I don't generally force myself to write blogs,
atleast I
have'nt started doing it regularly for now, unless I really feel like doing it when something inspires or upsets me.For the past 2 days I feel terribly upset over the loss of the legend,the icon,the super star I grew up listening to,some one who's music has penetrated all races transcending caste,creed and color.He is Michael Joseph Jackson.Man,I feel like I have lost something.I never met
Michael Jackson, but it seems like I was always just a few degrees away from him.Every single soul who has ever dreamt of a career in music has for sure kept
MJ as his/her role model.I can recall about 14 years back,during my first year at
Montfort school,my dad bought the entire
MJ collection called History and I kept listening to it over and over.There is no other
forgein artist I have listened to as much as I listened to MJ.There is something about him that stood apart,something about him that forced people to love him.His music sounds modern even today.If you listen to some of the songs from Dangerous which released almost 20 years ago,you will notice that almost all modern producers , even today , has gathered immense influence from his style.The disco
danceable beat with a sold baseline,some extra
ordinary synth effects,minor tonality,powerful chorus and string section,mind blowing recording...I can go on when I start talking about THE KING.
His songs
for sure had elements of surprise and one example is ' They dont really care about us'.In that particular song there is a portion when the guitar lead is introduced like a blast from the rest of the song by just raising the entire volume of the song by couple of db from the rest of the song,this comes in with a beat change.Even today,even today when I listen to it i get goose bumps.Stranger in Moscow is another favorite of mine.The orchestration of that song is unbelievable and MJ's voice,ohhh god.I can go on adding about every song and the list will never end.
I wish I could take a glance of him,who knows he could have said"Hey boy Jakes why don't you produce an Indian song for me".
I will see him no more and he will never say this , but he is right up there inspiring people like you and me to rock the world.
LOVE YOU MICHAEL.
