Update: Slash says Michael Jackson made him replay a 15-second riff eight times — stopping each take with the same note: “It’s not dangerous enough.” Only when Jackson danced beside him in the booth did the guitarist finally get it right. What happened in that eighth take turned frustration into fire — and created one of pop’s most uncopyable moments….
It was supposed to be quick. A favor. A cameo. Fifteen seconds of guitar fire dropped into a pop masterpiece. Instead, it became one of […]