Michael Jackson wanted to work with Mark...

[vgonis]

I heard they (mainly Quincy Jones, producer of MJ) wanted to have the 'hottest white guitar player' of that year ( I guess 85 or 86 when MfN was '1 in the US charts) on the album (or on beat it?) so they asked MK, he did not have much interest (quote MK: "Not my style"   ) so they asked EVH.

Beat it was already released in 1983. But what does it matter now anyway. It is trivial information. We know MK's value and potential but going over and over again this piece of trivia has no deeper meaning. And somewhere here I think I lost   any appetite for an evening with MJ music. And I was so looking forward for "Don't stop till you get enough".