Muzikland

dear Muzikland：

我不算Michael Jackson的歌迷，不過他當紅的年代也是我最常聽流行音樂的時代，那些歌曲我耳熟能詳。

覺得這首歌很適合送給他的廣大歌迷。

對於 MJ, 我只有一句說話, 被名利所累.
小時被壓制的情感於成年後發泄出來. 把樣子改變成自己喜歡的人的模樣, 以小孩為愛的對像, 不憤黑人怎樣成功也被岐視而將自己膚色變白, 全都是美國社會的不平等做成. MJ 是美國成功亦是失敗的最佳例子, 對他來說昨天是解脫的一天.

我家裡也收藏了mj的thriller大碟.
即使有很多不利他的消息, 他仍然是我心中80年代最偉大的外國歌手.

he is a real legend.

rest in peace.

Hi Muzikland
今早电台即刻猛播MJ的经典好歌。
DJ和歌迷的互动，时不时都可以听到歌迷的哭泣声。

歌曲节奏一样有节奏。
感觉他依然还在, 精神不死。

Muzikland

唔知點解，MJ自從公報話響UK開演唱會，我覺得一定會取消。但用這個方法來取消係最令人傷感的。也是一個無法接受的事實。

我都係從Thriller的卡式帶開始聽MJ，雖然往後的專輯都沒有重拾Thriller的輝煌成績，但好歌仍然不絕。由細聽到大，而家就好像失去了一位好朋友。

多年來他經常做手術來改變自已的容貌，健康的情況都已經不樂觀。所以他的早逝其實已經expected。

R.I.P.

聽說MJ 擁有的Beatles歌曲版權，因為他的經濟問題而全數售與Sony。是否屬實呢？

我最喜歡的MJ歌曲：
Michael Jackson - Smooth Criminal

When I was a child in HK, I remember RTV showing the cartoon series based on The Jackson 5. I wouldn't say I am diehard fan of MJ, but I certainly respect his talent and determination to be the best. He deserve every word of his title, "The King of Pop". I think many people can only see MJ from the surface, whether it was his music or his private life, and I think that's very unfair. I hope MJ can now find the peace that he truly dserve....thank you for the music, RIP MJ.

By the way, I hope everyone listen to MJ's "Thriller" and "Off The Wall" album (the album that came before "Thriller")....these are true pop music masterpieces, not only in MJ's music but also from a production standpoint.

Dear hsumolly﹐

You’re Not Alone 這首歌﹐當年有澳洲的同事跟我談及不喜歡的原因﹐雖然這歌旋律很不錯﹐但是我也很認同。看到電視新聞﹐英美的樂迷比較激動﹐許多都覺得難以置信呢。相信這歌更適合樂迷送給 MJ 了。



Dear maninov4u,

一個沒完沒了的人﹐終於也因為安息而作一個解脫吧。事實上﹐真是會有人承受不了成功﹐而走向極端﹐在某個角度來看﹐MJ也算是可憐吧。



Dear 1965hk,

當年我是租唱片錄卡帶的﹐90年代突然很懷念這張專輯﹐所以也買了一張CD作收藏。提起MJ﹐就會令我想起那個音樂多姿多采﹑好歌如雲的80年代。



Dear 飛羊﹐

MJ在80年代太紅了﹐所以他的歌也陪伴著不少成長吧﹐故此歌迷會哭也不為奇。



Dear Vaio,

當時MJ公佈演唱會﹐我沒甚麼感覺﹐因為他陷入財政困難﹐除了唱片公司不斷為他發紀念版﹑精選之外﹐最快發賺得最多還是來個演唱會吧﹐而且之後還狼 演唱會CD/DVD之類﹐所以當時我只覺是抓錢救急而已﹐而且若我沒有聽錯﹐他說退休封咪﹐也只是多次重申是在英國或是在倫敦吧﹐沒說過在美國不會唱啊﹐所以當時我只是一笑置之而已。Beatles 的歌曲版權我不消楚啦﹐也沒翻查呢﹐反正我只是買Beatles 的 CD而已。

他的歌﹐我最喜歡還是 One Day In Your Life 啦。

Dear Soundboy﹐

是的﹐願 MJ安息。

MJ owned the publishing rights to the songs of the Beatles. The rights to the original recordings to the Beatles songs are still owned by EMI. Because of his financial troubles, MJ sold a part (if not all) of his ownership to those publishing rights.

Something that is not mentioned here is that MJ was abused by his father when he was a child. This is not news since it's a well-known fact. I am not using this as an excuse for what MJ did later during his adult life. However, given that MJ has been performing since age 5, I can only imagine the kind of life that he had. It may look good from the outside, but I think MJ may think otherwise.

Dear Soundboy,

有關MJ﹐那可以是因為討論相當久的議題呢。很難設身處地代他去想﹐以下只是個人的看法啦﹐我很同意有著這樣的童年﹐是一件很悲慘的事﹐不過為了不樣悲慘的事一直延長下去﹐就要從自己開始讓這件事作一了結﹐這樣的做法會比較正面﹐不然一直的延續下去﹐那會是更悲慘的一件事﹐也更多人受害就是了。像MJ的孩子或曾被他玩弄的小孩﹐相信長大了﹐心理也可能不平衡﹐日子也會一樣不好過呢。

回說MJ病逝的事﹐今天電視的新聞一直重點報道﹐這做使我想起 John Lennon 被槍殺後的新聞﹐樂迷瘋狂在唱片搶購 Beatles 及 Lennon 的唱片﹐不過這已是近30年前的事了﹐10多年前鄧麗君﹑黃家駒逝世時﹐所有 CD立即被搶購一空﹐後來張國榮及梅艷芳的時候﹐這種現象已不多見了。想不到原來在這個download 世界裡﹐MJ的過世﹐外國還是有搶購熱﹐在 amazon 的百大裡﹐竟然頭15名都是 MJ﹐而且往後的名次都有 Jackson 5或 MJ 新舊精選或專輯的出現﹐真令人嚇了一跳。
http://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/music/ref=pd_ts_zgc_m_music_display_on_website_more?pf_rd_p=482110191&pf_rd_s=right-5&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_i=5174&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=1NZSQZ83YTXAA81Y9SHS

只欣賞MJ在台上表演
確實是一個超級巨星...台上皇者 萬人迷!!

近幾年看著一顆顆巨星離去...真無奈喔 ;(

Muzikland,
>>>像MJ的孩子或曾被他玩弄的小孩.....

其實我對MJ被涉及孿童的報導，一直都覺得MJ未必會做這種事情。
MJ一生人沒沒有一個正常的童年生活。父母關懷，上學讀書識朋友，與同年紀的朋友去公園玩等。
整個童年都係要工作，見面的全部都是成年人。跟本就沒有機會認識到年紀相約的朋友。
訪問中MJ曾經說在他童年時工作其間，經過一個公園，很羨慕的見到一班小朋友在公園裡玩耍。但他的生活只有工作再工作。
到了他名成利就，就想到過回一些他一真喝望的童年生活，當自已是小孩子。所以用巨資買遊樂場，要請一班又一班的小朋友到他的樂園遊玩。一齊足膝談心....但無奈已當時他的年紀來當小朋友，很容易令人產生很多(壞)想法。

我唔敢講MJ有沒有對他的客人做了一些越軌的行為。如果用第二個角度想，可能是朋友的家長，律師，及傳媒等能得到一大筆橫財的好機會。

Dear天台的月光﹐

也說不上是很無奈﹐有人出生有人逝世﹐那是天天都會發生的事﹐用不著那麼悲觀﹐令人多點感慨只因為 MJ是名人吧。



Dear Vaio,

若只是那麼簡單﹐就不用多年來一而再官司纏身吧﹐總會有些事情是過火了的﹐要不然就會理直氣壯的了。不過那只是猜而已﹐我們很難知道內情。MJ的結局在某程度上是人生裡的一個解脫吧﹐不過他在某一方面來說﹐他確是可憐﹐值得同情﹐但不一定值得贊同。這純屬個人意見啦。

我那張是THRILLER的黑膠大碟.

Dear 1965hk,

那好好珍藏了。:)
早前在唱片行看到這張唱片復刻了﹐心裡不禁想起﹐繞了一個大圈子﹐又回到黑膠來了﹐但價錢跟當年差很多呢﹐變成奢侈的玩意了。

今早聽收音機, 知道MJ兒時的不快事, 對他長大後影響極深, 很是無奈...

或許MJ很渴望做一個普通人, 與愛侶終老, 而不是大紅大紫, 可惜...

希望他知道 : he is not alone...

Dear 19656hk,

是啊﹐MJ有著一個不愉快的童年﹐不過每個人的命運也不同啦﹐所以只能說巨星背後也有可憐的一面﹐所以個人感覺﹐這可能是他人生中的一個解脫。看到新聞﹐每天要服那麼多藥﹐也是一件慘事啦。

我喜歡Thriller的The Lady In My Life，一首不熱門但情深意切的作品。也讓我想起Muzikland你提到，我也喜歡的One Day In Your Life。兩首作品驚奇的相似。

應該是巧合，早前幾天已經碰巧地在聼他的歌，看他的MV。不是他的歌迷，他也有他的唱片單曲DVD。也許我的一位朋友說得好，他不像是或者不適合活在這個紛紛擾擾的世界上，他的離去或者是他做好的出路。

Dear Patrick Peng﹐

我好像也在其他部落格﹐發現這曲也是一些人最喜愛的歌曲﹐我的感覺不太大﹐大概其他熱門歌太搶耳了。



很難批評他了﹐不過還是那一句﹐他的離世對他是一種解脫吧。這幾天新聞報道他的家人都不停找方法抓錢﹐甚至到他家中翻箱倒櫃看看他有沒有藏著錢﹐因為聽說他有藏錢於地毯底的習慣﹐還會計劃甚麼音樂劇﹐展覽等。

唉~ 到底這些是甚麼家人來的﹖

只希望Michael Jackson在天堂還是能繼續活的更開心！

想起約十六年前的那場台北演唱會～那時中山足球場站在要價兩千四的Ｃ區場地上遠遠的看著舞台、至今的畫面依然存在在我心裡、雲霄飛車般的出場畫面、華麗的陣容、Michael就是一直的在舞台上用力的跳舞用力的唱歌！一直的謝謝大家.....
不管外界的吵雜環境影響了他甚至影響了我們什麼、Michael的歌聲及舞步是上帝賜給他的、藉由他讓我們感受到世上的美好。Michael還是開心的讓我們世界上每一個曾經享受感受感動過他的歌聲及舞步而永存在心中、Michael！謝謝你！讓我們能看到上帝創造了這麼棒的天籟之歌！

Dear哪拿,

相信Michael Jackson在天堂看到自己的家人在自己死後的反應﹐我想他在天堂裡會活得更開心呢。

MJ 過世後新聞不絕﹐想不到現今還有樂迷湧著買CD的熱潮﹐據Billboard 報道﹐根據Nielsen SoundScan調查﹐新一期的Album Chart 截至6/28日﹐Billboard 排行榜充滿了MJ (包括 Jacksons 及 Jackson 5) 的相關影音產品﹐Album Chart 十大位置﹐ MJ 佔了 8 席位﹐非常厲害。1964年﹐Beatles 5張單曲分別佔據了 Billboard Singles Chart 首5名位置﹐想不到事隔多年﹐因著 MJ 的逝世﹐還有奇跡重現。

詳細內容轉載自 Billboard
http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/michael-jackson-breaks-billboard-charts-1003989310.story


As predicted, Michael Jackson is once again the King of the Pop charts.

Based on preliminary sales numbers from Nielsen SoundScan, the entire top nine positions on Billboard's Top Pop Catalog Albums chart will house Jackson-related titles when the tally is released in the early morning on Wednesday (July 1). Nielsen SoundScan's sales tracking week ended at the close of business on Sunday (June 28) night.
Billboard's Full continuing Michael Jackson coverage, including video, charts and more.

Jackson himself has a record eight out of the top 10, while a Jackson 5 compilation also finds its way into the upper tier.

The King of Pop's "Number Ones" will fittingly lead the pack at No. 1 with 108,000 (an increase of 2,340%) while "The Essential Michael Jackson" and "Thriller" are in the Nos. 2 and 3 slots with 102,000 and 101,000, respectively. Last week "Number Ones" was the only Jackson title on the chart, at No. 20 with 4,000 copies; both "Essential" and "Thriller" re-enter the tally this week.

Additionally, his classic 1979 studio set "Off the Wall" re-enters at No. 4 with 33,000 while his 1987 album "Bad" returns at No. 6 with 17,000. At No. 5, the Jackson 5's "The Ultimate Collection" debuts with 18,000. Jackson's fourth studio album for Epic Records, 1991's "Dangerous," re-enters at No. 7 with 14,000 while his 2001 compilation "Greatest Hits: HIStory -- Volume 1" also comes back to the list at No. 8 with 12,000. Finally, Jackson's 2004 box set "The Ultimate Collection" charts its first week on the Pop Catalog chart, arriving at No. 9 with 11,000.

The lone non-Jackson-related set in the top 10 is a reissue of the "Woodstock" movie soundtrack, which bows at No. 10 with 8,000.

Collectively, Jackson's solo albums sold 422,000 this past week. That's extraordinary, since his titles sold a combined 10,000 in the week that ended June 21. Of the 422,000 total, 57% were digital downloads.

Additionally, the 422,000 albums sold just last week is nearly 42% more than what Jackson's catalog had sold the the entire year up through June 21 (297,000).

Speaking of digital albums, on the Top Digital Albums chart, Jackson has a record six out of the top 10 slots, including the entire top four. "The Essential Michael Jackson" leads the Top Digital Albums list with 80,000 downloads sold, while "Thriller" is No. 2 with 57,000.

With the Black Eyed Peas' "The E.N.D." moving back to the No. 1 slot on the Billboard 200 chart with 88,000, this week marks the first time since Nielsen SoundScan began compiling data in 1991 that a catalog album has sold more than the No. 1 current set on the Billboard 200 albums chart. (All three of Jackson's top sellers on the Pop Catalog chart outsell "The E.N.D.")

Ironically, the feat almost occurred when Jackson re-issued "Thriller" in February 2008. The set relaunched with 166,000, re-entering at No. 1 on the Top Pop Catalog chart. That week, Jack Johnson's "Sleep Through the Static" led the Billboard 200 chart with 180,000 while Amy Winehouse's "Back to Black" was at No. 2 with 115,000.

Catalog albums are ineligible to appear on the Billboard 200 albums chart, though they can chart on the all-encompassing Top Comprehensive Albums list. On the latter chart, Jackson's "Number Ones," "Essential" and "Thriller" are at Nos. 1-3, followed by the Black Eyed Peas' "The E.N.D." at No. 4.

Jackson places a record 25 songs on the 75-position Hot Digital Songs chart (21 solo hits and four with his siblings), smashing the mark of 14 charting titles established by David Cook in the June 7, 2008 issue. Jackson's Halloween radio staple, "Thriller," moves 167,000, which is good for second place on the chart behind the 203,000 shifted by the Black Eyed Peas' "I Gotta Feeling."

"Thriller" was also Jackson's best seller in the week before his death with 5,000 downloads, which translates to a 3,551% jump. Jackson's total volume of downloads this week -- including his tracks with the Jackson 5 and the Jacksons -- account for 2.6 million downloads, a remarkable number considering last week's cumulative sum was 48,000. Moreover, Jackson becomes the first act to sell more than 1 million song downloads in a week.

Besides "Thriller," Jackson places five other songs in the top 10 including "Man In The Mirror" (No. 3, 165,000), "Billie Jean" (No. 4, 158,000), "The Way You Make Me Feel" (No. 6, 136,000), "Beat It" (No. 7, 134,000) and "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough" (No. 8, 125,000).

Not surprisingly, each of the tracks in the top 10 of Hot Digital Songs were among the top 10 most-played Jackson selections at radio following his passing. According to research provided by Nielsen BDS of monitored airplay from over 1,600 terrestrial and satellite radio stations and cable music channels, "Billie Jean" was the Jackson track with the most spins for the week ending June 28 with 4,540 -- 97% of which occurred after news of his death became public. The track posted only 318 plays in the prior week.

原來 Bad 都可以很 Jazz 的啊~
看看 Whither 的 貼文﹕
Who's Bad... News? －R.I.P. Michael Jackson
http://blog.roodo.com/Whither/archives/9316605.html#comment-19496673

昨夜看了Michael Jackson 的電視轉播追思會﹐一代流行曲歌王真正來了一個終結﹐他也一得著安息。看到許多嘉賓上台致詞﹐也有不少人唱歌﹐但是人人神情各異﹐最令我有感覺的是 Smokey Robinson﹑還Jackson 兄弟的Marlon Jackson﹑不願發言的Janet Jackson及MJ 女兒 Paris 的部份。








歌唱部份﹐雖然有Mariah Carey﹑Lionel Ritchie﹑Stevie Wonder﹑John Mayer﹑Jermaine Jackson等等﹐不過最令我留下印象的只有Jennifer Hudson 及Shaheen Jafargholi。

Jennifer Hudson - Will You Be There


Shaheen Jafargholi - Who’s Loving You



Rundown of all the events from the memorial:
- Smokey Robinson came on stage at about 10:10 AM Pacific and read letters from Diana Ross and Nelson Mandella.
- A break stretched to about twenty minutes due to, from what we know, the transport of Jackson's casket. The family had a private memorial in the Hall of Liberty at Forrest Lawn Cemetery after which the casket had to be transported to the Staple's Center.
- The Andrea Crouch Singers opened the memorial in front of a large projection of a church window singing Going to See the King as the casket was brought in.
- Pastor Lucious Smith gave the opening statements.
- Mariah Carey and Trey Lorenz performed I'll Be There, including a small part of Never Can Say Goodbye.
- Queen Latifah spoke of her memories of Jackson as a part of her life and read a poem specifically written by Maya Angelou, We Had You.
- Lionel Ritchie performed Jesus is Love.
- Berry Gordy spoke about the Jackson 5 audition and his amazement at Michael's performance, the weekly Jacksons vs. Gordys softball game and the fact that they were the only group to have their first four singles go to number one. He stated "All through sadd times and some questionable decisions, he accomplished all he set out to do." Gordy also said the King of Pop was not enough of a title. Jackson should be known as the Greatest Entertainer That Ever Lived, a title that would be echoed throughout the memorial.
- Film montage of Jackson's career.
- Stevie Wonder performed Never Dreamed You'd Leave in Summer.
- Kobe Bryant talked about Jackson the humanitarian and referenced the fact that he has the Guinness record for the most charities supported by an entertainer.
- Magic Johnson spoke of his friendship with Jackie and the entire Jackson family and stated "the three children will have the most incredible Grandmother God ever put on this earth to take care of them."
- Jennifer Hudson performed Will You Be There.
The Reverend Al Sharpton talked about the journey of Jackson from Gary to today and his accomplishments, including breaking the video barrier, We Are the World and bringing all cultures together through sheer determination. He also told Jackson's children "There is nothing strange about your Daddy. It was strange what he had to deal with."
- John Mayer performed an instrumental version of Human Nature.
- Brooke Shields gave one of the most emotional speeches of the day, talking about her friendship with Jackson and how they both started so young ("I started at six months old, you started at five you slacker"). She also talked about his love of laughter and mischief and how his favorite song was Charlie Chaplin's Smile.
- Jermaine Jackson performed Smile.
- Martin Luther King III spoke of how Jackson challenged himself and everyone else to be the best they can.
- Bernice King talked of how Jackson used God's love to bring the world together in true brother and sisterhood.
- Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas spoke on how Jackson was the "Good Samaritan" and of Congressional Resolution 600 to honor Jackson as a great American and musical icon. Her strongest statement was the fact that as a congressperson and lawyer, "we understand the Constitution and we Understand the law and people are innocent until proven guilty."
- Usher performed Gone Too Soon.
- Video of Jackson performing Who's Lovin' You on the Ed Sullivan Show.
- Smokey Robinson spoke of how Jackson was always wise beyond his years and sang with such conviction. He stated one of the greatest blessings of his life was to know Jackson and his family.
- Shaheen Jafargholi, a young boy that Jackson had invited to perform with him in London, performed Who's Lovin' You.
- Kenny Ortega spoke about the creation of the Memorial and his thanks to all who participated.
- The cast of This is It, along with the rest of the participants, performed We Are the World and Heel the World.
- Thanks were given by Jermaine and Marlon Jackson. A short, tearful statement was then made by Jackson's daughter Paris.
- The casket was removed.
- Pastor Lucious Smith gave the closing statement.

Michael Jackson Nomination 2010 Nobel Peace Prize
http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/mjnobelpeaceprize/

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傑克遜燒傷中心。 1985年的慈善籌款歌'我們是世界'共同舉辦的書面和邁
克爾傑克遜。這首歌是在努力幫助援助飢荒救濟在埃塞俄比亞。這首歌至今
已超過6000萬美元救災援助的慈善機構。 令人印象最深刻的全球貢獻邁克
爾傑克遜已對人類的是他1992年創造的醫治世界基金會。邁克爾基金會負
責教育兒童的危險，濫用毒品和酗酒，捐贈了數百萬美元向貧困兒童的需
要，空運四十六噸用品戰爭蹂躪的薩拉熱窩。 1994年，邁克爾傑克遜認捐
120 000美元醫治世界基金會支付費用的肝臟移植的兒童被遺棄匈牙利語的
名稱貝拉法爾卡什。這一類的提供，導致邁克爾被列在進入“最多支持的慈
善明星” 2000年吉尼斯世界紀錄。邁克爾傑克遜還繼續作出貢獻，慈善為
卡特里娜颶風的倖存者，受害者家屬襲擊9/11/01 。 我們簽署人認為邁克
爾傑克遜給了自己完全和無私奉獻的一生努力，幫助改善全球環境的兒童，
和全人類。請考慮邁克爾傑克遜全心全意為候選人，與受援國的傑出榮譽這
一最有聲望的獎項。 邁克爾傑克遜已經毫無疑問獲得了2010年諾貝爾和平
獎。 此致， Anneliese妮可布朗 人類學學生 加州大學洛杉磯分校