Analysis Of Michael Jackson 's ' The King Of Pop '

Michael Jackson Conspiracy is a book written by Aphrodite Jones and foreword by Tom Meserau. Jones is an author, reporter, and television producer. She wrote this book to inform the world, old and young, about the full details that many did not see in the news. She also explains why Michael Jackson was found “NOT GUILTY” on all accounts that he was charged with. In 1993, he was accused of sexual molestation charge of a young boy in the Chandler family and his advisors told him because he needs to be on tour singing and performing that he should pay this family off and forget about having to go to trial. So, he did what he was advised to do which was probably one of the biggest mistakes because instead of giving that family $22 million dollars to keep their mouth shut he could have took this case to court and won it and settled all the rumors. Jones believed in him and could not sit back and let the media discredit his name and reputation in the way that they did. In the opening chapters, I was shocked and disappointing on how he was slandered and made out to be this child molester and majority of the false information that was spread about Jackson was from the media.

Pathos was represented in the music video through the lyrics of the song. Singing over and over again the hope of an alternative to the so called bump in the night. This can be found in verse two of the song where Michael sings: “You close your eyes and hope that this is just imagination.” Leading me to believe that these hopes were the same hopes he held on to during his own eerie times. Therefore, singing and displaying his own personal accounts, shows an appeal to the emotions of the audience and gains the credibility of the crowd of

"This was a record that had something for everybody by adding harder funk, hard rock, softer ballads, and smoother soul-expanding the approach to have something for every audience. That alone would have given the album a good shot at a huge audience, but it also arrived precisely when MTV was reaching its ascendancy, and Michael Jackson helped the network by being not just its first superstar, but first black star”. (https://www.udiscovermusic.com/artists/michael-jackson/, n.d.)

Michael Jackson was known around the world as the “King of Pop.” He was raised as a Jehovah’s Witness, which molded him into a shy and quiet person. Something he was opposite of on stage. It is well documented that his father became violent with him and his brothers in order to push them to become successful. Thus, missing out on his childhood. During his early life, Michael had an accident that resulted in burns on his head and face. After this incident he had plastic surgery, changing the shape of his nose. Although he was born an African American, it became apparent that he started to appear lighter and lighter, bleaching his skin and ultimately appearing white. He created his own amusement park called Neverland, where there were exotic

Michael Jackson was not only an artists but a human being who had his struggles. One of them was the insecurity about his appearance which he had tried to correct and then perfect for most of his life. Another was his insistence on preserving his childhood dreams which resulted in the creation of the Neverland Ranch complete with an amusement park and a zoo. Michael was also known for understanding and loving children and on several occasions was accused of child molestation. The shadow of these accusations did

Micheal Jackson and Madonna were one of the best artists to take advantage of the emerging video age. Micheal Jackson’s music videos changed the dimenision of pop music in the 1980s and earned the title King of Pop. His energy and highly ambitious dance was the main aspect of his dance music videos. The first of his music videos was the extended twelve-minute video “Thriller” directed by Hollywood’s John Landies. Like Micheal Jackson, Madonna’s music is usually plays by dance beat. She has dance-club background. Her first recordings were success in New York dance-club scene.

Some of the biggest things that caught people's eyes were Jackson’s music videos and dancing. His music clearly started to take a huge impact on pop music. As a result, Jackson was in the top 10 for over a year and he created the 2nd best selling album of all time (Woog). Michael started to become known as the “King of Pop” around the world, and he still is considered that today. Michael had been a part of setting high standards for today's pop music. “During the 1980’s, artists like Michael Jackson and Madonna set the bar for the level of performance” (Marcovitz). Even after his death, people still loved and appreciated all of his work. In fact, his music video “Thriller” was inducted into the “National Film Registry of the Liberty of Congress” (Vincent). Michael Jackson is still considered a legend and an icon in the pop music industry and his work will never be

Michael Jackson was very popular starting a very young age. “Michael Jackson was the youngest and most talented of five brothers whom his father, Joseph, shaped into a dazzling group of child stars known as the Jackson 5” (Forte 320). Although he was very young, he was a very successful and popular singer. After leaving his child career, he had many hits as an adult as well. Of his astounding hits was Thriller, which is still the best selling album in history to this day. It won three Grammys out of his eleven (“Jackson, Michael.” Scholastic Grolier Online, go.scholastic.com/content/schgo/C). He has a variety of popular and chart topping songs and albums. His hard work payed off when in in 1997, the

They both dominated the album charts with major hits, “Thriller” and “Purple Rain”. They were quickly recognized as the King of Pop and the Purple One. Their music consisted of funk, R&B, and disco. According to NuSkool, “Thriller has persisted as the best-selling album of all time, with over 65 million sales worldwide”. Other albums like Bad, Dangerous, HIStory, and Invincible were also major hits that triumphed in the charts. Throughout his career Jackson sold over 750 million albums, truly making him the King of Pop. Meanwhile, Prince was known for his diverse persona. Stated in NuSkool, “He has sold over 100 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling artists of all time”. Not only did he lead the charts with top selling hits like “Doves Cry,” “Kiss”, and “Let’s go Crazy”; Prince’s famous film in 1984 called Purple Rain, won the Academy award for Best Musical. Both artists were iconic; From their style, dance moves, and everything in between. They kept their audiences guessing, and were outstanding performers releasing massive record-breaking hits one after the

Next was Thriller which made seven Top 10 hits and became the best-selling album in history. The album stayed on the charts for eighty weeks, maintaining the No. 1 spot for thirty-seven weeks. Thriller gathered 12 Grammy Award nominations and got 7 wins. On 1983 in Motown, Jackson performed his No. 1 hit "Billie Jean" and introduced his famous dance move, the Moonwalk. He created his steps himself and choreographed the dance order for the video of the album's other No. 1 hit, "Beat It”.

Michael Jackson, a man that changed the music world forever. Jackson made his professional singing debut in 1964 with his siblings in a band called the Jackson 5. Jackson made it big with Jackson 5 having many singles reach the top 100 in the United States. But, when Jackson decided to start his own solo career in 1971 we were seeing a side of Michael Jackson that we have never seen before. Most importantly Jackson 1982, mulit-platinum selling album Thriller. Michael Jackson broke music barriers and made a change for racial equality in the music industry.

Jackson's hit song, Thriller, had been released about 6 months before and many thought it would be the high point of his career. Jackson performed the hit, Billie Jean, on Motown and it was much more than the average musical performance. He performed his awesome dance moves and his sensational moonwalk that most had never seen before(DeCurtis 59). MTV had been refusing to show videos made by entertainers who were black, but eventually they had to give in and start showing Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean" and "Beat It" videos. After this point, MTV became a prosperous organization and a global identity(Dyson 84).

I will talk about the role of media after his immediate death in June 25,2009. The role of media in Michael's life was crucial, so I take this example to examine the image of the icon which built by the media. After the media knew about his death, the channels cover his death 24/7, day and night. And there was something been noticed about the coverage, they put the news like that ' he was a great icon, but no! he was a pedophile; he was a pop legend, but he was tortured. This two-side mirror about his personality gives an indication that Michael Jackson's image is controversial and contested to much that media chose both opposite descriptions in one headline. Another case is after the release of the concert This Is It,

“I'm a Black American. I'm proud of my race. I'm proud of who I am. I have a lot of pride and dignity” – King of Pop (YouTube 2014).On August 19th 1958, a legend was born. Michael Joseph Jackson was a singer and songwriter who changed the face of pop music and popular culture throughout his lifetime. Michael Jackson was a singer, songwriter, and dancer born in August of 1958 to a family of nine children. Michael began his music career at the age of ten in a group called the “Jackson 5”. Jackson 5, who was seeing as “young, fresh and full of energy”, quickly caught the attention of Motown Records (The Jackson 5).He was introduced to music by his parents at a very young age and since then his potential in singing and dancing began to emerge. His contribution to music, dance, and fashion, along with his publicized personal life made him a worldwide figure in popular culture for over four decades (Biography). He was saluted as the “King of Pop”, because his solo album “Thriller” still remains “the best-selling album of all time”, with global sales of “over 51 million copies to date since 1982”( Guinness World Records). Due to the individualism and uniqueness of Michael Jackson’s song, he earned over 700 awards, including 13 Grammy Awards. With the inclusion of all this, I can say that Michael Jackson’s songs have changed and affected plethora of lives through his nonstop fight towards racial fairness. I argue that MJ utilized his music career as a ways to break barriers towards race in the music industry. Through his music, he expressed his disappointment toward the way people of colors are being treated and to also show his support for racial equality.

Michael Jackson, the King of Pop would not be who he is today without his inspirations, James Brown and Jackie Wilson (Taraborrelli, 2). James Brown, the godfather of soul, emphasized the genre of soul and the formation of a new music style called funk. He was a well-known singer, dancer, composer and performer. In his songs, he focused on the rhythm and groove making him different from the rest of the music artists of his time. His performance style was full of energy and different with his various dance moves and he was always ready at the mic on perfect que (Appell and Hemphill 320). Jackie Wilson on the other hand was well-known also for his stage performances and his songs would be a mix between James Brown and