He will always remind me of sitting in my living room in Ranchi, sun-filled and quiet in the afternoon,listening on my music system using my Sony Walkman headphones and going into raptures every time the recorded tape moved on- Remember the Time to Heal the world to Scream and then finally to the one I liked the most-They don't really care about us.He was quite clearly the first western artist I listened to,from a dog eared cassette which had the whole of History-2 on it and which some friend of dad had lent to me.Before there was Metallica and the rest of the Metal lot,there was MJ,entertaining me for hours when I couldn't go out to play or bear watching TV.Before he was 'Wacko Jacko' his Thriller was (and still is) the biggest selling album of all time.Before environmental issues were in Vogue,there was MJ along with a select few speaking out about them through his songs.The one song of his which I like above all else is 'Stranger in Moscow' -a ballad of exemplary beauty. My favourite video of his would be "The way you make me feel" with the dark alleys and the wonderful dance moves and the heart-achingly beautiful Tatiana Thumbtzen giving it that whole 80's feel.Thank you MJ,for the countless hours of entertainment and sheer bliss and 'Magic' that you have provided to millions of fans.You would always be an integral part of all our collective childhood memories and may your soul rest in peace forever.I leave you with some links.
1.The guardian
2.YouTube
3.'The way you make me feel' video
and finally:
4. Greatbong
8 comments:
This was a great post. Takes me back to my childhood - he was one of the people I listened to over and over again. And, 'the way you make me feel' is still one of my favourite songs.
Oh and I just remembered another song I loved, 'will you be there' from the OST of Free Willy.
I am going to listen to him again.
Brings back my childhood days too, trying to perfect the moonwalk to trying to bang the desks in school to the beat of 'they don't really care about us' and a few dance moves as well and his music!
He is gone but his music will live on forever.
I wasn't/am not particularly fond of him in the light of the scandals he found himself in, but he's no more so there's no point criticizing. This was a great post and it brought a smile to my face because I've grown up on the same songs on the same sony walkman, long before I knew what paedophilia meant.
Nice post. I remember that MJ was the first 'English' artist I listened to and true to what you said, he is an integral part of my childhood memories.
nice link to great bong by the way. That write up is mind blowing. A tad of the metaphorical Salman Rushdie comes to light. Oh by the by, I started Midnight's Children........again :)
@DC:Thanks,surprisingly I have not listened to 'will you be there' though I vaguely remember a video with Orca whales and a kid.
@Denzyl:welcome to the comments section of ICISIF! hope to see you more here.
@Deepika:I know what you mean about the controversies which surrounded him and even though he was acquitted of all charges,we would never know whether he was guilty of those crimes or not.That however should not detract from the fact that he was the king of Pop
@Akhil:Thanks,hope you are past the 15the page by now :-)
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