I was late in hearing the news that shocked music lovers across the globe that the King of Pop had popped off from this great life of ours. While there is tremendous media scrutiny now going into what made Jacko have a cardiac arrest let me reflect the influence of one the greatest entertainers of all time.
MJ is easily the most influencial cross-over not just within the U.S but across countries,continents,languages, cultures and became the most successful American export. Besides his huge talent, he was lucky to have been born in that generation. His ‘Thriller” was launched around the time MTV. Both MJ &MTV grew as cult brands, revolutionising pop-music as well as music-vidoes. International appeal was tremendous. His was probably the only voice that reverberated in the Asian countries leading to huge fan following.
Todays young generation maynot realise the impact ‘Thriller’ had on us. It was to do with the fact that we were in the early 80s, TV was only terrestial & hip-hop hadnt happened. MJ’s music transcended generations, equally accepted by the young and the old due to a clever mix of rock and ballads that each of his albums had.
He leaves behind a rich legacy of outstanding pop songs. dance tracks, ballads and ofcourse Moonwalk, easily became every teenagers dance step in the 80s.
While he has been in the news for the wrong reasons, he is not the first one to be in that boat. Some of them self created, some of them by the media who were out to kill the superstar they made. A child who never had a childhood, a performer at the age of 5! and a man who tried to live his childhood.
As a diehard fan i choose to ignore the incidents of the last decade, but i used to still listen to his songs. As the media scoops in on how he died, i decided not to view any of those trials. For me Michael Jackson will live on for ever.
This is it.
MJ is easily the most influencial cross-over not just within the U.S but across countries,continents,languages, cultures and became the most successful American export. Besides his huge talent, he was lucky to have been born in that generation. His ‘Thriller” was launched around the time MTV. Both MJ &MTV grew as cult brands, revolutionising pop-music as well as music-vidoes. International appeal was tremendous. His was probably the only voice that reverberated in the Asian countries leading to huge fan following.
Todays young generation maynot realise the impact ‘Thriller’ had on us. It was to do with the fact that we were in the early 80s, TV was only terrestial & hip-hop hadnt happened. MJ’s music transcended generations, equally accepted by the young and the old due to a clever mix of rock and ballads that each of his albums had.
He leaves behind a rich legacy of outstanding pop songs. dance tracks, ballads and ofcourse Moonwalk, easily became every teenagers dance step in the 80s.
While he has been in the news for the wrong reasons, he is not the first one to be in that boat. Some of them self created, some of them by the media who were out to kill the superstar they made. A child who never had a childhood, a performer at the age of 5! and a man who tried to live his childhood.
As a diehard fan i choose to ignore the incidents of the last decade, but i used to still listen to his songs. As the media scoops in on how he died, i decided not to view any of those trials. For me Michael Jackson will live on for ever.
This is it.
