{"id":4144,"date":"2011-10-05T11:21:46","date_gmt":"2011-10-05T16:21:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theamericanjesus.net\/?p=4144"},"modified":"2011-10-05T11:21:46","modified_gmt":"2011-10-05T16:21:46","slug":"churches-using-thriller-promotions-an-exhaustive-look","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/zackhunt\/2011\/10\/churches-using-thriller-promotions-an-exhaustive-look\/","title":{"rendered":"Churches using “Thriller” promotions: An exhaustive look"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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\nIt\u2019s amazing what you can learn wasting a morning on youtube. This morning\u2019s new nugget of knowledge is that the Michael Jackson classic \u201cThriller\u201d is often performed in (or by) churches. Seriously. Go look- there are dozens and dozens of them! Who knew?!<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s an example of \u201cThriller\u201d being used as a promotional tool for a youth event. Pretty decent quality on this one<\/p>\n<\/iframe>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Another interesting phenomenon I noticed is the use of \u201cThriller\u201d in conjunction with Christmas services. Didn\u2019t expect those. Sometimes a \u201cThriller Christmas\u201d can be high budget\u2026<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vsIcFVQ0Mos\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vsIcFVQ0Mos<\/a>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And some \u201cThriller Christmas\u201d services are a bit more simplistic\u2026 but fairly hilarious (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RyS9RrCoz9w\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">part 1 here<\/a>)<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"A Christmas Thriller (Part 2, with credits)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VTSxkqYKddg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Some are used to promote Small Groups programs\u2026<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Small Group Thriller Dance\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7BDMIjl_z08?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And some seem to just be for the heck of it\u2026<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kX1Sjajl550\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kX1Sjajl550<\/a>\nWe can\u2019t explain why this particular song is used so frequently by churches, but I would like to publicly announce our support for it. Keep it up, church dance troupes!\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 It\u2019s amazing what you can learn wasting a morning on youtube. This morning\u2019s new nugget of knowledge is that the Michael Jackson classic \u201cThriller\u201d is often performed in (or by) churches. Seriously. Go look- there are dozens and dozens of them! Who knew?! Here\u2019s an example of \u201cThriller\u201d being used as a promotional tool […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[137,17],"tags":[218,110,134,2321,2558],"class_list":["post-4144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music-video","category-videos","tag-church-dance","tag-dance","tag-dancing","tag-michael-jackson","tag-thriller"],"yoast_head":"\n<title>Churches using "Thriller" promotions: An exhaustive look<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"  It's amazing what you can learn wasting a morning on youtube. 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