Michael Jackson

bethandmanly wrote:

I put together a short tribute to Farrah, Michael and Ed McMahon at my blog if you want to check it out.

http://thebookconnectionccm.blogspot.com/2009/06/story-of-angel-and-king-of-pop.html

What a lovely tribute Cheryl! Very well stated. I especially liked the Carson video!


Well, I got a deluxe set of Michael Jackson's music, with a bonus dvd last night. My boys and I watched the "concert in Bucharest"...I've never seen ANYTHING like that in my life. It totally reminded my JUST what an icon he was, the impact he had on people, and the enormous amount of talent he had. No matter how contraversial his personal life, his gift for music and especially dance was straight from God. No one else has ever moved like that, or ever will again. I am sad to think we won't get to see what he could have done on this tour...I know the prescription drugs were the issue, but people behind the scenes are saying that he was actually dancing even better than he did 20 years ago. I think he had an ability to pretty much become 'someone else' when performing...I think the pain he lived with faded when he was on stage because he literally became 'a character'. Probably the worst thing he ever could have done was STOP performing....I think without that a lot of the meaning of his life seemed to vanish, and the physical and mental pain manifested itself in the drug addiction.

I love that one Rob....I loved the emotion he sang with on that song.

I love Man in the Mirror...one of my very favorites. He was really quite the writer.

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my mom went out to buy a Michael Jackson CD on Saturday, and the store she went to had no copies of any of his albums! that says how popular he is, and always will be

Yep, my deluxe edition was the last one on the rack....seems his creditors are going to get paid off after all!

They say Michael's income is going to skyrocket now. Hmm... could it be that he faked his death for financial reasons? :think:

You mean like Elvis? LOL!! Geez, I would hope not.

so you think he faked his death?.. hmmm do people really do this?

Oh, I love that song. Man in the Mirror is a good one too.

This song "Earth Song" is really amazing and such a powerful video. Nobody did videos like Michael.
Man has really ruined the earth... only until God intervenes will peace be restored for man and the animal kingdom and the planet will restore itself.

Rob wrote:

Amy wrote:

Jermaine just sang "Smile", and I'm officially a wreck!

Jermaine did a fine job. Michael became such a huge figure that I tend to forget that the other brothers are also good singers.

This is going to sound horrible, but I like Jermaine's voice better! I love Michael's music, don't get me wrong, but I loved his performances and actual songs more than I did his actual voice. Jermaine has less vibrato in his voice than Michael did.

You know, just re-watching that clip of Paris and the family gives me comfort that these kids are going to be ok. The family all rallied around her so tightly, so protectively. There is obviously great love for these kids within the family, and between each other as well. It's really neat to see.

I only got to see the first two hours of Michael's memorial, before we lost power & then I had to leave for work, but it was emotional before the memorial really began, when the Jackson family was still walking into the Staples Center. I saw the replay of Michael's daughter giving her speech on the news this morning, and I have to say that she had so much courage to speak because I never would have been able to do that if my father was that big of a celebrity. I hope, for just this once, that the media can atleast try to be nice and not be such a bother in the lives of Michael's children, though that might not happen.

Here's Michael doing Smile.

Very cool Michael Jackson Medley

Sam Tsui - Vocals
Kurt Schneider - Arrangement, Production