We do a version of that.