Michael Jackson: the King of Pop

Cassette tapes…yes, those bulky pieces of plastic that you would have to flip over to the other side just to hear the rest of your favorite artist! Trust me, I know. However, I will have you know that at the beginning of the 1970’s sparked the age of modernization for the music and recoding industry. During this time, compact cassette tapes brought not only convenience but also better quality then their predictors past. For this Prownian Analysis Project I chose a cassette tape that had been passed down to me after the passing of Michael Jackson. More specifically, Michael Jackson’s 1979 release of “Off the Wall”. Stated by an artistic review web site called Pitchfork.com, The idea for the cover of Off the Wall came from the late 70’s show The Jacksons. Michael, often seen inviting various guests to sign a fake brick facade and do a little dance ending in a frozen ta-da! Pose. Aimed for detailed description of the cover art, the cassette tape itself, and a breakdown of its

Michael can represent two character archetypes: the child of an immigrant seeking the American dream and the fallen hero. The American dream has a variety of meanings to different people, but in this case, it would mean that Michael is working to achieve success much like his parents did. It is recognized that the cost of working towards success comes at a price, but this is where the fallen hero trope comes into play. When Michael decides to seek revenge, he works for the Mafia and believes he is a sacrificial hero to the family he’s trying to raise, slaving away for their sake. He had good intentions; he only wanted to bring legitimacy to his family.

Michael’s behaviour was the opposite to Whitney’s. He became a recluse. He made very few public appearances and hid within his Neverland Ranch stately home.

The singer Michael Jackson, also called the king of pop, released the tune “Man in The Mirror” in 1989. The song turned out on the album, “Bad” right after the top-rated album “Thriller.” Many people think that this is one of Jackson's best works. The song's principle thought is a change in Jackson's point of view in the wake of seeing the less fortunate and acknowledging how narrow-minded he had been. Throughout the song, he is requesting that people change their perspectives with him. He uses word choices, personification, figurative language, and imagery to convey that message by relying on pathos heavily.

The lack of ability of creating friendships when he was a child could explain why he always surrounded himself with children, and preferred to be in the presence of children than adults. He always stated that children were pure in the heart and less manipulative than adults. The Id of Michael struggled with the ego. The ego was never able to keep under control his desires and pleasures, allowing his Id to take over. His creation of the amusement park shows how the Id overpowered his ego. The amusement park wasn’t only for children to enjoy, but for him to enjoy and relive his childhood. Freud would analyze this gratification as becoming a core aspect of Michael’s personality.

In his song entitled “They Don’t Care About Us,” Michael Jackson discusses social issues such as police brutality and fixed racial solidarity. The song was released in the year 1995, two years after the accusations of his child abuse. Because of this ongoing scandal as well as the controversy from his song, “Black or White,” Michael Jackson managed to exceeded controversy records. However due to the lyrics and content in the videos, this caused the videos to be temporarily banned and unable to air in both America and in other countries.

Yet he kept giving interviews,kept working,and made some of the best music of his life.

“Oh, that was just the greatest entertainer of all time!” A very intelligent girl exclaimed. Michael Jackson is certainly the greatest entertainer that has ever lived. To begin, an article stated this, “The King of Pop's hits included Beat It, Billie Jean and Thriller and his 1982 album was the best-selling album of all time, with more than 26 million copies sold” (“Michael Jackson”). Since his album is the best selling album ever and that he has millions of fans that proves he actually is the greatest entertainer ever. Secondly, Jackson is referred as The King of Pop because Michael is a very skilled dancer, singer, and songwriter (Hill 249). This shows that he was very

Furthermore, my question didn’t really change while I was doing my research because I’ve read this article before I started doing my research for this essay. I decided to choose this question because not many people would think that a rapper would hate rapping, so I thought it would be an interesting answer to explain. Correspondingly, I would like to know a lot more about my person in the future, and I will hopefully be updated with that information.

Superman fought and saved the world from Lex Luthor while Batman fought the Joker and saved Gotham. Michael Jackson fought and defeated racial barriers in the music industry, endured his father’s abuse for years until he successfully made a name for himself, and helped people around the world through his humanitarianism and music. Michael Jackson is a hero for everything he has done in his lifetime whether it be donating money to numerous children's foundation or writing a song to the victims of the Haiti earthquake. As the King of Pop he received luxuries and fame but always gave back in anyway he could. Despite much controversy, Michael Jackson is the hero of his time, not only in the music industry being the King of Pop, but around the nation

The main character Micheal Oher’s, who is introduced to us through his rough life growing up. Micheal never knew his father and his mother was a drug addict. HIs mother gave birth to a total of fifteen children, who of course due to her drug addiction raised themselves basically. Michael spent his teenage years running away from a string of foster homes and situations. Michael got tired of foster care

This conception that music has the power to influence someone to commit a violent act is a belief that has been continuously controversial throughout history. For example, Elvis Presley’s gyrating hip movement that began when he performed his song “Hound Dog” was considered highly controversial (Caywood). It was seen as too sexual and was highly criticized, then there was rock and heavy metal. The bands subject to scrutiny in these categories were the likes of Led Zeppelin, Metallica, Marilyn Manson and many more. The genre of heavy metal rock has been the target of most people because of the amount of reports that show that fans of heavy metal fans have the most problems with suicide and problems with authority in schools. However, now a new popular genre of music known as rap has taken center stage as being the cause for violence and problems that people are dealing with. These genres are the most controversial because of the lyrical material, in a study it was found that of the top 10 selling cd in 1999, found that forty two percent of the songs contained sexual content and that the rock and rap songs contained material that related to death, suicide, homicide and substance abuse (Pediatrics). In a study conducted it was found that twenty five percent of male and seventeen percent of female adolescents liked their favorite song because the "lyrics were a reflection of their feelings” (Pediatrics). This

lives on, inspiring and touching people’s heart. I have always been a fan of Michael Jackson,

Marilyn Manson has been pushing the envelope of the right to freedom of expression since his controversial "shock rock" antics began in the early 1990's. His methods are strange and rejected by most of society, as it cannot understand what he is trying to achieve. Many people believe that Marilyn Manson is bizarre, seeing him wearing women's clothing, applying heavy facial makeup, and covering himself with jewelry. His success can be attributed not only to his entertainment abilities, but even more so to the incredible marketing campaign organized to promote himself and his crazy actions. His actions give the media a scapegoat to fall back on and a figure which they can blame all of society's problems. He has amassed a large following

My earlier love for music was classic rock, classic metal, punk rock, and alternative. Of course, being around kids in school I had also went through phases listening to rap and hip-hop. Tha Carter III, by Lil Wayne, Man on the Moon: The End Of Day by Kid Cudi and 808s & Heartbreak by Kanye West were the most popular albums at the time. The radio could not be turned on where one the lead singles off of these three albums were not being played. That time had also been the start of Drake’s career. Of course, I listened to these artists at the time not knowing much about them, just going along with the crowd, and when I was in my rock phase, I was taught to dislike these artists because they were “mainstream.”