This is "Thriller."
Series: NPR's Next Generation Radio
From: Next Generation Radio
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25 years ago, Michael Jackson's album "Thriller" was released. It went on to become the best selling record album ever. The video to the title track is still lauded by critics today as one of the most influential ever produced. It was that video that inspired Terry Chasteen. Not to become a videographer, filmmaker, make-up artist or musician. He wanted to learn the dance moves. Next Generation Radio's Andrew Prince, as part of his piece for NPR's "Intern Edition," talked with Terry Chasteen about his obsession and what he's doing today.
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Terry Chasteen remembers exactly where he was the first time he heard Thriller.
CHASTEEN: ?I walked into a disco club in Columbus, Ohio, and I heard this laugh??
CHASTEEN: ?It would, like, pierce from every corner of the room, and I wondered ?what in the world is this???
So he looked up at the huge floor-to-ceiling video screen.
CHASTEEN: ?And there?s Michael and the zombies doing the Thriller routine, bigger than life, right there in front of me, and it just blew me away.?
What blew him away were the dance moves. Chasteen has been a dance instructor for almost 40 years. He could teach you almost every kind of dance, from ballroom to latin, swing to salsa. But when he saw Michael?s performance on the big screen, he wanted to learn the moves himself.
CHASTEEN: ?It took us three and a half months, just playing it over and over...
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25 years ago, Michael Jackson's album "Thriller" was released. It went on to become the best selling record album ever. The video to the title track is still lauded by critics today as one of the most influential ever produced. It was that video that inspired Terry Chasteen. Not to become a videographer, filmmaker, make-up artist or musician. He wanted to learn the dance moves.
Next Generation Radio's Andrew Prince, as part of his piece for NPR's "Intern Edition," talked with Terry Chasteen about his obsession and what he's doing today.
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