A murit Michael

Acum vreo două zile aminteam de el şi na, că s-a dus! La 50 de ani, se pare că starul (mai exact fostul star) american a murit la Los Angeles, aparent în urma unui stop cardiac.
Jackson se pregătea intens pentru un nou şir de concerte, forţat oarecum de datoriile tot mai mari pe care le-a acumulat…
Am văzut ştirea de dimineaţă, da’ am evitat subiectul. Văd la televizor iar imagini de la concertele vechi unde leşinau adolescentele numai la vederea lui, văd imagini actuale cu oameni care-l plâng pe aşa numitul „Rege al Pop-ului”. Acum se stârneşte probabil un nou val de manie-Jackson, vor creşte vânzările şi cineva o să profite din plin de pe urma lui exact cum s-a întâmplat cu adevăratul Rege, Elvis Presley.

Mereu m-a distrat piesa “Black or White” şi refrenul piesei “But, If  You’re Thinkin’ About My Baby, It Don’t Matter If You’re Black Or White…” şi disperarea cu care săracu’ încerca să se transforme din cine era în altcineva… Din negru în alb. Dar până la urmă toţi fugim de cine suntem şi credem că dacă am fi altcineva, ar fi mai bine…

Jackson a avut şi momente, piese bune. „Dirty Diana”, „Beat It” sau “Give In to Me”… Dar a fost şi un personaj excentric şi controversat, nu pot să trec cu vederea acuzaţiile legate de pedofilie… sau licitarea împotriva celui pe care-l considera prieten, Paul McCartey şi faptul că i-a suflat drepturile de autor asupra unor piese The Beatles care i-au aparţinut lui Lennon. E drept, în această “fază” şi Yoko bitch Ono are partea ei de vină… Se zvoneşte că prin testament Mike i-a lăsat copywrite-urile lui McCartney. Rămâne de văzut.

Mie îmi place mult „Man in the Mirror”, piesă scrisă de Glen Ballard şi Siedah Garrett (este trecut şi Jackson co-autor, dar ştim cum e cu vedetele…). Piesa este pe albumul “Bad” din 1987.

Realitatea TV a ridicat la repezeală un zid al plângerii la Universitate… Să-mi explice şi mie cineva de ce transformă media românească moartea unui cântăreţ american (era să zic altceva!), în tragedie naţională?

Scot batistuţa. De hârtie şi unică folosinţă. E gripă porcină, ce plm! R.I.P.

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“I’m Gonna Make A Change,
For Once In My Life
It’s Gonna Feel Real Good,
Gonna Make A Difference
Gonna Make It Right . . .

As I, Turn Up The Collar On My
Favourite Winter Coat
This Wind Is Blowin’ My Mind
I See The Kids In The Street,
With Not Enough To Eat
Who Am I, To Be Blind?
Pretending Not To See
Their Needs
A Summer’s Disregard,
A Broken Bottle Top
And A One Man’s Soul
They Follow Each Other On
The Wind Ya’ Know
‘Cause They Got Nowhere
To Go
That’s Why I Want You To
Know

I’m Starting With The Man In
The Mirror
I’m Asking Him To Change
His Ways
And No Message Could Have
Been Any Clearer
If You Wanna Make The World
A Better Place
(If You Wanna Make The
World A Better Place)
Take A Look At Yourself, And
Then Make A Change
(Take A Look At Yourself, And
Then Make A Change)
(Na Na Na, Na Na Na, Na Na,
Na Nah)

I’ve Been A Victim Of A Selfish
Kind Of Love
It’s Time That I Realize
That There Are Some With No
Home, Not A Nickel To Loan
Could It Be Really Me,
Pretending That They’re Not
Alone?

A Willow Deeply Scarred,
Somebody’s Broken Heart
And A Washed-Out Dream
(Washed-Out Dream)
They Follow The Pattern Of
The Wind, Ya’ See
Cause They Got No Place
To Be
That’s Why I’m Starting With
Me
(Starting With Me!)

I’m Starting With The Man In
The Mirror
(Ooh!)
I’m Asking Him To Change
His Ways
(Ooh!)
And No Message Could Have
Been Any Clearer
If You Wanna Make The World
A Better Place
(If You Wanna Make The
World A Better Place)
Take A Look At Yourself And
Then Make A Change
(Take A Look At Yourself And
Then Make A Change)

I’m Starting With The Man In
The Mirror
(Ooh!)
I’m Asking Him To Change His
Ways
(Change His Ways-Ooh!)
And No Message Could’ve
Been Any Clearer
If You Wanna Make The World
A Better Place
(If You Wanna Make The
World A Better Place)
Take A Look At Yourself And
Then Make That . . .
(Take A Look At Yourself And
Then Make That . . .)
Change!

I’m Starting With The Man In
The Mirror,
(Man In The Mirror-Oh
Yeah!)
I’m Asking Him To Change
His Ways
(Better Change!)
No Message Could Have
Been Any Clearer
(If You Wanna Make The
World A Better Place)
(Take A Look At Yourself And
Then Make The Change)
(You Gotta Get It Right, While
You Got The Time)
(‘Cause When You Close Your
Heart)
You Can’t Close Your . . .Your
Mind!
(Then You Close Your . . .
Mind!)
That Man, That Man, That
Man, That Man
With That Man In The Mirror
(Man In The Mirror, Oh Yeah!)
That Man, That Man, That Man
I’m Asking Him To Change
His Ways
(Better Change!)
You Know . . .That Man
No Message Could Have
Been Any Clearer
If You Wanna Make The World
A Better Place
(If You Wanna Make The
World A Better Place)
Take A Look At Yourself And
Then Make A Change
(Take A Look At Yourself And
Then Make A Change)
Hoo! Hoo! Hoo! Hoo! Hoo!
Na Na Na, Na Na Na, Na Na,
Na Nah
(Oh Yeah!)
Gonna Feel Real Good Now!
Yeah Yeah! Yeah Yeah!
Yeah Yeah!
Na Na Na, Na Na Na, Na Na,
Na Nah
(Ooooh . . .)
Oh No, No No . . .
I’m Gonna Make A Change
It’s Gonna Feel Real Good!
Come On!
(Change . . .)
Just Lift Yourself
You Know
You’ve Got To Stop It.
Yourself!
(Yeah!-Make That Change!)
I’ve Got To Make That Change,
Today!
Hoo!
(Man In The Mirror)
You Got To
You Got To Not Let Yourself . . .
Brother . . .
Hoo!
(Yeah!-Make That Change!)
You Know-I’ve Got To Get
That Man, That Man . . .
(Man In The Mirror)
You’ve Got To
You’ve Got To Move! Come
On! Come On!
You Got To . . .
Stand Up! Stand Up!
Stand Up!
(Yeah-Make That Change)
Stand Up And Lift
Yourself, Now!
(Man In The Mirror)
Hoo! Hoo! Hoo!
Aaow!
(Yeah-Make That Change)
Gonna Make That Change . . .
Come On!
(Man In The Mirror)
You Know It!
You Know It!
You Know It!
You Know . . .
(Change . . .)
Make That Change.”