Motown 25: yesterday, Today, and Forever.

On March 25, 1983 Michael performed on Motown 25; Yesterday, Today, And Forever, Singing with his brothers and singing Billie Jean by himself. Here he debuted his signature dance move, THE MOONWALK. This performance was seen by 47 MILLION viewers during its intial airing and he drew comparisons to Elvis and the Beatles. New York Times Says, "The moonwalk that he made famous is an apt metaphor for his dance style. How does he do it? As a technician he is a great illusionist, a genuine mime. His ability to keep one leg straight as he glides while the other bends seems to walk requires PERFECT TIMING."

THRILLER

November 30, 1982. Epic released a heck of an album. but you probably know that already-its thriller time!
Michael had intended to make a album where every song was a killer song. Thriller was in the Top 10 of the billboard 200 for EIGHTY CONSECUTIVE WEEKS! Seven singles that made it this way: Billie Jean, Beat it, Wanna be startin somethin, The girl is mine, Human nature, PYT, and of course, THRILLER.
People simply ate up Thriller! It sold 140 MILLION COPIES making itself the best selling album of all time. J. Randy Taraborrelli mused, "at some point thriller stopped selling like a leisure item and started selling like a household staple."
Before Thriller, Michael, and many other African musicians, struggled to get on MTV because of their race. CBS president Walter Yetnikoff pressured MTV and declared, "I'm not going to give you any more videos and I'm going to go public and tell them that you don't want to play music by a Black Man." That made MTV start showing Billie Jean and Beat it which opened doors for people like Rihanna, Jay-Z, Beyonce, and Usher.
Thriller was an extraordinary time for Michael. They started making merchandise such as T-shirts, dolls, clothes, hats, bags, and other things. In 2003, Thriller was ranked at number 20 on the Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums of all time list.
And Thriller sold like crazy. But then stopped. So Michael had to get it selling again....

Michael......Come back.....I want you back.

"When Michael was only five years old, He told a kindergarten. teacher in Gary, Indiana that he knew what he wanted when he grew up, "I would like to be a great entertainer" He said pridefully.
Ebony 1984

"My father was a genius when it came to the way he taught us staging, how to work an audience, anticipating what to do next or never to let them know if your suffering or something like that. He was amazing like that."
Michael Jackson, 2007

"Its music, its rhythm. And my goal in life is to give the world what I was lucky to receive: The ecstasy of divine union through my music and dance. Its like my purpose, its what I'm here for."
Michael Jackson 2007

"My main love for what I do is the fans. I love the fans. When I'm doing a show and I see the fans out there dancing and screaming, excited, that's what I love most."
Michael Jackson, 1987

"I want to continue to grow. To me, the biggest sin of all sins is to be given a gift, a talent because its actually a gift from god, to take that and not cultivate it and make it grow, that's the biggest sin in the world"
Michael Jackson 1981

"I'm committed to my art.I believe that all art as its ultimate goal the union between the material and the spiritual, the human and the divine. And I believe that's the very reason for the existence of art and what I do. And I feel fortunate in being that instrument through which music flows"
Michael Jackson 1992

"When we came off that plane in Dakar Senegal Africa, we were greeted by a long line of African dangers. Their drums and sounds filled the air with rhythm. I was going crazy. I was screaming. I said, 'all right!". They got the beat and they got the rhythm. I was just so glad about the whole thing. 'this is it.' I said, 'this is where i come from. The origin.
Michael Jackson 1984

"Deep inside, I feel that this world we live in is really a big, huge, monumental symphonic orchestra. I believe that its primordial form, all of creation is sound and that its not just a random sound. that its music"
Michael Jackson 1992

IN MEMORY OF THE KING OF POP: MICHAEL JACKSON.
MAY YOU REST IN PEACE HEAVENS NEWEST ANGEL.
I LOVE YOU AND I ALWAYS WILL.
~lily, aka Bubbles ♥


"People always told me, be careful what you do. Dont go around breaking young girls hearts. And mother always told me. Be careful who you love. Be careful what you do. Cause the lie because the truth."
Billie Jean, Michael Jackson 1982

Sorry

hey you guys, im not gonna be on much cause i have the swine flu. Ill try to get on as much as possible. Sorry
RIP MICHAEL aka MY ONE TRUE LOVE

Off the wall ♥

At the mid-life of the Jackson Five in 1971 Motown decided that Michael should go solo but stay with the J5 also. His first single was "Got to be there" and it was a Top 5 hit. He also sang the opening song for the movie Ben. Other successful singles were "rockin robin" and "I wanna be where you are". During 1972 J5 left Motown, due to the financial crisis they were in, and went to Epic records. Michael continued in the band and his solo career. In 1978 Michael stared as the Scarecrow in the movie musical The Wiz which was the funked up version of the Wizard of Oz. Many Years later, Michael says "The wiz was my greatest experience so far, and I will never forget that."
The music in the movie was arranged by Quincy Jones. When Michael was at this age, he was a VERY sensitive and shy person. He called Quincy one day and said "I'm interested in doing an album. Could you recommend anyone who would be interested in producing it with me or working with me?" And Quincy replied "Why don't you let ME do it?" And after that Michael said to himself, "I don't know why i didn't think of that." But later he says that he was probably thinking that Quincy Jones was his father. Then Michael said to Quincy, "WOW that would be great." And Michael says later, "Whats great about Quincy is that he doesn't hover, he lets you do your thing."
And that was off the wall.