stacymjxx:

OMG the way he’s staring…

When I first saw this performance years ago (2007, I think), this was literally one of the many moments where I fell in love with Michael. There is just so much intensity and beauty present and I remember thinking ‘I’ve never seen a more beautiful man.’ 

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histoday:

On this date, Michael Jackson’s Thriller, the best-selling album of all time, is released. It was released by Epic Records as the follow-up to Jackson’s critically and commercially successful 1979 album Off the Wall. Thriller explores similar genres to those of Off the Wall, including pop, R&B, rock and post-disco music.

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fuckyeahmichaeljackson:

heavensgladyoucame:

* Tom Mesereau Interview (In Session- Sept. 20, 2011)

Beth Karas: Do you think about Michael a lot??

Tom Mesereau: I really do! First of all you have to remember that this case, is the biggest case of my career. And may remain the biggest case of my career. I don’t know. It certainly changed my life in many ways. It was an enormous challenge and enormous burden but have more benefits as well. And to have interacted with him day in and day out the way I did in his darkest hour was a very meaningful experience. And I only have wonderful things to say about him. I think he really affected the world in so many positive ways. I think his music will continue to affect the world in positive ways. I think his choreography will be there for performing art students and to study, perhaps centuries. He was just a very unique, special, unusual person that made a tremendous difference in the planet and he made a tremendous difference in my life. So yes I do, I do think about him all the time. He was always nice to me, always kind, always considerate. You know I was ill at one point during trial and all he cared about was me, and not himself. I have vitiligo, pardon me not vitiligo, vertigo. I would wake up in the morning cause my head would spin and then I would fall back into the bed and I was very worried about that, because you know my sister died of a brain tumor when the trial began: brain and lung tumor. Johnny Cochran died with a brain tumor. Michael, Susan Yu and I went to his funeral. And suddenly about ¾ of the trial, I would wake up in the morning and my head would be spinning and I would just fall and I got very nervous about it. I went to a doctor and was prescribed with medications and it turned out to be successful. But he kept calling me worried about me not about him. When my sister was ill, he would call worried about her not about him. And when she got out of the hospital after her brain surgery she went home and there’s a bouquet of flowers bigger than a door with a little note from Michael. So I’m giving you countless examples of this man’s kindness, his sensitivity, his compassion, his fundamental decency, and you only get good things about him from me.            

Major love for this man.

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fuckyeahmichaeljackson:

liberian—girl:

Michael’s features: top 10 (no order) | His eyes.

We had many talks about that (his looks).  He had that inner light and he always considered himself to be extremely ugly.    He said he’s not a handsome man.  ‘That’s why I don’t do interviews and I don’t go on talk shows.’  He said ‘First of all, I don’t lead an interesting life, I work all of the time’ (and that’s what he did, he worked all of the time).He never did really understand that he had that inner light.

Sitting and talking to Michael, I would look into his eyes and I could see for 1,000 miles. He had these most incredible eyes. They come off good on film, but nothing like in person. When you’re actually sitting across there looking at him.

Those eyes were unbelievable.

  -Dave Nordahl

I know I said “no order”, but this is definitely my number one.

Incredibly true.

thelovelyone:

This…is what happen in Heaven right now.. <3

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Okay, so I want to point out something first about the article before I comment on anything else.

It doesn’t help that the catalyst for his performance was the late King of Pop, a man whose own sincerity was often questioned by the media. The Jackson family is show business down to the very core, as Michael’s massively-produced memorial service last July demonstrated (an event where even Saint Usher’s motives were questioned when he cried during a tribute song). So the razzle-dazzle of showbiz is always going to add a layer of smoke-and-mirrors to Brown’s message. 

Um, what?

First of all, I don’t see how MJ’s relation to media before has anything to do with Chris Brown and his performance. I mean really, a year later after a gazillion tributes, why would you question another tribute? Or rather, degrade its sentimental value? It’s true that MJ had a rocky relationship with the media over many, many years - that’s a straight-up fact. BUT I think it’s absolutely baseless to say that a tribute to him must only be a vehicle for show business and pander to audiences. I’m not saying that Chris Brown didn’t turn on the waterworks to garner sympathy for himself - I’m saying that it’s not accurate to insinuate that these big, televised tributes to MJ don’t have any heart in them. And that especially goes for the memorial. That’s just a stupid notion. So MJ’s memorial was mass-produced (more by the AEG company than anyone else, if I recall correctly) - so what? How does that make the Jackson family ‘show business to the very core’? A distraught Janet said herself @ the BET awards last year: “To you, Michael is an icon. To us, he is family.” letting it be known that regardless of tributes & sympathy from others in the entertainment industry this was an event that impacted them in a much, MUCH different way. And as for Usher - he’s cited MJ’s influence on him many times and knew him personally. His icon/mentor just died something like just 12 days earlier - how could he not tear up during his tribute performance? If you’re gonna say otherwise, what of Mariah Carey? She could barely sing her song. Ugh - people just make no sense sometimes - particularly these stupid entertainment writers. I remember that right after the memorial the big news was the tearfully-spoken words of little Paris, and right and left people were questioning whether it was staged. Yes, let’s debate about a little girl missing her dead father -_-. I mean, honestly!

But I digress. I just mean to say that the author of this article shouldn’t selectively remember things and rope in MJ’s character of all things in order to support his own theory about someone else.

That being said, it’s fair enough to question Chris Brown’s own feelings. I don’t really care for him, but after hearing that he cried during the performance, I didn’t think anything of it initially because Chris Brown has always stated his love for MJ. Like in almost every interview he did. When MJ called him on his birthday, he cried. He even did tributes to him in his concerts before MJ passed. It’s kind of funny too because some of us MJ fans were laughing then that Chris Brown was such a “stan” after seeing him copy MJ for the umpteenth time. So I really didn’t think it would be unusual for Chris Brown to cry during a tribute to someone who was obviously such an icon & mentor to him.

But after seeing the performance? I’m not so sure now :S. He did a good job dancing - I have to admit that of all the other people I’ve seen imitate MJ, Chris Brown is probably one of the best. He’s still not as graceful, poised, and sharp as MJ (but then no one is), but it’s obvious he’s studied him intensely. So the dancing part was pretty good. But then when it came time to sing and he couldn’t, I dunno… That did seem odd. I’m sure he was feeling emotional about MJ, but with not being able to compose himself and get back into the performance I can see how that would suggest otherwise. He couldn’t sing a single word and that’s where the tribute took a turn more towards him than MJ. And I find that quite annoying! The VMA’s should’ve had people concentrating on that awesome, touching tribute they did with Madonna & Janet (one of the few actual well-done tributes IMHO), but then Kanye bumrushed Taylor Swift and everything else was forgotten. BET was a hot mess last year with their tribute stuff at their awards, and now this year it has turned all about Chris Brown and that doesn’t seem right. I think his feelings genuinely did partially stem from the loss of MJ. Unfortunately, it does look like they were more about the events of his life the past year and a half. If he had just made it through ‘Man In the Mirror’ I might’ve thought otherwise. But he couldn’t finish the tribute in some way at all and it just became awkward.

As far as being allowed to even perform in the first place, one of the most interesting comments I heard regarding the whole thing is how fucked up it is that an abuser was allowed to perform a tribute to someone who was abused. That’s absolutely true and very hypocritical on BET’s part. Like I said, I don’t care much for him or his career. And what he did to Rihanna is utterly inexcusable - a tribute performance and crying shouldn’t change that fact. I’m surprised that he was given a chance even to do a tribute to MJ (alone too- it probably would’ve been better if they made it a group thing), but when he was he should’ve done his best to keep it dignified and focused on who the tribute was for in the first place :/. And then singing ‘Man In the Mirror’ on top of that? Er, it’s not the best choice to sing about changing the world and yourself when you’ve been convicted of bashing your girlfriend… Whose bright idea was that?

I guess the author of that linked article does have a point - sometimes (and with some people), it perhaps is all about show-business.