Burns Night 2016: Did this Robert Burns poem inspire Michael Jackson's ' Thriller' music video?, The Independent
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Jackson was a long-term fan of the Scottish poet and may have based
Jackson was a long-term fan of the Scottish poet and may have based 'Thriller' on his poem 'Tam o' Shanter
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