Music

January, 1988

JOHN WAITE, the kinetic voice behind such hits as "Change," "Missing You" and "Active Love," recently released his fourth solo LP, "Rover's Return." Since British musicians seem to know more about American black music than Americans do, we asked Waite to evaluate Michael Jackson's soul monster "Bad.""To answer the obvious question first—yes, Bad is very similar to Thriller. The title track, for instance, is reminiscent of Beat It. The streng...