Posted on 07/02/2009 10:56:18 PM PDT by blueplum
(Very odd video - anti Obama?)
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
but who was it said the other day that Michael was 'number one' until Barack replaced him?
Fox has about a minute of Michael's last rehearsal video -
starts with chorus, guitar solo, then hand raised high, "number one", in background is image of thousands of riotpolice/daarthvaders, offstage narrator says..'will go down in history as the greatest demonstration of freedom in our nation' then into salute and soldier march, Michael sings "if Martin Luther was living.."(couldn't catch the rest), 'all I want to say is that they don't really care about us' which seems to be the final abrupt ending line in the song
call me crazy but the song seems like anti-zero "number one" . At the very least an inflamatory political song directed at government, which is pretty out of character for Michael, isn't it?
creeped me out
what do you think?
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TOo bad this worthless POS’s death is sucking all th eoxygen out of the media. Karl Malden, Farrah, Ed McMahon and even Billy Mays deserve more airtime than that retard.
In any case. It surprised me how lively he looks. Whatever else he was, he was a performer.
It did seem to be a political statement, and given the prevalence of Obamania, it’s more than reasonable to suppose that “... they don’t really care about us” is in reference to that.
However, this must have been part of a progression, and I think you would have to know the whole “libretto” to make a judgement.
... also, he didn’t look too bad on stage. Somewhat limited and subdued, but spry enough to evoke his former vitality. This sort of performance has been seen many times before with aging stars.
Probably a black angst song written while Bush was still in office.
You could certainly tell he couldn’t really dance like he used to, because all of the choreography was sloooow. Hell, I could have done it.
I think that's a fair statement. What struck me about the video, was how artificial Jackson's face appeared. It's evocative of a guitar player who goes by the name "Buckethead". He wears a white plastic mask, with a KFC bucket on his head. But, the pallor and stillness of the mask is eerily similar to what pretends to be Jackson's face.
Dead man dancing. My guess is that the exertion wiped him out.
Actually, it's the other way around. The worthless POS media is sucking all the oxygen out of the whole JACKO story. And they've only just begun.
Sad.
the deceased you mentioned died with respect and honor and that is how we will always remember them - quietly, with a smile.
Not much honor to Jackson’s death. He’ll always be remembered as a disaster.
I agree Jackson was a little limited; not sure if this segment was the ‘wrap’ video or just another rehearsal -some performers hold back a little in rehearsal and then let it rip when the footlights come on and the magic starts - don’t know enough about Michael’s stage habits to say if he was one of those.. In any case, he sure looked like he still had some concert mileage on him - his voice was certainly solid as a rock in this clip.
It will be interesting to see/hear the entire context of the song, and which group picks it up as an anthem
I always fast forwarded past Billy Mays commercials, but then I saw a Thom Beers show called Pitchmen, about Billy Mays, and he seemed like a nice guy.
One of the Pitchmen shows also starred his son and father, and it was so sad...seeing both of them, and knowing that their son and father was gone.
Just goes to show you how transitory life is, and no matter how much we think we have it made, just like in Jesus’ parable of the rich man, sometimes we hear the Father say “Tonight your soul is required of you.”
Billy Mays had just gone on Conan, had guested on Leno, had signed a contract with Taco Bell, had a hit TV show, but his soul was required of him.
I hope he’s with the Father...
Ed
"What shall it profit a man if he gain the whole world and lose his soul, for what can a man give in exchange for his soul?"
I doubt that MJ knew that Obama was in office from one minute to the next
His body is dead (his soul is not), but his influence lives on. Here in Shanghai, we have been asked about him all week long. I tell the Chinese exactly what I believe were (and are) the evil influences on our culture from people such as Jackson.
Today in a department store, a Chinese salesman wanted to ask me about him, but he wasn’t sure he could say the name correctly, so to make sure I knew who he was talking about, he positioned himself in a Jackson pose and grabbed his crotch . . . that with three cash register girls looking on and giggling.
Well, that’s his influence.
Sucks that the media is still swooning over someone who sold 650 million records and defined a generation in pop music.
Unfortunately he was also a kid toucher. Ruins the moment.
I don’t know. To me, the song is more referring to race and his own legal issues/allegations made against him, etc. One of the lines was “Jew me, sue me, Everybody do me, Kick me, kike me
Don’t you black or white me.”
Audio of the song “They Don’t Really Care About Us”:
http://www.playlist.com/searchbeta/tracks#%22they%20don%27t%20really%20care%20about%20us%22
The lyrics:
http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/michaeljackson/theydontcareaboutus.html
From Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/They_Don%27t_Care_About_Us
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