Michael Jackson's fine using the approximate capabilities of Konami VCR6 add-ons chip, whic provides the NES with additional pulse voice and one saw voice. I hate add-on voice but this cover would be mu less cool without it.
Completed 8-18-2004
virt made this. la ^_^
I played this in memory of Michael Jackson, who is my all-time #1 musical inspiration, at Magfest 8.
What you are hearing is Michael Jackson’s original Thriller in one ear, and my own NES chiptune cover of Thriller in the other, with a tiny bit of bleed-through. The mash-up effect is a little jarring at first, but hopefully you will be amused by it when you hear things lining up. When I made the cover years ago, it never occurred to me to try this; I just did A/B comparisons a measure at a time, and got the details as close as possible by ear. This was the first time I’d ever heard the entire thing played in sync, and I just sat there for a while staring into space, thinking hard about lots of serious things.. before hitting play again and doing the “zombie hands” dance the whole way through.