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我很少聽流行音樂， 再熱門的歌曲與歌手的名稱，都沒法在我的腦海裡停留太久， 患了流行歌曲失憶症的我， 卻去了Michael Jackson第一次來台的演唱會。 MJ這場演唱會之前，台灣並沒有同MJ這樣的世界巨星來台演出， 當時造成極大的轟動。 因為工作之故， 這不是我第一次看live concert，也不是最後一次， 可是我卻深深著迷於他的舞台魅力與歌聲。 好笑的是，我不曾買過Michael的任何專輯， 也許是沒想過他會這樣驟然離世。 在YouTube看到許多人製作紀念影片，懷念這位流行音樂的天王， 我看到一位音樂人重唱Michael "Man in the mirror"這首歌，配上剪輯的影片， http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfTcyYAQj50 不知道從何而來的悲傷情緒，直衝心底，再隨著音樂慢慢散去。 我忍不住寫了e-mail給這位作者，告訴他我的感受， 他回信的內容以及他描述Michael音樂對他的影響， 才讓我了解到，為何我會深受感動...... MJ的音樂，讓兩個素未謀面的陌生人有了connection... "Thank you for the email and for listening to some of my music. MJ's death was tough on a lot of people. He was a popular icon that crossed racial barriers and communicated love and positivity through his music that reached the world. " "A tree fell down on my driveway during a storm in Detroit just as I caught word Michael Jackson died. Clear sign to me that MJ shook the world. I'm going to build something with it's branches. Any ideas?? Let me know. You hear that Jackson tune state of shock? Well that's me now. Michael Jackson is one of my greatest musical influences. Living in Detroit a few miles from the Motown museum downtown I live and breathe soul, funk and R and B. The Jackson Five victory tour was my first concert. Growing up in the 80s MJ was god. Everybody wanted to be him. Then I can remember one day all of the traitors gave up on him throwing away their Thriller lunch boxes claiming he was now gay or weird? Well, he did turn out to be pretty damned eccentric but I never gave up. Ok. If your kid was invited to sleep at Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch why would you let them unless you wanted to extort $20 million dollars. But despite the unknowns in his personal life how could you turn your back on his music? Thriller? Off the Wall? Dont you remember when we are the world came out? How happy were you when Thriller was on MTV? Or were you too cool back then too? You preferred listening to bad music because it wasnt popular probably? Are you kidding me? I wish I had videos of some of these tools dancing and singing gleefully to Michael in their home movies to remind them of the real truth. Michael was lauded and ridiculed it seemed almost overnight. I'm sure he will go down in history being compared to Elvis Presley. Come on theres no comparison.
All good things come to an end. The king of pop was made famous by Berry Gordy from Motown Records in Detroit. Gary, Indiana died long ago but Michael died at 50 years old. Michael Jackson died after being taken to a hospital on Thursday June, 25th, 2009 after having suffered cardiac arrest, according to the Los Angeles County Coroner's office. Autopsy hasn't been released yet. I thought Id pay tribute to the king of pop by doing a cover of Man in the Mirror with some pictures and a video montage. I can remember my Michael Jackson glove, my 84 Tigers batting glove, my parachute pants and my badass moonwalk and break dancing moves as some of my fondest childhood memories. Michael has so much soul and expression in his voice that at 5 years old he tore up seasoned R and B artists. He just embarrasses grown adult professionals. Myself included. He's difficult to cover as evidenced by this average to below average sounding recording frantically recorded live and on guitar as soon as I caught word. This was a great way for me to celebrate his life and express my appreciation. Hope you enjoy it and will checkout my originals. Theres no doubt what he was put on earth to do. Im quite sad that he couldnt do it just a little longer. Rest in Peace Michael. Oh yeah and you too Farah Fawcett. Michael Jackson you will never leave my playlist. " |
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