innuendo141
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Hi guys,
This is a song that seems to kind of slip under the radar in many threads. Never really high on a list of people's favourite songs, never high on a list of people's least favourite songs. Just want to see what everyone actually thinks of this track?
Putting aside the fact that this song replaced Man in the Mirror as the closing song for the HIStory tour (which I know a lot of people question now) what does this song say to you?
Personally, I find this to be his most inspiring song. The verses just speak straight to me. While in Man in the Mirror and Keep the Faith Michael is singing the verses to you in a lighter tone, here I can relate more to the aggressive way that Michael sings. These are the times you need your inspiration, when you really are grabbing life by the balls and giving it your best shot to get what you need done. The aggressive tones seem to symbolise the struggle that we all go through, eachdifferent everyday, and then by the time we get to the bridge, we feel a sense of relief coming- still angry but less aggressive, I like how Michael questions what we need to do to get to where we need to go. Then, when we get to the chorus, aaaaaaahhhh thats it, relax! this is your moment, this is your history. I think the song is perfectly structured and fitting to what he had been going through, making it easily identifiable with anyone going through any struggle (which I can safely say is every single one of us at some point in our lives).
Being Irish, I am not that overly connected with most of the audio clips and quotes that are present in the song, but I am aware and appreciate all of them as majorly historic and hugely influential moments. But in my head I can hear equally relevant quotes from our own history and the struggles that Ireland have also put up with. The song just makes everything so relative.
In the last year, I have become a marathon runner also, and this song hands down is the song I turn to in my head each and every race when I need to. I never listen to music when I run a race but this song, coming up to mile 20, starts playing in my head and it is everything I need. Those verses pound through my head with Michael roaring at me "He dares to be recognised, the fires deep in his eyes" "No force of nature can break your will to self motivate" "he said one day you will see his face in world history" "keep flyin until you are the king of the hill"... I could literally just type the 2 verses from the song.
In the end, the immortal phrase that keeps me going each time "Every day create your history, every path you take youre leaving your legacy". Just saying that over and over just gets me. Deep down it reminds you that everything you do is a part of your own history no matter how big or small it is.
This post seems to be a big unorganised mess, but as the song came on at work (listening to HIStory/BODFT on shuffle) it just reminded me of how it kicked me to up my pace last saturday in the last marathon I did. I just wanted to share my thoughts on the song which has been a favourite of mine since 95. I'm glad to say that I saw Michael perform this in Dublin, and I can also say hand on heart that I prefer the fact I saw this song over Man in the Mirror. It was the last song Michael performed that night (obviously, everyone is aware) and to say that it has left a lasting impression on me is an understatement.
I enjoy creating my history every day, and thanks to this song, I'm motivated to do just THAT tiny bit extra each day.
This is a song that seems to kind of slip under the radar in many threads. Never really high on a list of people's favourite songs, never high on a list of people's least favourite songs. Just want to see what everyone actually thinks of this track?
Putting aside the fact that this song replaced Man in the Mirror as the closing song for the HIStory tour (which I know a lot of people question now) what does this song say to you?
Personally, I find this to be his most inspiring song. The verses just speak straight to me. While in Man in the Mirror and Keep the Faith Michael is singing the verses to you in a lighter tone, here I can relate more to the aggressive way that Michael sings. These are the times you need your inspiration, when you really are grabbing life by the balls and giving it your best shot to get what you need done. The aggressive tones seem to symbolise the struggle that we all go through, eachdifferent everyday, and then by the time we get to the bridge, we feel a sense of relief coming- still angry but less aggressive, I like how Michael questions what we need to do to get to where we need to go. Then, when we get to the chorus, aaaaaaahhhh thats it, relax! this is your moment, this is your history. I think the song is perfectly structured and fitting to what he had been going through, making it easily identifiable with anyone going through any struggle (which I can safely say is every single one of us at some point in our lives).
Being Irish, I am not that overly connected with most of the audio clips and quotes that are present in the song, but I am aware and appreciate all of them as majorly historic and hugely influential moments. But in my head I can hear equally relevant quotes from our own history and the struggles that Ireland have also put up with. The song just makes everything so relative.
In the last year, I have become a marathon runner also, and this song hands down is the song I turn to in my head each and every race when I need to. I never listen to music when I run a race but this song, coming up to mile 20, starts playing in my head and it is everything I need. Those verses pound through my head with Michael roaring at me "He dares to be recognised, the fires deep in his eyes" "No force of nature can break your will to self motivate" "he said one day you will see his face in world history" "keep flyin until you are the king of the hill"... I could literally just type the 2 verses from the song.
In the end, the immortal phrase that keeps me going each time "Every day create your history, every path you take youre leaving your legacy". Just saying that over and over just gets me. Deep down it reminds you that everything you do is a part of your own history no matter how big or small it is.
This post seems to be a big unorganised mess, but as the song came on at work (listening to HIStory/BODFT on shuffle) it just reminded me of how it kicked me to up my pace last saturday in the last marathon I did. I just wanted to share my thoughts on the song which has been a favourite of mine since 95. I'm glad to say that I saw Michael perform this in Dublin, and I can also say hand on heart that I prefer the fact I saw this song over Man in the Mirror. It was the last song Michael performed that night (obviously, everyone is aware) and to say that it has left a lasting impression on me is an understatement.
I enjoy creating my history every day, and thanks to this song, I'm motivated to do just THAT tiny bit extra each day.