Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Micheal Jackson:More respect outside North america





I realised there is more love that hate towards Micheal,some say hes a child abuser petafile crazy wacko jacko etc.Even though he's passed on the attention shows the magnitude of influence this man had in our lives,if your not a fan of his music or even genre of music then i can see why they don't under stand why people are sad over his passing and have no clue why so many people would mourn a crazy child abusing petafile even though he was acquitted,that ruined his image,though he still had a massive amount of supporters.I also noticed that alot of foreigners as well as north Americans come to L.A. people may say hes not the greatest because hes washed up hasn't dropped an album in almost a decade.I was reading on hos bio and found an interesting info,this may not be surprising to the typical Micheal Jackson fan but Micheal's records always sold more overseas or outside north America.After his bad album he didn't hold as many copies in north America,his Dangerous album was the last one to sell well in north America but all the albums always sold a substantial amount over seas that north America maybe ever double many times over,look it up.The constant bashing through the media and legal trouble he had really affect how north Americans view his persona,didn't really affect his fans overseas. I am not the typical Micheal Jackson fan but i really started to listen to his music through my older brother,my parents were a generation before him so they don't know his music wasn't open minded to listen,but if you pay attention,we was a humanitarian,and singing about love and respect for each other as humans,wanting a better world etc. He was conscious about the world and whats going on,people can relate to his music,but when a person has so much influence and inspiration to alot of people shouldn't they mourn? I like many didn't know him personally just his music,but I'm sure to alot of fans as well as his family a part of them died when he passed. Its just human nature.Many disagree that hes the greatest entertainer ever,if that was based on album sales then he is, just remember to factor in overseas sales too cause its crazy. Some may say Paul McCartney and the Beatles,ray Charles Stevie wonder Billie Holiday Nat king Cole etc are greater than him people who say that are old,but no disrespect to those American legends but the only one that came before Micheal Jackson that i will listen to is James brown. The thing people forget is not all classics are timeless,classics are the hits of their day and can be truly enjoyed and appreciated buy their generation,timeless are hits that can survive the times and can be enjoyed by future generations,Micheal Jackson has an advantage because he was singing since he was a kid he has a multi-generational advantage and loved in the hip hop community,like James brown his music is sampled,and alot of the youth today love hip-hop so the Micheal Jackson Influence is going to be around for a long time.

1 comment:

  1. Yes, in my country Russia and Ukraine people love Micheal Jackson since he came to the stage. We have always been on the pulse of planet to know everything about him. My daughter had a wall full of Micheal Jackson pictures. We have all his music and albums.
    He was an innocent loving person, who never hurt anybody. It's so sad he was terribly hurt.

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