Jun 25th will be forever remembered as the day the King of Pop died. Some people liked him, some people loved him, others hated him… but for sure, everybody knew who he was. Michael Joseph Jackson was 50 when he died of a heart attack in Los Angeles.
I think the first time I saw /heard Michael Jackson was when he released his album “Thriller” in 1982. I was 8 back then and I remember watching his video “Thriller” with mixed feelings: scared and excited! I loved the music and the dancing was totally new for me. But his eyes in the end… ohhh I got so frightened! I think it was because of “Thriller” that I grow up so fond of horror movies. Later on, in 1987 in my jazz dance classes I made 2 performances in the end of the year with “Billie Jean” and “Bad”. I followed his career until “Black or White” when I started to listen to rock and later on grunge.
His plastic surgery vendetta made a quite impact on me. How much someone wants to change about oneself is kind of surreal. In my opinion I think he was a cute black guy who become a weird transgender white human. On top of that all the paedophilic allegations did not exactly add up to his charm. The need he showed to live a childhood that was denied by his father making him work as a show children in Jackson Five was touching.
Once in an interview he said that his most honest song was “Childhood”. That was his biographical song. For me, I will always remember him for "Thriller"
I think the first time I saw /heard Michael Jackson was when he released his album “Thriller” in 1982. I was 8 back then and I remember watching his video “Thriller” with mixed feelings: scared and excited! I loved the music and the dancing was totally new for me. But his eyes in the end… ohhh I got so frightened! I think it was because of “Thriller” that I grow up so fond of horror movies. Later on, in 1987 in my jazz dance classes I made 2 performances in the end of the year with “Billie Jean” and “Bad”. I followed his career until “Black or White” when I started to listen to rock and later on grunge.
His plastic surgery vendetta made a quite impact on me. How much someone wants to change about oneself is kind of surreal. In my opinion I think he was a cute black guy who become a weird transgender white human. On top of that all the paedophilic allegations did not exactly add up to his charm. The need he showed to live a childhood that was denied by his father making him work as a show children in Jackson Five was touching.
Once in an interview he said that his most honest song was “Childhood”. That was his biographical song. For me, I will always remember him for "Thriller"
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