My video for Michael, one year ago. Also see the other links here, and the extra footage below.
..So We Can Rock Forever
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My video for Michael, one year ago. Also see the other links here, and the extra footage below.
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Well said….always enjoy your videos, BTW.
ren <3
…yeah..I remember this clip….wow!
Thank you thank you thank you. For saying everything that I could not say in such eloquent and simple terms. And although I hope that the balance you speak of is possible, I also see a lot more evidence that tips towards the opposite direction. The high pitch of the media machine drowns out most of the middle road voices. MJ had a lot to do with that. I miss the greatness with which he held that honor. Never mediocre, never tasteless, always with love. In the Obama age of pseudo-feminism and the like, I don’t think main stream artists feel the urgency of their gifts. Not like MJ did.
Hey Jay, are you planning on doing a video about the Chris Brown tribute performance at the BET Awards? Your wonderful analysis is needed!
Ditto on ren’s comments
Wow……………..Powerful!
Thank goodness I was sitting down when I heard you say:
“…the only kind of love he was meant to receive was the love between the consumer and a product…”
Dude that brought tears to my eyes. This is so becoming everyone’s present. I hope it is not everyone’s future. Personally, I don’t want to be famous, I want to be loved, I want to connect…..
Thank you for your insight.
Shanti
I am torn at the moment. I am processing two massive emotional reactions. The first is the reaction to the power of your content. All the thoughts and feelings it evoked. For me, listening to Billie Jean on cassette on my best friend’s stereo in the 80’s was pretty transformative. It really knocked me out, and preceded a zipper jacket phase, and a later, deeper appreciation of that music as I became a musician myself. Considering the elements that encompassed his life, all that… its large. But the second emotional reaction is to the delivery of that content. That was a powerful five and a half minutes, and really, one of the best pieces of journalism and writing that I have been exposed to in quite some time.
What you did there, it really affected me man. Thank you for doing it, and providing an example of what artisan craftsmanship looks and sounds like. That was the single best memorial I could ever imagine for such a complex and talented person, worthy of the talent it considered.
Again, thank you for your work.
Seth