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happydalek) wrote2009-07-02 10:01 pm
happydalek) wrote2009-07-02 10:01 pm
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MJ's Final Rehearsal Footage. And other links. (Because me = obsessed with MJ, remember?)
The AP released a little over a minute of footage from Michael Jackson's last rehearsal. The article, with a link to the video clip, is here. Michael's moving a little slower, and you can't hear him sing, but he looks to be in pretty good form, considering his age and all the press about how drugged out and ill he might have been. I find it interesting that the article points out that he's "thin." When was he not?
(And he appears to have his late 80's hair back! Pulled back from his face, and quite possibly permed, which is my absolute favorite of his hairstyles. THANK GOD. I hated the long, straight hair he'd been sporting the past few years. It really did not flatter his face AT ALL. Wonder why he never tried cornrows? I think that might have looked good on him. But I digress.)
If they do release the whole thing as a DVD/album of some kind...I just may have to buy it. The fact that he's doing "They Don't Care About Us" (one of my faves) is almost reason enough. If it includes "Dirty Diana" and "Heal the World" too, then there won't be any question of "may." (It's a foregone conclusion it'll include "Beat It" and "Thriller.")
I still think it's unlikely Jackson would have managed all 50 planned concerts, but I'm starting to think that he might have actually pulled some of them off. Maybe. Assuming he wasn't strung out on uppers. I'm just gonna have to wait for the test results to come back before I make up my mind. Either way, I used my iTunes account for the first time today...to buy Michael Jackson music.
I totally cannot explain my sudden fascination with Michael Jackson except that I guess I always was sort of intrigued by him. I was born in 1984, so all I ever really knew was the white, feminine-looking "weirdo" Michael Jackson that nobody could figure out. I think all kids of the late 80's and the 90's were born with a built-in fascination with Michael Jackson. I guess mine has lain largely dormant. And though there's a lot of his discography that doesn't really do it for me, the stuff that I do like I really, really like. Which is why news that he left a mountain of unreleased recordings makes me very happy.
And if you really want to get in the right mood to mourn the man, you must watch these two clips. The first one aired on TV in 1992, and after watching it two or three times I was almost bawling. The worst part? It was a freaking Pepsi commercial. The second video is a longer version of the ad that was recut into a proper short video and included (I think?) with the DVD release of all the short films from his album, Dangerous. And I'll admit, the longer one did officially make me cry. (Damn you, Pepsi!)
Pepsi ad (56 sec.):
Recut short (1:21):
(And he appears to have his late 80's hair back! Pulled back from his face, and quite possibly permed, which is my absolute favorite of his hairstyles. THANK GOD. I hated the long, straight hair he'd been sporting the past few years. It really did not flatter his face AT ALL. Wonder why he never tried cornrows? I think that might have looked good on him. But I digress.)
If they do release the whole thing as a DVD/album of some kind...I just may have to buy it. The fact that he's doing "They Don't Care About Us" (one of my faves) is almost reason enough. If it includes "Dirty Diana" and "Heal the World" too, then there won't be any question of "may." (It's a foregone conclusion it'll include "Beat It" and "Thriller.")
I still think it's unlikely Jackson would have managed all 50 planned concerts, but I'm starting to think that he might have actually pulled some of them off. Maybe. Assuming he wasn't strung out on uppers. I'm just gonna have to wait for the test results to come back before I make up my mind. Either way, I used my iTunes account for the first time today...to buy Michael Jackson music.
I totally cannot explain my sudden fascination with Michael Jackson except that I guess I always was sort of intrigued by him. I was born in 1984, so all I ever really knew was the white, feminine-looking "weirdo" Michael Jackson that nobody could figure out. I think all kids of the late 80's and the 90's were born with a built-in fascination with Michael Jackson. I guess mine has lain largely dormant. And though there's a lot of his discography that doesn't really do it for me, the stuff that I do like I really, really like. Which is why news that he left a mountain of unreleased recordings makes me very happy.
And if you really want to get in the right mood to mourn the man, you must watch these two clips. The first one aired on TV in 1992, and after watching it two or three times I was almost bawling. The worst part? It was a freaking Pepsi commercial. The second video is a longer version of the ad that was recut into a proper short video and included (I think?) with the DVD release of all the short films from his album, Dangerous. And I'll admit, the longer one did officially make me cry. (Damn you, Pepsi!)
Pepsi ad (56 sec.):
Recut short (1:21):