Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson had a 44 year career as a popstar and first appeared as a member of the Jackson 5 at the age of 6 and he went on to be an all-round popstar in terms of entertainment and his voice. He was the lead singer of the Jackson 5 from a very young age and he was seen as a cute, young talent. They were managed by their dad and they were hugely successful. Their songs included Rockin' Robin, ABC, and later on Blame it on the Boogie.
In his solo career, Michael Jackson began with the album Off the Wall and went on to make many more albums over the course of his life, with the hit Thriller arguably his most famous and the most successful album of the 20th century. This made was originally a 14 minute video that was shown in cinemas worldwide and was like a short-film with the 4 minute song in the middle of it. Vincent Price, a well known horror movie actor provided the voice over in an attempt to make the film more scary. There is a famously choreographed scene in the film and with Michael Jackson wearing his famous red leather jacket that is now remembered worldwide. It brought music videos to the next level in terms of how important they were to create or further enhance an artists image.
The album Thriller is widely regarded as one of the most successful albums of the 20th century. After having released the album, Michael Jackson hit the headlines for many of the wrong reasons. There were rumours of him having a skin disease known as Vitiligo which made his dark skin colour turn white. However, after a short while without a song of his having been released, he returned on September 7th 1987 with the chart-topping single Bad. This was such big news to Michael Jackson fans, that the BBC even televised the release of his single at midnight. Many people stayed up to see his new look and hear his latest song. He was back with a bang and made headlines for all the right reasons. However, after the album Bad was released, he was once again on the spotlight, but this time, it was due to some serious allegations.
In 1993, Evan Chandler accused Michael Jackson of sexually abusing his 13 year old son Jordan Chandler. It was soon found that Michael Jackson had children visit his private theme park "Neverland" and played with them before sometimes asking the children to stay in his bed for a sleepover. This obviously raised questions due to the suspicious nature of the situation, with Jackson being a grown man and Jordan Chandler being a young boy who had just entered his teenage years.
In his solo career, Michael Jackson began with the album Off the Wall and went on to make many more albums over the course of his life, with the hit Thriller arguably his most famous and the most successful album of the 20th century. This made was originally a 14 minute video that was shown in cinemas worldwide and was like a short-film with the 4 minute song in the middle of it. Vincent Price, a well known horror movie actor provided the voice over in an attempt to make the film more scary. There is a famously choreographed scene in the film and with Michael Jackson wearing his famous red leather jacket that is now remembered worldwide. It brought music videos to the next level in terms of how important they were to create or further enhance an artists image.
The album Thriller is widely regarded as one of the most successful albums of the 20th century. After having released the album, Michael Jackson hit the headlines for many of the wrong reasons. There were rumours of him having a skin disease known as Vitiligo which made his dark skin colour turn white. However, after a short while without a song of his having been released, he returned on September 7th 1987 with the chart-topping single Bad. This was such big news to Michael Jackson fans, that the BBC even televised the release of his single at midnight. Many people stayed up to see his new look and hear his latest song. He was back with a bang and made headlines for all the right reasons. However, after the album Bad was released, he was once again on the spotlight, but this time, it was due to some serious allegations.
In 1993, Evan Chandler accused Michael Jackson of sexually abusing his 13 year old son Jordan Chandler. It was soon found that Michael Jackson had children visit his private theme park "Neverland" and played with them before sometimes asking the children to stay in his bed for a sleepover. This obviously raised questions due to the suspicious nature of the situation, with Jackson being a grown man and Jordan Chandler being a young boy who had just entered his teenage years.
Please embed copies of the videos and deconstruct them.
ReplyDeleteMr Williamson
Still waiting for this Connor - plus the three missing blogs for me.
ReplyDeleteFor Michael Jackson you MUST deconstruct existing videos - where necessary please screen grab and analyse specific scenes for the music videos.
Thus far you have been rather historical and descriptive rather than analytical.
Please see me if you need any information sent.
Mr Williamson