Thoughts & Michael Jackson – The One Who Will Live On.
Who doesn’t love the weekends. They can be so beautiful! Yes, it is your time and space to sit back and do all that you probably had wanted to do during the week, but sometimes, it just adds to the reflecting self. The past two weekends have been raining very heavily in Bombay. Its strange how even the slight change in the weather would change your thoughts and the way you would feel.
So here I am, sitting by the window as the rain just splashes on my window panes and I hear the frivolous breeze gushing through the trees, my mind is filled with so many thoughts. Its filled with the thoughts of my amazing Miami Vacation that I just cannot get out of yet. Geesh! The adrenaline that I was mentioning in my previous post “Here I Come” still seems to rushing through me when ever I think about my Para sailing adventure there. The big wide Colgate smile can be seen through my photographs.
Then, there are thoughts about the fun I had last night with my friends, straight after work when we actually planned to head for a movie, but due it being the weekend, the tickets were all sold out. So we landed up taking this amazing drive to town, stopping at a club – even though it was a dry day. We were enjoying our drinks. I was happy being in the company of friends and vodka, celebrating that a really crazy week had ended.
Suddenly the huge big screen lights up. The appearance with just white light behind him, made the crowd cheer. It was Michael Jackson’s performing in India. His enthralling energy, his thrust and of course the moonwalk, made the crowds do nothing but whistle and celebrate the man who made music like no one else did.
Watching the crowd cheer him like anything, would just make you realize and reflect, that though within their hearts people felt sad, they have consicously chosen to celebrate his life and not his death.
It’s a big, big, big, and a huge loss to people like me who have nearly grown up listening and watching him. I had received my first pocket money when I was entering college, and I clearly remember buying the thriller cd with it, something that I still cherish. I still listen to songs “Heal the World”, “The Way You Make Me Feel”, “They Don’t Really Care About Us” on my cell and laptop.
The attention given to his personal life, doesn’t matter to me, and I refuse to be judgmental about what he was personally, as we all have our vices. What really mattered and connected me to him was the words and the lyrics of his music. He just did not make music. He made magic. His music would make you feel. His music would make you think. He was a musician and his music will always be a legacy. He will live on.
If I ever had to choose just one song…just that one song that makes my heart really sing, just that one song which right from the beginning till the end would make you want to love….is the song that I choose to leave you with. MJ was a legend and will continue to be one…He was never alone! And the way he made me feel…
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July 7, 2009 at 8:30 am
A judge removed Michael Jackson’s mother as administrator of his estate as Los Angeles went into lockdown for a star-studded memorial service to which more than 1.5 million people were denied seats.
The acting mayor of Los Angeles said the pop legend would be buried at the city’s well-known Forest Lawn Cemetery today just ahead of the public ceremony, which will be broadcast live around the world.
On the eve of the service, lawyers for Jackson’s 79-year-old mother Katherine clashed with two of the King of Pop’s business associates for control of his estate that includes the Neverland Ranch and rights to Beatles songs.
A judge had named Katherine, who was close to her son throughout his life, as temporary executor of his estate shortly after the pop icon suddenly collapsed and died on June 25.
But in line with Jackson’s will, which emerged last week, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Mitchell Beckloff handed the estate over to attorney John Branca and music executive John McClain.
Lawyers for Katherine Jackson had opposed the motion to appoint the two men, citing a ”conflict of interests” and questioning whether Branca had a current relationship with Jackson at the time of his death.
”Mrs Jackson has concerns about handing over the keys of the kingdom just yet. She feels it is too soon,” attorney John Schreiber said.
However, a lawyer for Branca, a prominent entertainment industry attorney, said his client had recently been rehired by Jackson and was well known to the family. The business partners will control Jackson’s estate until a new hearing on August 3.
The Los Angeles Times reported that although the free-spending Jackson died owing more than US$400 million (HK$3.12 billion), his assets outstripped his debts by at least US$200 million.
Those figures also do not include the huge sums likely to be generated by posthumous sales of his music and memorabilia, which have surged and are expected to remain strong for months.
Police are preparing a large-scale operation for today’s service at 10am (1am Hong Kong time), warning fans not to show up at the downtown Staples Center arena unless they were among the lucky few with tickets.
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July 7, 2009 at 1:48 pm
my favorite is “Will you be there”
July 8, 2009 at 2:03 pm
I have to listen to more songs by MJ. I have not been a very big fan.
And why don’t you do a post on your Miami vacation?
July 9, 2009 at 9:34 am
Oooh, parasaiing must have been so much fun!!
I’m jealous now!
And yeah, Jackson will be missed – one headline read “Jackson dies and almost takes the internet with him!”
Hehe!
July 25, 2009 at 9:42 am
blessings to you for writting a post on this.
July 25, 2009 at 3:02 pm
Thanks!!