[Study for Thesis] What was the first element which appealed you in MJ? [Archive] - The Michael Jackson Community

Ourania

22-08-2009, 08:43 AM

prismsagainst5live

22-08-2009, 09:33 AM

ok i picked dancing but it was hard! Dancing and voice are on a par with me because the very first live action MJ performance I saw on youtube that started my fandom way back in 2007, was human nature bad tour japan. The beautiful lilting quality of his voice had my jaw on the floor and the hand placement thing he does and the miming stuff at the end jst had me right there.

MJJ Lover xOX

22-08-2009, 12:03 PM

It was actually none of these things! It was his compassion, love and genuine care for this world and children in particular...I heard a speech he made and I just fell in love! I was amazed at kind and sweet he was, how much he really, truly cared and wanted to make this world a better place :) Then it all just came from that...!!

CaptainEoLove85

22-08-2009, 06:43 PM

His music videos/mini movies. Thriller, Moonwalker, Captain Eo. These are what initially drew me to him, and then later his personality, which I could identify with.

Siyahamba

22-08-2009, 07:48 PM

His voice. I can't pinpoint a particular song, but it was the Thriller album.

BruceWayne

22-08-2009, 07:52 PM

Moonwalker was my first MJ memory, after that it was a wrap.

xxHouseLovexx

22-08-2009, 08:05 PM

I became a fan after watching his video "Earth Song" :)

mjjfan4ever

22-08-2009, 10:45 PM

THE HOTNESS BABY... HOTNESS!!!!! WOOOOOOO! and everything else.

MJJ Lover xOX

23-08-2009, 02:13 AM

Haha :P Hotness all the wayy...

ATLMJfan1987

23-08-2009, 02:51 AM

Second question for research purposes, this one is linked to more "material" and definite objects which might have drawn you to Michael in the first place. What made you think "This guy is just amazing!". Please describe which element in particular once you voted.

- His physical style (the Fedora hat, the band aid, the glove, the military jackets, so on?)
- His short films (Which one? Billie Jean? Beat it? Thriller? Bad? Black or White? Scream?)
- His dance skills (The moonwalk? The robot/mime? Which choregraphy or routine?)
- His voice? (Which song? Human nature? Earth song? Dirty Diana? Will you be there? etc)

For me it was his voice first and then the dancing! I was five when I first heard Billie Jean & of course Bad (it was 1987 then!) and I remember asking my mom who was the man singing "Billie Jean's not my luv-ah on the radio?" LOL She told me Michael Jackson and I said "He sounds great!"

And then one day, I was brushing my teeth and I heard the beginning drum beats of "Billie Jean" coming from the TV. I ran into the living room, toothbrush in hand, so I could finally see the man I heard on the radio ALL the time. I didn't know it then but they were re-showing the Motown 25 special. My eyes immediately fell on his feet and I stood there about 3 inches away from the screen and my mouth dropped as soon as he did the moonwalk. I said "Whoa! Did he just do that?!" My mom just laughed and said yes he did. And then I made the comment that still cracks my mom up to this day: "Mommy, Michael Jackson is cute!" LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Clearly I have great taste!!!! :)

lovelymj

23-08-2009, 03:04 AM

I don't really know lol. The first time I saw him on tv, was at the beginning of the trial, and I was like wow I got to know who this unique person is!lol

TheOriginalPYT

23-08-2009, 03:07 AM

My answer is ALL OF THE ABOVE. ;)

little bluenes

23-08-2009, 05:07 AM

well this is difficult. the first earliest memory i have of MJ is the ghosts video. I think my sister rented it on film or something and its just one of those things i remember very vividly. I think i must have been 7? or 8? maybe younger. i had no idea who it was i just remember thinking he was reeeealy pretty. i was fascinated because of the way he looked- so unique. and the way danced! i'd never seen anyone move like that! i was never much into tv or listenting to music when i was that young and even as i got older.so it was really something for me to see! but i've always had that memory. the first song that kinda of finally introduced me to him is Dangerous. then when i realised it was him in that video i watched sooo long ago i was hooked. (more on the person though than the music and stuff). i'v only been a fan since end of last year- but it feels much longer!

MichaelYoureAStud

23-08-2009, 05:41 AM

I've been a fan for 16yrs.
I'll be 26 here soon.
I was about 8 or 9 in 1992/3 when I sneaked around my parents to watch MTV.
They were showing a Michael marathon.
At the point I clicked on to watch, Moonwalker had just started.
I had no clue who the man was singing and acting, but I was gonna marry him some day. :wub:
I watched and listened to everything I could get my hands on.
Dangerous was the first album of his I owned. HIStory was the first CD I ever bought. As a teen I had a small table in my bedroom with all the CD booklets on it.
My Mom called it a shrine.

CatherineNZ

23-08-2009, 06:08 AM

His voice in Man in the mirror

ShadowMaster

23-08-2009, 06:11 AM

his voice. will you be there

TheOriginalPYT

23-08-2009, 07:30 AM

Okay, even though I chose "ALL OF THE ABOVE" I'll go ahead and tell what I very FIRST liked. :P

The very first song/video I ever saw from Michael was "Beat It." I loved every little thing about that song and video, and was only about 4 years old when I first saw it. The song, the lyrics, the beat, the instrumentals, Michael's voice, his mesmerizing dance skills, all of the choreography, and of course I thought he was HAWTER than Hell. I thought he was the COOLEST person ever as a little kid, lol, and I wanted to be just like him and own a "Beat It jacket." It was basically love at first sight, and I've been one of his well-wishers ever since. :D

That was still probably more than one option, though, right? :lol:

butterfly24

23-08-2009, 09:09 AM

I love his voice and his dancing especially when they are combined!!! But I was fascinated by the video clip of Give in to me! When I saw it, I was just WOW!!!:wub: So, I have to go with the option of short films!!!

CarinaT

23-08-2009, 09:17 AM

Aww...why isn't there an option for Michael as a person? :)
I was watching the MSG concert on TV in 2001 and the montages of Michael during 'Heal The World' was what grabbed me first of all.

pg13

23-08-2009, 11:32 AM

My mom rent the Moonwalker video, and that probably change my life forever.
I have never seen anything like that in the wordl!!!
I was so impressed and shock, how someone can be so amazing was out of my mind.
But at the end when I saw the Smooth Criminal video, right there I new I was going to love this man forever no matter what.
And that is what happen, I love you forever Michael!
http://i30.tinypic.com/swv6vl.jpg

D.S

23-08-2009, 12:50 PM

My first memory was when i was a little girl during the nineties watching the "Leave me Alone" Film clip. I was attracted to the style of the clip and i kind of had a crush on him as well so i guess it's style. But there's always been something about him that i've inherently been drawn to. I can't really pin point it to one thing though.

amygrace

23-08-2009, 05:10 PM

The first memory I have of MJ was watching his short films...I was so little and clueless at this time that I didn't even know he was famous for singing/dancing. I was just like "these videos are awesome!" haha. So for the FIRST element which appealed to me I picked short films. :D

Fluffy_Oz

23-08-2009, 11:46 PM

I had to vote his voice, because I fell in love with his music first, before I even knew who he was and what he looked like.
The first song of his that I ever listened to was "Bad".

MJsPYT1

25-08-2009, 01:55 AM

Hmmmmmm, I guess my first memory of Michael is watching moonwalker a million times when I was little. We had the VHS (i have no idea who bought it-my parents, I guess). I must've been really little cause I was born in '86!!

VanX

02-09-2009, 12:51 AM

Voice. I heard him before I ever saw him. And I believe it was Heal the World.

charlotte2807

02-09-2009, 07:21 PM

His voice, You are not alone and Earth song

mosaic

02-09-2009, 07:23 PM

His voice and I'm pretty most of the popular songs on Off the Wall are the first songs I remember from him.

cleopatra09

08-09-2009, 05:04 PM

I was five years old when saw his video "Do You remember the Time",
and i was fascinated by his appearance , his hair, his smile, his eyes..... he was too beautiful, most beautiful human i have ever seen,
i remember i was wondering: god, why is he so adorable, so beautiful...
how can human be so perfect?!

and of caurse i loved video too much, the part when he vanishes was my favorite...

and after that day i was dreaming that he was my boyfriend....:D

Pace,MioDolceCuore

12-09-2009, 04:30 AM

Stage presence!

Can be a totally different ballgame than music and dress. And it was the stage presence that drew me in initially when I was just 12- watching "Live in Bucharest."

Michaeliscious

14-11-2009, 12:22 PM

His voice!!!
When I heard Billie Jean for the first time I fell in love with his voice!!!!
And then the rest followed lol

Adore

14-11-2009, 12:35 PM

I became a fan after watching his video "Earth Song" :)

me toooooo! :give_heart:

The One.

14-11-2009, 12:43 PM

For me it was his voice. Earth Song was the first song I really, like, listened and it really blew me away.. and here I am now.

Beccabubbles

14-11-2009, 12:49 PM

The first time I remember anything about Michael was in 1991. I was 6yrs old and Black or White came on the radio. I remember saying to my mum "What is that??!!". I was hooked!
So I voted his voice, because thats my first memory of Michael.
xxx

Courtney

14-11-2009, 12:51 PM

A tie between his dance and voice because the first time I watched the Billie Jean performance at Motown 25, I was amazed by both. I couldn't take my eyes off the screen and I thought his vocals were gorgeous.

Popescu

17-11-2009, 08:41 AM

I was five when I first heard Michael on a tape, Thriller album, we were a communist country, and tapes and video cassetes were so hard to find... so I voted for his voice:)

D.Electric

17-11-2009, 08:42 AM

I couldnt choose. it is really a combination of all.

Melania

17-11-2009, 08:49 AM

His voice. The first album I got was Thriller. I think it was the love songs that got me hooked. Lady in my Life, Baby Be Mine, etc.

RockWithYou28

17-11-2009, 08:53 AM

Of course, being exposed to Mike for the first time as a young kid, it was the videos. Thriller to be exact, that was my first experience. I was scared out of my mind, but fell in love at the same time:wub: So my parents got me Moonwalker for Christmas when it came out and I watched it to DEATH. I likened it to crack for kids, it was so random, mesmerizing and addicting
(I still have my Moonwalker VHS:D).

Campari

17-11-2009, 08:57 AM

Fopr me it was the music, not necessarily his voice. Dirty Diana and Smooth Criminal made me a fan. Later I fell in love with his looks and his style :)

ds8989

17-11-2009, 04:03 PM

billie jean in gta vice city :D

Reghead121

19-11-2009, 07:56 PM

Dance.
I was watching the '93 AMA's to see a different artist and Michael came on and did Dangerous. The entire performance was mesmerizing for me, for some reason, the latter part, after he ditched the jacket, when they danced in unison to the end, was particularly the moment I think... when I went from being a casual fan to major fan.

Good luck with the Thesis :)

bakagi

19-11-2009, 08:01 PM

his voice :) i was first attracted to michael when i was a young kid, and i heard "Santa Claus is Comin' to Town" for the first time.. the rest is HIStory.. :) sorry lol had to be tacky.

littlesparrow

19-11-2009, 08:35 PM

His voice.

As soon as I heard "Will You Be There" & "Man In The Mirror" as a little girl, that was it for me.
I loved his music and even as little kid I could recognize that he had a uniquely beautiful voice.

PCR

20-11-2009, 02:24 AM

Ooohhhh... this is SO difficult to answer, because when I see/hear/think of MJ, I think of his voice, his moves, his short films, his style, his curls, his house, his animals, his Ehh Ohhh's, his EVERYTHING.

I might be wrong on this, but I think we can't simply take ONE aspect of MJ to be THE one thing that appealed to us. In my case, I became aware of MJ with the making of "Thriller" and I was 6 or 7 by then. And I say that I "became awared" of him, because ever since I can remember, now I know he was there, but as a little child of 2 or 3 I wasn's aware that the little boy of the Jackson 5 cartoons was the same boy singing "Ben" and the same young man singing "Thriller" :)

"Thriller", the video, was my welcome ticket to MJ's world. And what is Thriller? Just "a song" (his singing)? Just a choreography (his dance)? Just a movie (his short videos)? Thriller is all that and much, much more. We WANTED to dance like him. We WANTED to be the girl walking by him. We WANTED to be rescued by him.

And then "WE are the world" came out... and we wanted to follow the efforts of that young gentle sould. So he was not only beutiful, graceful, full of talent, a great dancer and a great singer... he was also a caring soul!

But maybe I was too small to fully understand that. Then came BAD. And it was a shock. If we wanted to dance Thriller before, some like me decided we could NEVER dance "Bad" the way Mike did... so... I just watched, amazed and full of admiration to him. All the videos from the BAd album are master pieces. But "Smooth Criminal"... that is a classic.

MJ is not only a singer, not only a dancer, not only a generous man. He is THE man and he is UNIQUE. I love him for his ALL. And yes, he made lots of mistakes. Many mistakes and he suffered for those; that's why I love him the most. With all his gifts, MJ was just a man, a human being just like you and me.

I love MJ. All of him! :)

(ok... I am a passionate fan!)

Reghead121

22-11-2009, 07:00 AM

*bump* Just in case anyone who wants to comment hasn't :) I wanna read this thesis once it's finished :D

ArabianGirl~AllTheTime

22-11-2009, 07:17 AM

Im gonna say his appearance== hair.. When i first saw Mike I was three years old and could not really judge on anything else. I just knew that in the Black or White video his hair was really cool.. and have been a fan ever sense. Now however as i got older im 20 and love him for his caring voice and innovative style! i hope i helped :)

crazy4umjackson

22-11-2009, 07:57 AM

I picked his dancing. I saw him for the first time on TV in 1995 and it was during the MTV awards. I was 8 years old then. And it was the coolest thing that i had ever witnessed.

MJstarlight

22-11-2009, 08:09 AM

his heart :)

Liza

22-11-2009, 09:14 AM

I first listen to the song "One Day in Your Life" on the radio and I was mesmerized by MJ's voice. I heard it on a late night radio program, everywhere was so quiet and all you can hear was MJ's singing. I cannot believe that it was 28 years ago and it all feels like yesterday to me.

Tinker_Bell

25-11-2009, 12:20 PM

It was the Billie Jean video...I was a kid at that time and when I saw that on tv I was blown away....I saw him as a magician, and after that day I was hooked. It was the tiles that light up when he stepped on it, it was the spinning, it was the voice...it was everything. :)

callmerose

25-11-2009, 02:35 PM

I grew up with his music, so that is impossible to answer. But what attracted me to Michael, the person, was his smile! :)

NinaB

25-11-2009, 06:01 PM

His dancing. Watching him dance always made me smile :D
I remember watching Moonwalker, Remember the Time, Thriller, Beat It.

sweetheartMJ

26-11-2009, 04:35 AM

If I could, I wouldn´t refer to Physical things, but to the personality .. because it wasn´t the physical and material stuff that attracted me the most. But the question is limited so I have to say: his voice - The first time I remember to ear his voice, I was 5 years old (and it made me shiver):
Tell Me I'm Not Dreamin'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k75MpPuG9mg&feature=related

The part he sang was:

".............Midnight images of you
You slipped, slipped into my room
Could be magic, could be fantasy
Could it be that we're in love
Tell me I'm not dreamin'

Your voice whispers in the dark
You talk, talking to my heart
Are you with me
Am I here with you
Are we in paradise
Tell me I'm not dreamin'..."
And I must say that it was his voice that gave fire to the song, and not his brother... (sorry Jermaine).

And has I cry and remember my first MJ experiences, I think:
You talk, talking to my heart.
Are you with me??
Am I here with you!!
Are we in paradise???

This really really made me cry (my deepest cry was stock into my chest since the day he died and now it's going out of it) .................. MJ I LOVE YOU! I want you back. If you were alive, if there were any chance for you to be alive... you would feel so much loved... I hope you feel this love in heaven, altough.

Silouette

28-11-2009, 12:29 AM

His boyish charm and his beautiful yet power house voice.

iscreamloud

02-12-2009, 09:05 AM

His voice on Stop the Love you Save

MJdude

06-12-2009, 08:43 PM

For me it was a mix between his voice and short films.They don't care about us - the video & song - made me a fan! It is,to this day,my favorite song.I just love his angry voice and the meaningful lyrics! Also,his anger is very evident in the video! It was something that came from his heart and soul!

paisleyCUTtop

08-12-2009, 11:37 AM

I picked his voice- the song being "Human Nature"

MIST

08-12-2009, 07:26 PM

His eyes and his heart.
I think it was in the Oprah interview he talked about sick children he invited to Neverland .

MJfan10

14-12-2009, 04:15 PM

I voted for His dancing (The moonwalk? The Robot? Which routine?

The Anti- gravity lean.

Moonwalker91

20-12-2009, 09:25 AM

It was his voice and I think it was in YANA

souldreamer7

24-12-2009, 12:43 PM

I can't pick one thing.. I became a fan back in Thriller era.. I can't explain what it was.. i just knew as a kid He's Coool. It's his aura his spirit.. his gives off a amazing vibe. I would pick all the above.

ThunderPower

26-12-2009, 12:31 AM

I loved his voice when I heard him sing Stranger In Moscow.

BunnyHead

26-12-2009, 12:51 AM

My earliest memories were from the "Bad" era

and I thought the video was so amazing, and not to mention he was so goodlooking.

I think his dancing appealed to me first especially in that video, I used to mimicing him all of the time.

cleopatra09

26-12-2009, 05:12 PM

his beauty in "Remember The Time" ....

Strange Blues

26-12-2009, 05:44 PM

I think it was a combination of his voice and the short films, but I voted for the short films. I was 10 years old when I by chance saw the Earth Song short film on TV and I couldn't tear my eyes away from the TV screen. It was quite strange actually, because before that moment I had always disliked music videos because I thought that they were just meaningless collages of images (Yeah, I was 10!). But Earth Song was something completely different and it really opened my eyes to the suffering of this planet. And I remember that the melody of the song was stuck in my head for a long time after that, until I finally saw the song performed live two years later.