The first concert I ever could have gone to was Michael Jackson's Dangerous tour in Dubai. We bought our tickets 3 months in advance, I packed my suitcase 3 weeks prior to the show, and then 3 days before possibly the biggest night of my ten-year-old life, we got news that the gig had been cancelled. Michael had just been slapped with his first child molestation case.
I felt like I had been cheated, we had all been cheated, Michael too. Despite years of being used and abused, Michael Jackson still gave us tremendous music - it was his outlet and we connected with him.
8898 is a blog about music, energy, dance, celebration and these are the MJ albums that came out around that decade that we will always cherish:
In 1987, we got BAD. Songs like The Way You Make Me Feel, Liberian Girl, Man In The Mirror, Dirty Diana and Smooth Criminal filled my house as I would play them on stop and repeat, trying to write out the music on my Casio.
Then in 1991 the DANGEROUS album greeted the world. Do you remember Michael Jordan in the Jam music video? Or Maculey Culkin in Black or White? Iman in Remember the Time and Naomi Campbell in In The Closet? I recently watched Heal the World in an MJ tribute and it did make me choke up a bit.
In 1995, a compilation of Michael's greatest hits and more came out - HIStory. It was a brilliant blast-from-the-past and look-into-the-future gift to the music world and his fans.
It's pretty surreal to write about Michael Jackson right now seeing the dates "August 29, 1958 - June 25, 2009" following his name...In my mind it'll always be "August 29,1958 - forever" as his legend and his music will always live on.
