Michael Jackson

Music legend Paul McCartney dusts off his his early '80s solo album Pipes Of Peace and Tug of War for re-release and rediscovery, since chances are all you remember (if you were alive and sentient at the time) from them were the massive collaborative singles and videos from the albums: "Ebony And Ivory" with Stevie Wonder, and "Say Say Say" with Michael Jackson.

One of the bonus and promotional elements for the campaign is a new version of the "Say Say Say" video — which has aged about as well as most things from the decade — that let's Sia video choreographer Ryan Heffingon unleash a dance jam across Los Angeles.

Now, if only there could be a Stepbrothers sequel, so an an '80s McCartney tribute headline the Catalina Wine Mixer...

Michael Jackson's posthumous career moonwalks on with "A Place With No Name," leaning on footage captured at the time of his "In The Closet" video as a way to work him into a new video. Most notably, perhaps, this marked the first ever video premiere on Twitter directly, with the social messaging service hosting it in their own video player.

"What’s important to remember is Thriller had already become the most successful album of all time. So this is what was called a vanity video... They don’t sell records; they’re there to make the artist happy.”  — John Landis, director [via Newsweek]

It's hard to argue with "Thrille" as the Greatest Video Of All Time, and it's even harder to find fault with this retelling of the video's Behind The Scenes story via Newsweek.

At the time "Thriller" was considered an exercise in artistic excess: Spending over 10x the normal budget on a nearly 14 minute opus that was part horror film and part dance extravaganza is not generally considered smart business. But, nearly everything about the video became a cultural landmark from the wardrobe to the dance and let's face it: The video was all Zombies before Zombies were all the rage.

Trying to get Spike Lee to direct a music video during Knicks playoff season? Likely a tall order, byt Big K.R.I.T. is stumping hard, taking to MTV's RapFix Live to pitch the esteemed movie director to work his magic on the "Praying Man" video.