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Since it’s the anniversary of Earth Song, here’s the orchestral portion of the song MJ composed:
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Michael in 1978: “One day, I think, I'd like to be a teacher, or a social worker. Anything that involved children. It would be marvelous to be able to help foster kids who otherwise would only know poverty and despair in their lives. I guess that's about the greatest thing you can do, save someone from a bad life and help to give it some meaning.”
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Behind the scenes, too, Michael ensured that everything was handled in a way that was appropriate for the animals 🥺 “In Tanzania, where poaching was rampant, they had a life-size elephant mother and baby made out of fiber-glass to prevent harming any real elephants.”
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the censorship of Earth Song:
Sony refused to release it as a single in the US, even though it topped the charts in the rest of the world. “Producer Bill Bottrell feels the decision wasn't by accident. "The song was anti-corporate, anti-nature-raping. So it was prone to censorship. Even if it wasn't officially blocked, the fact that it wasn't seen as viable for U.S. listeners is telling.”
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Studio engineers and producers present during the HIStory sessions noted that Michael pushed his vocal cords so hard during the final ad-libs that they genuinely feared he was causing permanent damage to his voice. #EarthSong
LISTEN TO THE ISOLATED VOCALS! 😱
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Billie Jean by Michael Jackson moves up to #43 among the most-streamed songs of all time on Spotify, overtaking Dua Lipa's Don't Start Now.
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デヴィッド・ローテンバーグ（David Rothemberg）はマイケルが医療面と精神面の両方で支援した子どもの一人でした。
1983年デヴィッドが7歳のとき、離婚していた両親チャールズとマリーは、彼の親権をめぐって争っていました。父親は息子の親権が母親に渡ることを望まず、息子に睡眠薬を飲ませ、眠っている間に灯油を浴びせ火をつけました。
その後、父親は犯行を自白し、「もし自分が息子の親権を持てないのなら、誰にも持たせるわけにはいかない」と述べました。また、息子と一緒に火の中で死ぬつもりだったが、パニックになって逃げ出したとも語りました。
デイヴは全身の90％に及ぶ第3度熱傷を負いました。100回以上の再建手術を受けましたが、顔や身体には深刻な損傷が残り、目だけがこの凄まじい暴行と狂気から免れました。
父親はわずか13年の刑を言い渡され、実際には7年にも満たない期間しか刑務所にいませんでした。
マイケルはこの恐ろしい事件を知ると、ためらうことなくデイヴを助け、あらゆる支援を提供しました。そして、それはメディアの注目を浴びることなく、長い間ひっそりと行われました。マイケルは彼に経済的な援助もするようになり、それは生涯にわたって続きました。まるで自分の息子であるかのように、彼の面倒を見ていたのです。
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Nick Brandt, the director, was nearly decapitated while filming "Earth Song" 🤯
“The biggest challenge was producing the wind. In the Amazon, they used an airplane propeller with no grill. During one shoot, Brandt was talking to his art director, and forgot about the exposed propeller, which had gradually been inching towards him. An alert crew member jumped over and saved his life before he was decapitated.”
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Tyla grew up watching Michael Jackson own every stage and dreamed of bringing that same electricity to the world. She has repeatedly cited MJ as her greatest musical inspiration and the single biggest influence on her art and performance style. Fan girl energy, fully realized.
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25 years ago today Michael did his first and only cd singing of his career in NYC. Last week, the FM Group YouTube channel released a 15 minute long video with some never-before-seen HD footage from this day and to my absolutely shock, I’m in it! Even if for only 1 second, it’s incredible to see after all these years. Seeing myself at 19 years old about to meet my hero for the first time… I’m so grateful to have this clip. Watching everyone’s excitement in this video took my right back to this day 💛
I talk about this day and many other experiences I had with him in my episode with The MJ Cast podcast, episode #104 ☺️
This is how well John Branca runs the estate 🙄 Mind you the estate also defended the Cascios against the fake songs & gave them millions of MJ’s kids money while not funding the kids trusts. I have been worrying their goal is to leave the heirs with peanuts.
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Stevie Wonder paid emotional tribute to @MichaelJackson at his sold out London show! The legend led the O2 in a mass ‘Billie Jean’ showing! 💜👑
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