Actually......when I was small,not THAT capable of understanding everything,all I knew and heard about MJ was that he was probably some psycho who had paedophilia,who kept on undergoing plastic surgeries which made him look worse and that he was a kind of weirdo. All that we heard on news was about MJ and his controversies. So maybe thats why I never got a chance to see the real MJ,the KING OF POP! And because of that bad image created by the media(sorry,if I'm offending anyone),I never wanted to watch or listen to his songs. I could never understand why people were so mad after him. This was till the news of his death flashed on every news channel.
First it didn't matter to me as much. I didn't care. But when I saw the lakhs and crores of people shedding tears for him,crying passionately,each and every tear of theirs was like a tribute to MJ,I realised that the world was not mad after him for nothing.
There WAS something in him that created a great impact on his fans. And it didn't take much time for me to discover that. All music channels were booming with MJ's videos,songs et al.
I saw them and I was zapped! There he was.......the King of pop....touching so many lives....even while he sang I could see people crying out to him and shouting out his name,fainting and god knows what more,during his live shows.
Next, I read experiences of people who had met him and talked to him,in the newspaper. I realized that he was a very sensitive and innocent being and out of frustration or depression he got into drugs or something that slowly started killing him. His own people betrayed him. My heart went out to him when I read all that.
Also I loved his song "Heal the world". I had heard it before and performed on it in my school function and I used to keep humming the song. Then I did not know that it was MJ's song.
So,unknowingly I became a fan of his. Though I still don't like all of his songs as much......but his performances just keep me in awe of him. His innovative ways to entertain his fans were just awesome!! When I see his perfomances,I get the feeling that he gives his best and enjoys each and every moment of his perfomance and does everything to keep his fans enetertained and maintain the tempo. He was extremely energetic,I must say. Not only did he enetertain people but also try to bridge the gap between the blacks and whites,which is amzing. So now,though I'm not as big a fan of his songs.......I'm truly a great fan of him as a person. He truly fascinates me.
As an ending note I would love to mention some songs of MJ that I like:
- Heal the World
- They dont really care about us
- Beat it
- Im bad
Regards,
Prapti
