Once upon a time there was this little black kid who was given a gift by his god: the gift of song.
The little kid, Michael was his name couldn't stop singing. He sang all day and wherever he was. His family thought he was cool as a lot of them were singers too especially his older brothers.
Michael wanted to show the world that he was a singer and so with these brothers, together they numbered 5, they went off for an audition with a famous record label. Michael loved soul ballads and chose one called "Who's Lovin' You" written by Smokey Robinson to sing for the audition. He and his brothers blew the record producers away.... the rest, as they say, is history but like all history it can be too easily mythologised and the hero of his own myth took a few wrong turns and though he made a lot of money for a lot people, doors began to close to him as his story, written up by the tabloids, became increasingly vicious until eventually the vultures got what they wanted and brought the young man down and picked over his bones, endlessly...
It is so good that these archive recordings are still available so any new kid on the block can listen and hear what it was all about before the darkness fell.
Just listen to the tender vocals of "Happy", "Up Again" the soul of "Aint No Sunshine" and "Morning Glow", the classics like "Music and Me" and wonder whether there will ever be a happy ever after for Michael Jackson
Michael wanted to show the world that he was a singer and so with these brothers, together they numbered 5, they went off for an audition with a famous record label. Michael loved soul ballads and chose one called "Who's Lovin' You" written by Smokey Robinson to sing for the audition. He and his brothers blew the record producers away.... the rest, as they say, is history but like all history it can be too easily mythologised and the hero of his own myth took a few wrong turns and though he made a lot of money for a lot people, doors began to close to him as his story, written up by the tabloids, became increasingly vicious until eventually the vultures got what they wanted and brought the young man down and picked over his bones, endlessly...
It is so good that these archive recordings are still available so any new kid on the block can listen and hear what it was all about before the darkness fell.
Just listen to the tender vocals of "Happy", "Up Again" the soul of "Aint No Sunshine" and "Morning Glow", the classics like "Music and Me" and wonder whether there will ever be a happy ever after for Michael Jackson
By David Spanswick - amazon.com music and me, Michael Jackson
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