A Mind of My Own

When I first heard Michael Jackson’s songs, it was the music video titled “Black or White“.

What fascinated me were the changes of the people inside the video. Male to female and back to male again with different races coming in together for this video. Michael Jackson incorporated that no matter what race or skin colour one is, we are still humans; eyes, legs, all our bodies comprised of the same organs.

One of his greatest hits would be HiStory. A massive production complete with a statue of him in his famous leather jacket. His dance moves included his famous moon walk that many subsequently followed when imitating him during contests. He started out in the group called The Jackson Five with his siblings. Their music can be found in The Ultimate Collection.

I didn’t know about Michael Jackson X-Posed – The Interview in the MP3 format for sure. Although I know that being that famous as him, he would surely garner all sorts of criticism that is often part of being in the entertainment circle. Including his life that was filled with ups and downs of every couple.

His Heal The World was the song that I had sung while studying in primary school during a school celebration that I totally don’t remember what sort of celebration it was for. All I remembered was that I was on the stage with the rest of the class singing this song.

Frankly speaking, during the subsequent years of my growing up, I never heard such songs from other singers besides Michael Jackson. Songs about kindness and love for the world are rare. What made MJ a hot icon was that he started popularising pop music that others soon followed in his path in hopes of making it big.

Now that he is forever gone, his worth has suddenly increased as the songs sung by him are now limited editions. Funny how one’s worth increased because of one’s death. Yet, it is how it works as there won’t be any more new releases. Although, if the scientists manage to figure out how to stay young forever, the worth may just be decreased drastically.