MJ and the kids

My wife is a fan of Michael Jackson. She constantly surfs the 'net for photos and mostly videos about Michael Jackson. I'd even get last song syndrome just listening to the music.

While joining her in watching an interview with MJ on YouTube as he takes underprivileged children for a tour around Neverland, I came to a conclusion that his fascination with kids must have been triggered by his lack of "childhood" memories in his pre-teen years.

MJ has a railway with a two-coach train inside Neverland. His game room does not house adult game equipment but children's toys. He named the place based on Peter Pan's Never-Never-Land. He adores children and plays with them.

I think Michael Jackson is trying to live a youngsters life now that he has the time, the power, and the money to do so. As a child, he was always on rehearsals -- no time for play. He is like most of us who, when we are more capable, relive our youth.

Neverland

Michael Jackson had an exclusive interview with Oprah Winfrey in 1993 in his Neverland Ranch that was broadcasted live across the US and replayed in British television in 7 parts beginning with this part below.




During the interview, MJ intimated to Oprah how he envied children playing across the recording studio where he "worked" when he was just a kid.

Lacking much research on its construction and this article being my own deduction, his childhood story to me is probably the reason why he had the fantasy property built.

Here is the rest of the interview posted by MichaelJackson5fan whose website can be accessed here.

Michael Jackson and Ferdinand Marcos

This season being a Michael Jackson tribute season, I got to listen to a lot of his songs from the loudspeakers of our neighbor. While watering our garden and listening to "The Man in the Mirror" I got to think: were the activists of the Marcos Era able to use his song for their "revolutionary" singing?

I found out that The Man in the Mirror was released October 16, 2001 from Amazon.com. If it was released in the early 80's, this is how I thought the activists would have worded the lyrics:

I'm Starting With The Man In MANILA
I'm Asking Him To Change His Ways
And No Message Could Have Been Any Clearer
If You Wanna Make PINAS A Better Place
(If You Wanna Make PINAS A Better Place)
Take A Look At Your Men, And Then Change Their Ways
(Take A Look At Your Men, And Then Change Their Ways)
(Na Na Na, Na Na Na, Na Na, Na Nah)

SM Megamall and Glorietta have LCD TVs in their activity areas showing MJ concerts all day long.

Sambong Tea and Michael Jackson's "Bad"

Every time I listen to Michael Jackson's "Bad," I always seem to hear him pronounce "Come On" as "Shambone" or, in the case of this post... "Sambong"

I was thinking that probably, the King of Pop's song can be used for an ad by ABS Sambong Tea product.

This is what the ad may look like:



Well they say the skys the limit
And to me thats really true
But my friend you have seen nothing
Just wait til disorders hit you

Because you're bad, go drink SAMBONG
(bad bad-really, really bad)

I know you're bad
You're bad-I know it
(bad bad-really, really bad)
I know you're bad, so drink SAMBONG, you know...

In closing, I wish to send my deepest condolences to the family of The King of Pop whose songs I believe will continue to be sung through the ages.