tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49734897290944403992024-03-13T23:25:21.520-07:00JACKSON Site's For Michael JacksonBerisi Tentang Informasi Michael JacksonNabil Sorayahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02617213476396179870noreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4973489729094440399.post-50655424760874557912014-04-07T06:56:00.003-07:002014-04-07T06:56:42.314-07:00XSCAPE Michael Jackson Song By Song 2<br />
<span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">5. Do You Know Where Your Children Are (</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">a.k.a.</span><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> 12-O'Clock)</span></b></span><br />
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Tweet Kevin <span class="hr79in2ww" id="hr79in2ww_6">Hughes</span> diatas jelas menyebutkan bahwa lagu ini akan masuk dalam <span class="hr79in2ww" id="hr79in2ww_3">album</span> <b>XSCAPE</b>. Wow!</div>
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Lagu ini ditulis dan direkam oleh MJ pada sesi rekaman album <i>Dangerous</i>
atau sekitar tahun 1990-1991. Lagi, hasil karya MJ yang satu ini pun
telah bocor ke internet pada tahun 2010. Kebanyakan penggemar MJ pasti
sudah tahu dan sering mendengarkan. Tapi kita lihat akan jadi seperti
apakah lagu ini di tangan para produser yang terlibat dalam album <b>XSCAPE</b>.</div>
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Namun, setelah beredar bahwa lagu ini akan dirilis dalam album <b>XSCAPE</b>.
Kembali <span class="hr79in2ww" id="hr79in2ww_7">media</span> mulai memainkan isu dengan menghubungkan judul lagu ini
dengan kasus pelecehan anak yang dituduhkan kepada MJ pada tahun 1993.
Dan menganggap lagu ini terinspirasi dari kasus tersebut. </div>
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Lagu
ini bercerita tentang seorang gadis berusia 12 tahun yang kabur dari
rumah dengan meninggalkan sepucuk surat kepada ibunya, surat tersebut
berisi bahwa gadis tersebut sudah lelah karena terus mendapatkan pelecehan
seksual oleh ayah tirinya. Sampai akhirnya sang gadis malah menjadi 'lebih buruk' di luar sana. Kemudian pada bagian <i><span class="hr79in2ww" id="hr79in2ww_5">chorus</span></i>, MJ bertanya pada pendengar lagu tersebut, <i> </i></div>
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<i>“Do do you know where your children are? Because it’s now
twelve-o’clock, and they’re somewhere out on the streets. Just <span class="hr79in2ww" id="hr79in2ww_8">imagine</span>
how scared they are!”</i></div>
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<i>"Apakah
kau tahu dimana anak-anakmu berada? Waktu menunjukkan pukul 12 malam,
dan jika mereka berada di jalanan. Bayangkan betapa mereka ketakutan!" </i></div>
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Di
lagu ini MJ kembali membahas isu sosial, yakni kurangnya perhatian
orang tua kepada anak-anak mereka. Niat baik MJ mengingatkan para orang
tua malah dikaitkan dengan kasus fitnah yang memiliki tujuan utama
pemerasan kepada MJ yang jelas tidak bersalah.</div>
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Jadi Damien Shields, dalam artikelnya menyarankan kepada pihak MJ Estate & Epic/Sony agar merilis lagu ini dengan judul <b>12-O'Clock</b>
untuk mencegah dan meminimalisir permainan isu pada lagu ini. Karena bisa
dilihat dari respon media, sebelum lagu ini dirilis dengan judul <b>DYKWYCA </b>pun sudah banyak permainan isu yang malah menyudutkan MJ. Jangan sampai isu ini merusak suksesnya album ini kelak.</div>
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Langkah
ini semoga diambil oleh pihak Estate & Epic/Sony, karena respon dan
ulasan dari para jurnalis sangat tinggi dan menyatakan bahwa lagu ini
merupakan yang terbaik dari keseluruhan yang telah mereka dengar untuk
album <b>XSCAPE</b>. Wah, semoga ya.</div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">6. Slave to the Rhythm</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Tak
perlu ditanya lagi. Lagu ini sudah terkonfirmasi sejak awal untuk jadi
bagian dari album baru Michael Jackson. Ditandai dengan iklan Sony
Xperia Z2 dengan iringan lagu ini pada Februari lalu.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Slave to the Rhythm </b>ditulis oleh LA Reid dan 'Babyface', yang kemudian direkam oleh MJ pada era <i>Dangerous </i>(1990-1991) dan diselesaikan tahun 1998. Lagu ini sempat diajukan untuk dirilis pada album <i>Michael</i> pada 2010, namun kembali tidak masuk sampai pada akhirnya lagu ini bocor ke internet pada tahun yang sama.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Terdapat beberapa versi lagu ini yang bocor ke internet. Namun perlu diketahui bahwa <b>versi original</b> atau <b>versi terakhir yang dikerjakan MJ</b> untuk <b>Slave to the Rhythm </b>belum pernah terdengar oleh publik. Karena versi bocoran 2010 adalah <i>remix</i> dari produser Tricky Stewart. Kemudian ada lagi versi 'duet' dengan Justin Bieber tahun 2013 lalu. Dan versi <i>remix</i> atau <i>contemporized</i> terbaru yang kita dengar dalam iklan Sony Xperia Z2 hasil tangan produser Timbaland.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Sedikit cerita tentang versi 'duet' dengan Justin Bieber: Pada 2010, saat Tricky Stewart mengerjakan versi <i>remix </i>lagu
ini, sebagaimana disebutkan di atas, memanggil Bieber untuk merekam
lagu ini. Dan saat itu Stewart menduduki jabatan di Epic Records yang
dibawahi oleh LA Reid, yang merupakan si penulis lagu. Lalu Stewart
memberikan vokal solo MJ dan Bieber kepada seorang DJ untuk dibuatkan <i>remix</i> terbaru tanpa sepengetahuan LA Reid. Hingga akhirnya pada 2013 lalu, <i>remix </i>yang
dibuat DJ tersebut bocor di Soundcloud dan YouTube. Tak lama pihak MJ
Estate menegaskan bahwa versi duet ini adalah versi ilegal dan akan
segera dihapus peredarannya di internet.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Jadi, bisa dipastikan kita akan mendengar 2 versi terbaru dari <b>Slave to the Rhythm </b>di album <b>XSCAPE</b> ini. Karena Tricky Stewart tidak terlibat dalam album ini. Maka akan ada <b>versi original</b> dan <b>versi aransemen baru karya Timbaland.</b> Dan pastinya versi solo tanpa Justin Bieber.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Berikut ini 30 detik <b>Slave to the Rhythm </b>hasil aransemen <b>Timbaland </b>dalam promo Sony Xperia Z2: </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">7. Blue Gangsta</span></b></span><br />
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Lagu ke-tujuh yang diperdengarkan adalah <b>Blue Gangsta</b>,
beberapa jurnalis secara jelas menyebutkan judul ini dalam ulasan
mereka. Responnya pun bermacam-macam, ada yang sangat menyukai yakni
Kevin Hughes, juga ada yang kurang terkesan, yakni Michael Cragg.</div>
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Lagu ini merupakan lagu lainnya yang dikerjakan MJ dengan Dr. Freeze. Ditulis dan direkam bersamaan dengan lagu <b>A Place with No Name</b> pada akhir 1998.</div>
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<i>"Untuk 'Blue Gangsta', aku ingin membuat 'Smooth Criminal' baru",</i> jelas Dr. Freeze tentang inspirasinya dalam menulis lagu ini. <i>"Sesuatu yang lebih modern dan berakar di tahun 2000-an." </i>Selain <b>Slave to the Rhythm</b>, lagu ini adalah salah satu yang disarankan untuk dirilis pada album <i>Michael</i>
tahun 2010, karena lagu ini bocor ke internet pada tahun 2009. Namun
Dr. Freeze menegaskan bahwa versi yang telah bocor bukanlah versi
original yang akan dirilis pada <b>XSCAPE</b> <i>deluxe</i>. Karena
Freeze sudah menambahkan aransemen baru yang jauh berbeda dari versi
bocoran. Tapi Freeze tidak terlibat dalam pembuatan versi <i>remix/contemporized</i> untuk album <b>XSCAPE.</b></div>
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<i>Another</i> <i>REAL NEW TRACK<b>,</b></i> walaupun kebanyakan penggemar sudah pernah mendengar lagu ini. Kita tunggu 13 Mei!</div>
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Nah, sampai di lagu terakhir. <b>Xscape </b>merupakan
lagu kedua yang otomatis terkonfirmasi untuk dirilis dalam album baru
MJ tahun 2014 ini. Karena judul lagu ini dijadikan nama albumnya, dan
beberapa detik potongan lagu ini dipakai dalam video <i>teaser</i> bersamaan diumumkannya sang album.</div>
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Ditulis oleh MJ, Fred Jerkins III, <b>Rodney Jerkins</b>, dan LaShawn Daniels pada sesi rekaman album <i>Invincible</i>. Namun tidak terpilih untuk dirilis dalam <i>Invincible</i>.</div>
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Lagu <b>Xscape </b>ini
merupakan satu-satunya lagu yang diproduseri oleh produser aslinya,
yaitu Rodney Jerkins. Jadi disamping versi originalnya, versi aransemen
baru/<i>contemporized</i> diperkirakan akan tidak terlalu meleset jauh
dan akan memenuhi keinginan serta pandangan MJ sendiri tentang bagaimana lagu
ini harus seperti apa.</div>
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Dan lagi, ini bukan lagu yang baru bagi para penggemar setia, karena lagu ini pun telah bocor ke internet setahun setelah <i>Invincible </i>dirilis,
yakni 2002/2003. Kisah lain menyebutkan bahwa jika saja tidak bocor ke
internet, lagu ini akan dirilis dalam album kompilasi <i>The Ultimate Collection </i>tahun 2004.</div>
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LaShawn
Daniels mengatakan ia sangat bangga bahwa lagu yang ia tulis bersama
dengan MJ ini menjadi judul album dan menambahkan bahwa lagu <b>Xscape </b>akan menjadi <b>single pertama</b>.</div>
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Berikut ini potongan lagu <b>Xscape</b> dalam video <i>teaser </i>album berjudul sama.</div>
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Itulah pembahasan lagu per lagu yang diperkirakan (<b>hampir keseluruhan sudah terkonfirmasi</b>) akan mengisi 8 lagu utama dalam album <b>XSCAPE</b>.<i> </i>6
diantaranya merupakan lagu yang pernah tersebar/bocor di internet, 2
sisanya merupakan lagu yang benar-benar baru. Bisa disimpulkan <i>tracklist</i> album <b>XSCAPE</b> versi standar adalah sbb.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>1. Love Never Felt So Good</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>2. She Was Lovin' Me (</b>aka<b> Chicago)</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>3. <i>Unknown title (?)</i> [</b>mid-tempo song from the '80s]</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>4. A Place with No Name</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>5. Do You Know Where Your Children Are (</b>aka<b> 12-O'Clock) </b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>6. Slave to the Rhythm</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>7. Blue Gangsta</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>8. Xscape </b></span></span><br />
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<i>Tracklist </i>di atas, 80% sama dengan prediksi album oleh Damien Shields pada 2013 lalu, seperti terlihat di gambar di bawah ini.</div>
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Bisa dilihat ada 6 dari 9 lagu prediksi dari Damien Shields <b>telah terkonfirmasi</b> akan dirilis dalam album <b>XSCAPE</b>. Karena ternyata <b>She Was Lovin' Me </b>dan <b>Chicago </b>adalah 1 lagu yang sama. Kemudian <b>Can't Get Your Weight Off of Me </b>dan <b>I Was the Loser</b> merupakan lagu yang direkam tahun 2000-an, sehingga tidak memenuhi ciri-ciri dari lagu yang belum diketahui.</div>
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Pembahasan
belum berakhir. Karena kita baru saja membahas 8 lagu utama dalam versi
standar, ada lagi yang masih kita bicarakan dalam versi <i>deluxe</i>. Dalam versi <i>pre-order </i><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/id/album/xscape-deluxe/id850697616" target="_blank">iTunes</a>, album <b>XSCAPE</b> edisi <i>deluxe </i>mempunyai 17 lagu dan 2 video yang sampai saat ini belum teridentifikasi.</div>
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Sebagaimana dalam pengumuman resminya, MJ Estate menyebutkan tiap lagu akan memiliki satu buah versi <i>remix/contemporized</i> produser Timbaland, dkk; dan satu buah versi <i>untouched</i>
atau versi original. Album ini berisi 8, maka jika dikalikan 2,
hasilnya 16. Artinya ada 1 bonus yang akan mengisi. Lagu apa ya
kira-kira?</div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>Hot Fun in the Summertime</b> (?)</span></span></div>
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Beberapa lagu dirumorkan akan menjadi <i>bonus track</i> atau lagu ke-17 album <b>XSCAPE </b>dalam versi iTunes. Lagu ke-17 ini tidak diperdengarkan dalam <i>playback session</i>. Tapi yang paling kuat adalah lagu <b>Hot Fun in the Summertime</b>, sebuah lagu kolaborasi dengan <b>D'Angelo </b>dan <b>Mary J Blige</b>. </div>
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Dimulai dari sebuah posting Jesse Johnson, gitaris band <i>The Time</i>, di Facebook di bawah ini, yang tak lama kemudian dihapus.</div>
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Disebutkan ada sebuah lagu dengan judul yang disembunyikan, 4 kata,
diawali huruf H, berakhir dengan 'e' di kata terakhir. Damien Shields
dalam hal ini langsung menghubungkan dengan lagu <b>Hot Fun in the Summertime, </b>sebuah lagu hits tahun 1969<b> </b>milik band <b>Sly and the Family Stone</b>. Mengapa?</div>
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Walaupun<b> </b>dalam judul yang disembunyikan ada 4 kata sedangkan <b>Hot Fun in the Summertime</b>
memiliki 5 kata. Damien menebak bahwa kata 'Fun' sengaja tidak
disebutkan. Kemudian band Sly and the Family Stone adalah salah satu
band favorit yang katalog musiknya juga telah dibeli oleh MJ.</div>
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Kemudian produser album <i>Dangerous</i>, Teddy Riley juga pernah mengatakan bahwa MJ pernah merekam beberapa musik favoritnya, diantaranya <b>A Place with No Name </b>dan lagu <b>Hot Fun in the Summertime </b>sendiri. Namun MJ tidak merekam keseluruhan bagian dari lagu ini.</div>
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<b> </b>Nah, disinilah alasan kenapa John McClain, yang juga adalah salah satu Pelaksana dari MJ Estate, memanggil <b>D'Angelo </b>dan <b>Mary J Blige </b>untuk melengkapi bagian yang kosong dari versi <i>cover</i> lagu <b>Hot Fun </b>ini.</div>
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Bukti lain yang mendukung adalah, <b>Jesse Johnson</b> (sebelum <i>post facebook</i> tersebut dihapus) sempat berkomentar bahwa lagu ini akan dirilis 13 Mei, dan tanggal itu merupakan hari dimana album <b>XSCAPE </b>dirilis. COCOK!</div>
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Nah, pertanyaannya sekarang apakah lagu ini akan menjadi lagu ke-17 dalam versi <i>deluxe</i>, atau kah ini merupakan lagu ke-3 yang belum diketahui judulnya tersebut? Hhmm.. Kita tunggu saja ya <i>tracklist</i> resmi album <b>XSCAPE </b>diumumkan!</div>
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Kesimpulan perkiraan <i>final tracklist </i>berdasarkan informasi dalam artikel ini:</div>
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Baiklah, sekian yang bisa disampaikan. Jika ada yang kurang jelas silakan ditanyakan via message <a href="https://www.facebook.com/indonesialovesmj?ref=br_rs" target="_blank"><i>facebook fanpage</i></a> kami, atau berkomentar disini.</div>
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Nabil Sorayahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02617213476396179870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4973489729094440399.post-39507662086843458832014-04-07T06:53:00.000-07:002014-04-07T06:53:03.172-07:00XCAPE Michael Jackson Song by Song 1<br />
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Awal April 2014 ini perhatian publik seluruh dunia tertuju pada sebuah
album yang kebanyakan orang tidak akan mempercayai dan dianggap <i><span class="ysf8782u2d" id="ysf8782u2d_3">April Fool</span></i> karena diumumkan sehari sebelum awal April, juga karena yang akan merilis album ini adalah <b>Michael Jackson</b> yang diketahui sudah berpulang pada tahun 2009 lalu.</div>
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<b>XSCAPE. </b>Itulah nama yang dicatut oleh pihak MJ Estate & Epic/Sony sebagai judul dari album anumerta kedua MJ setelah album <b>MICHAEL</b> pada tahun 2010. <a href="http://bit.ly/1gk4xls" target="_blank">Diumumkan secara resmi pada 31 Maret 2014 lalu, </a>album
ini langsung disambut antusiasme yang sangat tinggi dari publik dan
khususnya para pecinta setia MJ. Terbukti dengan bertenggernya album
yang belum diumumkan <i>tracklist-</i>nya, belum ada single yang dirilis dan belum ada lagu yang bisa di-<i>preview;</i> pada urutan #2 dalam <i>worldwide <span class="ysf8782u2d" id="ysf8782u2d_1">album chart</span></i> iTunes, hanya berselang 3 hari dari pengumuman dan 2 hari setelah tersedia untuk di<i>-pre-order</i>. Dapat dilihat pada gambar di bawah ini.<br />
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Dengan belum dirilisnya <i>tracklist</i> resmi, banyak spekulasi dari
para penggemar tentang lagu apa saja yang akan mengisi album ini. Namun
tirai yang masih menutupi album ini pun perlahan mulai terbuka demi
sedikit dengan diketahui bahwa telah diadakannya sebuah acara khusus
yang dilaksanakan oleh <b>LA Reid</b>, sang eksekutif produser dari album ini, yang mengundang beberapa perwakilan jurnalis dari beberapa media di Inggris <span class="ysf8782u2d" id="ysf8782u2d_8">Raya</span>, seperti <span class="ysf8782u2d" id="ysf8782u2d_4">Sky</span> News dan DigitalSpy untuk secara eksklusif mendengarkan (<i><span class="ysf8782u2d" id="ysf8782u2d_6">playback</span> session</i>) ke-8 lagu dalam album <b>XSCAPE </b>ini! Tentunya dengan pengawasan ketat dan tidak ada satu alat komunikasi pun yang boleh masuk saat acara ini berlangsung. </div>
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Alhasil setelah acara selesai beberapa jurnalis yang hadir pun langsung
menulis ulasan untuk apa yang baru saja mereka dengar dalam <i>playback session</i>
tersebut. Walau sudah diperingatkan untuk tidak menuliskan judul lagu,
beberapa malah menyebutkan dan tak lama kemudian mereka langsung
menyunting artikel ulasan yang mereka buat tanpa ada judul lagu yang
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Nah, pasti pada mau tahu dong? Oke oke... Disini kami akan mencoba menjelaskan kembali pembahasan tentang ulasannya tentang <i>tracklist, </i>cerita dari tiap lagu, dan petunjuk lain album <b>XSCAPE</b> yang telah dibuat oleh <a href="http://www.damienshields.com/" target="_blank"><b>Damien Shields</b></a> berdasarkan informasi yang telah dihimpun dari ulasan para jurnalis yang mengikuti <i>playback session</i>. Disimak ya, karena artikel ini cukup panjaang.<br />
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Kedelapan judul lagu berikut ini disusun berdasarkan urutan lagu yang diputar saat <i>playback session</i> yang kemungkinan akan sama dengan <i>final tracklist</i> nanti. </div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: medium;"><b>1. Love Never Felt So Good</b></span></div>
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Ada yang pernah mendengar judul ini? Yap, penggemar setia MJ yang selalu <i>up-to-date</i> pasti pernah mendengar judul yang satu ini. Karena lagu ini adalah salah satu lagu yang muncul ke publik tanpa disengaja <span class="ysf8782u2d" id="ysf8782u2d_7">alias</span>
bocor. Ini terjadi pada masa vakumnya MJ. Sebuah demo rekaman MJ
bernyanyi dengan hanya diiringi jentikan jari dan piano ini bocor ke
internet pada tahun 2006. Tak lama diketahui lagu ini adalah salah satu
hasil kolaborasi dengan musisi yang berkolaborasi dalam lagu <i>This Is It, </i>yakni <b>Paul Anka</b>. Lagu ini dikerjakan pada era <i>Thriller</i> atau awal '80-an. Sayangnya tidak dirampungkan oleh MJ. Kemudian lagu ini diberikan kepada <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPyOCS0xccM" target="_blank">Johny Mathis</a> yang kemudian dirilis dalam album <i>A Special Part of Me</i> miliknya tahun 1984.</div>
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Dalam ulasan beberapa jurnalis yang mengikuti <i>playback session</i>, diantaranya <a href="http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/michael-jacksons-xscape-lovingly-restored-3332961" target="_blank">Kevin Hughes</a> dan <a href="http://www.digitalspy.com.au/music/feature/a561541/michael-jacksons-new-album-xscape-how-good-is-it.html#%7EoAdFFFUfdbCEdz" target="_blank">Lewis Corner</a>,
tertulis petunjuk dan ciri-ciri yang mengarah kepada lagu ini, salah
satunya adanya jentikan jari di sepanjang lagu. Dengan ini dapat
dipastikan bahwa versi demo rekaman yang bocor tahun 2006 tersebut akan
dirilis dalam versi <b><i>deluxe</i></b>, dan tentunya versi aransemen terbaru yang juga akan termasuk di dalamnya.</div>
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Lagu ini ditulis MJ dan Cory Rooney. Direkam pada Maret tahun 1999 di The Hit Factory, New York<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">. </span></span></span></div>
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<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2014/apr/01/first-listen-michael-jackson-xscape" target="_blank">Michael Cragg</a>, mengatakan bahwa lagu kedua yang diputar bisa dikatakan merupakan lagu <b>Chicago </b>yang disebutkan oleh <b>Timbaland</b> di sebuah wawancara dengan Revolt TV bahwa dia sedang mengerjakan proyek album MJ pada September 2013.<br />
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Awalnya <a href="https://twitter.com/damienshields" target="_blank">Damien Shields</a> dalam artikelnya menyebutkan bahwa <b>She Was Lovin' Me </b>dan <b>Chicago </b>merupakan lagu yang berbeda. Namun setelah diadakannya <i>playback session</i> beberapa hari lalu, sempat terjadi perdebatan antara Damien Shields dengan <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeVogel1" target="_blank">Joe Vogel</a>, jurnalis dan penulis buku <i>Man in the Music: The Creative Life & Work of Michael Jackson</i>, yang berkesempatan mengikuti <i>playback session</i> mengkonfirmasi bahwa sebenarnya <b>She Was Lovin' Me </b>dan <b>Chicago </b>adalah 1 lagu yang sama, karena memang dalam lirik lagu <b>She Was Lovin' Me </b>terdapat nama kota Chicago yang disebutkan berikut ini:</div>
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<i>“I met her on the way to <b>Chicago</b>, and she was all alone, and so was I so
I asker her for her name. She smiled and looked at me, I was surprised
to see, that a woman like that was really into me,”</i></div>
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Hingga akhirnya setelah ditela'ah kembali. Ternyata kedua judul tersebut merupakan 1 satu lagu yang sama.<br />
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Berikut tweet dari Joe Vogel tentang<b> </b>lagu ini</div>
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Kabar gembiranya disini adalah, lagu ini merupakan lagu yang masih
tersimpan dengan baik dan tidak muncul sebelum waktunya alias <b>lagu baru yang benar-benar baru</b>. Jadi semua orang akan mendengarkan lagu ini untuk pertama kalinya pada 13 Mei nanti! Yeay!<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: medium;"><b>3. (Judul belum diketahui)</b></span><br />
Nah, untuk lagu ketiga ini, para jurnalis sama sekali tidak ada yang
menyebutkan judul atau lirik yang disebutkan dalam lagunya. Hanya
memberikan gambaran yang pada akhirnya tidak ada yang bisa menebak.
Namun disini Joe Vogel menegaskan bahwa lagu ini adalah <b>lagu dengan tempo yang tidak terlalu cepat, direkam tahun '80-an, dan sebelumnya belum ada yang pernah mendengar</b>. Jadi satu lagi kabar gembira. Ini merupakan <b>lagu baru kedua yang benar-benar baru</b> untuk album <b>XSCAPE</b> ini. Kita tunggu saja ya saat Sony/Estate mengumumkan secara resmi <i>tracklist</i> lengkapnya.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: medium;"><b>4. A Place with No Name</b></span><br />
Lagu ini ditulis oleh Elliot Straite alias <b>Dr. Freeze</b> yang merupakan lagu<i> cover</i> dengan lirik baru dari lagu hits tahun 1972 berjudul <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSAJ0l4OBHM" target="_blank"><i>A Horse with No Name</i></a> milik band bernama <i>America</i>. Versi cover dengan lirik dan judul baru ini kemudian direkam oleh MJ di studio Recording Plant pada September 1998.<br />
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Beberapa detik potongan lagu ini sempat dipendengarkan kepada publik
oleh TMZ pada Juli 2009. Lalu 3 tahun kemudian, yakni Desember 2013,
atau 4 bulan sebelum pengumuman album <b>XSCAPE</b>, versi lengkap lagu
ini bocor ke internet. Namun tak lama langsung diblokir dan dihapus
peredarannya di internet. Artinya lagu ini sudah tidak lagi baru untuk
orang-orang yang sudah mendengar versi bocoran.<br />
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Pendapat jurnalis yang diambil kali ini adalah <a href="https://twitter.com/Popprince">Kevin Hughes</a>.
Kevin menantang setiap orang untuk tidak 'merinding' saat mendengar
lagu ini. Ia juga menambahkan bahwa lagu ini sangat berhak dan pantas
untuk disiarkan di seluruh radio di dunia.<br />
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Nabil Sorayahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02617213476396179870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4973489729094440399.post-3023098468960494422014-04-07T06:47:00.000-07:002014-04-07T06:47:37.441-07:00Michael Jackson Bangkit dengan Album Barunya XSCAPE
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Bukan <strong>Michael <span class="bg2730c" id="bg2730c_2">Jackson</span></strong> namanya jika tidak memberikan kejutan untuk para fansnya. Sony Epic Records mengumumkan bahwa akan merilis <span class="bg2730c" id="bg2730c_4">album</span> terbaru milik <strong>Michael Jackson</strong>. Album ini berjudul<em><strong> XSCAPE </strong></em>yang
akan siap dirilis pada tanggal 13 Mei 2014. Album ini terdiri dari 8
buah lagu yang belum pernah didengarkan oleh siapapun. Karena masih
dalam bentuk demo rekaman vokal saja. Akhirnya ke - 8 lagu tersebut
diselesaikan oleh <strong>Timbaland</strong> dan dibantu juga oleh<strong> Stargate</strong>. Pemilik dari Sony Epic Records<strong> La Reid</strong> selama 4 tahun penuh mengurusi demo rekaman ini.<br />
Hits single dari album ini adalah ‘<em>XSCAPE’</em>. Single ini juga
dipakai untuk promosi iklan gadget terbaru milik SONY. Single ini sudah
dapat kalian dengar di akun Youtube dalam bentuk preview.<br />
Berikut daftar lagu dari album <strong><em>XSCAPE</em>,</strong><br />
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<li><em>“Xscape”</em></li>
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<li><em>“A Place with No Name”</em></li>
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<li><em>“Do You Know Where Your <span class="bg2730c" id="bg2730c_8">Children</span> Are”</em></li>
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<li><em>“Slave to the Rhythm”</em></li>
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<li><em>“<span class="bg2730c" id="bg2730c_5">Chicago</span> “</em></li>
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<li><em>“She Was Loving Me”</em></li>
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<li><em>“Blue Gangsta”</em></li>
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<li><em>“Love Never Felt So Good”</em></li>
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XSCAPE diproduseri secara khusus oleh L.A. Reid, petinggi dan CEO dari
Epic Records. L.A. Reid mendapatkan akses khusus dari The Estate untuk
mencari 'harta karun' terpendam dari mending Michael Jackson, dan
berhasil melakukan penemuan luar biasa. Materi rekaman selama empat
dekade yang telah diselesaikan oleh Michael Jackson. <br /><br />Setelah
melewati proses kurasi yang ketat, Reid pun mengajak sejumlah produser
andal untuk memberikan sentuhan musik yang segar dan modern dari materi
tersebut, tanpa menghilangkan esensi dan integritas Michael Jackson.
Proses ini diistilahkan oleh Reid sebagai 'contemporizing'. Timbaland
dipercaya sebagai <em><span class="p10202tan3s" id="p10202tan3s_3">lead producer</span></em> yang menangani album ini. Ia didukung oleh <em>global hitmaker</em> seperti Rodney Jerkins, Stargate, Jerome 'Jroc' Harmon, <span class="p10202tan3s" id="p10202tan3s_6">dan John</span> McClain.<br /><br />"Kami
bangga dan merasa terhormat dalam mempersembahkan musik terbaru dari
Michael Jackson ini. Michael telah meninggalkan warisan musik yang luar
biasa dan dihadirkan kembali melalui visi dari produser musik dunia yang
saat ini sedang hit," kata Reid melalui siaran persnya pada 2 April
2014.<br /><br /><span class="p10202tan3s" id="p10202tan3s_5">John Branca</span> dan John McClain, <em>co-executive</em> dari The Estate of Michael Jackson mengatakan, peraih 17 penghargaan Grammy, 26 <span class="p10202tan3s" id="p10202tan3s_7">American Music</span>
Awards ini selalu memberikan ruang kepada para produser untuk dapat
memberikan warna pada musiknya. "Karya-karya Michael Jackson selalu
relevan dengan musik di zaman apapun dan spiritnya tidak pernah mati,"
katanya.<br /><br />XSPACE yang akan dirilis ini mendapatkan dukungan penuh dari One Sony Sister Companies, Sony Corporation, <span class="p10202tan3s" id="p10202tan3s_2">Sony Mobile</span>
Communication, dan Sony Network Entertainment International. Presiden
dan CEO, Sony Corporation, Kazuo Hirai mengaku bangga memproduksi
kembali karya sanga raja pop setelah bekerja sama sejak album 'Off The
Wall' di tahun 1979.<br /><br />"Sony Music Entertainment merilis semua
rekaman album Michael Jackson. Kami bangga dan merasa beruntung dapat
berkolaborasi sebagai One Sony untuk merayakan perilisan warisan dari
Michael Jackson ini," katanya.<br /><br />Pria kelahiran 29 Augustus 1958 ini meninggal pada 25 Juni 2009. Sebelum wafat, pria bernama lengkap Michael <span class="p10202tan3s" id="p10202tan3s_1">Joseph Jackson</span> ini memproduksi sepuluh album. Album terakhir semasa hidupnya dirilis pada tahun 2001, Invincible. <em>Single</em> di album tersebut antara lain, You Rock My World, Cry, dan Butterfiles.Nabil Sorayahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02617213476396179870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4973489729094440399.post-5328464103377694992012-06-03T04:22:00.000-07:002012-06-03T04:22:01.169-07:00Michael Jackson Meninggal, Glenn Fredly Gelar Tribute<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-uD5PXhMhQK8/T8tIcz7PqrI/AAAAAAAAASo/z4PGG2CExHE/s1600/8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-uD5PXhMhQK8/T8tIcz7PqrI/AAAAAAAAASo/z4PGG2CExHE/s1600/8.jpg" /></a></div><strong>Jakarta</strong> - Penyanyi Glenn Fredly termasuk salah satu orang yang terkaget-kaget dengan meninggalnya Michael Jackson. Mengenang Michael, Glenn pun akan menggelar konser <em>tribute</em>, Jumat (10/7/2009) malam ini.<br />
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"Buat aku dia salah satu<em> influence</em> besar dalam karir," ujar Glenn saat berbincang dengan<strong> detikhot</strong> melalui telepon Jumat (10/7/2009).<br />
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<em>Tribute</em> yang akan digelarnya itu menurut Glenn adalah sebuah perayaan atas karya-karya Michael. Ia juga berharap acara tribute tersebut bisa memecah kebuntuan yang tengah terjadi di industri musik Indonesia.<br />
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"Industri musik kita ini sedang menciptakan keseragaman, jadi seperti dimatikan, dibunuh," keluh Glenn.<br />
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Dalam acara tributenya nanti, Glenn akan menampilkan lagu-lagu Michael yang berbau kemanusiaan. Ia juga menggandeng bassis Barry Likumahuwa untuk berkolaborasi bersama.<br />
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Glenn Fredly<em> tribute</em> <em>to</em> Michael Jackson akan digelar di Kama Sutera Cafe, Hotel Crown, Jumat (10/7/2009) mulai pukul 22.00 WIB. Seperti apa penampilan Glenn?<br />
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"Saya nggak mungkin kayak dia, <em>just be my self</em> saja," pungkas pelantun 'Kisah Romantis' itu.Nabil Sorayahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02617213476396179870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4973489729094440399.post-71918180856196532112012-06-03T04:18:00.000-07:002012-06-03T04:18:53.840-07:00'Heal the World' Lagu Kemanusiaan Paling Favorit<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-PRabfAJsB-Q/T8tIDks4L-I/AAAAAAAAASg/rnTuEGT244s/s1600/7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="248" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-PRabfAJsB-Q/T8tIDks4L-I/AAAAAAAAASg/rnTuEGT244s/s320/7.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Sang King of Pop telah kembali ke kepangkuan-Nya. Namun karyanya seperti 'We Are the World' dan 'Heal the World'� tidak akan habis ditelan masa.<br />
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Versus detikmusic kali ini memberikan pertanyaan "Lagu bertema kemanusiaan milik Michael Jackson yang paling jadi favorit Anda?". Hasil menunjukan bahwa para responden memilih lagu 'Heal the World' menjadi lagu bertema kemanusiaan favorit mereka.<br />
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Dari total 810 suara, 11.48 persen atau 93 suara memilih 'We Are the World' sebagai lagu favorit mereka. Sedangkan 717 suara atau sekitar 88.52 persen menjadikan 'Heal the World' sebagai lagu bertema kemanusiaan pilihan responden.<br />
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Lagu 'We Are the World' diciptakan Jacko dan Lionel Richie untuk membantu korban kelaparan di Ethiopia akbibat gejolak politik pada 1984 hingga 1985. Dana yang terkumpul dari lagu ini mencapai 63 juta dolar.<br />
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Sedangkan lagu 'Heal the World' meninggalkan pesan anti-rasisme di dunia. Michael pun pernah mengatakan kepada fansnya bahwa lagu ini adalah lagu ciptaannya yang paling ia banggakan. Maka tidak heran kalau responden memilih lagu ini sebagai lagu bertema kemanusiaan favoritnya.<br />
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Dalam acara penghormatan terakhirnya di Staples Centre, Los Angeles, 7 Juli 2009 lalu dua lagu ini terus dikumandangkan. 'Heal the World' dan 'We Are the World' menumpahka air mata penggemar Michael mengiringi kepergiannya.Nabil Sorayahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02617213476396179870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4973489729094440399.post-19874244757188268032012-06-03T04:16:00.000-07:002012-06-03T04:16:21.348-07:00Michael Hanya 3 Menit Ciptakan 'Billie Jean'<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0qvo3nkpkrQ/T8tHenmZ6wI/AAAAAAAAASY/XgR6QjRhEU0/s1600/6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0qvo3nkpkrQ/T8tHenmZ6wI/AAAAAAAAASY/XgR6QjRhEU0/s1600/6.jpg" /></a></div><strong>Los Angeles</strong> - Anda pasti mengenal lagu 'Billie Jean' milik Michael Jackson? Ternyata lagu yang hingga kini masih berjaya tersebut diciptakan sang King of Pop hanya dalam waktu tiga menit.<br />
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Lagu tersebut pun dicantumkan Michael dalam album keenamnya, 'Thriller' tahun 1982. Menurut sahabatnya, Dr Steven Hoefflin lagu itu terinspirasi dari seorang penggemar yang kerap bermain di luar rumahnya.<br />
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Michael menulis lagu tersebut ketika di dalam mobil bersama dua orang saudaranya. Michael pun memberikan lagu itu sebagai hadiah kesembuhan untuk temannya yang tengah dioperasi. Menurut Steven, 'Billie Jean' adalah lagu tercepat yang diciptakan Michael.<br />
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"Michael berkata bahwa lirik 'Billie Jean' terus menerus keluar deras dengan begitu saja dari kepalanya," tutur Steven dikutip detikhot dari Thesun, Jumat (31/7/2009).<br />
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'Billie Jean' telah diklaim sebagai salah satu lagu revolusi dalam sejarah perkembangan musik pop. Aksi Michael dalam video klip tersebut menginspirasi banyak musisi lain untuk kemudian bergaya seperti itu. 'Billie Jean' jadi salah satu lagu yang memperkuat status Michael sebagai ikon musik pop kala itu.<br />
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Tahukah Anda ternyata Michael pertama kali memperlihatkan gerakan moonwalk kepada publik ketika membawakan 'Billie Jean' dalam acara ultah label rekaman Motown ke-25 pada 25 Maret 1983. 'Billie Jean' selalu jadi lagu favorit pria beranak tiga tersebut.Nabil Sorayahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02617213476396179870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4973489729094440399.post-36646413523640797542012-06-03T04:13:00.000-07:002012-06-03T04:13:29.423-07:00La Toya Jackson Persembahkan Single Untuk Michael<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vcQ9IkE5s2E/T8tGzh37G0I/AAAAAAAAASQ/2cW5UPwOVhc/s1600/5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vcQ9IkE5s2E/T8tGzh37G0I/AAAAAAAAASQ/2cW5UPwOVhc/s1600/5.jpg" /></a></div><strong>Los Angeles</strong> - Semua orang terpukul atas kepergian Michael Jackson. Termasuk keluarga sang King of Pop. La Toya Jackson bahkan membuatkan single untuk sang adik.<br />
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Sebuah single bertajuk 'Home' jadi persembahan istimewa La Toya untuk Michael. Ini adalah karya terbaru dari La Toya setelah sebelumnya merilis track 'I Don't Play That' di tahun 1997.<br />
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Dikutip detikhot dari Thesun, Selasa (8/9/2009) semua hasil dari single tersebut akan dialokasikan untuk amal. Terutama untuk Aids Project Los Angeles, salah satu kegiatan amal favorit Michael.<br />
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Single ini keluar setelah beberapa hari Michael dikebumikan. Michael yang meninggal karena serangan jantung pada 25 Juni 2009 lalu dikebumikan 3 September di taman pemakaman Forest Lawn, Los Angeles.Nabil Sorayahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02617213476396179870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4973489729094440399.post-55631938203093078092012-06-03T04:10:00.000-07:002012-06-03T04:10:33.607-07:00Lagu Michael Jackson Bocor, Lenny Kravitz Bingung<strong>Los Angeles</strong> - Musisi Lenny Kravitz sempat berduet dengan Michael Jackson dalam sebuah lagu yang belum sempat dirilis. Kini lagu itu bocor di internet. Lenny pun bingung.<br />
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Sebuah track berdurasi 60 detik tersebut beredar sejak 4 Januari waktu setempat. Lenny pun membenarkan itu adalah potongan lagu 'Another Day' yang digarapnya bersama Michael.<br />
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Namun mantan pacar Nicole Kidman itu membantah jika dirinya diklaim sebagai pelaku penyebar rekaman yang belum kelar tersebut. Lenny membuat sebuah video konfirmasi yang kemudian disebarkan via Twitter.<br />
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"Seperti yang kau tahu dan mendengarnya, bagian lagu itu bocor, bukan saya yang melakukannya karena punya saya terkunci rapat sejak kami merekamnya," tutur Lenny dalam videonya dilansir MTV, Selasa (5/1/2010).<br />
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Penyanyi berambut keriting itu tak tahu tujuan dari si pelaku. Sony Music, label yang menaungi Michael dan keluarganya menarik lagu tersebut dari peredaran. Lagu itu belum selesai digarap dan rencananya dalam waktu dekat akan dirampungkan. Juru bicara keluarga Michael tak bisa dimintai keterangan.<br />
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"Lagu itu adalah salah satu pengalaman musikal luar biasa yang pernah aku miliki. Lagu itu digarap dua orang yang saling menghormati dan mencintai musik," jelas Lenny.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-CsjsVNzn9NE/T8tGHlQr3cI/AAAAAAAAASE/JBr5SllKJhA/s1600/4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-CsjsVNzn9NE/T8tGHlQr3cI/AAAAAAAAASE/JBr5SllKJhA/s1600/4.jpg" /></a></div>Sumber: <a href="http://hot.detik.com/music/read/2010/01/05/114508/1271872/228/lagu-michael-jackson-bocor-lenny-kravitz-bingung" target="_blank">Detik.Hot </a>Nabil Sorayahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02617213476396179870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4973489729094440399.post-24094871310640505032012-06-03T04:00:00.000-07:002012-06-03T04:00:17.648-07:00Terima Piala, Keluarga Jackson Tak Diundang ke Grammy<strong>Los Angeles</strong> - Michael Jackson mendapatkan piala Lifetime Achievement di Grammy Awards 2010. Namun ternyata acara itu menyimpan kekecewaan di hati keluarga Michael karena mereka tak diundang.<br />
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Ketiga anak Michael yaitu Prince, Paris dan Blanket memang hadir dalam acarayang digelar pada 31 Januari lalu di Staples Center, Los Angeles. Namun ternyata tak satupun adik dan kakak Michael juga orangtuanya yang diundang.<br />
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"Sangat bangga, saudara saya dihormati malam ini dengan penghargaan Lifetime Achievement. Keluarga saya sangat ingin berada di sana, tapi, kenyataannya, kami tak diundang," tulis Randy Jackson, kakak Michael, di akun Twitternya.<br />
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"Ingin lebih jelas lagi? Biar saya memperjelas. Ketika saya bilang 'keluarga saya' saya maksud itu kakak, adik dan orangtua. Ops!," lanjut Randy.<br />
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Dalam acara Grammy ke -52 itu bahkan dibuatkan persembahan khusus untuk Michael. Kenyataannya Janet, La Toya, Marlon, Tito, Jackie, Randy, Jermaine juga kedua orangtua Michael, Katherine dan Joe menonton acara itu dari rumah.<br />
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"Para saudara pria Michael berharap bisa datang dan mengenakan sarung tangan silver dan busana yang sesuai untuk menghormati Michael. Mereka merasa terhina dan terluka diperlakukan seperti ini. Michael pasti ingin mereka di sana," ujar seorang sumber dilansir Mirror, Kamis (4/2/2010).<br />
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Ketiga anak Michael datang mengenakan setelan hitam. Prince dan Paris menerima penghargaan di atas pentas sementara Blanket memilih menunggu di kejauhan.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-EzfCaXF3scw/T8tDpMmKm1I/AAAAAAAAAR8/noGugXllvRU/s1600/3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-EzfCaXF3scw/T8tDpMmKm1I/AAAAAAAAAR8/noGugXllvRU/s1600/3.jpg" /></a></div>Sumber: <a href="http://hot.detik.com/music/read/2010/02/04/071957/1292474/228/terima-piala-keluarga-jackson-tak-diundang-ke-grammy" target="_blank">Detik.Hot </a>Nabil Sorayahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02617213476396179870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4973489729094440399.post-87962726300141374962012-06-03T03:57:00.000-07:002012-06-03T03:57:44.801-07:00Keluarga Michael Jackson Tuntut Promotor 'This Is It'<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bwaUfCgsFmI/T8tDFiE5JVI/AAAAAAAAAR0/-Tfp-3eT50A/s1600/2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bwaUfCgsFmI/T8tDFiE5JVI/AAAAAAAAAR0/-Tfp-3eT50A/s320/2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Setahun lebih pasca meninggalnya Michael Jackson, masalah yang menyangkut nama sang King of Pop belum juga kelar. Kini keluarga Michael menuntut promotor konser 'This Is It'.<br />
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Ibunda Michael, Katherine Jackson dan ketiga anak pelantun hits 'Thriller' itu mengajukan tuntutan pada AEG Live. Mereka ingin sang promotor bertanggung jawab karena telah membuat Michael sakit.<br />
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Katherine menilai AEG Live lalai menjaga keselamatan artisnya. Mereka juga tidak memberikan dokter yang baik. Dr Conrad Murray yang disewa AEG Live kini masih dalam proses hukum karena dituduh menghilangkan nyawa Michael.<br />
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"Perwakilan AEG untuk Jackson telah salah karena AEG terus melakukan upaya apapun supaya Michael Jackson bisa datang latihan. Tujuan dari tuntutan ini untuk membuktikan pada dunia apa yang terjadi pada Michael Jackson," ujar pengacara Katherine, dilansir Time, Kamis (16/9/2010).<br />
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Sebelum meninggalnya, Michael memang berusaha keras untuk bisa menyelenggarakan konser tur 'This Is It'. Bukan hanya untuk satu pertunjukan, tapi 50 konser. Keluarga Michael kini meminta keadilan.<br />
Sumber: <a href="http://hot.detik.com/music/read/2010/09/16/214117/1442052/228/keluarga-michael-jackson-tuntut-promotor-this-is-it" target="_blank">Detik.Hot </a>Nabil Sorayahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02617213476396179870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4973489729094440399.post-5513684226978592172012-02-19T21:26:00.000-08:002012-02-19T21:26:25.141-08:00Good Bye Whitney Houston<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WQZKRvJ4QWQ/T0HV7NnELVI/AAAAAAAAARQ/bv7SMU67T0Y/s1600/michael-whitney.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="306" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WQZKRvJ4QWQ/T0HV7NnELVI/AAAAAAAAARQ/bv7SMU67T0Y/s320/michael-whitney.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Mungkin Ini memang Blog berisi tentang Informasi Michael Jackson Tetapi Saat Ini untuk menghormati mendiang sahabat Michael jackson sendiri yaitu Whitney Houston yang membintangi video clip Michael jackson ''Thriller'' saya membuat perjalanan karier Whitney Houston Sebagai Berikut:<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: arial,verdana,georgia; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17px; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: arial,verdana,georgia; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17px; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Nama lahir :<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><i style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: arial,verdana,georgia; font-size: 13px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17px; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><b>Whitney Elizabeth Houston</b></i><br style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: black; font-family: arial,verdana,georgia; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17px; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: arial,verdana,georgia; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17px; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Lahir : 9 Agustus 1963</span><br style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: black; font-family: arial,verdana,georgia; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17px; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: arial,verdana,georgia; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17px; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"> Newark, New Jersey, Amerika Serikat</span><br style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: black; font-family: arial,verdana,georgia; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17px; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: arial,verdana,georgia; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17px; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Meninggal : 11 Februari 2012 (umur 48)</span><br style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: black; font-family: arial,verdana,georgia; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17px; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: arial,verdana,georgia; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17px; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Pekerjaan : Penyanyi, aktris, produser film, model</span><br style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: black; font-family: arial,verdana,georgia; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17px; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: arial,verdana,georgia; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17px; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Instrumen : Vokal, piano</span><br style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: black; font-family: arial,verdana,georgia; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17px; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: arial,verdana,georgia; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17px; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Tahun aktif : 1977–kini</span><br style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: black; font-family: arial,verdana,georgia; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17px; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: arial,verdana,georgia; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17px; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Label : Arista</span><br style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: black; font-family: arial,verdana,georgia; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17px; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: arial,verdana,georgia; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17px; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Situs web :<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://www.whitneyhouston.com%20/" style="background-color: white; color: #084b8a; font-family: arial,verdana,georgia; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17px; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" target="_blank">www.whitneyhouston.com<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: black; font-family: arial,verdana,georgia; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17px; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: arial,verdana,georgia; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17px; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"> </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: arial,verdana,georgia; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17px; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Whitney Houston adalah seorang penyanyi pop dan R&B, artis, produser rekaman, penulis lagu dan mantan model Amerika Serikat. Kesuksesannnya membuka pintu bagi para penyanyi Afrika-Amerika yang lain, khususnya dari kalangan wanita, untuk sukses di dunia musik.</span><br style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: black; font-family: arial,verdana,georgia; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17px; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: black; font-family: arial,verdana,georgia; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17px; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: arial,verdana,georgia; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17px; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Dia juga sering sekali dijuluki sebagai "The Voice". Whitney Houston dikenal sebagai salah seorang diva pop yang memiliki jangkauan suara 5 oktaf. Ia juga dikenal karena kemampuan penyanyi pop-gospel yang bersuara indah dan kuat.</span><br />
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<b style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: arial,verdana,georgia; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17px; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">KARIR</b><br style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: black; font-family: arial,verdana,georgia; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17px; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: arial,verdana,georgia; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17px; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Whitney dikenal sebagai seorang penyanyi, debut albumnya dirilis 1985, dan lewat lagu You Give Good Love berhasil masuk dalam tangga lagu Billboard Hot 100. Menyusul kemudian sukses lagu Saving All My Love for You, How Will I Know dan Greatest Love of All, menempati puncak tangga di AS.</span><br style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: black; font-family: arial,verdana,georgia; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17px; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: black; font-family: arial,verdana,georgia; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17px; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: arial,verdana,georgia; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17px; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Whitney adalah salah seorang penyanyi wanita Afrika-Amerika pertama yang masuk ke dalam tangga lagu MTV yang pada saat ini didominasi penyanyi rock kulit putih. Album debutnya menjadi album debut dengan penjualan tertinggi sebagai seorang penyanyi solo, yang menduduki peringkat #1 di tangga lagu Billboard 200. Ia juga memegang 7 buah singel #1 di tangga Billboard Hot 100, mematahkan rekor 6 kali yang dipegang<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><i style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: arial,verdana,georgia; font-size: 13px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17px; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">The Beatles dan Bee Gees</i><span style="background-color: white; color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: arial,verdana,georgia; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17px; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">.</span><br style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: black; font-family: arial,verdana,georgia; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17px; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: black; font-family: arial,verdana,georgia; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17px; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: arial,verdana,georgia; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17px; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Pada tahun 1980-an, Whitney juga sempat ikut audisi untuk acara The Cosby Show, meski kemudian kalah dengan Sabrina Le Beauf. Ia pernah juga tampil dalam sebuah episode Gimme a Break bersama Nell Carter dan episode Silver Spoons bersama Rick Schroder, sebelum kemudian merilis debutnya.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: arial,verdana,georgia; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17px; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"> </span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-e9lrEoRj4zA/T0HXbad2AII/AAAAAAAAARY/hci-q8UICZY/s1600/best-video-moment-michael-jackson-thriller.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-e9lrEoRj4zA/T0HXbad2AII/AAAAAAAAARY/hci-q8UICZY/s320/best-video-moment-michael-jackson-thriller.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: arial,verdana,georgia; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17px; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><b>Diskografi</b></span><br style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: black; font-family: arial,verdana,georgia; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17px; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: black; font-family: arial,verdana,georgia; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17px; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" /><b style="background-color: white; color: #274e13; font-family: arial,verdana,georgia; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17px; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Album Studio</b><br style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: black; font-family: arial,verdana,georgia; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17px; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: arial,verdana,georgia; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17px; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">1985: Whitney Houston</span><br style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: black; font-family: arial,verdana,georgia; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17px; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: arial,verdana,georgia; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17px; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">1987: Whitney</span><br style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: black; font-family: arial,verdana,georgia; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17px; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: arial,verdana,georgia; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17px; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">1990: I'm Your Baby Tonight</span><br style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: black; font-family: arial,verdana,georgia; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17px; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: arial,verdana,georgia; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17px; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">1998: My Love Is Your Love</span><br style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: black; font-family: arial,verdana,georgia; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17px; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: arial,verdana,georgia; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17px; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">2002: Just Whitney</span><br style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: black; font-family: arial,verdana,georgia; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17px; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: arial,verdana,georgia; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17px; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">2003: One Wish: The Holiday Album</span><br style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: black; font-family: arial,verdana,georgia; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17px; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: arial,verdana,georgia; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17px; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">2009: I Look to You</span><br style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: black; font-family: arial,verdana,georgia; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17px; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: black; font-family: arial,verdana,georgia; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17px; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" /><b style="background-color: white; color: #274e13; font-family: arial,verdana,georgia; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17px; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Soundtrack</b><br style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: black; font-family: arial,verdana,georgia; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17px; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: arial,verdana,georgia; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17px; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">1992: The Bodyguard</span><br style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: black; font-family: arial,verdana,georgia; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17px; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: arial,verdana,georgia; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17px; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">1995: Waiting to Exhale</span><br style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: black; font-family: arial,verdana,georgia; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17px; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: arial,verdana,georgia; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17px; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">1996: The Preacher's Wife</span><br style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: black; font-family: arial,verdana,georgia; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17px; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: black; font-family: arial,verdana,georgia; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17px; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" /><b style="background-color: white; color: #274e13; font-family: arial,verdana,georgia; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17px; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Kompilasi</b><br style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: black; font-family: arial,verdana,georgia; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17px; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: arial,verdana,georgia; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17px; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">2000: Whitney: The Greatest Hits</span><br style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: black; font-family: arial,verdana,georgia; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17px; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: arial,verdana,georgia; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17px; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">2001: Love, Whitney</span><br style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: black; font-family: arial,verdana,georgia; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17px; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: arial,verdana,georgia; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17px; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">2004: Artist Collection: Whitney Houston</span><br style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: black; font-family: arial,verdana,georgia; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17px; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: arial,verdana,georgia; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17px; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">2007: The Ultimate Collection</span><br style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: black; font-family: arial,verdana,georgia; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17px; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: black; font-family: arial,verdana,georgia; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17px; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" /><b style="background-color: white; color: #274e13; font-family: arial,verdana,georgia; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17px; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Video/DVD</b><br style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: black; font-family: arial,verdana,georgia; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17px; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: arial,verdana,georgia; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17px; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">1986: Number One Video Hits</span><br style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: black; font-family: arial,verdana,georgia; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17px; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: arial,verdana,georgia; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17px; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">1991: Star Spangled Banner</span><br style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: black; font-family: arial,verdana,georgia; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17px; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: arial,verdana,georgia; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17px; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">1991: Welcome Home Heroes</span><br style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: black; font-family: arial,verdana,georgia; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17px; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: arial,verdana,georgia; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17px; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">1994: Concert for a New South Africa</span><br style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: black; font-family: arial,verdana,georgia; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17px; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: arial,verdana,georgia; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17px; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">1997: Classic Whitney Concert</span><br style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: black; font-family: arial,verdana,georgia; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17px; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: arial,verdana,georgia; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17px; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">1999: VH1 Divas Live '99</span><br style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: black; font-family: arial,verdana,georgia; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17px; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: arial,verdana,georgia; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17px; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">2000: The Greatest Hits</span><br style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: black; font-family: arial,verdana,georgia; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17px; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: arial,verdana,georgia; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17px; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">2000: Fine</span><br style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: black; font-family: arial,verdana,georgia; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17px; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: arial,verdana,georgia; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17px; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">2002: Whatchulookinat Video/Whatchulookinat Behind-the-Scenes Footage/Love to Infinity Megamix Video</span><br style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: black; font-family: arial,verdana,georgia; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17px; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: arial,verdana,georgia; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17px; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">2004: Artist Collection: Whitney Houston<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: black; font-family: arial,verdana,georgia; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17px; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: black; font-family: arial,verdana,georgia; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17px; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: black; font-family: arial,verdana,georgia; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17px; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" /><br />
<h2 style="background-color: white; background-image: none; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); color: #274e13; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px 0px 0.6em; orphans: 2; overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 0.17em; padding-top: 0.5em; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; width: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><b><span class="mw-headline" id="Filmografi">Filmografi</span></b></h2><table class="wikitable" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); color: black; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 19px; margin: 1em 1em 1em 0px; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><tbody>
<tr><th style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; text-align: center;">Tahun</th><th style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; text-align: center;">Judul</th><th style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; text-align: center;">Peran</th><th style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; text-align: center;">Ket</th></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">1984</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><i>Gimme a Break!</i></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">Rita</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">"Katie's College" (Season 3, Episode 20)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">1992</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><i>The Bodyguard</i></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">Rachel Marron</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">Utama</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">1995</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><i>Waiting to Exhale</i></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">Savannah Jackson</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">Utama</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">1996</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><i>The Preacher's Wife</i></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">Julia Biggs</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">Utama</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">1997</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><i>Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella</i></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">Ibu Peri</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">dibuat untuk (<a href="http://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" style="background-image: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a>)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">2003</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><i>Boston Public</i></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">Sebagai dirinya sendiri</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">Kameo</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">2004</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><i>Nora's Hair Salon</i></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">Sebagai dirinya sendiri</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">Kameo</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 19px; margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><b>Sebagai produser</b></div><table class="wikitable" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); color: black; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 19px; margin: 1em 1em 1em 0px; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><tbody>
<tr><th style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; text-align: center;">Tahun</th><th style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; text-align: center;">Judul</th><th style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; text-align: center;">Ket</th></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">1997</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><i>Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella</i></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">produser eksekutif</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">2001</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><i>The Princess Diaries</i></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">produser</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">2003</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><i>The Cheetah Girls</i></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">produser eksekutif</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">2004</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><i>The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement</i></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">produser</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">2006</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><i>The Cheetah Girls 2</i></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">produser eksekutif</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"> </td></tr>
</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bUyQ9w0Bosw/T0HY9jsmogI/AAAAAAAAARg/yWf8ktLx97o/s1600/Michael_Jackson_Whitney_Houston_King_Queen-front-large.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bUyQ9w0Bosw/T0HY9jsmogI/AAAAAAAAARg/yWf8ktLx97o/s320/Michael_Jackson_Whitney_Houston_King_Queen-front-large.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><h2 style="background-color: white; background-image: none; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); color: black; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px 0px 0.6em; orphans: 2; overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 0.17em; padding-top: 0.5em; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; width: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="editsection" style="float: right; font-size: 13px; margin-left: 5px;"></span><b><span class="mw-headline" id="Tur_konser"></span></b></h2>Nabil Sorayahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02617213476396179870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4973489729094440399.post-33536997262490832952012-02-12T02:08:00.000-08:002012-02-12T02:08:17.670-08:00michael jackson angry because of wet stage<iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/wZmgQiyecms?fs=1" allowfullscreen="" width="459" frameborder="0" height="344"></iframe>Nabil Sorayahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02617213476396179870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4973489729094440399.post-59725304602814931062012-02-12T02:02:00.001-08:002012-02-12T02:02:42.237-08:00MIRROR HEADLINE: "IT'S WAR"<span class="top2">MIRROR HEADLINE: "IT'S WAR"</span><br />
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The below story from the Mirror Group of newspapers appeared on electronic newswires today. We have reprinted it verbatim as we believe it to contain a number of facts that have not previously come to light.<br />
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<span class="top3">The Mirror May 15, 2002, Wednesday</span><br />
Pages 11,12<br />
LENGTH: 1394 words<br />
HEADLINE: IT'S WAR; WORLD EXCLUSIVE: MICHAEL JACKSON BREAKS HIS SILENCE IN HIS FEUD WITH RECORD BOSS<br />
BYLINE: Paul Martin<br />
MASTERMIND: Mottola;<br />
LEGEND: But Jacko may lose his "King of Pop" crown due to poor sales<br />
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MICHAEL Jackson and his record company boss Tommy Mottola are at war over the music legend's fading career.<br />
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The self-styled "King of Pop" has sold more than 120million albums in a 24-year solo career with the giant Sony corporation but in an astonishing attack, Jackson, 42, accused the company's chief Tommy Mottola of:<br />
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SABOTAGING his career by refusing to release any singles from his latest album <b>Invincible</b>, which would have helped world-wide sales of the struggling record, FAILING to advertise and promote the album during a record-breaking US television special about the superstar and WRECKING possible plans to sign a lucrative record contract with another label. Troubled Jacko has told close friends that he is disgusted with the treatment he has received.<br />
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A pal said: "Michael wants out of Sony, and he believes that some of the highest people in that company are hoping to make him pay the price for his disloyalty.<br />
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"The company has have stopped all promotion on the <b>Invincible</b> album, prevented him from releasing singles and basically sabotaged his career. "Jackson is furious at Mottola and any working relationship they had is now over".<br />
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"They are the two most powerful men in music going head to head in an all out war."<br />
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Poor sales of <b>Invincible</b>, the star's seventh for Sony-owned Epic Records, has sparked the bitter row which has been kept a secret until now.<br />
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Mottola, 52, former husband of Mariah Carey, is probably the most powerful man in the music business.<br />
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Bob Dylan, Ricky Martin and Destiny's Child are just some of the major stars on his Sony roster.<br />
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Jackson, however, has failed to recapture his 80's popularity which saw his <b>Thriller</b> and <b>Bad</b> albums sell 52million and 25million copies to date.<br />
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<b>Invincible</b>, his first album in six years, went to No1 in the UK and US album charts, but sank without trace within weeks.<br />
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Now Jacko believes the feud has been triggered by his shrewd business ventures which will entitle him to 50 per cent of Sony's revenue even if he leaves the record label.<br />
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In 1995 Jackson merged his music publishing catalogue, which contains more than 1,000 songs including 251 Beatles titles, with Sony's publishing catalogue. Sony and Jackson share the cash in a 50-50 split of the catalogue earnings, which DOESN'T include his own albums.<br />
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Jackson fulfiled his contractual obligation to Sony by releasing <b>Invincible</b> - and a future greatest hits album - and wants to leave the company while still making a huge profit from them.<br />
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The source said: "Tommy Mottola is angered by all this to say the least. Michael believes that Tommy wants to make sure that all the time and money invested over the three-year <b>Invincible</b> project will be lost.<br />
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"Michael sees it as a punishment for him outsmarting the corporate minds of a record company that is already in financial difficulty."<br />
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But music industry insiders say Jackson is merely the victim of his own bad career move.<br />
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One said: "Michael borrowed millions from Sony to make <b>Invincible</b> and the album has done so badly that he can't raise enough money from sales to pay it back.<br />
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"Now Michael is blaming Sony for the poor sales, so he has a reason not to come up with the money.<br />
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"But Sony will have a cemented contract which will cover them. They are not even obliged to put up a billboard advertising his album if they don't want to."<br />
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Jackson appeared to be as popular as ever when he launched his album last October amid a blaze of publicity.<br />
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He staged two Jackson Five reunion concerts at New York's Madison Square Garden to mark his comeback. Both concerts sold out in FIVE hours grossing more than $12million.<br />
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The shows were then televised by CBS last November netting a record-breaking 26million viewers - the most watched TV speciality programme in that network's history.<br />
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But sources claim that despite requests from the star his record company failed to place a television advert publicising his new album during the broadcast.<br />
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The insider said: "It was crazy. It was the perfect platform to sell the album to a massive TV audience.<br />
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"Sony claimed CBS had no airspace for the advert. Jackson again put in the request for a repeat airing of the show in January but they said there was no air space - this is bizarre when the show on TV is a Michael Jackson concert."<br />
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Then Jackson recorded an all-star tribute to the Victims of September 11 which included stars such as Ricky Martin, Destiny's Child, Shakira, Celine Dion and Gloria Estefan.<br />
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But despite the commercial power of such a line up Sony did not release the song, much to Jackson's bewilderment.<br />
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The source added: "This song was to raise money for charity and there's no doubt that it had so many stars involved that it could have been a success.<br />
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"Jackson offered to create a Sony Play- station game which would have attracted considerable interest.<br />
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"He also offered to participate in film ventures for Sony Pictures for no fee as a part of his own promotional effort."<br />
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Neither offer was accepted, said the source.<br />
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Jackson's sudden loss of popularity has baffled the music industry and fans alike.<br />
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His last major album, <b>History</b>, released in 1995, was the biggest selling double album of all time. He toured and sold out arenas around the world including the RDS in Dublin and Wembley Stadium for three nights.<br />
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Then in 1997 he released <b>Blood On The Dance Floor</b> as a re-mix album. Despite critics in the media branding it a failure, it was the biggest selling re-mix album of all time.<br />
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Yet by the end of March Sony had deleted <b>Invincible</b> from their international priority list of projects.<br />
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As a comparison, his last album <b>History</b> didn't cease to be an international priority until more than TWO years after its release.<br />
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A source said: "Even if Michael walks out of Sony today he gets half the revenue that many of their artists are bringing in.<br />
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"That's a bitter pull to swallow for bosses at the company who probably feel that Michael has outwitted them.<br />
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"In retaliation they are making it as difficult as possible for Michael to be appealing to any record company.<br />
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"Poor album sales, a lack of promotion and the frustration this will cause amongst fans will really hinder Michael's ambitions.<br />
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"Lots of the fans have started to think that Michael is not interested in music any more and has given up.<br />
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"But this couldn't be further from the truth. Even when he launched <b>Invincible</b> late last year he was working around the clock to make it a success. He even staged a record signing in New York where thousands of fans got to meet him - he had never done that before.<br />
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"What has happened can not be put down to simple indifference.<br />
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"Only five years ago Michael was still on top of the pop world and selling millions of records. He is still regarded by people in the music industry as the most talented and gifted artist in the world.<br />
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"Record companies would still fall over themselves to sign him up and he has already received a number of high profile offers.<br />
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"It's only a matter of time before Michael signs up with a new company and he's determined to overcome this problem.<br />
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"Despite the rumours that have been created around him he is still determined to keep a high profile in the music business. Michael believes he is still a big player in the music business and all the facts to date would still suggest that.<br />
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"But because the album has dropped away so quickly many are presuming that Jackson has lost the old magic.<br />
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"It just doesn't make sense that his new album has disappeared without trace."<br />
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Despite the feud, Jackson has continued to command a high profile in the music world.<br />
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In January he was named the <b>Artist of the Century</b> at the prestigious American Music Awards.<br />
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In March he made an appearance as best man at childhood friend Liza Minelli's wedding to David Gest.<br />
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Meanwhile, rumours have been circulating that he is in financial difficulty and struggling to pay off a number of loans.<br />
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It was recently revealed that he is so short of cash he had to pawn a pounds 1.4million watch to get a loan.<br />
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But Jackson, who owns a zoo and employs 120 staff at his Neverland ranch in California, insists that he has nothing to worry about. He added: "I'm comfortable and well looked after. I don't have to worry about money."Nabil Sorayahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02617213476396179870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4973489729094440399.post-79938441406654165312012-02-12T02:01:00.002-08:002012-02-12T02:01:51.780-08:00Michael Jackson Lyrics<span class="top3">Solo Albums</span><br />
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<li><a href="http://www.mjshouse.com/lyrics/Invincible.html">Invincible</a> </li><br />
<li><a href="http://www.mjshouse.com/lyrics/BloodOnTheDanceFloor.html">Blood On The Dance Floor</a> </li><br />
<li><a href="http://www.mjshouse.com/lyrics/HIStoryBegins.html">HIStory Begins (Disc 1)</a> </li><br />
<li><a href="http://www.mjshouse.com/lyrics/HIStoryContinues.html">HIStory Continues (Disc 2)</a> </li><br />
<li><a href="http://www.mjshouse.com/lyrics/Dangerous.html">Dangerous</a> </li><br />
<li><a href="http://www.mjshouse.com/lyrics/Bad.html">Bad</a> </li><br />
<li><a href="http://www.mjshouse.com/lyrics/Thriller.html">Thriller</a> </li><br />
<li><a href="http://www.mjshouse.com/lyrics/OffTheWall.html">Off The Wall</a> </li><br />
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</tbody></table>Nabil Sorayahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02617213476396179870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4973489729094440399.post-83581183313350170982012-02-12T02:01:00.000-08:002012-02-12T02:01:01.818-08:00Short Audio Clips of Michael Jackson<span class="top2">Short Audio Clips of Michael Jackson</span> <br />
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<li><a href="http://www.mjshouse.com/audio/anotherpartacap.ra">Another Part Of Me - A Cappella</a> </li><br />
<li><a href="http://www.mjshouse.com/audio/girlacap1.ra">The Girl Is Mine - A Cappella</a> </li><br />
<li><a href="http://www.mjshouse.com/audio/jamacap.ra">Jam - A Cappella</a> </li><br />
<li><a href="http://www.mjshouse.com/audio/remember_acap.ra">Remember The Time - A Cappella</a> </li><br />
<li><a href="http://www.mjshouse.com/audio/screamacap.ra">Scream - A Cappella</a> </li><br />
<li><a href="http://www.mjshouse.com/audio/thewayacap.ra">The Way You Make Me Feel - A Cappella</a> </li><br />
<li><a href="http://www.mjshouse.com/audio/whoisit_acapella_oprah_winfrey.ra">Who Is It - A Cappella</a> (from the <a href="http://www.mjshouse.com/stories/oprah.html">Oprah Winfrey Interview</a>, see stories) </li><br />
<li><a href="http://www.mjshouse.com/audio/inter10ans.ra">Michael Jackson talking about his music at the age of 10</a> </li><br />
<li><a href="http://www.mjshouse.com/audio/talks_billiejean.au">Michael Jackson talking about Billie Jean</a> </li><br />
<li><a href="http://www.mjshouse.com/audio/talks_scream.au">Michael Jackson talking about Scream</a> </li><br />
<li><a href="http://www.mjshouse.com/audio/talks_heal.au">Michael Jackson talking about Heal The World</a> <br />
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<li><a href="http://www.mjshouse.com/download/wmcig_part.rm" target="_blank">"What More Can I Give" Part</a> </li><br />
<li><a href="http://www.mjshouse.com/download/demo/yrmw-demo-mjshouse.com.mp3" target="_blank">"You Rock My World" DEMO 1</a> </li><br />
<li><a href="http://www.mjshouse.com/download/demo/yrmw-demo2-mjshouse.com.mp3" target="_blank">"You Rock My World" DEMO 2</a> </li><br />
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by Michael White</span><br />
For more instructions please visit <a href="http://tess-impersonates-mj.com/" target="_blank">Tess' Michael Jackson Impersonator Page</a> and visit the Dance School there. There are also videos on this site. <br />
Another place you could go to are the <a href="http://www.movesngrooves.com/" target="_blank">Online Dance Lessons by Simone Maurice</a>, where you can download videos with instructions for after registering for free. <br />
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Many people are asking themselves how Michael does the moonwalk or other moves. So I decided to open a page where i describe the moves! As you can imagine, it's incredibly hard to describe Michael Jackson's dance moves.<br />
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I must admit this moves sound much easier than they really are. I've worked about half a year to learn them and perfect them. But I learned them from his videos, nobody could have helped me with that. The main thing about this all is practice, practice, practice, ... The moves are really hard to execute and you really have to try many many times until you get results. After all, with all my practice I will never be as good as Michael doing his moves. He is simply a phenomenon.<br />
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<span class="top3">First lesson - the moonwalk:</span><br />
The moonwalk is surely the "most wanted" move of Michael that people ask for. Many people think that it is done by a moving ground or it's a trick used when filming or something similar. But you can really moonwalk - everyone with two healthy feet is able to do it with enough practice. So read on if you're interested...<br />
The magic about the moonwalk is that you move the foot that is on the floor but you stand on the other so you must try hard to stand on your toes on one foot - try to stand on your toes on one foot without the other foot - the moonwalk is a combination of this elements - you stand you your toes on one foot and push the other foot back in smooth motion and then rapidly you must change it - you stand on the other foot and push the first foot back in smooth motion - that's it !!!! At the end of "JAM" Michael teaches Michael Jordan how to do the moonwalk - go get it and learn it from there!<br />
Michael actually dances more versions of the moonwalk. There is his sidewalk, his moonwalk without going back or the combination of moonwalk and turnig around.<br />
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<span class="top3">Second lesson - the sidewalk:</span><br />
The sidewalk is basically the same as the normal moonwalk, but Michael added some elements to it so that it is also very special. If you wanna do the side walk, you have to move your feet to the side (hehe, where else) but one foot is also slightly before the other so that they cross and in that moment you change like in the normal moonwalk. Michael also moves his arms like walking and puts his hat down and moves his body very special. I've never seen anybody else that made it with that same perfection.<br />
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<span class="top3">Third lesson - the moonwalk without going back:</span><br />
It's simple but needs practice. You simply put your foot forth again after doing the normal moonwalk and repeat everyting with the other one. But again Michael adds something to the move that's magic, he does combine it with a little sidewalk only to dazzle the viewer.<br />
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<span class="top3">Forth lesson - the moonwalk with turning around:</span><br />
Michael uses this move many times. It's especially in Smooth Criminal. He does his nomal moonwalk and pushes the right foot back. Right after that he turns right on his heels but also moves his arms and his shoulders magically. And then there he again moonwalks back with his right foot.<br />
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</tbody></table><blockquote> <a href="http://www.mjshouse.com/audio/whoisit_acapella_oprah_winfrey.ra"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> <strong>Michael sings "Who Is It" live - click here</strong> </span></a><br />
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</blockquote><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: medium;">The Interview</span></strong></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : You're invited to Michael Jackson's house-four minutes from now. </span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Cut to clips of Michael as people make remarks: </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><br />
<dl><dd><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;"><i>Boy </i>: He's like famous. He dances good. And when he was a little boy he was singing so cool.
<i>Young woman</i> : I grew up with his music and I think he is extremely talented.
<i>Man</i> : This kid does a little bit of everything. He's just so different, so unique in his style.
<i>Boy </i>: His thing is his music. O.K. He's just himself, you know?
<i>Young man </i>: People would die for him. You see all those pictures of people crying and trampling over each other just to get a glimpse of him.
<i>Young man </i>: I think he is the ultimate live performer.
<i>Lady </i>: I don't know how he can dance like that.
Child : He's a great singer. I just love him.
<i>Man </i>: He's a genius.
<i>Boy </i>: He's the King of Pop.
<i>Man </i>: The man is just tremendous. And I am in my seventies and I love him, so you can imagine what my teenagers do.
<i>Man </i>: He's always been the greatest in my book.
<i>Woman</i> : I think he's a gift, you know, to people who love music.
<i>Young man </i>: I just wish that he would just kinda take down his walls and show the world who he really is. </span></dd></dl><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : Good evening. I am Oprah Winfrey, live to you in North America and countries around the globe - bringing you a world exclusive interview with the most elusive superstar in the history of music, Michael Jackson. I'm here in front of his California home, it's a ranch on the outskirts of Santa Barbara, where just inside is the man who has broken every possible musical record, denied inter- views, and defied definition for years. For nearly a quarter of a century, he has been an innovator of music, of dance, of videos, even fashion, and nothing he does is anything short of spectacular. Tonight, Michael Jackson will continue to surprise us with a rare personal tour of his astounding home, which includes a private movie theater and a full scale amusement park. You're also going to see a special performance by him and the world premiere of his latest music video. In the next live, and I do mean unedited ninety minutes, Michael Jackson will reveal himself, I hope, as he has never done before. Tonight, his silence is broken. Tonight---------- Michael Jackson. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Cut to clips for intermission. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Announcer : Live from Santa Inez, California-Michael Jackson talks to Oprah. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : [from Michael's living room] <br />
Michael Jackson's home is nothing like anyone would expect. I thought there were going to be a few llamas wandering around the living room and maybe some-uh-chimps jumping around. Don't get me wrong, I wasn't dead wrong. There are plenty of mind-boggling areas on this 2700 acre ranch which you'll see in this next ninety minutes. But, where Michael Jackson eats, and where he sleeps, and where he lives is quite simply a beautiful home. There is a library here filled with leather bound classics and art work on the walls, not at all what we thought we'd find. Before we meet the man who does live here, it is important to know where he came from, for his history is nothing short of incredible. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">[Cut to clips of photos of Michael and family as he grew up.] </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : Michael Jackson is the seventh of nine brothers and sisters born in Gary, Indiana to steel mill worker Joseph and mother Katherine. Some say the Jackson's turned to music the day their television set broke down, but from the day they started performing, they were destined for stardom. Beginning at a place called Motown------ </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">[Cut to clips of Michael and his brothers performing.] </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : This video tape of the Jackson's Motown audition shows James Brown's influence on young Michael and the boys' performance brought almost the entire company in to watch. Motown head, Berry Gordy knew right away. It was the start of a career that broke almost every record in the book, beginning with a string of four number one consecutive hits. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">[Cut to clips of the Jackson 5 appearances on Ed Sullivan and other shows.] </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : For the Jackson family, their lives changed almost overnight. They went from obscurity to super stardom, filled with concert tours, limousines, and television appearances. But, it was little Michael that was getting the most attention. As the number one hits continue to accumulate, Michael became a star in his own right, releasing song after song, each one turning to gold. As the years roll by, the Jackson's success continues while their music changed with the changing times. But, as the boys grew older, who could have guessed what lay in store for Michael Jackson. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">[Cut to clip of Michael being interviewed as a child--]<br />
Interviewer : So what's going to happen when your voice changes?<br />
little Michael : It just changes!<br />
Interviewer : Are you going to be able to stay singing?<br />
little Michael : Yeah. (smiles broadly)<br />
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<div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;"><strong>The Interview: </strong></span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : Ladies and gentlemen, Michael Jackson. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael Jackson enters the living room of his home. They shake hands and Michael kisses Oprah on the cheek. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : How nervous are you? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : How what? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : How nervous are you right now? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : I'm not nervous at all, actually. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : You really aren't? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : No, I never get nervous. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : Not even for your first interview and it's live around the world? I thought you'd be a little nervous but you're not and that's great because if you're not nervous I won't be nervous. I just wanted to let the world know that when we agreed to do this interview you said you would be willing to talk to me about everything. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : That's true. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : Very true. I was watching you in the background there watching you in the video of the early years. Did that bring back memories for you? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : It made me giggle because I haven't seen that footage in a long time. Did it bring back memories? Yes, me and my brothers who I love dearly and it's just a wonderful moment for me. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : I saw you laugh when you saw yourself singing Baby, Baby, Baby. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : Yeah, I think James Brown is a genius you know when he's with the Famous Flames, unbelievable. I used to watch him on television and I used to get angry at the camera-man because whenever he would really start to dance they would be on a close-up so I couldn't see his feet. I'd shout "show him show him.", so I could watch and learn. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : So he was a big mentor for you? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : Phenomenal, phenomenal. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : Who else was? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : Jackie Wilson who I adore as an entertainer, and of course music, Motown. The Bee Gees who are brilliant, I just love great music. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : When I look at those tapes of you, and heaven knows, putting this together I think I've seen every piece of video ever done of you, and watching those tapes when, especially in the younger years, you seem to really come alive on stage. Were you as happy off stage as you appear to be on stage? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : Well, on stage for me was home. I was most comfortable on stage but once I got off stage, I was like, very sad. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : Really? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : Yes. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : And sad from the beginning, sad since it first started, sad? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : Lonely, sad, having to face popularity and all that. There were times when I had great times with my brother, pillow fights and things, but I was, used to always cry from loneliness. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : Beginning at what age? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : Oh, very little, eight, nine. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : When you all first became famous? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : Yes. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : So it wasn't what it appeared to be to the rest of the world, all of us .. I remember I was a little black child, wanted to marry Jackie Jackson, your brother, so I mean to all of us we thought this was the most wonderful thing in the world, who wouldn't have wanted that life? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : It was wonderful, there is a lot of wonderment in being famous. I mean you travel the world, you meet people, you go places, it's great. But then there's the other side, which I'm not complaining about. There is lots of rehearsal and you have to put in a lot of your time, give of yourself a lot. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : Do you feel... I talked with Susan de Passe the other day, and Susan de Passe worked with you at Motown and really groomed you all and found the outfits for the Ed Sullivan Show. We talked about whether or not it was really lost, was it? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : Well, especially now I come to realize - and then - I would do my schooling which was three hours with a tutor and right after that I would go to the recording studio and record, and I'd record for hours and hours until it's time to go to sleep. And I remember going to the record studio there was a park across the street and I'd see all the children playing and I would cry because it would make me sad that I would have to work instead. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : I want to go to this and show some pictures of you as a little boy. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : OK. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : Susan said it was a heavy price. I want to know how big of a price it was, losing your childhood or having this kind of life? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : Well, you don't get to do things that other children get to do, you know, having friends and slumber parties and buddies. There was none of that for me. I didn't have any friends when I was little. My brothers were my friends. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : Was there ever a place where - because you know children - because I remember talking to myself and playing with my dolls - was there.. and I think every child needs a place to escape into, a child's world, a child's imagination, was there ever a time you could do that? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : No. And that is why I think now because I didn't have it then, I compensate for that. People wonder why I always have children around, because I find the thing that I never had through them, you know Disneyland, amusement parks, arcade games. I adore all that stuff because when I was little it was always work, work, work from one concert to the next, if it wasn't a concert it was the recording studio, if it wasn't that it was TV shows or interviews or picture sessions. There was always something to do. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : Did you feel, Smokey Robinson said this about you, and so have many other people, that you were like an old soul in a little body. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : I remember hearing that all the time when I was little. They used to call me a 45-years-old midget wherever I went, I just used to hear that and wherever I went .. just like when some people when you were little and you started to sing did you know you were that good? And I say I never thought about it, I just did it and it came out. I never thought about it really. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : So here you were, Michael Jackson, you all had hits, you all had so many hits, four hits in a row, and you were crying because you couldn't be like other kids. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : Well, I loved show business and I still love show business, but then there are times you want to play and have some fun and that part did make me sad. I remember one time we were getting ready to go to South America and everything was packed up and in the car ready to go and I hid and I was crying because I really did not want to go. I wanted to play. I did not want to go. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : Were your brothers jealous of you when you started getting all the attention? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : Not that I know of, no. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : You never felt a sense of jealousy? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : Oh, let me think - no. No, I think they were always happy for me that I could do certain things, but I've never felt jealousy among them. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : Do you think they are jealous of you now? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : I wouldn't think so. I don't think so, no. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : No. What's your relationship like with your family? Are you all close still? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : I love my family very much. I wish I could see them a little more often than I do. But we understand because we're a show business family and we all work. We do have family day when we all get together, we pick a person's house, it might be Jermaine's house or Marlon's house or Tito's house and everyone will come together in fellowship and love each other and talk and catch up on who's doing what and.... </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : You weren't all upset about LaToya and LaToya's book and the things that LaToya has said about the family? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : Well, I haven't read LaToya's book. I just know how to love my sister dearly, I love LaToya and I always will and I always see her as the happy, loving LaToya that I remember growing up with. So I couldn't completely answer on that. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : Do you feel that some of the things that she's been saying are true? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : I couldn't answer Oprah, honestly I haven't read the book. That's the honest truth. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : Well, let's go back to when you were growing up and feeling all of this, well, I guess it's a sense of anguish, I guess, so there was no one for you to play with other than your brother's, you never had slumber parties? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : Never. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : So I'm wondering for you, being this cute little boy who everybody adored and everybody who comes up to you they're pulling your cheeks and how cute, how adolescence going through that duck stage where everything's awkward, and I'm wondering when you started to go through adolescence having been this child superstar, was that a particularly difficult time for you? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : Very. Very, very difficult, yes. Because I think every child star suffers through this period because you're not the cute and charming child that you were. You start to grow, and they want to keep you little forever. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : Who's they? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : The public. And um, nature takes its course. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : It does? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : Yes, and I had pimples so badly it used to make me so shy, I used not to look at myself, I'd hide my face in the dark, I wouldn't want to look in the mirror and my father teased me and I just hated it and I cried every day. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : Your father teased you about your pimples? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : Yes and tell me I'm ugly. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : Your father would say that? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : Yes he would. Sorry Joseph. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : What's your relationship like with him? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : I love my father but I don't know him. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : Are you angry with him for doing that? I think that's pretty cruel actually. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : Am I angry with him? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : Because adolescence is hard enough without a parent telling you that you're ugly. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : Am I angry with him? Sometimes I do get angry. I don't know him the way I'd like to know him. My mother's wonderful. To me she's perfection. I just wish I could understand my father. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : And so let's talk about those teen years. Is that when you started to go inside yourself? Because obviously you haven't spoken to the world for 14 years. So you went inside, you became a recluse. Was it to protect yourself? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : I felt there wasn't anything important for me to say and those were very sad, sad years for me. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : Why so sad? Because on stage you were performing, you were getting your Grammies. Why so sad? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : Oh, there's a lot of sadness about my past and adolescence, about my father and all of those things. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : So he would tease you, make fun of you. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : Yes. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : Would he ... did he ever beat you? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : Yes. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : And why would he beat you? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : He saw me, he wanted me ... I guess I don't know if I was his golden child or whatever it was, some may call it a strict disciplinarian or whatever, but he was very strict, very hard, very stern. Just a look would scare you, you know. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : And were you scared of him? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : Very. Like there's been times when he'd come to see me, I'd get sick, I'd start to regurgitate. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : As a child or as an adult? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : Both. He's never heard me say this. I'm sorry, please don't be mad at me. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : Well, I mean, I suppose everybody has to take responsibility for what they've done in life. And your father is one of those people who also have to take responsibility. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : But I do love him. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : Yes, I understand this. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : And I am forgiving. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : But can you really forgive? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : I do forgive. There's so much garbage and so much trash that's written about me it is so untrue, they're complete lies, and those are some of the things I wanted to talk about. The press has made up so much ... God ... awful, horrifying stories it has made me realize the more often you hear a lie, I mean, you begin to believe it. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : Um, we talked about all of the rumors just before we went to the break and there are so many. First of all, I have been in this house getting prepared for this and I've been all over the house upstairs when you weren't looking, looking for that oxygen chamber and I cannot find an oxygen chamber anywhere in the house. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : That, that story is so crazy, I mean it's one of those tabloid things, it's completely made up. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : Okay, but you are in something there, there's a picture of you, where did that come from? How did it get started? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : That's ... I did a commercial for Pepsi and I was burned very badly and we settled for one million dollars and I gave all the money ... like we built this place called the Michael Jackson Burn Center and that's a piece of technology used for burn victims, right, so I'm looking at the piece of technology and decide to just go inside it and just to hammer around, somebody takes the picture, when they process the picture the person who processes the picture says, "Oh, Michael Jackson," he made a copy and these pictures went all over the world with this lie attached to it. It's a complete lie, why do people buy these papers. It's not the truth and I'm here to say. You know, do not judge a person, do not pass judgment, unless you have talked to them one on one, I don't care what the story is, do not judge them because it's a lie. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : You're right, that story, it was just like it had legs. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : It's crazy! Why would I want to sleep in a chamber? (Laughing) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : Well, the rumor was that you were sleeping in the chamber because you didn't want to grow old. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : That's stupid. That's stupid. It's completely made up and I'm embarrassed. I'm willing to forgive the press, or forgive anybody, I was taught to love and forgive, which I do have in my heart, but please don't believe these crazy, horrifying things. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : Did you buy the Elephant man's bones, were you trying to get them for ... </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : No that's another stupid story. I love the story of the Elephant Man, he reminds me of me a lot and I could relate to it, it made me cry because I saw myself in in the story, but no I never asked for the ... where am I going to put some bones? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : I don't know. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : And why would I want some bones? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : I don't know. So where did that come from? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : Someone makes it up and everybody believes it. If you hear a lie often enough, you believe it. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : Yes and people make money selling tabloids. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : Yes </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : All right. Just recently, there was a story and I know one of your attorneys held a news conference, there was a story about you wanting a little white child to play you in a Pepsi commercial. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : That is so stupid. That is the most ridiculous, horrifying story I've ever heard. It's crazy. Why, number one, it's my face as a child in the commercial, me when I was little, why would I want a white child to play me? I'm a black American, I am proud to be a black American, I am proud of my race. I am proud of who I am. I have a lot of pride and dignity. That's like you wanting an oriental person to play you as a child. Does that make sense? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : No. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : So, please people, stop believing these horrifying stories. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : Okay, then let's go to the thing that is most discussed about you, that is the color of your skin is most obviously different than when you were younger, and so I think it has caused a great deal of speculation and controversy as to what you have done or are doing, are you bleaching your skin and is your skin lighter because you don't like being black? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : Number one, as I know of, there is no such thing as skin bleaching, I have never seen it, I don't know what it is. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : Well they used to have those products, I remember growing up always hearing always use bleach and glow, but you have to have about 300,000 gallons. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : Okay, but number one, this is the situation. I have a skin disorder that destroys the pigmentation of the skin, it's something that I cannot help. Okay. But when people make up stories that I don't want to be who I am it hurts me. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : So it is... </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : It's a problem for me that I can't control, but what about all the millions of people who sits out in the sun, to become darker, to become other than what they are, no one says nothing about that. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : So when did this start, when did your ... when did the color of your skin start to change? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : Oh boy, I don't ... sometime after Thriller, around Off the Wall, Thriller, around sometime then. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : But what did you think? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : It's in my family, my father said it's on his side. I can't control it, I don't understand, I mean, it makes me very sad. I don't want to go into my medical history because that is private, but that's the situation here. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : So okay, I just want to get this straight, you are not taking anything to change the color of your skin ... </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : Oh, God no, we tried to control it and using make-up evens it out because it makes blotches on my skin, I have to even out my skin. But you know what's funny, why is that so important? That's not important to me. I'm a great fan of art, I love Michelangelo, if I had the chance to talk to him or read about him I would want to know what inspired him to become who he is, the anatomy of his craftsmanship, not about who he went out with last night ... what' wrong with ... I mean that's what is important to me. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : How much plastic surgery have you had? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : Very, very little. I mean you can count on my two fingers, I mean let's say this, if you want to know about those things, all the nosey people in the world, read my book Moonwalk, it's in my book. You know, let's put it this way, if all the people in Hollywood who have had plastic surgery, if they went on vacation, there wouldn't be a person left in town. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : Mmm, I think you might be right. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : I think I am right. It would be empty. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : Did you start having plastic surgery because of those teen years because of not liking the way you looked? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : No, not really. It was only two things. Really, get my book, it's no big deal. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : You don't want to tell me what it is? You had your nose done, obviously. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : Yeah, but so did a lot of people that I know. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : And so, when you hear all these things about you, and there have been more... </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : I've never had my cheekbones done, never had my eyes done, never had my lips done and all this stuff. They go too far, but this is stuff that happens every day with other people. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : Are you pleased now with the way you look? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : I'm never pleased with anything, I'm a perfectionist, it's part of who I am. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : And so when you look in the mirror now and so the image that looks back at you are there days when you say I kinda like this or I like the way my hair ... </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : No. I'm never pleased with myself. No, I try not to look in the mirror. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : I have to ask you this, so many mothers in my audience have said to please ask you this question. Why do you always grab your crotch? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : (Giggle) Why do I grab my crotch? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : You've got a thing with your crotch going on there. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : I think it happens subliminally. When you're dancing, you know you are just interpreting the music and the sounds and the accompaniment if there's a driving base, if there's a cello, if there's a string, you become the emotion of what that sound is, so if I'm doing a movement and I go bam and I grab myself it's... it's the music that compels me to do it, it's not saying that I'm dying to grab down there and it's not in a great place you don't think about it, it just happens, sometimes I'll look back at the footage and I go ... and I go did I do that, so I'm a slave to the rhythm, yeah, okay. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">After a commercial break, some of Michael's major achievements are shown: </span><br />
<dl><dd><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;"># 1 Album of All Time </span></dd><dd><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;"># 2 Album of All Time </span></dd><dd><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Biggest Concert in History </span></dd><dd><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">More Music Awards Than Any Other Artist </span></dd><dd><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">The 80's Most # 1 Hits </span></dd><dd><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Biggest Endorsements Deal Ever - 15,000,000 dollars </span></dd><dd><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Billion Dollar Entertainment Contract </span></dd><dd><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Entertainner of the Decade </span> </dd></dl><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : When you have broken all those records, when you have the number one album ever sold, when you've broken every record there is to break, when you become an icon of an industry, is there always the pressure to do something bigger and something better. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : Oh gee, that is something, um, it makes it harder each time to follow up. You try to be as original as you can be without thinking about statistics, just you go from the soul and from the heart. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : And so when you think of that what do you do, you go, you meditate, you think, well I will now do the Superbowl. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : Nooo, I just create out of my heart, really. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : Liz Taylor said you were king of pop, rock and soul. Where did this whole notion that you proclaimed yourself king of pop come from? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : Well, I didn't proclaim myself to be anything. I'm happy to be alive, I'm happy to be who I am, king of pop was first said by Elizabeth Taylor on one of the award shows. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : And that's where this all started? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : Yes, and the fans ... all the stadiums that we played at they'd bring banners saying king of pop and jackets that say king of pop and T-shirts that say king of pop and they chanted outside my hotel, so it just became something that just happened all over the world. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : Do you go out, do you date? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : Yes. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : Who do you date? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : Well, right now it's Brooke Shields. Well, we try not to be everywhere, go everywhere, it's mostly at home, she'll come over, I'll go to her house, because I don't like going out in public. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : Have you ever been in love? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : Yeah. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : With Brooke Shields? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : Yes, and another girl. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : And another girl? Let me ask you this, and it's embarrassing for me to ask you this, but I'm gonna ask you anyway, are you a virgin? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : Uhhhhh, how could you ask you that question? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : I just want to know. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : I'm a gentleman. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : You're a gentleman? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : I'm a gentleman. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : I would interpret that to mean that you believe that a lady is a lady and therefore.. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : That's something that's private, I mean, it shouldn't be spoken about openly. ......... You can call me old fashioned if you want, but, you know I mean that's very personal. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : So, you're not going to answer it? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : I'm embarrassed. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : Well, we would like to know whether or not there is a possibility that you are going to marry one day and have children? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : I would feel my life is incomplete if I do not 'cause I adore the family life, I adore children and I adore that whole thing. And I would love to, that's one of my dreams, but I couldn't right now because I'm married, I'm married to my music and there has to be that closeness in order to do the kind of work that I want to do and ... </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : What kind of woman makes you - in the video we're going to see later, we premier the world video, there's a line where you talk about being quenched, so what kind of person does that for you? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : (Sings) Quench my desire ... Well Brooke, I've always liked her and when I was little I used to stay with Diana Ross, me and my brother stayed with her for years and I never said, but I always had a crush on her. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : You did? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : Yes. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : I heard too, this was another one of those rumors, that you had proposed to Elizabeth Taylor at some point. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : Elizabeth Taylor is gorgeous, beautiful, and she still is today, I'm crazy about her. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : Yeah, but did you propose to her? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : I would like to have. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : Well, Elizabeth Taylor is here. Liz? Can we bring Liz out now? Liz had said she wanted to be here to hold your hand through this. You don't look like you need your hand held. Elizabeth Taylor! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : Hi, Elizabeth. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : Hi. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Elizabeth : Hi. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : Have a seat. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Elizabeth : Thank you. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : Did Michael ever propose to you? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Elizabeth : No! And I never proposed to him. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : Never did! What do you think is most misunderstood about Michael Jackson? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Elizabeth : All the things you mentioned. He is the least weird man I have ever known. He is highly intelligent, true, intuitive, understanding, sympathetic, generous almost to a fault, of himself. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : Uh-huh. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Elizabeth : Uh, and he just, if, if he has any eccentricities, it's that he is like larger than life and some people just cannot accept that or face it or understand it. His talent on stage, why I call him the King of pop, rock, soul, music, entertainment, whatever, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : Yes. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Elizabeth : there's nobody that can come near him. Nobody can dance like that, write the lyrics like that, the music, uh, cause the kind of excitement that he does. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : And why do you think you all are such good friends? What has brought about this kind of bond? Because people try to make this weird. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Elizabeth : Well, it's not. I mean, our childhoods are very similar, and we have that from the very beginning in common. Um, I was a child star at nine, had an abusive father, um, and that kind of brought us close together in the very beginning. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : And what is it, I am going to ask Michael this question later on, but, what is it you most want the world to know about him? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Elizabeth : What a wonderful, giving, caring, generous man he is and how good he is. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : And he's funny, too. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Elizabeth : Oh, he's wildly funny. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : He can crack some jokes, I tell you. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Elizabeth : Yes, but he is a good man. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : When we come back - Thank you for joining us too - </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Elizabeth : That's fine. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : ...cause I know you did not want to be on camera at first, but thank you. Coming up next, Michael is going to give us not only a tour of his incredible amusement park and movie theater, but also a very special dance performance. For all of you who say he is faking the Moonwalk with mirrors, we've got some proof coming up in a minute. Cut to dance clips for intermission Announcer : Live from Santa Inez, California. Michael Jackson talks to Oprah. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : Now this is what's shocking to me, that you even drive. What we're doing, everybody, is that we are coming from Michael's house down to this amazing amusement park, which is, oh, about several hundred yards from the house. And this is, it's incredible. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : Thank you. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : And I want to know whether or not you did this for yourself or did you do it for all the children that you entertain here? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : For myself and the children. Every three weeks we - terminally ill children that come to - uh- </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : To the house? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : Yes, yes. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : Make a wish foundation, Dream Street, Starlight, yes? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : Every three weeks - and these are sick children, children with cancer. And I entertain them. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : Uh-huh. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : And they come here to enjoy themselves. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : This is unbelievable. What I have to say is, these are, as I was talking to some kids that were here, these are not just grandma rides here. These are some major rides. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : (laughs) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : I mean the Sea Dragon, the Ferris Wheel, and there's that Zipper over there. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : The Wipeout. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : Yeah, the Wipeout, and there are Bumper cars here, it's really- </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : Thank you. Well, it brings out the child that lives in every- body. I love rides and things like that and I share it with the children. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : Were you able to do that when you were a kid? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : Not really. Sometimes, sometimes, but not often enough. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : But now you can anytime. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : Every day. It's right in my back yard. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : How often do you actually come out here and do this? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : Whenever I'm here I come out and I go on the rides. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : Well, is this a part of you, what we were talking about earlier, the pain of growing up and not being able to experience all the things that kids normally experience and so now you are fulfilling all those fantasies. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : To compensate, yes. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : Really. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : Yes, it is very true. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : Do you think you can ever really recapture it though? Does it feel the same? I mean, I don't know. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : (laughs) It's more fun. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : Really? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : I wouldn't change the past if I could. I'm enjoying myself. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : And here we are inside the theater. I had one too many sugar babies at the candy counter. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : (laughs) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : But the candy is here for all the kids. Pinocchio is here, ET is here. Did you - what's fascinating to me about you is that obviously you have this childlike aura about you and I see children with you and they play with you like you are one of them. But, a child did not do this. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : (laughs) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : A child did not put this together. This is really magnificent. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : Well, thank you. I - I love to do things for children and I try to imitate Jesus - and I am not saying I am Jesus, I'm not saying that. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : Yes, we're clear on that. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : Right, I'm trying to imitate Jesus in the fact that he said to be like children, to love children, to be as pure as children, and to make yourself as innocent and to see the world through eyes of wonderment and the whole magical quality of it all and I love that. And we'll have like a hundred bald headed children, they all have cancer, and they're all running around. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : Um-huh. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : And they are enjoying themselves and it makes me cry happy tears that I was able to do this for them, you know. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : Um-huh. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : Makes me so pleased inside. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : Well, when I came here to, um, about a month ago to shoot a commercial with you for promoting tonight's event, one of the things that really impressed me the most, I hope you guys are getting shots of this. I don't know how you are, if all the cameras are on us, but, oh, we got other cameras - is that there are, built inside the walls here-beds-beds for some of those sick children who come. And what I realized when I saw this is that you have to be a person who really cares about children to build it into your architecture. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : Yes, yes. We have children that come who are - who intravenously - they are very sick, bedridden- </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : They can't sit up. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : Right. They can't sit up and these beds, they are hospital beds, you push a button, you go up or you go down and they are able to watch. We have a magic show, we show the current films, there's cartoons, anything you know, anything so they can escape to that world of magic that they don't have a chance to experience, the world I was deprived of when I was little. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : Now let me ask you this. You know I believe everything happens in people's lives for a reason. Do you think that had you not missed a lot of, uh, the life and fun and fantasy of childhood that you would be so in touch with children today. Would you relate to them as you do? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : I probably would, but not as much. That's why I wouldn't change a thing- </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : Really? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : Because I am happy with the way things are and my caring for young people and everything. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : Are you really happy now, because you seemed so sad for a long time. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : (laughs) I was sad for years and years and years. But I'm happy, I'm getting there. Yes, I'm very happy. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : And what has made you happier. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : Being able to give back, you know, and to help other people. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : Uh-huh. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : Heal the World Foundation which I've formed which helps children in healing in the world. We're doing Heal L. A., which is uh, we have three primary goals in mind: immunization of children, mentoring-a big sister, big brother program, and education in drug abuse. And Jimmy Carter has teamed up with us to do Heal Atlanta and we're going to go from state to state healing-- you know we've gone to Sarajevo, we've done lots of places. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : I know, I know, we have photographs of you from all over the world where you are with all these children. One of the things I was saying before we went to the last break, before the alarm went off in the house and all that- </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : Yeah- </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : is that, uh, we were talking about the rumors. One of the strangest ones I heard was that when you're Moonwalking, you're faking it, that you have some mirrors in your socks someplace. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : Oh, boy! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : And it's not really real. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : No, that's not true. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : How did you, first of all, you know we've spent so much time trying to dispel the rumors, trying to get the truth out that I haven't had a really opportunity to talk to you about how you conceive your music, how you conceive the dance. Where did the Moonwalk come from? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : Well, the Moonwalk came from these beautiful children, the black kids who live in the ghettos, you know, the inner cities, who are brilliant, that just have that natural talent for dancing any of these new - the running man - any of these dances. They come up with these dances, all I did was enhance the dance. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : O.K. I want to see you dance. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : Oh, God, no, no. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : I want to see you dance. I want to see you dance, live. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : No, no. I can show you a step or two, but, I'm a little rusty right now. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : A little rusty?! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">[Michael goes on stage and dances to Dangerous.] </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : That's the Moonwalk - wait, you need to catch it from the - sideways. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : You gotta turn sideways? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : Are you from the front? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : Yeah, we got ya! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : Catch it from the sideways. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : O.k. Just show me slow motion. Could you show me slow motion? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : O.K., wait, it's like, it's pushing and then there's like a popping type of thing. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">[Michael stops dancing and comes down from stage.] </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : I'm sorry. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : (applauding) Well, I saw it live, I saw it live, I saw it live. And so you took it from the kids who were doing it. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : Yeah, because, um, I think they are the real dancers. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : Yeah! And when you are, for instance, when we were here before, when we were here before to shoot that commercial, you were-- </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : You were supposed to do this with me! (laughing) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : I don't know how to do this! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : (laughing) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : You know I don't know how to do this! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : (laughs) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : You know what? I mean all the things that were printed in the tabloids, the only thing that's ever been true was when they said I couldn't dance. Now that's the truth! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : (laughs) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : When we were here the last time shooting the commercial, you were like in between shots running off and conceiving the dance, choreographing the dance, you were up all night dancing. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : For the Super Bowl. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : Yes, yes. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : Yes, well, I'm never satisfied. Even when I see something that I've done and people say oh it was so phenomenal - when I did Motown 25 and I did the Moonwalk for the first time, I was backstage crying afterwards. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : Why? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : Because I was unhappy. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : You cried after Motown 25?? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : After Motown 25, yes. But, then as I was walking to the car there was this little boy, he was like 12, was a little Jewish kid, and he said, " OOOOO, you were amazing. Who taught you to ever dance like that?". And for the first time, I felt I did a good job, because I know children don't lie and I just felt so good about it then. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : You wanted to, you felt so good, you probably wanted to say- (imitating Michael) HEH-HEH! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : (laughs) Heh-heh! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : I want you to sing something acapella for me, if you can. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : Oh, no! What could I sing? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : Who is it, you know do that whole little beat thing, since we're here in the theater. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : Um, oh, boy, what could I sing? Who Is It? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : Where did that Heh-heh thing come from? Heh-heh. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : Heh-heh! (starts the beat and makes instrument sounds to Who Is It?) (sings) I gave my money, I gave my time, I gave her everything in life one heart could find. It doesn't seem to matter and it doesn't seem right, but the will has brought no fortune, still I cry alone at night. Don't you judge of my composure cause I'm bothered every day, and she didn't leave a letter, she just up and ran away. </span><br />
<blockquote> <a href="http://www.mjshouse.com/audio/whoisit_acapella_oprah_winfrey.ra"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> <strong>Michael sings "Who Is It" live - click here</strong> </span></a><br />
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</blockquote><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : OOOWWWW! Fabulous! </span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : I mean, you wanted me to do it! I get embarrassed. I'm sorry. I get embarrassed. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : I like it very much. Thank you very much for that. We're going to come right back with more of Michael Jackson live--- That was GREAT! (hugs Michael) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">[Cut to clips for intermission] </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : One of the reasons we wanted to look at that piece when we went to break there was because music videos used to be you, used to just be people singing their song until you came along and changed music videos. Did you know when you first conceived your first one that's what you were doing? Michael : Yeah. The idea was to make something that was a story so it had a beginning, a middle and an ending. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : Uh-huh. Michael : So it felt like a mini movie, that's what I wanted to do. And that is what we did with Beat It and Thriller and Smooth Criminal and all those type of things. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : So when you start to look at a piece of work or look at a piece of music, are you already thinking about how you are going to -- Michael : Sometimes, yes, that is very true. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : Uh-huh. I wonder what it feels like, I will never know since I cannot sing one thing, but, what it feels like to be on stage with a sea of people, a sea of people. One of the things that has impressed me in putting the pieces together for you, is all around the world, the response to you is so incredible. I just wanted to, for the rest of you in the world who haven't seen how people respond to Michael Jackson to take a look--- </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">[Cut to concert clips and crowd scenes from around the world, with Will You Be There playing as background music.] </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : So, when you're standing there and there's a sea of people responding to you, screaming you name as they were, what does it feel like? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : Love, you just feel lots of love and I feel blessed and honored to be able to be an instrument of nature that was chosen to give them that, what I give them. I'm very honored and happy about that. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : An instrument of nature-that's an interesting way to describe your- self. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : Thank you, yes. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : Are you very spiritual? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : In what sense? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : I mean, do you, do you meditate? Do you understand that there's something bigger than yourself at work here? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : I believe in God, absolutely, absolutely, very much. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : Uh-huh. And I believe that everybody comes to the world for a reason. I think, um, most of us spend our lives trying to figure out what the purpose of our being here is. What do you think yours is? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : My purpose? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : Uh-huh. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : Oh, boy, I think, um, to give in the best way I can through song, and through dance and through music. I mean, I am committed to my art. I believe that all art has as it's ultimate goal the union between the material and the spiritual, the human and the divine. I believe that to be the reason for the very existence of art. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : Uh-huh. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : And, um, I feel I was chosen as an instrument to just give music and love and harmony to the world. To children of all ages, and um, adults and teenagers. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : Do you think that by talking now, setting the record straight for yourself, that maybe people will be able to focus more attention on your music and not judge you for anything other than the kind of music that you play? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : I would hope so. I would love that. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : Well, I hope that comes out of this, too. I'm also excited that the world is watching, and because the world is watching, we thought this was a good time to let the world see the world premiere of Give In To Me. Cut to world premiere showing of Give In To Me video. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : So, we want to know how it starts on a piece of paper-quench my desire-and turns into that. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : Well, Give In To Me, I wanted to write another song, you know, that was kinda exciting and fun and had a rock edge to it. You know, like when I did Beat It and Black or White. And Slash, who's a dear friend of mine, we love animals and things like that, he wanted to play guitar and I wanted him to play guitar. We got together and we went to Germany and we shot this thing in just like two hours. We had no time at all to shoot it. We wanted it to be exciting and fantastical and fans, you know, like it's a rock concert and that's how it ends up-that's the result. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : You mentioned animals. I know everyone's going to ask me when I leave here, where are all the animals? I said it in the opening, I expected chimps to be jumping all over the living room and I didn't see any. Where's Bubbles? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : (laughs) Well, the animals are everywhere. They're in their habitats. They're all over the ranch. And they come out in the daytime and they play and jump around, they have their own playground and area. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : Why, why were you so fascinated by animals, do you think? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : Because I find in animals the same thing I find so wonderful in children. That purity, that honesty, where they don't judge you, they just want to be your friend. I think that is so sweet. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : I do, too. We'll be right back with Michael Jackson, live. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Announcer : Michael Jackson talks to Oprah. Ninety prime-time minutes with the King of Pop. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : We're live at Michael Jackson's house, in his theater and we asked NBC for ninety minutes. I don't think it was enough time. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : (laughs) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : I think we've cleared up all the rumors though. There are no chimps running around the house- </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : (laughs) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : No oxygen tank in the house. I don't know, are you going to lay off the crotch a little bit? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : (laughs) Ask the music. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : Ask the music will you lay off the crotch. Oh, we didn't get about the inauguration. Did you tell President Clinton that you had to be the only person there singing? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : That is horrible. That is the stupidest, craziest story that I have ever heard. I mean, why would I just want me and nobody else could be on the show, just me. That's so stupid, to me. I mean, it's crazy. That's not even in my heart. I would never say any- thing like that. Again, somebody made it up and the whole world believed it . It is so false, it's incredible. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : What do you want, want most-what do you want the world to know about you most? I asked Liz that of you, what do you want them to know? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : Like to be remembered for? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : Not to be remembered for-what about for now? Forget remembered. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : Oh, known for now. As to be an artist, a great artist. I, I love what I do and I would love people to love what I do and to be loved. I just simply want to be loved wherever I go. All over the world, because I love people of all races from my heart, with true affection. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : Hmm. You know, Gene Siskel who's a movie critic asked me this question once. And I love the question, so I am going to ask you. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : Yeah? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : You're 34 years old. What do you know for sure? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : Hmm. What do I know for sure? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : What do you know for sure? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : Oh, boy, I'm still learning. I mean, life is an education for me. I can't say that I know anything for sure. I really believe that. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : I can't thank you enough for letting us in and I wish you all the happiness in the world. I loved being here because it makes me feel like a child again and one of the things I promised myself was that when this interview was over-live around the world- I was going to go get on that Ferris Wheel! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : (laughs) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : And that is exactly what I intend to do. I'm gonna take off my blue shoes and I'm gonna ride that Ferris Wheel! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : (continues laughing) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : I'm gonna have a good time and have myself a little popcorn, maybe, and maybe when it's all over, you'll teach me how to do the Moonwalk-when everybody's not looking! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : O.K.! O.K.! That sounds good. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oprah : Yeah! This was fun! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michael : Yeah! Lots of fun! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">They leave the theater together to go to the amusement park. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">End of program. </span>Nabil Sorayahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02617213476396179870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4973489729094440399.post-49053597440090816072012-02-09T22:54:00.000-08:002012-02-09T22:54:55.638-08:00Michael Jackson press conference at the O2, London 2009<iframe width="459" height="344" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/c00CwFA5JNE?fs=1" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe><div><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Michael Jackson conference</span><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">" i love you so much, hmm thank you all, ah this is it, this is it, this is it. </span><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">but i, i just wanna say that them this hmm this will be my final show performache, in london this will be it, this is it, my say this is it your brilliant me this is it, because ahhhmm hehehe i'll be, i'll be performing in the soon my fans wanna here, this is it i mine this is brilliant this is the final, this is the final curtain call ok, and ahhmm see you in july hehehe and,..... i love you i really do you have the know that i love you so much really from the bottom in my heart. THIS IS IT AND SEE YOU IN JULY"</span> </div>Nabil Sorayahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02617213476396179870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4973489729094440399.post-60553052548212843892012-02-04T18:15:00.000-08:002012-02-04T18:15:44.680-08:00Foto-Foto Michael Jackson Peace<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wugMZ8cCTLo/Ty3jd-B5QmI/AAAAAAAAALY/5mCyxKlqK9A/s1600/222889_204446589594171_200996909939139_525151_1691709_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wugMZ8cCTLo/Ty3jd-B5QmI/AAAAAAAAALY/5mCyxKlqK9A/s320/222889_204446589594171_200996909939139_525151_1691709_n.jpg" width="255" /></a></div><br />
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</div>Nabil Sorayahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02617213476396179870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4973489729094440399.post-31482900178703143572012-02-02T04:41:00.001-08:002012-02-02T04:41:55.235-08:00Film Michael Jackson Dikalahkan Justin Bieber<div style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px; margin-top: 15px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Film dokumenter 'Never Say Never' milik penyanyi Justin Bieber mencatat sejarah. Film ini meraih sukses dan mengalahkan pendapatan yang diraih film Michael Jackson yang diberi judul 'This Is It'.</div><div style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px; margin-top: 15px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Namun, kesuksesan film yang diraihnya tidak lantas membuat penyanyi berusia 17 tahun itu sombong. Dengan kerendahan hatinya, Bieber tetap mengakui penyanyi yang telah tutup usia itu adalah yang paling hebat.<br />
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"MJ (Michael Jackson) tetap yang terhebat! Salam hormatku untuknya!," kata Bieber dalam Twitter pribadinya seperti dikutip dari Aceshowbiz, Selasa 22 Maret 2011.<br />
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Film idola remaja ini telah meraup penjualan tiket sebesar US$ 72, 2 juta di Amerika. Sejak dirilis bulan lalu. 'Never Say Never' dibuat dengan format 3D itu mampu mengalahkan penjualan film Michael Jackson yang hanya US$72,1 juta.<br />
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Pelantun 'Baby' ini sangat terkejut dengan hasil yang diraih filmnya tersebut. Ia tak pernah menyangka dengan kesuksesan yang diraihnya itu. Ia pun mengucapkan terima kasih kepada para penggemarnya.<br />
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“Kebanggaan terhadap ‘Justin Bieber: Never Say Never’ 3D dan bersyukur kepada fansku yang menjadikannya dokumenter konser terlaris sepanjang masa," tambah penyanyi ini lagi.<br />
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Bieber pun mengungkapkan keberhasilannya itu tak membuatnya berpuas diri. Ia sadar perjalanan karirnya masih sangat panjang.<br />
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"<em style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Dan masih harus menempuh jalan yang panjang di berbagai pelosok dunia. MJ akan selalu menjadi yang terhebat!</em>” ungkap Justin Bieber di halaman akun Twitter-nya.</div>Nabil Sorayahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02617213476396179870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4973489729094440399.post-77761538987239605552012-01-31T23:03:00.001-08:002012-01-31T23:03:52.007-08:00Hal Unik Tentang Michael Jackson<i><b>Berikut hal-hal unik yang jarang diketahui publik tentang King Of Pop Michael Jackson. <strong><em><span style="color: #cc0000;">Pertama</span></em></strong>, tempat tidur oksigen Michael Jackson Untuk kepentingan keawetan tubuhnya dan faktor kesehatan, si Raja Pop Jacko sering tidur dalam sebuah tabung oksigen yang didesain khusus. Tempat tidur oksigen ini telah diasumbangkan ke rumah sakit. <em><strong><span style="color: #009900; font-size: 130%;">Kedua</span></strong></em>, patung Jacko ala Raja Mesir Patung ini terdapat di sebuah museum di Chicago.</b></i><span class="fullpost"><i><b>Keunikan berikutnya adalah</b></i> : </span><br />
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<span class="fullpost">3. Sepatu anti-gravitasi dipatenkan<br />
Seperti kutulis di Blog Berita beberapa hari lalu, Jacko memukau dunia dengan disko unik dalam lagu Smooth Criminal. Dia memiringkan tubuhnya ke depan tapi tidak terjatuh. Itu bukan tipuan kamera. Rahasianya adalah pada sepatu khusus yang diapakai, dan sepatu ini telah dipatenkan di Amerika Serikat dengan nomor: US Patent 5255452. Lihat video Jacko beraksi dengan sepatu anti-gravitasi.<br />
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4. Teman terbaik Jacko adalah seekor monyet<br />
Namanya Bubbles. Simpanse ini diselamatkan Jacko pada tahun 1985 dari sebuah pusat penelitian kanker. Sejak saat itu Bubbles sering bersama Jacko, dan Jacko sering memesan baju yang serupa untuk dipakaikan pada monyetnya.<br />
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5. Jacko menderita penyakit genetik yang jarang<br />
Michael Jackson diketahui menderita sebuah penyakit genetik yang jarang ditemukan, dikenal sebagai Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency. Hanya sekitar 8 ribu orang di seluruh dunia terkena penyakit ini.<br />
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6. Billie Jean adalah video klip pertama oleh penyanyi berkulit hitam yang tayang di MTV<br />
Lagu Billie Jean ditayangkan pada 1983 di MTV dan merupakan video klip pertama oleh penyanyi berkulit hitam.<br />
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7. Video game Michael Jackson’s Moonwalker<br />
Perusahaan game Sega membuat video game ala disko Jacko: Michael Jackson’s Moonwalker.<br />
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8. Boneka karet Thriller Zombie<br />
Dibuat di Jepang.<br />
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9. Disko Thriller sekaligus di 10 negara<br />
Pada tahun 2008 sebanyak 4 ribu lebih penggemar Jacko di 72 kota di 10 negara menari meniru gayanya, Thriller.<br />
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10. Animasi Jacko bersama monyetnya<br />
Merupakan parodi Nintendo, dengan sepatu khas dan gaya berdisko Sang Raja Pop Jacko yang legendaris. Sumber : blogberita.net</span>Nabil Sorayahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02617213476396179870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4973489729094440399.post-76780221811594637922012-01-31T23:01:00.000-08:002012-01-31T23:01:32.674-08:0010 Fakta tentang Michael Jackson<span style="font-weight: bold;">1. Michael Jackson's Oxygen Bed</span><br />
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Demi penampilan dan keinginan untuk panjang umur, Michael Jackson dulu tidur di dalam capsul oksigen. Tapi kemudian kebiasaan itu dia tinggalkan, dan menyumbangkan capsul tempat tidurnya itu pada pusat kedokteran California untuk digunakan bagi terapi luka bakar.<br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">Catatan:</span> Dalam wawancara dengan Oprah, Jackson membantah kalau dia tidur di tempat tidur kapsul itu. Menurutnya ia menyumbangkan 1 juta dolar AS untuk lembaga itu untuk membeli tempat tidur itu. Ketika ia melihat tempat tidur (capsul oksigen) itu, ia merasa aneh dan kemudian mencoba teknologi dalam tempat tidur itu. Kebetulan saat dia mencoba, ada orang yang memotretnya. Sejak itu rumors seputar tempat tidur kapsul merembak. Begitu penjelasan Jackson.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">2. Michael Jackson Egyptian Sculpture</span><br />
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Seorang pengguna Flickr memotret gambar patung wanita mesir kuno di Field Museum di Chicago. Ia berspekulasi bahwa Michael Jackson mendapat inspirasi perubahan wajahnya (operasi plastic) setelah melihat patung tersebut. Bisa jadi hal ini betul, coba anda bandingkan, wajah Jackson terkahir (semasa hidup) dengan patung dalam gambar di atas, mirip kan?<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">3. Jackson's Patented Anti-Gravity Boot</span><br />
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Tahukah anda kalau untuk penampilan panggungnya Michael Jackson telah menciptakan sepatu bot istimewa yang memungkinkan dirinya dapat berdiri dengan posisi condong ke depan tanpa harus terjatuh. Sepatu ini adalah penyebabnya. Bisa menahan bobot tubuh Jackson yang condong. Boot ini kelihatannya menentang gravitasi. Dia memakai boot ini dalam klip ‘Smooth Criminal'. Oh ya, boot anti-gravitasi ini sudah dipatenkan lho...<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">4. Bubble the Chimp, Michael's best friend</span><br />
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Pada 1985, Michael Jackson menyelamatkan seekor simpanse berumur tiga tahun bernama Bubbles dari pusat penelitian kanker Texas. Sejak itu, Bubbles selalu menemani Jackson ke mana-mana. Menurut Jacko, Bubbles adalah teman terbaiknya. Uniknya, Jacko selalu ingin Bubbles berpenampilan sama dengannya, termasuk dalam hal pakaian. ‘Mereka' jadi seperti ‘kembar' karena berpakaian sama. Tapi kemudian Bubbles dititipkan Jacko pada tempat perlindungan binatang karena binatang ini terbukti tidak aman dibiarkan bebas bermain dengan masyarakat. Namun Jacko yang telanjur sayang bersama anak-anaknya, tetap rutin mengunjungi ‘temannya' itu. Bubbles sepertinya sadar kalau Jacko mencintainya. Jadi jika Jacko datang, Bubbles menjadi sangat kolokan (manja) dengan tingkahnya yang lucu dan mengundang tawa.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">5. Michael Menderita Penyakit Genetik Langka</span><br />
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Michael Jackson menderita penyakit genetik yang langka yang disebut Alfa-1 antitrypsin deficiency. Kondisi ini salah satu dari 8.000 penyakit langka yang ada di dunia.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">6. Billie Jean was the first MTV video by a black artist</span><br />
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"Billie Jean" oleh Michael Jackson adalah video pertama MTV yang menampilkan seniman kulit hitam (1983).<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">7. Michael Jackson's Video Game</span><br />
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Sega menciptakan permainan video game yang menggunakan sosok Jacko bernama Jackson's Moonwalker. Moonwalker menjadi model pertama menampilkan sosok selebritis dalam permainan video games. Kisah dalam video game ini sungguh ironi dengan kehidupan Jackson sesungguhnya. Karena dalam video game itu diceritakan bagaimana Jacko menyelamatkan anak-anak dari aksi criminal bos penjahat bernama Mr. Big.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">8. Michael Jackson Thriller Zombie Vinyl Figure</span><br />
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Diimpor dari Jepang! Apapun yang kamu pikirkan tentang keeksentrikan si Raja Pop, namun itu tidak menghilangkan bahwa album Thriller meledak di pasaran dan menjadi budaya dari pop amerika.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">9. World's Largest Thriller Dance-Off</span><br />
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"Thrill the World" terjadi pada 2008 dimana sebanyak 4.000 lebih orang di seluruh dunia mengenakan sarung tangan putih dan berdandan seperti Zombie untuk merayakan Jackson Thriller. Hal ini dilakukan sekitar 4.177 orang di 72 kota dan 10 bangsa, mereka menarikan Thriller yang dipopulerkan Jacko. Acara ‘gila-gilaan' ini dilakukan untuk amal.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">10. Michael Jackson's Punch-Out</span><br />
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Salah satu game terbaik yang diproduksi oleh NES. Dalam game ini, ia bertarung melawan Macaulay Culkin untuk bertahan hidup.Nabil Sorayahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02617213476396179870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4973489729094440399.post-19669406554630598302012-01-31T03:50:00.000-08:002012-01-31T23:04:32.617-08:00Pelajaran Yang Dapat Kita Petik Dari Kehidupan Michael Jackson<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-uo9tNrq4hP8/TyfVEtVs3aI/AAAAAAAAALI/icH3JfTvD0U/s1600/mj-live.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="388" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-uo9tNrq4hP8/TyfVEtVs3aI/AAAAAAAAALI/icH3JfTvD0U/s640/mj-live.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><h6 class="uiStreamMessage" data-ft="{"type":1}"><span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}">pelajran hidup yang petik dari MJ :<br />
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Tanggal 25 Juni 2009, Michael Jackson, raja musik pop dunia, meninggalkan kita semua. Lebih dari 1 miliar orang di seluruh dunia, menyaksikan prosesi pemakaman sang penghibur terbesar sepanjang masa.<br />
Michael meninggalkan kita dengan begitu cepatnya. Kita bersedih sekaligus terharu, mengingat apa yang telah diberikan oleh Michael pada kita, pada dunia ini.<br />
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Apapun yang orang pikirkan tentang Michael, semuanya sepakat untuk satu hal : Michael menginginkan dunia ini menjadi tempat yang lebih baik. Lewat musik, hidup dan seluruh hasil karyanya, inilah 10 hal yang ia ajarkan pada kita :<br />
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Apa yang dapat kita petik dari lagu-lagunya?<br />
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1. Tidak masalah apakah anda berkulit hitam atau putih (Black or White)<br />
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Setiap hari di dunia, orang-orang berperang memperebutkan sesuatu. Permasalahan ras, suku, agama ataupun budaya, membuat kita terpecah. Sudah tidak terhitung berapa korban manusia akibat peperangan baik langsung maupun tidak langsung. Seharusnya, tidak peduli apakah kita hitam atau putih, kita bersatu dan mencintai satu sama lain sebagai manusia. Manusia dilahirkan berbeda satu sama lain bukan untuk terkotak-kotak, namun untuk saling menghargai.<br />
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2. Mulailah dengan orang di depan kaca (The Man in The Mirror)<br />
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Pernahkan anda berpikiran untuk merubah orang lain? Atau malah berpikiran hidup anda akan jauh lebih baik jika lingkungan sekitar anda berubah sesuai dengan yang anda <br />
bayangkan.<br />
Dunia kita tidaklah sempurna, namun jika anda ingin merubahnya, anda harus memulainya dengan diri anda sendiri. Lihatlah di depan kaca dan mintalah pada orang yang ada di depan kaca tersebut untuk berubah. Ha nya itulah satu-satunya jalan. Jika kita ingin membuat dunia ini menjadi lebih baik, lihatlah pada diri kita sendiri dan buatlah suatu perubahan.<br />
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3. Sembuhkanlah Dunia (Heal The World)<br />
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Seperti dikutip dalam lagunya : “There are children crying and people dying and our world is suffering.” Ketika saat itu orang-orang belum waspada terhadap issue pemanasan global, Michael lah yang pertama kali menyerukan issue pemanasan global ini. Sekarang tergantung kita semua untuk memperbaiki dunia ini dari pemanasan global, kemiskinan, wabah penyakit, pendidikan dan masalah-masalah lain yang mengganggu kita. Hanya kepedulian kita lah yang akan membuat dunia ini menjadi lebih baik untuk anak cucu kita kelak dan umat manusia secara keseluruhan.<br />
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4. Anda tidak sendiri (You Are Not Alone)<br />
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Pengalaman-pengalaman dan penderitaan-penderitaan yang anda alami tidak jauh berbeda dengan orang-orang lainnya. Akan selalu ada pertolongan, dukungan dan cinta pada anda, meskipun anda saat ini tidak memiliki siapa-siapa.<br />
Jika anda membaca artikel ini sekarang, berarti anda sedang mendapatkan dukungan dan dorongan.<br />
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5. Jangan berhenti sampai anda merasa cukup (Don’t Stop Til You Get Enough)<br />
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Michael meraih suatu pencapaian yang luar biasa dalam hidupnya. Prestasi-prestasinya seperti perjalanan yang tiada akhir. Namun kunci kesuksesannya adalah ia tidak berhenti. Dia bekerja sangat keras. Satu hal yang kita pelajari dari Michael : jika anda menginginkan sesuatu – anda dapat memilikinya selama anda berkeinginan kuat dan bekerja keras untuk mencapainya. Jadi teruskan usaha anda dan jangan pernah berhenti.<br />
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6. Kita adalah dunia (We Are The World)<br />
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Sesering mungkin kita berpikir bahwa kita adalah dunia, maka kita tidak akan merasa kesepian. Satu-satunya cara kita mencapai kesejahteraan adalah jika kita bekerja bersama-sama. Satu orang menderita maka kita semua menderita, satu orang berduka maka kita semua berduka. Kita semua terhubung satu sama lain sebagai umat manusia, sehingga jika ada satu orang terluka, sudah menjadi tanggung jawab kita untuk menolongnya. Seperti dikutip dalam lagunya : ”We are the world, we are the children and we are the ones who make a brighter day, so let’s start giving.”<br />
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Apa yang dapat kita petik lewat hidupnya?<br />
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1. Jangan biarkan apapun menghentikan anda dari usaha memberikan terang pada dunia<br />
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Ketika anda menjadi orang hebat dan sinar anda bersinar begitu terangnya, banyak orang berusaha menjatuhkan anda. Jangan biarkan orang-orang tersebut atau apapun memadamkan cahaya anda; dan janganlah pula kita takut tidak memiliki kesempatan untuk memberikan sesuatu pada dunia ini. Masih banyak tempat di dunia ini dimana anda dapat memberikan terang bersama-sama.<br />
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2. Tidak apa-apa untuk membuka topeng anda<br />
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Jangan menutupi diri anda sebenarnya. Biarkan orang-orang melihat siapa anda sebenarnya dan biarkan orang-orang melihat keindahan alami dari pribadi anda. Jadilah diri anda sendiri. Seperti juga disampaikan oleh grup musik PeterPan dalam lirik lagunya : “buka dulu topengmu, buka dulu topengmu ….” ;)<br />
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3. Belajarlah untuk hidup dengan keadaan anda sebenarnya<br />
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Mungkin anda membenci bentuk tubuh anda, wajah anda, warna kulit anda atau rambut anda. Mulai saat ini BERHENTILAH membenci fisik anda sendiri. Itu adalah anda! Jadi bagaimana anda bisa tidak mencintai diri anda sendiri? Tubuh anda adalah anugrah dari Sang Pencipta. Apakah anda menolak dan membenci ciptaanNya?<br />
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4. Bangkitkanlah selalu sifat kekanak-kanakkan anda<br />
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Anda tidak harus berkunjung ke Dunia Fantasi untuk bermain dan tertawa layaknya anak kecil. Lepaskanlah sifat kekanak-kanakan anda. Meloncatlah dengan tangan diatas dan hiduplah dengan keceriaan anak-anak. Lihatlah dunia dengan penuh keajaiban. Nikmati setiap hari dengan rasa syukur.<br />
Michael, terima kasih atas apa yang telah kau berikan pada kami. Beristirahatlah dalam damai. Kami akan selalu mengenangmu<br />
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Salam<br />
Michael Jackson</span></h6><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-yUK84kEqsq4/TyfVXJ_apkI/AAAAAAAAALQ/Q_HIBVGW9Ic/s1600/sticker,375x360.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="614" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-yUK84kEqsq4/TyfVXJ_apkI/AAAAAAAAALQ/Q_HIBVGW9Ic/s640/sticker,375x360.png" width="640" /></a></div><h6 class="uiStreamMessage" data-ft="{"type":1}"><span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}"> </span></h6>Nabil Sorayahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02617213476396179870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4973489729094440399.post-67147235769296361332012-01-29T03:11:00.000-08:002012-01-31T23:05:05.627-08:00KEANEHAN OBSESI MICHAEL JACKSON TERHADAP ELVIS PRESLEYKematian Michael Jackson pada 25 Juni lalu mengingatkan kita pada kematian King of Rock n Roll, Elvis Presley. Pada 16 Agustus 1977, Elvis meninggal di rumahnya di Graceland dalam usia 42 tahun. Otopsi dokter menyebutkan Elvis terkena serangan jantung. Ketika itu Elvis meninggalkan seorang putri bernama Lisa Marie, hasil perkawinannya dengan Priscilla. <br />
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Jackson sangat mengagumi dan mengidolakan Elvis. Bahkan terobsesi untuk menjadi pewaris status Raja dibidang musik.<br />
Obsesi Jackson terhadap Elvis tampaknya tidak sekadar ingin menjadi The King, tapi juga keinginannya mengubah warna kulit mengikuti Elvis yang putih. Jackson memang tidak begitu menyukai kulitnya yang hitam sebagaimana pernah diungkapkan sahabatnya Quincy Jones.<br />
Sejak itulah Jackson berulangkali melakukan bedah plastik untuk mengubah kulit hitamnya menjadi putih. Bahkan Jackson mengubah struktur wajah agar tampak mirip ras kulit putih, tetapi gagal. Soal kulitnya ini, Jackson mengklaim akibat sejenis penyakit kulit yang disebut vitiligo.<br />
Di samping itu, kawasan rumah Jackson pun diberi nama Neverland (Tanah Impian), sekadar mengikuti gaya nama rumah Elvis, Graceland (Tanah Yang diberkati).<br />
Pada tahun 1994, Jackson menikahi Lisa Marie dalam sebuah upacara pernikahan sederhana di Republik Dominika. Sebagian pengamat menilai, pernikahan ini sebagai upaya Jackson merebut ‘mahkota raja musik’ yang disandang Elvis. Tetapi bagi Jackson, pernikahan ini lebih bermakna meneruskan dinasti The King of Music. Menyatukan darah King Of Rock n Roll dengan King Of Pop.<br />
Perkawinan mereka memang murni cinta dan tidak sedang berpura-pura. Tetapi sayangnya Lisa menolak hamil. Dia tidak ingin benih Jackson. Meski dalam urusan sex, Jackson tergolong normal dan bahkan sangat bergairah.<br />
Dalam suatu kesempatan Jackson pernah bertanya kepada Lisa seputar kematian ayahnya, Elvis. Setelah mendengar penuturan Lisa, Jackson berkata bahwa dirinya sangat takut dengan kematian yang mendadak.<br />
Dikisahkan, Elvis meninggal mendadak saat berada di kamar mandi rumahnya di Graceland. Mayatnya ditemukan beberapa jam setelah ia menghembuskan nafas terakhirnya. Otopsi menunjukkan tubuhnya bengkak dengan ukuran jantung yang membesar. Lambungnya penuh berisi obat-obatan.<br />
Obsesi Jackson sejak muda untuk mengungguli prestasi Elvis berhasil dicapainya. Bahkan Jackson jauh lebih sukses. Elvis tidak pernah menulis satu lagu pun, sedangkan Jackson sangat produktif mencipta lagu. Jackson malah pernah mengklaim sebagai King of Pop, Rock n Soul (setelah kematian The Godfather Soul: James Brown)<br />
Jackson pun berhasil menikahi putri Elvis. Namun satu hal yang justru tidak diinginkan Jackson adalah mengalami kematian seperti kematian Elvis.<br />
Tetapi sejarah mencatat, Jackson ditemukan tewas mendadak di rumahnya di Neverland. Kematiannya yang mendadak persis yang dialami Elvis, idola sekaligus mertuanya. Bedanya, tubuh Jackson sangat kurus, tetapi isi lambungnya penuh pula obat-obatan. Sebelum meninggal, Elvis dan Jackson pun sangat menderita disebabkan kesulitan tidur (insomnia), hingga harus dibantu beraneka ragam pil-pil penenang. Pil itu pula yang membuat keduanya tidur panjang selamanya. Menyedihkan nasib akhir dua raja musik dunia ini.<br />
Mengomentari kematian Jackson, Presiden Obama meringkasnya dalam 2 kata: Great and Tragedy. Ya, prestasi Jackson memang sangat besar. Tetapi kematiannya adalah tragedi. Sementara majalah People mencantumkan headline: Talent and Tragedy.<br />
Tampaknya sebagian masyarakat Amerika percaya kematian Jackson merupakan tragedi memilukan.<br />
<em>Kalau boleh menyarankan, pilihlah idola yang tepat.</em><br />
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