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01-02-10, 11:08 PM
I have not seen a thread on this guy yet.
Now for some time I have sensed that I am one of the younger members on this forum. However, I am old enough to remember the time when I watched MJ's concerts on TV as a little kid.
They were amazing. I don't think I can ever experience such a media thrill again, after having seen MJ concerts in '92 (when I was six) and '01 (in high school). Probably the only exception is seeing the movie 'Titanic' for the first time in November of '97. Perhaps in distant third whould be the Beijing Olympics' Opening Ceremony in 2008.
Early last decade, I had a grudge against Justin Timberlake for imitating his voice falsetto, and against Usher for imitating his dance moves. Both are now veterans in their own right, and I have great respect for them now, but my criticism of their derivative style still holds.
I tended not to think too much of the trials in 1993 and 2005 - in fact, I tended to think that media coverage of those events were overblown and exaggerated. However, some of the innuendo seeped into my mindset - in several instances, I made fun of his plastic surgery to get a laugh with my friends, about how he should carve a hole into his chin, etc. The remarks, in retrospect, were tasteless, and I now regret having made them.
I have never lost my enthusiasm for his music. In 2008, when I stumbled across his Thriller 25 unreleased hit "For All Time" on Youtube, I started to get crazy and excited about an impending comeback, but relaxed after finding out that it was not a new track. When he moved back to L.A. in late 2008, I got excited again, and felt honored that out of all the places in the world (Bahrain and Las Vegas in recent memory), he chose to come back to L.A., near where I live. Then in 2009 I became all-out obsessed as he announced This Is It in March. So we all know what happened after that. RIP MJ.
The world will never see such a multi-megatalented person ever again. He was tremendous in five areas:
1. Songwriting (Pop, rock, RnB, gospel)
2. Singing (high tenor, falsetto)
3. Dancing (tap, improvisational)
4. Philanthropy (children)
5. Music video choreography (innovation)
Most of us can not even reach the his level on just one of these five areas. That is to say, if he was only known as a songwriter, he would still be world famous, likewise for the other four. This is not to mention his other profuse talents in producing, acting, graphic arts, or beatboxing.
Now for some time I have sensed that I am one of the younger members on this forum. However, I am old enough to remember the time when I watched MJ's concerts on TV as a little kid.
They were amazing. I don't think I can ever experience such a media thrill again, after having seen MJ concerts in '92 (when I was six) and '01 (in high school). Probably the only exception is seeing the movie 'Titanic' for the first time in November of '97. Perhaps in distant third whould be the Beijing Olympics' Opening Ceremony in 2008.
Early last decade, I had a grudge against Justin Timberlake for imitating his voice falsetto, and against Usher for imitating his dance moves. Both are now veterans in their own right, and I have great respect for them now, but my criticism of their derivative style still holds.
I tended not to think too much of the trials in 1993 and 2005 - in fact, I tended to think that media coverage of those events were overblown and exaggerated. However, some of the innuendo seeped into my mindset - in several instances, I made fun of his plastic surgery to get a laugh with my friends, about how he should carve a hole into his chin, etc. The remarks, in retrospect, were tasteless, and I now regret having made them.
I have never lost my enthusiasm for his music. In 2008, when I stumbled across his Thriller 25 unreleased hit "For All Time" on Youtube, I started to get crazy and excited about an impending comeback, but relaxed after finding out that it was not a new track. When he moved back to L.A. in late 2008, I got excited again, and felt honored that out of all the places in the world (Bahrain and Las Vegas in recent memory), he chose to come back to L.A., near where I live. Then in 2009 I became all-out obsessed as he announced This Is It in March. So we all know what happened after that. RIP MJ.
The world will never see such a multi-megatalented person ever again. He was tremendous in five areas:
1. Songwriting (Pop, rock, RnB, gospel)
2. Singing (high tenor, falsetto)
3. Dancing (tap, improvisational)
4. Philanthropy (children)
5. Music video choreography (innovation)
Most of us can not even reach the his level on just one of these five areas. That is to say, if he was only known as a songwriter, he would still be world famous, likewise for the other four. This is not to mention his other profuse talents in producing, acting, graphic arts, or beatboxing.