Thriller-era hair. It don't get better than that. It was just so damn cool looking.
And for the record, I don't want to offend anybody here....but I've got to be honest, I never, never could stand the long, straight "James Brown" style hair he had in recent years. I recall seeing that hairstyle for the first time on the "Remember The Time" video and thinking "Oh no....Michael....what did you do to your hair?" I mean, if there is ANYTHING about MJ that I really never could stand over the years, it's been that straight hair. To me, he just never looked like himself with that hairstyle.
Pretty much any of his hairstyles AFTER the Bad era....I just wasn't into. I didn't like his hair during the "Dangerous" tour all that much. What always kind of bothered me for some reason was that long part that would hang down over his face. I dunno. That's just me.
But yeah...anyway...back to the positive.
Thriller-era shorter curly hair is the best in my book, although Bad-era long curly hair was cool too.
All that said, I really loved when he had the short curly hair again at the 1995 MTV VMA's. I felt like I was a kid back in the early 80's again when I watched that.