thriller night what a body of work. we used to dance to that all the time. four years ago today just losing one of the greatest there. super stars around the world, michael jackson had died at his home in los angeles. his oldest son getting ready to testify at the wrongful death trial of jackson s concert promo promoter, aeg live. he s expected to tell the jury about the last day of his father s life. michelle turner joins us from new york. i think we all remember where we were when we found out, when we heard that michael jackson died. i was in new york. it s four years. it s unbelievable it s been that long. i was in my living room in los angeles. i remember exactly the moment i heard it. i got a phone calling saying is this true?
hendrix. they never seem to learn. it s hard to predict to say what goes on inside the minds of an artist but that s what makes them an artist. that sense of creativity. that thing that makes them particular is probably the very thing that pushes them to the extremes that sometimes can cause, you know, fatalities and things that, you know, that end up not being good. bill: what was the most dynamic talent that you saw? because you basically are a guy who is looking for the next big thing in rock. when i came to sony i signed mariah carey i had the chance to work with michael jackson who was as brilliant as they come. because this is thriller, thriller night. bill: you couldn t get through to him on the social level though? it wasn t my job to get through to him. my job was to get the best possible music that he could make and that i could sell for him. that was really what my role was. bill: was that a difficult process? it wasn t easy. it could take years sometimes.
hendrix. they never seem to learn. it s hard to predict to say what goes on inside the minds of an artist but that s what makes them an artist. that sense of creativity. that thing that makes them particular is probably the very thing that pushes them to the extremes that sometimes can cause, you know, fatalities and things that, you know, that end up not being good. bill: what was the most dynamic talent that you saw? because you basically are a guy who is looking for the next big thing in rock. when i came to sony i signed mariah carey i had the chance to work with michael jackson who was as brilliant as they come. because this is thriller, thriller night. bill: you couldn t get through to him on the social level though? it wasn t my job to get through to him. my job was to get the best possible music that he could make and that i could sell for him. that was really what my role was. bill: was that a difficult process? it wasn t easy.
hendrix. they never seem to learn. it s hard to predict to say what goes on inside the minds of an artist but that s what makes them an artist. that sense of creativity. that thing that makes them particular is probably the very thing that pushes them to the extremes that sometimes can cause, you know, fatalities and things that, you know, that end up not being good. bill: what was the most dynamic talent that you saw? because you basically are a guy who is looking for the next big thing in rock. when i came to sony i signed mariah carey i had the chance to work with michael jackson who was as brilliant as they come. because this is thriller, thriller night. bill: you couldn t get through to him on the social level though? it wasn t my job to get through to him. my job was to get the best possible music that he could make and that i could sell for him. that was really what my role was. bill: was that a difficult process? it wasn t easy. it could take years sometimes.
between heaven and hell coal walking around and it turns out in the carved out turnip. bill: a carved out turn in. turnip not a pumpkin. turnips are popular in ireland. bill: jack lantern is really a carved out turnip. yes, it is. that was morina talking about halloween. michael jackson had a spooky hits three decades ago with thriller this is thriller, thriller night, no one is going to save you from the beast about the strike you know it s thriller, thriller night they re fighting for your life inside thriller, thriller. bill: i can do that. [ laughter ] right. bill: this week forbes reported that michael jackson was the top earning dead entertainer, raking in $170 million last year alone. which deceased entertainer was a