影片裡的 Michael 依然踏著大家熟悉的舞步,深情凝視、熱情飛吻,彷彿從來沒有離開過。
1980 年代,我的西洋音樂啟蒙時期,Michael Jackson 就在那時候開始大紅大紫,他用電影的手法拍攝 MV,影響至今。
他不鬧緋聞,就被懷疑「性向」,他抱起了孩子,就被懷疑「戀童」。他的舞蹈動作,一如第一個扭動屁股的貓王,被批評是猥褻。直到他總是在某一首歌曲、總是在某個舞步的時候這樣表演,大家終於能夠不帶成見的欣賞他的演出。
他「是一名在世界各地極具影響力的流行音樂歌手、作曲家、作詞家、舞蹈家、演員、導演、唱片製作人、慈善家、時尚引領者。」(維基百科),不僅僅是音樂風格創新多變,他關心的議題也從個人的小情小愛擴及到整個地球和全人類。
搖滾如 Thriller、Beat It、Bad,加上獨創的「月球漫步」,一舉手一投足,在那個沒有電腦特效的年代,想像力居然可以這樣發揮到淋漓盡致。
而 I Just Can't Stop Loving You、The Way You Make Me Feel,柔情隨著歌聲緩緩漫流,真誠無瑕的愛溶化了每位聽者的心。
人道關懷如 We Are The World、Heal The World,他的音樂陪伴著多少人度過天災苦難,相信人類都有著共同的善念,互相幫助,人間就是天堂。
人權主張如 Black Or White、激進控訴如 They Don't Care About Us,用短促的歌詞訴說現實世界的黑暗詭異,進而希望人們省思:人權不該是天賦嗎?公平不該是最基本的對待嗎?
我看過他的傳記電影「未來的未來」,深深的受到感動。天王如 Michael,依然反覆討論每一首曲目,對於歌曲如何表現、舞台效果如何搭配逐項仔細要求,他設計的情節、動作,每一次都能準確的重現。自我要求到如此嚴苛,是他之所以「被譽為流行音樂之王(King of Pop)」(維基百科)的關鍵。
斯人雖已遠,他所宣揚的「愛」永遠在歌迷的心裡。
歌詞資料來源:
KKBOX
[Akon]Konvict music (oh yeah)
[Michael]Yeah
This life don't last forever(Hold my hand)
So tell me what we're waiting for(Hold my hand)
Better off being together(Hold my hand)
Being miserable alone(Hold my hand)
[Both]
Cause I been there before and you've been there before,
But together we can be alright. (alright) (yeah)
Cause when it gets dark and when it gets cold we hold
Each other till we see the sunlight.
So if you just hold my hand, baby, I promise that I'll do all I can
Things will get better if you just hold my hand
Nothing can come between us if you just hold, hold my, hold, hold my,
hold my hand, hold my hand.
[Akon]
The nights are gettin' darker (darker)(Hold my hand)
And there's no peace inside (inside)(Hold my hand)
So why make our lives harder(Hold my hand)
By fighting love tonight(So hold:)
[Together]
Cause I been there before and you've been there before,
But together we can be alright. (alright)
Cause when it gets dark and when it gets cold we hold
Each other till we see the sunlight. (ooh yeah)
So if you just hold my hand, baby, I promise that I'll do all I can
Things will get better if you just hold my hand (yeah)
Nothing can come between us if you just hold, hold my, hold, hold my,
hold my hand, hold my hand.
I can tell that you're tired of being lonely (yeah)
Take my hand don't let go, baby, hold me (yeah)
Talk to me an let me be your one and only (hold my hand)
Cause I can make it alright till the morning. (hold my hand)
I can tell that you're tired of being lonely (hold my hand)
Take my hand don't let go, baby, hold me (hold me)
Talk to me an let me be your one and only (one and only)
Cause I can make it alright till the morning. (hold my hand)
Hold my hand, (yeah) baby,
I promise that I'll do all I can (hold my hand)
Things will get better if you just hold my hand
Nothing can come between us if you just hold, hold my, hold, hold my,
hold my hand, hold my hand
Hold my hand, (yeah) baby, (yeah)
I promise that I'll do all I can (hold my hand)
Things will get better if you just hold my hand