Some time ago, Cagesider Eugene Saxe had an idea of doing a daily open thread post to talk about various topics. He wanted a place to ask questions and have discussion on anything we want instead of sticking on topic for each different post.
Others have echoed his sentiment and so we're going to start a new tradition here at Cageside -- the Daily Open Thread.
Here's how it works: Whatever you want. This post is literally so you lovely ladies and sirs can talk about whatever it is that suits your fancy today, be that politics or religion or sports or, of course, anything involving pro wrestling. For the purposes of what this post is supposed to represent, moderating policies will be relaxed greatly.
That doesn't mean you can say and do anything TOO crazy, but feel free to let your hair down in here.
The few times we did open threads before, Sergio used to put different song lyrics in the post. So we'll continue doing just that.
On this date in history in 1982, Michael Jackson released his Thriller album, featuring the smash hit song "Thriller." This album holds the record as the best-selling album of all time.
In honor of that, today's song is "Thriller" (lyrics via elyrics.net):
It's close to midnight and something evil's lurking in the dark
Under the moonlight, you see a sight that almost stops your heart
You try to scream but terror takes the sound before you make it
You start to freeze as horror looks you right between the eyes
You're paralyzed
'Cause this is thriller, thriller night
And no one's gonna save you from the beast about strike
You know it's thriller, thriller night
You're fighting for your life inside a killer, thriller tonight
You hear the door slam and realize there's nowhere left to run
You feel the cold hand and wonder if you'll ever see the sun
You close your eyes and hope that this is just imagination, girl!
But all the while you hear the creature creeping up behind
You're out of time
'Cause this is thriller, thriller night
There ain't no second chance against the thing with forty eyes, girl
Thriller, thriller night
You're fighting for your life inside a killer, thriller tonight
Night creatures calling, the dead start to walk in their masquerade
There's no escaping the jaws of the alien this time
(They're open wide)
This is the end of your life
They're out to get you, there's demons closing in on every side
They will possess you unless you change that number on your dial
Now is the time for you and I to cuddle close together, yeah
All through the night I'll save you from the terror on the screen
I'll make you see
That this is thriller, thriller night
'Cause I can thrill you more than any ghost would ever dare try
Thriller, thriller night
So let me hold you tight and share a
Killer, diller, chiller, thriller here tonight
'Cause this is thriller, thriller night
Girl, I can thrill you more than any ghost would ever dare try
Thriller, thriller night
So let me hold you tight and share a killer, thriller, ow!
(I'm gonna thrill ya tonight)
Darkness falls across the land
The midnight hour is close at hand
Creatures crawl in search of blood
To terrorize y'alls neighborhood
I'm gonna thrill ya tonight, ooh baby
I'm gonna thrill ya tonight, oh darlin'
Thriller night, baby, ooh!
The foulest stench is in the air
The funk of forty thousand years
And grizzly ghouls from every tomb
Are closing in to seal your doom
And though you fight to stay alive
Your body starts to shiver
For no mere mortal can resist
The evil of the thriller