Passing of a legend

A lot of people were shocked to hear a tragic news this morning, most of them by radio.

The King of Pop has passed away. Gone to Neverland.

For those of you who do not know who the King of Pop is, it’s such a shame. You can never call yourself a fan of music if you do not know this particular fact.

His name is one which has been heard of all around the world. A name which was once surrounded with controversies and awe.

He is the one and only Michael Jackson. The King of Pop. This is a tribute to the life of a legend.

Born Michael Joseph Jackson, he was and still is one of the world’s best musician and entertainer. His songs sold hundreds of millions of copies all around the world.

Michael started performing with his brothers at the age of 11, forming a group called The Jackson Five. They made such songs like Ben, I’ll Be There and ABC. Michael was the lead singer of the group.

I bet most of you have not even heard of these songs.

In the early 1980s, he became one of the world’s most dominant figure in music. And in that era, for an African-American to do that, is astounding. That was the start of the MTV era.

Yes, he is an African-American. His white skin was caused by vitiligo and lupus, which made his skin turn pale. Not entirely, but there were blotches of him which did not follow. Therefore, he had to put make-up to even his skin tone and ergo, the fair Caucasian skin tone.

In spite of his appearance, he was a major hit in the music industry and now, a legend. He was vocally gifted and a great dancer.

He was the one who gave us radical dance moves like his famous Moonwalk and his famous matching clothes of white socks with black shoes, not to mention, some of his glitzy suits which resembles those worn by princes and royalty.

He was one of the first to introduce the suave dancing, wearing a fedora. And boy, was it ever smooth.

He even did a leaner for his performance of Smooth Criminal, without any strings or harnesses.

He gave us chart-topping songs such as Billie Jean and Beat It and made unique songs such as Thriller, which was all about horror and creepy things. Not many lyricists wrote such songs.

His dance songs really made you want to move your feet to the beat and his romance songs can really set you in a very romantic mood with your special someone. Those are good, strong lyrics from one of the best lyricist.

There were a number of his songs which were dedicated in trying to make the world a better place. For you and for me and the entire human race.

He dedicated concerts to raising millions to go to relief funds and even pleaded publicly to Bill Clinton to give more money towards HIV/AIDS charities and research. His song Black And White was dedicated towards curing racism.

He really did try to heal the world.

Most of us 86 babies and earlier would have heard of his early songs. Songs such as Thriller, Beat It, Billie Jean, Don’t Stop Til You Get Enough and even We Are The World.

He is one of the few performers who can claim to have fans who fainted at his concerts. Too much excitement. Too much shouting. They’ve been hit by a smooth criminal.

Groups like ABBA and Air Supply and their songs are now mostly classified as oldies, but Michael’s songs will always go on as favourites no matter how long its been.

Most of the popular radio stations today played back to back Michael Jackson songs as a remembrance to the King of Pop.

He will always live on in the heart of millions around the world. Him, together with his music, formed a solid part of my childhood.

Rest in peace MJ. You will be a legend to many. The King of Pop.

Lie

For those of you who had followed American Idol last season, you’d know that the winner of that season was David Cook.

Hahahaha losers.

Wait…..

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Ouch.

Anyway, David had just released his new album and a few songs in it are really nice.

One that caught my interest when I was slowly sampling one song after another while illegally downloading listening to it online was this song called Lie.

Sure, by the sound of the title, it should be a song about someone lying to/cheating on him. But, it’s not that. This song is actually about asking the person you love to lie rather than speak a hurtful truth.

Check out the lyrics and see for yourself :-

David Cook – Lie

You whisper that you are getting tired
got a look in your eye
looks a lot like goodbye
hold on to your secrets tonight
don't want to know I'm okay with this silence
it's the truth that I don’t want to hear

You're hiding regret in your smile
there's a storm in your eyes, I've seen coming for a while
hang on to the past tense tonight
don't say a word
I'm okay with the quiet
the truth is gonna change everything

(chorus)
So lie to me and tell me that it's gonna be alright
so lie to me and tell me that we'll make it through the night
I don't mind if you wait before you tear me apart
look me in the eye lie, lie, lie
lie, lie, lie

I know that there’s no turning back
if we put too much light on this we'll see through all the cracks
let's stay in the dark one more night
don't want to know
I'm okay with this silence
it's truth that I don’t want hear

(chorus)
So lie to me and tell me that it's gonna be alright
so lie to me and tell me that we'll make it through the night
I don't mind if you wait before you tear me apart
so look me in the eye and lie, lie, lie

Don't want to believe in this ending
let the cameras role on keep pretending
tomorrow's all wrong
if you walk away, just stay

(chorus)
So lie to me and tell me that it's gonna be alright
so lie to me and tell me that we'll make it through the night
I don’t mind if you wait before you tear me apart
look me in the eye and lie, lie ,lie

So lie to me and tell me that we're gonna be okay
so lie to me and tell me that we'll make it through the day
I don’t mind if you wait before you tear me apart
to look me in the eye and lie, lie, lie

I dunno. Maybe I think it’s easier to write a preppy song, but a song with feelings needs real feelings. And kudos to the song writer and lyricist.