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Michael je bio zvijezda u vrijeme kada je pop muzika znacila nesto ...
Danas, ... svaka fukara koja snimi dva-tri hita, sama sebe preko noci proglasi za superstara.
Osim toga, 45 godina je zivio pod nevidjenim pritiskom i torturom medija i mislim da su mediji u velikoj mjeri iskrivili sliku o njemu.

Danas na su na Mtv-u poceli da pustaju sve stare spotove, a izmedju njih nove mtv pjesme (Enrike, Dzastin, Eminem,Bijons, pa i Madona, reperi sa kajlinama i cicama...) i kada ih onako uporedis, od koreografije, do spotova i pjesama, shvatis da cijela njihova diskografija ne vrijedi koliko sekunda Thrillera, Dirty Diana, Bad, Billy Jean, Beat it, Smooth criminal, Earth song itd itd itd

I dalje mislim da mu je ovo najbolja pjesma

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVYGcAJ53Q0

Ali u toj nema Slashove gitare:)

Njegova muzika je veliki dio muzickog svijeta nase generacije.
I to je za mene to, prvenstveno jer nisam fan obozavanja(mrznje) javnih licnosti koje pri tom i ne poznajemo.

Covjek je ostavio neobrisiv trag u svijetu popularne muzike. Rijetko koji muzicar ili sastav se moze pohvaliti s time da je imao jednu od najboljih ili najprepoznatljivih pjesama u istoriji pop muzike, a Jackzon ih je otpjevao nekoliko. "I Want You Back," "ABC," "Rock With You," "Don't Stop Till You Get Enough," "Thriller," "Beat It" i "Billie Jean"... ako niste vec culi sve ove pjesme, onda jos niste culi neke od najboljih pjesama proteklih 40 godina. A stvar nije ni samo u tome da je on imao toliko puno dobrih pjesama, nego da je imao takvu ogromnu populrnost da je njegova muzika imala uticaj na zivote jednog ogromnog broja ljudi sirom svijeta koji su odrasli u ta doba. Evo, ja sam rodjen tek '88e, a i ja imam neka posebna sjecanja vezana za njegovu muziku... od starih prijatelja, derneka iz gimnazije itd. itd. I sad zamislite da slicna sjecanja imaju ljudi svih starosnih doba na svim krajevima svijeta. Ja evo citam razne stranice na internetu, i bas SVI pricaju o tome... americki prijatelji na facebooku-u, bosanski prijatelji na facebooku, americke stranice, njemacke stranice, bosanske stranice, sportski forumi... svi. Takav uticaj je stvarno nevjerovatan... moze se jedino porediti jos sa Bitlsima i nekim drugim. Istina, Jackson je imao vrlo tuznu i kompleksnu zivotnu pricu, ali on je jednostavno ikona popularne kulture i na kraju vjerujem da ce se uglavnom zbog toga i sjecati.

Michael Jackson's Guitarists
From Santana to Slash, Jackson used the cream of the crop

Whether or not you were a fan of the self-proclaimed "King of Pop", you can't dismiss Michael Jackson's ability to do things right. Even on his earliest recordings, Jackson's albums featured the best musicians money could buy. Although the album credits on even his last releases still read like a who's who of top session musicians, Jackson's philosophy of choosing guitarists to work with changed post-Thriller.

More specifically, Jackson's approach became: identify the most popular guitarists on the face of the planet, and hire them to play on your record.

Jackson's 1979 release Off the Ground, featuring studio pro guitarists like Larry Carlton and Phil Upchurch, was the album which introduced Jackson to the world as a solo artist. That album marked the last recording Jackson would make with more obscure musicians. By the time Jackson released the landmark Thriller in 1982, his star-seeking approach to choosing guitarists was firmly in place. Guitarist Eddie Van Halen, a musician who had turned the rock world on it's collective ear, appeared on the recording, contributing a stunning solo on the song "Beat It".

It was a full five years before Jackson, a perfectionist in the extreme, managed to release his next album, 1987's Bad. Amidst the usual cast of studio musicians (including veteran Eric Gale) was guitarist Billy Idol's guitarist Steve Stevens. Thanks to Stevens' work on Idol's 1986 success Whiplash Smile, the guitarist could be found on the cover of almost every guitar magazine that year. Listen for Stevens' contributions to the Jackson hit "Smooth Criminal".

True to form, it was another five years before Jackson released his next album, 1992's Dangerous. For this release, Jackson decided on Guns n' Roses guitarist Slash (a move that left a lot of GNR fans scratching their heads). You can hear Slash wailing on "Black or White" and "Give it to Me".

The almost decade long stretch between Dangerous and 2001's Invincible has been well-documented, and needs no further analysis here. On a musical level, Jackson struggled in the studio for much of that time, trying to find a sound that would push him back to the forefront of the pop music world. While Invincible clearly failed in this regard, it did feature some nice contributions from Carlos Santana, who added a guitar and whistle solo to the latin-tinged "Whatever Happens".

Invincible proved to be Jackson's last attempt to live up to his self-appointed status as the "King of Pop".
And, although he never managed to recapture the magic of Thriller, guitarists should still be able find something to appreciate in his later records.

Nije bas nase generacije, on je rasturao 80ih tako da je to generacija onih sto su se tada zabavljali