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Being a fan of Michael Jackson can be so many things. It can be musical, influential, inspirational, entertainable and some times spiritual. Each person has their own meaning about what Michael Jackson is to them. He can be all those things I've mentioned or just one or two. It's your pick.
In some kind of way he has touched the hearts of many people from all over this dear planet of ours. It takes a lot of personal sacrifice to do that and to live that kind of life Michael Jackson lives. When he today reaches 50 years old I wish that we could take a moment to think about his amazing life so far and his amazing person.
I don't know if he knows, but to many he's like a father, a brother, a lover or a friend.
I'm always looking forward to what he will do next. Because, after all, there is never a dull moment when you're a Michael Jackson fan. So I would like to say thank you for all the fun times and for the fun times that will come ahead. You have made an huge impact in all of our lives.
Happy birthday Michael Jackson. We love you very much!!! Keep on, keeping on.
Im very busy at work right now and I wish I could post more news and spend some more time on the forum, but please post articles you may find interesting here until Sunday. Have a wonderful weekend. =) =) =)
News
You all should know by now that he's gonna be on Good Morning America http://www.mjjcommunity.com/forum/showthread.php?t=55006 :wild:
Mentionings
Michael Jackson hits the big 5-0
He's been the King of Pop, the cute phenonemon in a 70s supergroup and a shunned star.
And now the man who has fascinated the world, for better or worse, since he was just a child is turning 50.
It's been a tough road for Michael Jackson.
The highs have indeed been high - his 1980s album Thriller is still the biggest selling LP ever released.
And the lows have been horrendous - whether it be bankruptcy or defending himself against charges of child molestation.
Born in 1958, Jackson was thrust into the limelight at just 11 when he became the star turn in the wildly popular group, The Jackson Five.
He began his solo career while still with his band of brothers, recording mega-hits like Ben and Got To Be There. But it was in the 1980s that Jackson hit the heights of his career - and what heights they were. First came Off The Wall, an album that spawned huge hits like Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough and Rock With You.
And then came Thriller.
The album swept all before it - winning seven Grammy awards and going on to become the biggest-selling album of all time. Enormously catchy tracks like Beat It and Billie Jean became the soundtrack to the early 1980s.
But by the midddle of the decade, the world's love affair with Jackson began to sour. He was said to have slept in an oxygen chamber, his radical cosmetic surgery operations became all too obvious and his best friend was allegedly a chimp called Bubbles.
ll were mercilessly parodied and Jackson became less an object of adulation, more an object of fun.Soon came sagging album sales, short-lived marriages - including one to Elvis Presley's daughter Lisa-Marie - and rafts of bizarre stories that, while probably untrue, proved all too believable.
But it was the unsavoury allegations of child molestation that, perhaps sadly, became to define him. In the early 1990s, his career barely survived allegations of an inappropriate relationship with a young boy.
In 2003, he was charged with child molestation and faced an ugly trial and all manner of sordid accusations. He was acquitted, but his public reputation was badly damaged.
Soon he was roaming the world, an object of scorn, parody or both.
It's been a long and difficult road for the King of Pop. Is it over? Can he ever repair the damage done?
Perhaps we'll know in another 50 years.
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,24261145-2902,00.html
In some kind of way he has touched the hearts of many people from all over this dear planet of ours. It takes a lot of personal sacrifice to do that and to live that kind of life Michael Jackson lives. When he today reaches 50 years old I wish that we could take a moment to think about his amazing life so far and his amazing person.
I don't know if he knows, but to many he's like a father, a brother, a lover or a friend.
I'm always looking forward to what he will do next. Because, after all, there is never a dull moment when you're a Michael Jackson fan. So I would like to say thank you for all the fun times and for the fun times that will come ahead. You have made an huge impact in all of our lives.
Happy birthday Michael Jackson. We love you very much!!! Keep on, keeping on.
Im very busy at work right now and I wish I could post more news and spend some more time on the forum, but please post articles you may find interesting here until Sunday. Have a wonderful weekend. =) =) =)
News
You all should know by now that he's gonna be on Good Morning America http://www.mjjcommunity.com/forum/showthread.php?t=55006 :wild:
Mentionings
Michael Jackson hits the big 5-0
He's been the King of Pop, the cute phenonemon in a 70s supergroup and a shunned star.
And now the man who has fascinated the world, for better or worse, since he was just a child is turning 50.
It's been a tough road for Michael Jackson.
The highs have indeed been high - his 1980s album Thriller is still the biggest selling LP ever released.
And the lows have been horrendous - whether it be bankruptcy or defending himself against charges of child molestation.
Born in 1958, Jackson was thrust into the limelight at just 11 when he became the star turn in the wildly popular group, The Jackson Five.
He began his solo career while still with his band of brothers, recording mega-hits like Ben and Got To Be There. But it was in the 1980s that Jackson hit the heights of his career - and what heights they were. First came Off The Wall, an album that spawned huge hits like Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough and Rock With You.
And then came Thriller.
The album swept all before it - winning seven Grammy awards and going on to become the biggest-selling album of all time. Enormously catchy tracks like Beat It and Billie Jean became the soundtrack to the early 1980s.
But by the midddle of the decade, the world's love affair with Jackson began to sour. He was said to have slept in an oxygen chamber, his radical cosmetic surgery operations became all too obvious and his best friend was allegedly a chimp called Bubbles.
ll were mercilessly parodied and Jackson became less an object of adulation, more an object of fun.Soon came sagging album sales, short-lived marriages - including one to Elvis Presley's daughter Lisa-Marie - and rafts of bizarre stories that, while probably untrue, proved all too believable.
But it was the unsavoury allegations of child molestation that, perhaps sadly, became to define him. In the early 1990s, his career barely survived allegations of an inappropriate relationship with a young boy.
In 2003, he was charged with child molestation and faced an ugly trial and all manner of sordid accusations. He was acquitted, but his public reputation was badly damaged.
Soon he was roaming the world, an object of scorn, parody or both.
It's been a long and difficult road for the King of Pop. Is it over? Can he ever repair the damage done?
Perhaps we'll know in another 50 years.
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,24261145-2902,00.html
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