Michael was very sensual,and when he danced...so hot...so press is just stupid-platonic?Michael always asked to be respected and loved,but let's not ignore that he was sexy and sweet in the same time-VERY NICE COMBINATION!
You BET MJ was a Sex God!! Look at this video - Michael Bearden talking about MJ and a bed scene in "This Is It"!! LOL!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYe_e2wsOOw
Agreed! I am 27 and I think Michael is the sexiest man I've ever laid my eyes on! I mean damn! even when I was 3 years old I was so mesmerized by him... he's just got "it". :wub:
I agree.
Before, around the 80's and early 90's, did magazines do that sort of "the sexiest" lists?. If they did, did they include Michael?.
I don't know if this was posted, but this person kind of says it.
http://eurweb.com/story/eur57165.cfm
If you haven't seen the documentary, here's some advice in viewing it: don't look away. Even the most informed Jackson devotee thinks they are mesmerized simply by the man's trademark gestures--the kicks, spins and moonwalk emulated by a multitude of Jackson impersonators--when they are actually seduced by Jackson's entrancing subtlety.
It's the instinctive physical attitude and sexy rhythm that occurs in the nanosecond when Jackson's body is on its way from one show-stopping move to the next; the stuff you'll miss if you blink (or as I did during “This Is It,” try to take notes). Indeed, it is his funky subtlety that turns impassioned, joyful, physical expression into sheer magic, and during “This Is It,” many of the film's best moments are Jackson's sublime subtlety--the kind of groovy mini moves that had Jackson fans taping his televised performances over the years so they could relish the man's swaggering mettle over and again.
This was fantastic!
It's posted upthread, so sadly it doesn't affect our grand total of f*ckin' two (did I say one before? Obviously I can't count; I've posted two stories).
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Bummer. I'll keep looking and post as I find.
Walks into the thread.
Reads some media clips.
Watches the Bearden interview.
Takes a long cold shower.
Ok, This person likes Michael from the past but still notices his sexuality.
http://www.boston.com/ae/music/articles/2009/07/02/before_mtv_jackson8217s_style_was_pure_seduction/
Michael Jackson once leaned against a lamppost, and the lamppost, doing the only sensible thing a lamppost should do upon contact with a megastar, lit up. So did the pavement when kissed by the soles of his wingtip shoes. In hindsight, the only word for this is sex. But I was 7. And at 7, you don’t know why you respond to something. You just do. Billie Jean was not Jackson’s lover, but Jackson was the most seductive man alive.
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With kaleidoscopic action projected behind him, he looks so happy, a fact that is compounded once one Jackson becomes a synchronized three. By today’s standards, this is public-access stuff, but of the most seductive caliber. He’s. Dancing. Just. For. Me.
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Watching him in both videos is all the more poignant knowing that by 1987 he would be all grabby, staccato gyrations. Jackson never danced with quite the same unshowy fluidity or teasing seduction. When this man says we can ride that boogie, no is not an option.
And this one that I have seen in other threads:
http://www.latimes.com/features/image/la-ig-diary1-2009nov01,0,1286606.story
The morning of the film's premiere, Bergman pulled out snapshots of Jackson trying on clothes at his house, and called him her "supermodel" because he fit into anything, including women's clothes. She emphasized his sex appeal ("He's sooooooo sexxxy!"), which comes into focus in the film for the first time in a long time, despite Jackson's surgerized face.
The Boston.com story by Wesley Morris -- a great find! Interesting that both this and the euroweb story were written by black men, who I think are both heterosexual, but they don't really say. I think black men are particularly angry at MJ's treatment and feel especially motivated to point out what we're saying here.
They probably do assume it ended after thriller... But actually, from what I've observed, it's the post thriller era that most women seem to be attracted to! and not so much the thriller era itself.
I mean the fans just seemed to go crazier and crazier for him as the years went by.
I'm thinking of writing about gender & sex in the media for an independent study and using MJ as my subject, and I have been looking for examples of his appeal in Latin America so this is fantastic! Yay!
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"Michael is sweaty and strutting. "Thank you.… Oh, you're beautiful.… Thank you," he says, almost slurring with sexiness. You can tell he's worked out all his nerves on the Jackson 5 songs. Now he owns the space as if it were the inside of his cage. Millions upon millions of eyes."
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Nivea,
He had different variations of sexy. But I find that he was at his most sexy in the later part of his adulthood. You had a man that was more self-assured. He was very intelligent and cultured. MJ was so creative and talented. He knew just how to say or do the right things that drove women wild! I love the fact that he still had the shy, childlike quality but still was this mature sexy adult man. He had great respect for women, especially his mother, which is sorely lackly in a lot of men today. Here was a man who loved and adored his children with all his heart. All those things make a man sexy, not merely just his physical appearance. HE WAS AND WILL ALWAYS BE THE KING OF "POP". I leave the quotes to interpretation! LOL
AMEN! AMEN! ...what the man could do for a pair of reading classes is insane!
lol!
See what we're sayin' here? MATURITY is sexy. He was a kid at times... he was mature at times. These millions of people could NOT have found him so sexy if he were a child sexually...
I'm with ya'll -- my feelings about him were sisterly until after Thriller and then... not so much... :devil:
I'd read that article, but must have thrown it down before I saw the part about "slurring with sexiness." I'll never forget that phrase, and have vowed to slur with sexiness at least once this weekend.
I think your topic is going to make you famous. OK, well, it will definitely get you some credit hours, then a refereed journal article, then a few magazine interviews. May I ask... is this thread your inspiration? I'd be so touched... Come one folks, let's help her with her research...
I don't know if I ever thought of him in a sisterly manner. Admittedly, my thoughts were rather pure in my youth...but as I got older, purity took a hike!
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Ani_geleia, you are AWESOME! For the scans, the translation, everything!
AMAzing, ani_geleia... too cool :clapping:
ani_geleia, thanks for posting it!
well said in that magazine!
Ani_geleia: THANK YOU for posting those scans, they're amazing! I immediately saved them to my computer. I'm thinking of writing about gender & sex in the media for an independent study and using MJ as my subject, and I have been looking for examples of his appeal in Latin America so this is fantastic! Yay!
Was this posted?
I was reading this GQ article online and a couple of parts were interesting to me:
I was thinking about something else on this matter. I think people nowadays confund vulgarity with sexiness. You see women showing off their huge boobs and men exercising their muscles and forgetting to exercise their manners.
It's a misunderstanding of the word 'sexy', I guess. It doesn't mean showing off a well sculpted body or making sexual gestures. It's something beyond that. i think these clichés to make someone look sexy is just ACTING sexy, nor BEING sexy.
Nivea,
You are quite correct. I think that many young people seem to focus on the media or Hollywood's version of what sexy is. I've watched many videos and tapes of Michael from his teenage years to his mature adulthood. He had different variations of sexy. But I find that he was at his most sexy in the later part of his adulthood. You had a man that was more self-assured. He was very intelligent and cultured. MJ was so creative and talented. He knew just how to say or do the right things that drove women wild! I love the fact that he still had the shy, childlike quality but still was this mature sexy adult man. He had great respect for women, especially his mother, which is sorely lackly in a lot of men today. Here was a man who loved and adored his children with all his heart. All those things make a man sexy, not merely just his physical appearance. HE WAS AND WILL ALWAYS BE THE KING OF "POP". I leave the quotes to interpretation! LOL
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You'll still see this today in their coverage of This Is It -- they'll rave about how wonderful it is... and carefully not mention his Billie Jean performance. And we all know why... I've found ONE reference in TII reviews to his sexiness. One. If you find more... drop us a link!
omg, that panther dance is soft porn!!lolbut yeah, then I saw the panther dance sequence of "Black or White" years later and any sisterly feelings I might have had before were HISTORY.
"His solo dance during “Billie Jean,” complete with slow-motion crotch thrusts, is breathtaking. “At least we get a feel for it,” Jackson murmurs afterward."
http://www.cinefundas.com/2009/10/28/michael-jacksons-this-is-it-english-movie-review
"There is a level of human beauty that blossoms here on the screen that is incontestable..."
"And then I found myself literally weeping for his voice that had the depth and maturity of the finest and most complex wine...."
"...but not for one moment during the entire film did I watch any of these other dancers. My eyes were locked on Michael, every fiber of his body emanating feelings as deep as I've seen in any film..."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/stephen-gyllenhaal/this-is-it-michael-jackso_b_363729.html
I love this thread :clapping:
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I knew that SOMEWHERE, sometime, in print there HAD to be more recognition that Michael Jackson's appeal included breathtaking sexual charisma!
You'll still see this today in their coverage of This Is It -- they'll rave about how wonderful it is... and carefully not mention his Billie Jean performance. And we all know why...
I agree very much. But... how does crotch-grabbing fit into this?