What about sunrise
What about rain
What about all the things
That you said we were to gain.. .
What about killing fields
Is there a time
What about all the things
That you said was yours and mine...
Did you ever stop to notice
All the blood we've shed before
Did you ever stop to notice
The crying Earth the weeping shores?
-The Earth Song
MICHAEL JACKSON, whose quintessentially American tale of celebrity and excess took him from musical boy wonder to global pop star to sad figure hunted by lawsuits, paparazzi and failed plastic surgery, is no more with us.
The global megastar, the king of pop, the god of break dance and many more such names with which this man was known to this world took his last breath when he was all set to comeback and be pronounced with many more names like these.
The above mentioned song is one of his concerns regarding our earth. Michael Jackson tried to show his concerns through his songs.
Michael Jackson was not only a music legend but a caring human being, who was concerned about developmental issues such as global warming, wars and the resulting damage to human community.
It was Michael Jackson, who had introduced Mizos to the world of pop music back in the eighties. He was just like Elvis, the hairstyles, the dancing styles, the shoes et al. Mizo youths loved him and every thing that was associated with MJ.
The king of pop is the only artist apart from the Beatles and Elvis Presley to sell over 750 million copies, including 100 million copies worldwide of Thriller, the bestselling album of all time. He won 13 Grammies and his path breaking videos played a big role in MTV’s success.
To call him an icon would only give us a glimpse of a fraction of what he was. Jackson was a historic figure that people all over the world let onto their lives, their language, their parties and dance moves.
He was Wacko- jacko, the Moonwalker, The man in the mirror. He was bad but not dangerous off the wall and yet the guy who most of us tried to emulate on the dance floor when we were small.
He was the man whose memories can never erase from our minds and hearts. We can never ever imagine how much he has given to the world and how much we owe to this peter pan of pop. He will always be alive in our memories, forever.
“If you enter this world knowing you are loved and you leave this world knowing the same, then everything that happens in between can be dealt with.” - MJ