“BEAT IT” intro backstory - Michael Jackson’s Thriller

[@axelez-263]

I can hear the drums starting

[@robinsss]

go listen to the beat from let it whip by the Dazz band and compare the 2 beats

[@seanswinton6242]

The 80's magnificent 7! Seven notes with a unique sound that any listener on the planet knowns the name and artist of the song! Instantly recognizable. That is truly the power of synth programmers and sound creators in music!

[@sethmcbee7294]

Pretty incredible. Its hard to imagine that Denny wouldn't be well aware by now that that preset demo made it onto "Beat It". Must be quite the honor. Synclavier was really so ahead of its time, a lot of commercial hybrid synth plugins today still don't even compete with what they were doing in hardware four decades ago now.

[@austin_harrouff]

And following the whistle sound comes a brief glimpse of the tr-808 backbeat.

[@jcee6886]

I still want one 😢

[@tto0508]

The iconic *_B W O N G_* is one of the songs that people can recognize by 1 NOTE...

[@richardfarabaugh7604]

What a gem of a channel!! It’s way too cool to be getting the info straight from the guy who made it all. It’s like if John Williams had a channel.

[@djtrakakadrunkpoet8598]

Rigggghtttt

[@seanswinton6242]

I agree! These men were in the studio with MICHAEL JACKSON making "Thiller." I mean, I don't really get starstruck. It happened to me only a few times. Meeting Gregory Hines, Halle Berry, Michelle Pfeiffer and Rod Stewart. Pfeiffer and Stewart gave off an aura! Not to sound sacrilegious, but it was like the aura or glow artists placed around Jesus in paintings. Music is my passion and was the music nerd who read the liner notes. I have full appreciation for those in the trenches like studio musicians, engineers, and guys like these. It's why I'm subscribed to Leland Sklar's channel.

[@iamgaijin88]

they told him _don't you ever come around here don't wanna see your face you better disappear..._

[@acepierrechaka1782]

Danny got ripped off. Happens a lot

[@IRIDEHARLEYS]

Denny. Denny Jaeger.

[@nef.spring]

He ended up working for MJ a LOT later on... MJ made sure credit was given where credit was due.

[@danielpalmersofficial]

I love that sound, I’ll always know which song it is when it comes on the radio. ✌️😙

[@WIDOW.OFFICIAL]

Agreed! It always reminded me of a warped digital Grandfather Clock.

[@danielpalmersofficial]

@@WIDOW.OFFICIAL Oh yeah, I get you. ✌️😂

[@JimmyFrankJunior]

I reeeeally wanted them drums to drop in... now I have to listen to the song 😂

[@MMikemezta]

Damn you...... now I have to go play the rest of the song cause you started something you have to finish 😅

[@l.A.0]

'cause he wanna be startin' somethin'

[@luisledon28]

He said pretty close because if he played the other record Michael Jackson's ghost will come after him.

[@AragonDubs]

Synth MASTERS

[@AngelStratocaster]

Por favor, más vídeos como éste explicando cómo se fraguaron esas míticas canciones de Michael Jackson 😮❤

[@Velrod77]

MJ together with the producers created music unmatched in another similar genre. I think that to this day I have not heard similar music or that comes out of new creations, they are all repetitive or copied. You are geniuses!

[@robinsss]

they just admitted that the intro to thriller was stolen

[@airfixx_8952]

You literally just watched a video of 2 people showing the MJalso "copied" things. .....On the flipside; if you've not heard any original or creative music since MJ's long passed prime then you just need to dig deeper.

[@jcperry0902]

Never got credit….you hear that?

[@HobbeForApples]

You hear me Dan?

[@spincitynyc809]

Pure Gold!!!!

[@israelborges2272]

That's the same sound they kept using in clockwork orange

[@TheMilford]

It’s the Tangerine Dream Exit sound. 🤷‍♂️

[@TheMilford]

Kiew Mission, @ 0:33 minutes…

[@lauradewhurst2860]

Great 7 notes!!

[@johnnysimpson5385]

The legacy lives on

[@mtpocketswoodenickle2637]

Busted beating it!

[@luciens3588]

Synclavier. Expensive one

[@Edu888777]

Its possible to create this sound on any Yamaha DX series FM synth, it is a FM sound.

[@AndrewTSq]

Yes synclavier was a fm synth with addons like sampling

[@markkurucar216]

It's a Strong intro......😊

[@DerpDart]

Sneakily Ole Michael 😄

[@bobmcfierson2163]

That is such a simple short riff it is literally playing the tonic notes in whole/half notes. I don't really think you could call that a composition.

[@nickmandleberg]

WOW 🤯

[@Malkiytzadeq-vv7qq]

Show for us Bad album synthesizers.

[@feraldrollerypdx]

Interesting how the intro is D, but the song is Eb.

[@WIDOW.OFFICIAL]

Irritating when I hear others state this was a sample from a demo record. There was more work to be done to recreate the demo record for that patch.

[@unclemick-synths]

It wasn't a sample but it still wasn't composed by Michael or his associates. These days MJ would have been taken to court. It wouldn't even need expert testimony to convince the jury of the similarity.

[@raingirlcat2245]

@@WIDOW.OFFICIALYou didn’t read the comment. try again.

[@el_teodoro]

@@unclemick-synths But I don't understand how they got the sound if it was a demo. I'm very curious to how it went down in the studio.

[@unclemick-synths]

@@el_teodoro they used the preset sounds in the synth to recreate it.

[@robinsss]

the only work was to play the notes the way they were played on the demo record

[@neilsg2001]

Just put presets in to your music

[@Whomeverwhenever]

Guy looks like Howard Stern

[@charlesmcgehee3227]

If Michael owed someone for something he would have paid. Did "Denny" say he felt he needed to be paid for a composition?

[@anthonymarinellimusic]

Denny ending up working on a lot of other records with Michael !

[@nevercracker6352]

does anyone know what type of synth that is

[@djnahoo]

Preset name ?

[@GMANKOOL23]

It's 3 notes , they just happen to be played 7 different times , smh.

[@Mesaman101]

Sounded like 3 notes to me

[@durrclips746]

Never got credit not roylaties i presume? For the best selling record ever.

[@DarrenEvansZozologist]

I thought this was Jerry Springer and Tommy Aldridge having a gay moment but then I realized im higher than i need to be

[@Allworldsk1]

They created Micheal Jackson ‼️without them he would have been just a dancer

[@willieboyland3180]

Lies!!! Michael was already 20 plus years in the game before he met these guys.

[@Allworldsk1]

@@willieboyland3180 all of his major hits were created by white men

[@willieboyland3180]

@@Allworldsk1 Not created by them. He collaborated with these incredible musicians. Or "white men" as you so confidently stated. Michael started the bulk of his albums at his home studio. Quincy called in the "white men" that you are referring to not Michael.

[@pinealhilmorst]

Micheal was famous for ripping off other peoples music

[@ddru001]

And so, that was ripped off. Nice.

[@Andrew-zb8fn]

3 notes

[@danitz56]

Exactly

[@MrMiar94]

3 different notes, 7 individual notes. not that hard to understand.

[@warpigz4401]

Wow micheal didn’t mind stealing other ppl’s shit - that’s a dog act

[@jeffhoskins6861]

Michael stole the beat from the Dazz band song "Let It Whip"