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Post by NatureCriminal7896 on Jan 6, 2022 8:49:09 GMT
The death of Michael Jackson at the age of 50 seemed to me such an unrealistic fact that you can't let it go. No, i'm not.
As our age difference was very small (he was born in 1958, I, in 1961), had the opportunity to follow his career in real time, and become his fan soon with his first success, I Want You Back, recorded with the Jackson 5.
During all these years, his figure was ubiquitous in the musical environment that I followed. First as the boy prodigy who sang with the technique and the emotion of an adult. Better up! I'll Be There, Ben, I want to Be Where You Are,Happy, Got To Be There, ABC..
Then, like that teenager whose voice was changing his timbre, without losing his beauty and originality. The songs One Day In Your Life and Dancing Machine are the first that appear in my mind as a soundtrack for that moment.
There, in 1978, the adult MJ comes into play, bursting into Shake Your Body (Down To The Ground) and Blame It On The Boogie, already with the Jacksons (new incarnation of Jackson 5) and the following year with Rock With You, Don't Stop Til You Get Enough, Working Day And Night And Girlfriend, of his first adult solo album, the magnificent Off The Wall.
It had already completed my 21 years when it emerged Thriller (1982), phenomenal album that in 1985 still insisted on keeping emplacando hits on the tracks, among which the title track, Billie Jean, I want to Be Startin' Somethin', The Girl Is Mine, Beat It, Human Nature...
In 1987, still a beginner in the music journalism scene, I had the honor of participating in the launch party (at the now defunct Up And Down, on Pamplona Street in São Paulo) of the album Bad,when we had the opportunity to hear firsthand tracks such as Bad, The Way You Make Me Feel, Man In The Mirror, Dirty Diana, Smooth Criminal... I wrote a special magazine about Michael and this record for Print.
When the star did two historic shows at morumbi stadium, in October 1993, on the tour that released the album Dangerous (1991) I was there, entitled to visit the dressing rooms of the King of Pop (without him inside, obviously...), stay on duty in front of the hotel Mofarrej, in santos mall, where he stayed, and interviewing the boy that a car of his entourage ran over and that ended up being visited by the author of Billie jean.
That is, every step of Michael Jackson was accompanied by me over the years. On the day of his funeral ceremony, on July 6, 2009, there I was live, alongside host Luciana Liviero, making comments about Michael on TV Record.
It's hard to believe this little brother's gone. A guy who has achieved something difficult: unite fans from all countries, races, backgrounds, social classes, sexes etc. around his music, which was, is and will be the soundtrack of the life of all of us. Look after us, King of Pop, wherever you are, and live forever in our hearts, because we want to rock with you forever!
— Fabian Chacur
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Post by NatureCriminal7896 on Jan 6, 2022 9:14:53 GMT
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Post by NatureCriminal7896 on Jan 14, 2022 8:32:26 GMT
alittle late but better late than never.
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Post by aazzaabb on Jan 22, 2022 21:56:19 GMT
Well here is the hotel where my father worked in the 80’s and I discovered and became a lifelong MJ fan. This is where I saw The Making of We Are The World and also heard Bad on the dance floor through an incredible P.A system. The sound was incredible. We used to sneak into the dining room and through the kitchen into the nightclub. Very sad for me to see what’s become of it. It’s actually quite upsetting. I had my first crush on a girl in this place and so many wonderful memories. At 5:06 that yellow room was the club. That room is where I discovered MJ.
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Post by NatureCriminal7896 on Jan 31, 2022 2:24:06 GMT
'Michael has brought so much hope and light to the world... With a beautiful voice, dance and tireless devotion, God worked miracles through Michael Jackson. However, his lost childhood was the catalyst for multifaceted complexities that arose throughout his life and struggles. Many never realized and did not have time to realize that, deep down, Michael was really a child. In fact, he never had a childhood and when he grew up he tried to make up for that lost time. By the time Michael was 20, his career was already consolidated. If on the one hand Michael Jackson was a phenomenal artist on the other hand, he was a boy, deprived of the joys of childhood.
Until his death, he sought the truth.
He had the heart of a child, Job's patience, and the tenacity of a warrior. Michael Jackson is worthy of our respect. He was on the front line every day, fighting for those who couldn't fight. He used his gift to create a magical place for children all over the world for children who dwell in the souls of each of us...
Michael used his musical influence to heal the planet and help people with disabilities, people at risk and sick people around the world. Throughout his life, he has given $300 million —some sources say $500 million—to charities around the world, always struggling to help others.
I'm tired of hearing and reading that Michael Jackson shouldn't be glorified as a hero. Because Michael Jackson is the hero we should remember and honor.
We should pay tribute to those who gave us everything they could give, despite lost childhood, lupus, skin diseases, chronic pain, floodable accusations and unimaginable he endured, resisted those who tried to destroy him.'
— by Melanie, fan
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Post by NatureCriminal7896 on Feb 17, 2022 1:02:18 GMT
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Post by NatureCriminal7896 on Feb 17, 2022 20:02:51 GMT
Michael Jackson was weird.
A weirdo in your whole being.
A philanthropic freak, where he did the oddity of donating much of his money, from his hard work, to people who are weirdly in need.
Michael Jackson's oddity was boundless because believe me, he committed the oddity of loving the whole world!
Literally.
Michael Jackson the weirdo who saved many lives with his weird money, and with his weird love where his weird audacity made many children's dreams weirdly come true! See if you can!
What a weird thing!
Michael's obsession was weird trying to change the weird world.
Changing lives was weird, and he made such weirdness. Give us the happiness of the pleasure of his music, his art, his love, his generosity, his compassion, especially those who hurt him this was also weird.
And Michael committed the worst oddity, but... To believe in people who destroyed him without mercy or mercy. Michael was betrayed, betrayed by his generosity and compassion. That was really weird.
It's also weird not to have the weirdness of your talent, your love, your compassion, your art, finally...
But that's more than weird that cruel is too painful. I keep Michael Jackson enjoying his weirdness every day.
Crying with longing and emotion of all his oddities, and always being proud of all that best for the world his weirdness did.
I love you my weirdo love you so much never forget it. I believe you're doing weird in the sky making God proud.
Always homesick of your eternal fan!
Alessandra Silva, Fan of Michael Jackson
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Post by NatureCriminal7896 on Feb 17, 2022 20:21:02 GMT
Michael Jackson was weird. A weirdo in your whole being. A philanthropic freak, where he did the oddity of donating much of his money, from his hard work, to people who are weirdly in need. Michael Jackson's oddity was boundless because believe me, he committed the oddity of loving the whole world! Literally. Michael Jackson the weirdo who saved many lives with his weird money, and with his weird love where his weird audacity made many children's dreams weirdly come true! See if you can! What a weird thing! Michael's obsession was weird trying to change the weird world. Changing lives was weird, and he made such weirdness. Give us the happiness of the pleasure of his music, his art, his love, his generosity, his compassion, especially those who hurt him this was also weird. And Michael committed the worst oddity, but... To believe in people who destroyed him without mercy or mercy. Michael was betrayed, betrayed by his generosity and compassion. That was really weird. It's also weird not to have the weirdness of your talent, your love, your compassion, your art, finally... But that's more than weird that cruel is too painful. I keep Michael Jackson enjoying his weirdness every day. Crying with longing and emotion of all his oddities, and always being proud of all that best for the world his weirdness did. I love you my weirdo love you so much never forget it. I believe you're doing weird in the sky making God proud. Always homesick of your eternal fan! Alessandra Silva, Fan of Michael Jackson i agree with this post. Michael was so "weird" and that's why we loved him. |
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Post by NatureCriminal7896 on Mar 18, 2022 22:18:04 GMT
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Post by NatureCriminal7896 on Mar 31, 2022 10:22:30 GMT
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Post by NatureCriminal7896 on Apr 2, 2022 20:22:10 GMT
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Post by NatureCriminal7896 on Apr 3, 2022 18:53:50 GMT
"After michael jackson's performance ended, the show was momentarily interrupted to allow the entire production and audience to recover. It was as if Michael had thrown a bomb of emotion into the audience, leaving them stunned and unable to cope with that flow of energy. People wiped away their tears and hugged each other. We had just attended a coronation ceremony.'' — Steve Ivory, journalist
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Post by NatureCriminal7896 on Apr 20, 2022 15:25:44 GMT
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Post by NatureCriminal7896 on May 11, 2022 12:59:34 GMT
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Post by NatureCriminal7896 on May 27, 2022 5:57:31 GMT
Music has probably been the most widespread art in human history, especially in our day, due to the incredible speed at which it spreads. I love classical and instrumental music, but here I want to deal with the power of the words of two popular songs that have often made me cry: "Imagine", composed by John Lennon in 1971, and "We Are the World", made by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie in 1985. I suggest you listen to them after reading this article.
Because of my musical background (I am a classical guitar teacher), I value the work of musicians very much and I like to listen to music in silence, alone, usually with large headphones, to pay attention to every detail of the instruments and words. I believe this is what every musician/composer expects for his works. And that way I heard those two songs this week.
What impresses me most about them is their timeliness. "Imagine" became the universal anthem of peace and preaches the existence of a world very similar, in some ways, to the present: for the first time in history, the world lives what Lennon wrote in 1971: "a brotherhood of people". In fact, the world has united peacefully around one cause: the struggle for life for the first time since time immemorial. In the universe conceived by Lennon, there is "no reason for greed and no hunger, no reason to kill or die, and all the inhabitants of the Earth live in peace."
It is an almost real utopia today: wars have stopped, the powerful have come together in search of a saving vaccine and ordinary people are living an unprecedented experience of fraternal love and solidarity. I had let this go on forever!!
In "We Are the World," Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie say that "there are people dying and this is the time to reach out to them." And tina turner's verse says "they're part of God's great family." Something more current and pressing? The song also says that "the world needs to be together as one." And this is what, unfortunately for such a sad reason, is happening in our day.
How I would like this brotherhood of people to be the result not of a torturous and lethal epidemic, but of love, of the understanding that in the eyes of God we are all equal, of the understanding that inequality is cruel and inhuman... Few with much more than any human being need to live and others eating land with water in Mozambique every day, not to starve, as I learned earlier, as I learned.
It is not possible that this huge amount of deaths does not bring a significant and permanent benefit to humanity. Something very good has to happen when all this is over. Anyone who knows me knows I'm an invethet. But, beyond 70 and knowing the human being as these seven decades of life have allowed me to know, I have my doubts there whether man will really maintain the current feeling of love for others or if, with the virus properly deberated, will return to do everything he did before. I hope I'm totally wrong.
And I wish with all my heart that John Lennon's words in the "Imagine" snare still come true: "You can say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope that one day you will join us and the world will live as one." Amen!!!
by Ben-Hur Macedo, journalist/columnist of the newspaper The Pendulum
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