Ever Wonder What Michael Jackson Admired: Full Lists of People, Places & Things

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What Michael Jackson Admired: People, Places & Things


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In this thread you can see full lists, categories and sections of what Michael loved, liked, admired and so on. It is meant as a guiding reference for those who want to find out more about him. I researched all of the information in here, which came from MJ's official books & his own words in interviews through-out the years.

You ever wondered what colors, books or colonge that Michael Jackson liked? You'll find it here and more!
This thread will be updated regularly, from researching and finding more people, places & things that inspired Michael Jackson and what he admired out of new information that I find and out of what you guys add. We'll add it all here. I worked many hours a day digging up and researching the information listed below. It was fun as well as interesting to find out so much about Michael Jackson.
Thank You to all those who contributed, so far & to those who do so in the future to come. :)

Help build a new category & section(s) I add new information at least monthly.
We encourage you to add more, so that we will have an amazing file full of great information to learn about new interesting things Michael has left us! Keep Michaeling!

In this thread you are able to discuss the facts, add new facts, or just add what you've learned!


"Study the greats and become greater."
-Michael Jackson
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Literature: Books: Stories:
Peter Pan - J.M. Barrie--------------------------------------------------------(Childrens story)
Peter and the Wolf - Sergei Prokofiev--------------------------------------(Childrens Story)

Pinocchio – Pierre Lambert---------------------------------------------------(Childrens Story)
Jonathan Livingston Seagull – Richard Bach-------------------------------(Spiritual)
The Old Man And The Sea – Ernest Hemingway--------------------------(Tragedy)
Rip Van Winkle – Washington Irving----------------------------------------(Short Story)
To Kill A Mockingbird – Harper Lee------------------------------------------(Novel)
The Maltese Falcon - Dashiell Hammett---------------------------(Novel)
They Cage The Animals At Night – Jennings Michael Burch-------------(Novel)
Before The Mayflower – Lerone Bennet Jr.---------------------------------(History)
In Praise Of Black Woman, Volume 1 – Simone Schwarz-Bart----------(History)
The Sinking Of The Titanic - Bruce M. Caplan-----------------------------(History)

Encyclopedia of Disney's Animated Characters – John Grant------------(Art)
Building A Dream: The Art of Disney Architecture – Beth Dunlop------(Art)
Before The Animation Begins – John Canemaker-------------------------(Art)
The Art of Walt Disney – Christopher Finch--------------------------------(Art)
Disney A to Z: The Official Encyclopedia – Dave Smith-------------------(Art)
Le Cartoon A Hollywood – Lambert Pierre----------------------------------(Art)
The History Of Animation – Charles Solomon------------------------------(Art)
No Strings Attached – Matt Bacon-------------------------------------------(Art)
Things We Said Today: Beatles’ Songs – Colin Campbell-----------------(Art)
The Lion King: Pride Rock On Broadway – Julie Taymor-----------------(Theatre)
Marilyn Monroe And The Camera – Jane Russell--------------------------(Photography)
Black In America – Eli Reed---------------------------------------------------(Photography)
The Face Of Our Past – Kathleen Thompson & Hilary McAustin---------(Photography)
Fred Astaire – Joseph Epstein------------------------------------------------(Biography)
Remembering Walt – Howard E. Green-------------------------------------(Biography)
Inside The Dream: Personal Story Of Walt Disney – Richard Green----(Biography)
J. M. Barrie and the Lost Boys – Andrew Birkin----------------------------(Biography)
Lennon in America: 1971-1980 – Geoffrey Giulliano----------------------(Biography)
Elvis Day by Day – Peter Guralnick-------------------------------------------(Biography)
The Rolling Stones : A Life On The Road – Jools Holland a.o------------(Biography)
This Business of Music - M. William Krasilovsky a.o.-----------------------(Self Help)
The Gift Of Acabar - Og Mandino & Buddy Kaye -----------------------------(Success)
The Power Of Positive Thinking - Rev. Dr. Norman Vincent Peale ------------(Health, Dieting/Fitness)
Your Creative Power – Alex F. Osborn----------------------------------------(Self Help)
The Gift Of Acabar - Og Mandino & Buddy Kaye -----------------------------(Success)
The Greatest Salesman In The Worked - Og Mandino---------------------(Self Help)


Writers: Authors:
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ernest Hemingway
Charles Dickens
Shakespeare
Edgar Allen Poe
Roald Dahl
Somerset Maughan
Walt Whitman
Mark Twain
Stephen Edwin King
Rabindranath Tagore
Sigmund Freud
Carl Jung
John Donne
William Blake
W. B. Yeats

Music:

Albums:
Rodeo, Fanfare Common Man & Lincoln Portrait – Aaron Copland---------(Classical)

West Side Story – Leonard Bernstein-------------------------------------------(Film Music)
On The Waterfront – Leonard Bernstein---------------------------------------(Film Music)
To Kill A Mockingbird – Elmer Bernstein----------------------------------------(Film Music)
The Downward Spiral - Nine Inch Nails-----------------------------------------(Industrial Rock)
Live At The Apollo - James Brown---------------------------------------------(Funk, Soul, R&B)
The Nutcracker Suit - Tchaikovsky-------------------------------------------------(Classical)
Rhythm Nation 1814 - Janet Jackson-------------------------------------------(Pop)
Songs in the Key of Life - Stevie Wonder-----------------------------------( R&B, Funk, Motown,Soul)
Billy The Kid - Aaron Copland----------------------------------------------------(Folk)
Collection - Greatest Hits- - Claude Debussy------------------------------------(Classical)
Nightclubbing - Grace Jones-----------------------------------------(Reggae, New Wave, Soul)
The Sound Of Music - Richard Rodgers---------------------------------(Show-Tunes, Musical, Broadway)
What's Going On - Marvin Gaye-----------------------------------(R&B, Motown, Soul, Quiet Storm)
Nevermind - Nirvana-----------------------------------------(Rock,Grunge,Alternative)


Songs:
Arabesque No. 1 – Claude Debussy-------------------------------------------(Classical)
Prélude à l'Après-Midi D'un Faune – Claude Debussy-----------------------(Classical)
Clair De Lune – Claude Debussy------------------------------------------------(Classical)
Ignition - R. Kelly-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------(R&B, Pop)
1812 Overture - Tchaikovsky-----------------------------------------------------------------(Classical)
Ladies Night - Kool And The Gang--------------------------------------------------------(Disco, Funk, Pop)
Smile - Charlie Chaplin----------------------------------------------------------------------------(Pop)
The Knowledge - Rhythm Nation - Janet Jackson----------------------------------------(Pop, R&B)
Papa Don't Take No Mess - James Brown------------------------------------------------(R&B, Funk, Soul)
Another One Bites The Dust - Queen-----------------------------------------------------(Rock, Pop)
Everything I Own - Bread-------------------------------------------------------------------------(Rock, Pop)
If - Bread Ft: David Gates-------------------------------------------------------------------------(Pop, Rock Soft Rock)
Around The Way Girl - LL Cool J---------------------------------------------------------------(Hip Hop, Rap, R&B)
Living For The City - Stevie Wonder------------------------------------------------------------(R&B)
Feel Up - Grace Jones-----------------------------------------------------------------------(Dub, Disco, Soul-Pop)
Owner Of A Lonely Heart - Yes----------------(Hard Rock, New Wave, Dance, Progressive Rock)
People - Barbra Streisand-----------------------------------------(Musical Score)
Climb Ev'ry Mountain - Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The Sound of Music -------- (Show Tunes)
Hotel California - The Eagles--------------------------------------------------------(Classic Rock,, Soft Rock, Rock, Pop)
Under The Boardwalk - The Drifters-------------------------------------------------(Pop/Doo-Woop)
Black Dog - Led Zeppelin----------------------------------------------(Hard rock, Heavy Metal, Blues Rock, Folk Rock)
Little Red Corvette - Prince----------------------------------------(New Wave, Synthpop, Pop Rock)
Africa - Toto--------------------------------------------------------------(Soft Rock, Contemporary Pop)
Come Together - The Beatles---------------------------------------(Blues, Rock. Hard Rock, Pop)
Talk Dirty To Me - Poison---------------------------------------------(Glam Metal, Rock, Glam Rock)
Automatic - Pointer Sisters---------------------------------------(Post-Disco, Funk, Synth-Pop, R&B)
My Prerogative - Bobby Brown---------------------------------(R&B, Dance, New Jack Swing, Pop)
It Wasn't Me - Shaggy--------------------------------------------(Reggae/Pop)
Upside Down - Diana Ross-----------------------------------(Disco,Tech Pop, Dance)
Everybody Wants To Rule The World - Tears For Fears--------(New Wave, Pop, Progressive)


Artists:
James Brown
Marvin Gaye
Stevie Wonder
Donny Hathaway
The Supremes
Diana Ross
Chuck Berry
Smokey Robinson
Barry White
Ray Charles
The Beatles
Sammy Davis Jr.
Otis Redding
Gladys Knight & The Pips
Peter Paul & Mary
Frank Sinatra
Amy Winehouse
The Four Tops
The Bee Gees
The Temptations
Mahalia Jackson
Sly & The Family Stone
The Mama’s & The Papa’s
The Drifters
Kool & The Gang
Donna Summer
Lady Gaga
The Doobie Brothers
Michael McDonald
LL Cool J
Led Zeppelin
Beyoncé
The Eagles
Rihanna
Jackie Wilson
The Delfonics
Journey
Steve Perry
Barry Manilow
Little Richard
The O'Jays
Nirvana
Toto
Celine Dion
Jay-Z
Carlos Santana
Whitney Houston
Shalamar
Biggie Smalls
Barbra Streisand
Guns -n- Roses
Slash
Gloria Estefan
Sarah Vaughan
Queen
Chic
Pink Floyd
Nat King Cole
Björk


Composers:
Claude Debussy
Aaron Copland
Tchaikovsky
Leonard Bernstein
Burt Bacharach
Irving Berlin
Johnny Mercer
Lerner and Loewe
Harold Arlen
Rogers and Hammerstein
Trent Reznor
Holland–Dozier–Holland



Theater/Movies/Musicals:
Peter Pan (1953)-------------------------------------------------(Animation)
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)-------------------------------(Science Fiction)
Edward Scissorhands (1990)-----------------------------------(Fantasy)

On The Waterfront (1954)--------------------------------------(Drama)
To Kill A Mockingbird (1963)------------------------------------(Drama)
My Life As A Dog (1985)----------------------------------------(Drama)
The Elephant Man (1980)---------------------------------------(Drama)
Patch Adams (1998)---------------------------------------------(Comedy-Drama)
Shane (1953)-----------------------------------------------------(Western)
Men In Black (1997)---------------------------------------------(Science Fiction/Action)

Pirates Of The Carribean----------------------------------------(Adventure Film)
Wall-E (2008)-----------------------------------------------------(Animation)
The Lion King (1994)--------------------------------------------(Animation)
West Side Story (1961)------------------------------------------(Musical/Film)
Saturday Night Fever (1977)------------------------------------(Drama/Musical)
Oliver! (1968)--------------------------------------------(Musical/Film)
The Sound Of Music (1959)-------------------------------------(Musical/Film)
The Phantom Of The Opera-------------------------------------(Musical/Film)
The Nutcracker----------------------------------------------------(Ballet)
Flashdance (1983 )---------------------------------(Drama/Romance/Musical)
The 400 Blows aka: Les quatre cents coups (1959)-------------(Crime/Drama)
The Band Wagon (1953)----------------------------------------(Comedy/Romance/Musical)
Lord of the Dance (Riverdance)--------------------------------(Irish Dance/Musical)
Singin' In The Rain (1952)---------------------------------------(Comedy/Romance/Musical)
An American Werewolf in London (1981) ---------------------------(Horror/Romance)
Stand By Me (1986) ------------------------------------------------------(Drama/Adventure)
The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977)-----------------------------------(Comedy)
Little Shop of Horrors-----------------------------(Comedy Horror, Rock, Film/Musical)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)-----------------------(Drama/Science Fiction)
The Jungle Book (1967)----------------------------------------------(Animation, Adventure, Family)
The Little Prince [Snake in the Grass] (1974)--------------------------(American–British Fantasy, Dance, Musical Film)
Star Wars (1977) -----------------------------------------------------(Science Fiction)


Television: Cartoons: Comics:
Sesame Street----------------------------------------------------(Childrens Television)
The Simpsons-------------------------------------------------(Sitcom)
Spiderman---------------------------------------------------------(Film/Comic)
Walt Disney---------------------------------------(Cartoons, Magical, Fantasy)
X-men-------------------------------------------------------------------------------(Film/Comic)
Marvel Comics---------------------------------------------------------------------(Film/Comic)
Batman-------------------------------------------------------------(Film/Comic)
Malcolm In The Middle---------------------------------------(Comedy Series)
Road Runner Show-------------------(Animation, Family, Comedy)
The Three Stooges--------------------------------------------(Slapstick/Comedy)
Flip Wilson Show--------------------------------(Slapstick,Comedy, Musical,TV Series)
The Brady Bunch--------------------------(Comedy, Family, TV Series)
Documentries - Short-Films-------------------------(Any Genre)
The PBS Channel---------------------------------(TV Station)
The Discovery Channel------------------------------(TV Station)
The History Channel------------------------------(TV Station)
Dancing With The Stars--------------------------------(American Dance Competition, Reality Series)


Places of Residence:
"2300 Jackson Street" 2300 Jackson Street Gary, Indiana, U.S.A.
"1st Jackson's L.A. home" 1601 Queens Road, West Hollywood, California, U.S.A.
"2nd Jackson's home in The Hills" 2430 Bowmont Drive, Beverly Hills, California, U.S.A.
"Hayvenhurst" 4641 Hayvenhurst Ave. Encino, California, U.S.A.
"The Hide Out" 1101 Galaxy Way #2247 Century City, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
"Neverland Ranch" 5225 Figueroa Mountain Road, Los Olivos, California, U.S.A.



Stores: Restaurants:

Hamley's Toy Store @ St. Regent Street----------------------(London, United Kingdom)
The Record Collector @ Melrose Avenue----------------------------------(Los Angeles, California, USA)
LeDome Restaurant @Sunset Boulevard ----------------------------(Los Angeles, California, USA)
Harrods @ Brompton Road--------------------------------------(London, United Kingdom)

Tom 's Toy @ Beverly Hills----------------------------------------(Beverly Hills, California, USA)
Ed Hardy Outlet @Melrose Avenue----------------------------(California,USA)
Toys "R" Us @ various places----------------------------------------------(USA)
The Book Soup @ West Sunset Boulevard------------------------------------(Los Angeles, California, USA)
MOIST for Men & for Women: @Melrose avenue---------------(Los Angeles, California, USA)
Chuck E. Cheese's @various places---------------------------------(USA)
FAO Schwarz @ Fifth Avenue----------------------------(Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA)

The Strand Book Store @ East Village------------(Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA)



Words & Pharses:
"Michaeling"
"Smelly"
"Apple head"
"Doo-doo head"
"Fishing"
"Jelly"
"Girl"
"With The L.O.V.E."
"Love you, More"
"Soldiers Of Love"
"Army Of Love"
"MJFam"


Food: Snacks: Drinks:
Big Red (Chewing Gum)
Bazooka (Bubble Gum)
Sweets & Candy
Orange Juice
Cranberry Juice
Welch's Gape Juice
7-Up (Soft Drink)
Bottled Water
Wine (Sweet) Baumé
Orange Crush (Soda-Pop)
Orange Fanta (Soda-Pop)
Gatorade
Guarana fruit drink
Starbuck's Cappuccinos
Hot Chocolate With Marshmallows
Almond Milk
Coca Cola
Diet Coke
Red Bull
KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken)
McDonad's
Idian food
Mexican food
Soul Food
Jams & Jellies
Banana Cream Pie
Carrot Cake
Fruit
Oranges
Grapes
Bananas
Watermelon
Beans
Rice
Granola
Pancakes
Sushi
Subway
Skittles
M&M's
Barbecued Chicken
Spaghetti Bolognese
Corn Bread
Mexican Seven Layer Bean Dip
Hot Sauce
Organic Cheese Enchiladas
Collard Greens
Baked Macoroni and Cheese
Poached Salmon
Hot Apple Turnovers
Frosted Flakes Cereal
Glazed Doughnuts
Häagen-Dazs
Vanilla Ice Cream
Sweet Potato Pie
Scrambled Eggs
Turkey
Mashed Potatos
Gravy
Grilled Cheese Sandwiches
Pizza
Cranberry Sauce/Salad
Spinach Salad
Cucumber Salad
Corn
Porridge


Sports:
Boxing
Dancing
Fencing
Swimming
ATV's
Dirt Bikes
Horseback Riding
Martial Arts


Hobbies: Activities: Likes:
Being a Father
His three Children
Family
Love
Water gun fights
Water balloon fights
Climbing Trees
Monopoly
Laughing/Laughter
Morph from X-Men
TinkerBell from Walt Disney
Simplicity
Texture/Layers/Tapestry
Ebay.com
Honesty
Meticulous ( Attention to Detail)
Michael was extremely "Ticklish"
Malls (Shopping Centers)
Black History
The number 7
Comics
Zoo
Story Telling
Writing
Flowers
White Roses
Sunflowers
Directing
Sculpture
Drawing/Sketching
Shopping
The Arts
Spirituality
Monkeys
Westerns
Toys
The Bible
Reading
Arcades
Gaming
Gadgets
Craftsmanship
Meditation
Nature
Architecture
Colors: Black,Red & White
Slapstick/Comedy
Cinema, Theatre ,Plays, Films, Movies
Science
Animals
Ballet
Chanel Cosmetics
Poetry
Psychology
English Tudor Style Homes
Magical Castle Style Homes
Medicine
Show Tunes
Amusement Parks
Roller Coasters
Woodwork
Human Anatomy
Sound Systems
People (in general)
Photography
Culture
Sci Fi (Science Fiction)
Indie (Independent/Alternative)
Cameras
Motifs

Dislikes:
Ego
Being off Stage
Rudeness
Tabloids - Tabloid Press
Insomnia - (not sleeping well)
Non-Privacy
Paparazzi
Untruthful - Lies
Mean Spirited


Holidays::
Christmas
Halloween


Places:
Disney World - Disney Land
Switzerland
Africa
Hawaii
Las Vegas
imax Theater

Colors:
Black
Red
White
Blue
Yellow-Gold
Purple


Complete Horoscope:
Michael Joseph Jackson [ Michael = 7 letters - Joseph = 6 letters - Jackson = 7 letters]
Date of Birth: 7:33 PM CST Friday August 29th, 1958 Gary, Indiana United States of America
Western Zodiac: Sun Sign: Virgo - Moon Sign: Pisces - Ascendant in Pisces
English Name: The Maiden
Greek Name: Παρθένος/Parthénos
Sanskrit Name: Kanyā (कन्या)
Sumero Babylonian Name: MULAB.SIN "The Furrow"
Birth Color(s) Various
Birth Flower(s) Gladiolus, Poppy, Sunflower
Birth Stone(s) Peridot,
Lucky Day: Wednesday
Lucky Color(s) Blue
Lucky Number(s) 3, 5
Angel: Raphael
Metal: Mercury (Hydrargyrum)
Medical Astrology: abdomen and digestive system
Element: Earth
Polarity: Yin, Negative
Tetragram Symbol: 16th
Ruling Planets: Chiron, Mercury
Quadruplicity Modes / Qualities: Mutable
Lucky Charm Talisman: Anything natural and/or sentimental , such as wood carved beaded bracelet, sea-shells, flowers or metals, such as a nickel.
Mayan Sign: Uo
Chinese Zodiac: Dog
Japanese Zodiac: Inu
Aztec Zodiac: Wind
Pharaoh Sign: Anubis
Egyptian Traditional Sign: Geb
Kemetic Zodiac: Aker
Greek Mythology Sign: Persephone aka: Kore
Celtic Animal: Salmon
Celtic Tree: Hazel
Native American Zodiac: Bear
Gypsy Zodiac: Bell
Tarot Card: Hermit
Biblical Disciple: Philip
Herb - Spice: Lavender


Clothing: Fashion: Style:
Military - Style
Western - Style
Police - Style
Decade - 1930's -40's
Decade - 1950's - 60's
Mobster - Gangster Style
Costume Tailored Suits
Signature hair style: long length Jheri Curl
Aviator Shades (Circa 1980's)
Ray - Ban Sunglasses (Circa 1980's)
White - Glitter Glove
Black - Glove(s) (symbolic for Pride of Black)
Penny Loafers
Men's Long Sleeve Button-Down Shirts
White Under Shirts (T-Shirt)
Futuristic Clothing
Ties
White Finger Tape
Surgical Mask
Bracelets (Friendship Handmade)
Glitter
Studded - Studs
Rhinestones
Bling - Ice
White Socks
High Waters (pants)
Tassles
Arm-bands - Ribbons
Buttons
Badges
Buckles
Pins
Chains
Patches
Fedora Hat
Belts
Embroidery
Zippers
Spat Shoes
Cardigans
Jackets & Coats
PJ's - Pajamas
Trucker Hats
Broochs
Pearls
Pendants
Wrist Watch
Reading Glasses




Cologne/Scents/Parfume:
Bal a Versailles by Jean Desprez
Black Orchid by Tom Ford
Sport by Dolce and Gabbana
Poison by Christian Dior
Allure Homme by Chanel
Orange Spice by Creed
Shalimar by Guerlain
Obsession for Men by Calvin Klein
Dune by Christian Dior
Wolfgang by Joop
Jungle Gardenia by Tuvaché
Opium by Yves Saint Laurent




People:
Charlie Chaplin-----------------------------------------(Actor/Comedian/Director/Composer)
Carl Jung-----------------------------------(Analytical Psychology, Psychology, Composer)
Sigmund Freud----------------------------------------(Psychoanalysis, Neurology, Composer)
Walt Disney---------------------------------------------(Film Producer/Entertainer/Animator)
Marcel Marceau----------------------------------------(Mime Actor)
Michelangelo--------------------------------------------(Painter/Sculptor/Architect/Poet)
Gene Kelly-----------------------------------------------(Dancer/Actor/Singer/Film Director)
Fred Astaire---------------------------------------------(Dancer/Choreographer/Singer/Actor)
J.M. Barrie-----------------------------------------------(Author/Dramatist)
Andy Warhol--------------------------------------------(Painter/Printmaker/Filmmaker)
Martin Luther King/Martin Luther King, Jr. --------(Clergyman/Civil Rights Activist)
Shirley Temple Black-----------------------------------(Child Actress)
Tutankhamun 'King Tut'-------------------------------(Egyptian Faraoh)
Muhammad Ali-----------------------------------------(Boxer)
Princess Diana of Wales-------------------------------(Royal Princess)
David Nordahl------------------------------------------(Painter)
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi 'Ghandi'-----------(Spiritual Leader)
Dame Elizabeth Taylor---------------------------------(Actress)
Mikhail Baryshnikov------------------------------------(Dancer/Choreographer/Actor)
Thomas Edison-----------------------------------------(Inventor/Scientist/Businessman)
Johannes Vermeer-------------------------------------(Painter)
Marlon Brando------------------------------------------(Actor)
'Ginger Rogers'-----------------------------------------(Dancer/Actress)
'Bruce Lee'----------------------------------------------(Actor/Martial Artist/Film Producer)
Henry Ford----------------------------------------------(Founder of Ford)
Debbie Allen--------------------------------------------(Actress/Choreographer)
The Electric Boogaloos--------------------------------(Dance Group)
Nelson Mandela----------------------------------------(President/Civil Rights Activist)
The Wright Brothers-----------------------------------(Inventors)
Rogers and Hammerstein-----------------------------(Songwriters)
Berry Gordy---------------------------------------------(Producer/Founder of Motown)
Socrates-------------------------------------------------(Philosopher)
Apollo----------------------------------------------------(Greek and Roman God)
Vincent Price--------------------------------------------(Actor)
Franklin Delano Roosevelt----------------------------(President)
Liza Minnelli--------------------------------------------(Singer/Actress)
Abraham Lincoln---------------------------------------(President)
Albert Einstein-----------------------------------------(Physicist/Philosopher)
Soupy Sales--------------------------------------------(Comedian/Actor)
John F. Kennedy/The Kennedys---------------------(President/Presidential Family)
Phineas Taylor Barnum------------------------------(Showman/Businessman/Entertainer)
Jackie Gleason----------------------------------------(Comedian/Actor/Musician)
Anthony Newley----------------------------------------(Actor/Singer/Songwriter)
Chris Tucker---------------------------------------------(Comedian/Actor)
Bob Fosse-------------------------------------------(Dancer/Choreographer/Director)
Richard Bernard Skelton-------------------------------(Comedian)
Maxfield Parrish-----------------------------------------(Painter)
Rabindranath Tagore-----------------------------------------------(Poet/Artist/Ploymath )
Steven Spielberg--------------------------------------------(Film Director/Screenwriter/Producer/Business Magnate
Howard Hughes------------------------------------------------(Aviator/Film Producer/Philanthropist)
Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, M.C.,[Mother Teresa]-------------( Roman Catholic Religious Sister and missionary)
Kenneth Gatewood------------------------------(Artist/Fine Art, Water Color)




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"[My] albums should be for all races, all tastes in music," Michael has said. And in a 1995 statement in the New York Times: "I am the voice of the accused and the attacked, I am the voice of everyone. I am the skinhead, I am the Jew, I am the black man, I am the white man."
 
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You guys did a good job, but there's a couple of music artist you're missing, when I find them I will post them. :cheeky:
 
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"This FACT-file by MJJC Legacy Team Project will be updated regularly,as we research and find more people,places and things Michael Jackson admired and out of new information you will be able to post here We encourage you to help, do your part and research more so that we will have an amazing file full of great information to learn about new, interesting things Michael has left us! In this thread you are able to discuss the facts, add new facts or just tell what you've learned!"

Of course, "there's a couple missing" That is exactly what one aspect of this Fact file is for as stated in the project above. I researched as much as possible,but it's up to the MJJC members to add more if they'd like too. :) Could you Please link the source for the quote in your other post. Thank you. :D


You guys did a good job, but there's a couple of music artist you're missing, when I find them I will post them. :cheeky:
 
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:ciao: kateclay :give_rose:

Thanks for coming to our beautiful Learning Lessons from Michael Jackson - Fact File Thread :clapping:

We as your Legacy Team really like to be interactive with you our Fan-mily in the collection of new and updated information where Michael is concerned :pray: we purposefully OMIT information so that YOU the MJ Fan can add to it and be apart of this amazing work we all do here :bow: So whatever information you have please feel free to Post it here and do your part for Michael's Legacy :clapping:

Thank-you very much for your appreciation of our work here in the Legacy Forum because this Thread is truly beautiful, I can't wait to see what you Post next :give_rose: :dancin:



You guys did a good job, but there's a couple of music artist you're missing, when I find them I will post them. :cheeky:
 
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Amazing list, thanks for all your hard work. This is great for reference.
 
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Amazing list, thanks for all your hard work. This is great for reference.

:hello: We Welcome you. Glad that you like it. We are here to honour,perserve and defend Michael Jackson's legacy. While we are at it why not have a little fun while learning. :) Please take part.

With L.O.V.E.
souldreamer7
MJJC Legacy Team Project Staff
 
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Referenced & Recommended Books by: Michael Jackson

"MoonWalk"
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"Dancing The Dream Poems and Reflections"
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"He Loved to Read" 1.02.2011

"Your thoughts are as free as any bird" ~ Michael J. Jackson

Michael loved to read, many had testified on his reading habit, and also was caught in the bookstore. Michael Jackson's Lawyer, Bob Sanger, Talks to West Coast Sound About the Pop Star, His Life -- and His Reading Habits [here are few excerpt of the article]


"We talked about psychology, Freud and Jung, Hawthorne, sociology, black history and sociology dealing with race issues. But he was very well read in the classics of psychology and history and literature."

"He loved to read. He had over 10,000 books at his house."

"And there were places that he liked to sit, and you could see the books with his bookmarks in it, with notes and everything in it where he liked to sit and read. And I can tell you from talking to him that he had a very - especially for someone who was self-taught, as it were, and had his own reading list - he was very well-read. And I don't want to say that I'm well-read, but I've certainly read a lot, let's put it that way, and I enjoy philosophy and history and everything myself, and it was very nice to talk to him, because he was very intellectual, and he liked to talk about those things. But he didn't flaunt it, and it was very seldom that he would initiate the conversation like that, but if you got into a conversation like that with him, he was there."

"And few people really had the opportunity the have these intellectual discussions about great thinkers and writers. Freud and Jung - go down the street and try and find five people who can talk about Freud and Jung."


The Bodyguards' testimony of Michael's reading habit !
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source: abcnews.go.com/GMA​

A: "Anytime he was going into a bookstore he wasn't buying one or two books. No. You know, he was easily walking out with..."..thousands.."

Q: Did he read all of the books that he bought?

A: "I believe so.."As much knowledge, as being around him, we learned something every day just going to work. I'll tell you that right now"

A: "I think he was also just very big on knowledge, and that was the way he ...fed his kids that, you know very big on them being educated ... very..."..very special"..very intelligent"


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A Story from The Strand Bookstore

Prince Michael brought over an oversized book on collectable toys, barely able to carry it. He said in the cutest little voice; "Dad, can I have this" Michael lovingly smiled and asked if he was going to read it. He replied, "Yes."

He wanted books on black folk music, books by Roald Dahl (including James and the Giant Peach), and something on Versailles. I would send my troops to look for the books and hand the findings to Jesus. On a previous visit, my dad had helped him, and he picked out books on Howard Hughes, dictionaries and first edition children's books.

..he spent $6,000 in books and allowed anyone in his group to take books. Although the people in his entourage did choose some, they did not seem as excited about shopping for books.

Michael Jackson, The Bookworm

"He was a longtime and valued customer," a store representative of art and architecture bookstore Hennessey + Ingalls said Thursday. "We'll miss him."

"He loved the poetry section," Dave Dutton said as Dirk chimed in that Ralph Waldo Emerson was Jackson's favorite. "I think you would find a great deal of the transcendental, all-accepting philosophy in his lyrics."

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"It was Rose who instilled in me a love of books
and literature that sustains me today.
I read everything I could get my hands on.
New cities meant new places to shop.
We loved to shop, especially in bookstores and department stores,"
~ Michael Jackson, Moonwalk

"She [Miss Rose Fine] taught me the wonderful world of books and reading
and I wouldn't be the same person if it wasn't for her."
~ Michael Jackson

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MJ: "I watch cartoons. I love cartoons. I play video games. Sometimes I read."
Q: "You mean you read books?"
MJ: "Yeah. I love to read short stories and everything."
Q: "Any in particular?"
MJ: "Somerset Maugham.. Whitman. Hemingway. Twain."

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"I love to read.
I wish I could advise more people to read.
There&#8217;s a whole other world in books.
If you can&#8217;t afford to travel, you travel mentally through reading.
You can see anything and go any place you want to in reading."

~ Michael Jackson, 1984


The Source:
http://mjacksonwords.blogspot.ca/2011/01/he-loved-to-read.html


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Found this little GEM, during my research and had to share it here :bow::heart::group:

Michael Jackson reading at Disney Land in 1974
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:bow: WOW :give_rose:

I 'bumped' into another AWESOME THREAD here... Funny, when I read the list of things that Michael loved posted by Soul dreamer ;) I was gawking and screaming pointing at the screen that I loved a lot of things (Music- books- tastes) that we have in 'common' and I didn't even knew Michael liked them too...

I do wanna add here that this is also one of Michael's fave books...


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Keep the excellent legacy work you do, lovelies :clapping:
 
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:ciao: Daz-Delightful :bow:

Thank-you so much for your L.O.V.E :group: You have honored us again by just coming to visit and learning more about the Michael you :heart: through our work here as your Legacy Team !! :pray::heart::pray: Thank-you so much for giving us another reason to work even harder for you, his Fans and most of all Michael !! :pray::heart::pray:



:bow: WOW :give_rose:

I 'bumped' into another AWESOME THREAD here... Funny, when I read the list of things that Michael loved posted by Soul dreamer ;) I was gawking and screaming pointing at the screen that I loved a lot of things (Music- books- tastes) that we have in 'common' and I didn't even knew Michael liked them too...

I do wanna add here that this is also one of Michael's fave books...


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Keep the excellent legacy work you do, lovelies :clapping:
 
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If you guys want ISBN numbers or MORE info on Michael's FAVE books here?
Just 'holler' and I'll post them...
Researching or should I say 'Michaeling' yesterday, kept me sweet all afternoon :blush:

I really love this section but I guess you guys already know that
:blush:

THANKS :clapping:

Keep Michaeling
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:clapping: I had to share this :heart::bow:

:ciao: This is FaceBook-ed :clapping: Thanks for this amazing Thread Teamie :clapping::bow:
 
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:ciao: Daz-Delightful :bow:

Thank-you so much for your L.O.V.E :group: Please Post here whatever you feel are Learning Lessons from Michael !! :pray::heart::pray:

I meant to say "HOLLER" :hysterical::heart:





If you guys want ISBN numbers or MORE info on Michael's FAVE books here?
Just 'holler' and I'll post them...
Researching or should I say 'Michaeling' yesterday, kept me sweet all afternoon :blush:

I really love this section but I guess you guys already know that
:blush:

THANKS :clapping:

Keep Michaeling
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Just bumped in here again and :doh: realized... I'm way behind in my reading on what Michael can still 'learn' me... Though, I'm getting a 'stronger' Spiritual connection now :angel:

Anyway, The book I really wanna order is the one of the May flower ;) Sounds so intriguing and it sparks my interest in HIStory...

What have I learnt from Michael?
To NEVER GIVE UP... If the whole world says NO, you say YES :cheeky:
To always GO for your dreams... If all seems LOST, there is still HOPE...
Michael also 'sparks' interests that I would NEVER discover without him...
I'm NOT into HIStory books but if Michael read it, then it's worth 'researching' about it, in my humble opinion
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The place called Hallowed Ground...
From Speechless
"When I'm with you I am in the light where I cannot be found
It's as though I am standing in the place called Hallowed Ground"

I searched and I found it.
Where America happened
http://www.hallowedground.org/

From Gettysburg

Gettysburg speech
Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth, upon this continent, a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that “all men are created equal”

Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived, and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of it, as a final resting place for those who died here, that the nation might live. This we may, in all propriety do. But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate — we can not consecrate — we can not hallow, this ground– The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have hallowed it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here; while it can never forget what they did here.

It is rather for us, the living, to stand here, we here be dedicated to the great task remaining before us — that, from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they here, gave the last full measure of devotion — that we here highly resolve these dead shall not have died in vain; that the nation, shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people by the people for the people, shall not perish from the earth.
———————
This is also quite a nice quote by Abraham Lincoln – ” Better to remain silent and be thought a fool then to speak out and remove all doubt.”

http://www.presentationmagazine.com/abraham-lincoln-speech-the-gettysburg-address-7493.htm



To Monticello Charlottesville

I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.
Thomas Jefferson

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.
Thomas Jefferson
 
I thought I'd share this here...

This is the poem I wrote and gave on my FINAL day of my Intern ship at the Book store...


“Angels of light”

ONCE upon a time…
There was a Magical place,
The oldest book store in town
Simply called ‘De Reyghere’ …

Angels of light weave their magic there,
They create and protect a save place,
They treat the books like precious children,
They welcome and honour every bookworm…

Thanks Ivy, Marijke, Thomas, Ellen, Maureen, Nancy, Dina
for you are the Angels of light…
that gave me the courage to fuel my inner light again,

Your sincerely,
Ann DAZ Dely. -Resident writer-
© http://www.mjjcommunity.com/michael-jackson-blog/

This is ONE more lesson I learnt from Michael...
I kind of LOST trust in peeps...

Then I got the golden chance to work in a book store and my faith in peeps have been 'restored' cause it's okay to have a PASSION cause then people really appreciate and respect you...

I've talked and helped bookworms and tourists that were so delighted and touched by my energy and passion... It really has awoken my 'inner light' to keep shining...

I know, the world is not all rosy but spreading L.O.V.E as Michael taught me... Really is needful and healing for this world...

See, Michael's SPIRIT lives on in each one of us :angel:
 
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:heart::heart::heart::heart::heart::heart::heart: L.O.V.E.


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The Michael Jackson Interviews - Inspirations and Visions

 
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Michael Jackson's Secret Inspiration: The Three Stooges

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In 1999, MTV News' Alex Coletti sat down with Michael Jackson in New York to talk about the creative inspirations behind his songwriting and music video concepts. One of the more fascinating facts uprooted by the interview was the fact that one of the driving forces behind Jackson's video concepts was the work of an unlikely trio. "My dream was to always make short little films, because I'm a big fan of the Three Stooges, and I love watching Curly, who I think is wonderful. They make these 15-minute shorts, and I said, 'I'd love to do something like that some day,' and ["Thriller"] was my opportunity."

 
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Michael Jackson - Become Legendary - By: TheEternalMoonwalker

 
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&#8213; Michael Jackson


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Michael Jackson&#8217;s Library: Favorite Books
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101 Facts About Michael Jackson
By lacienega on August 28, 2012 in 101 MJ Facts, Random

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101 #MJFacts

To celebrate Michael Jackson's Legacy - Some facts and trivia about Michael:

1.Michael helped launch the careers of Wesley Snipes [Bad Video], Weird Al [parody “Eat It”], Sheryl Crow [Bad Tour singer], Alfonso Ribiero [1984 Pepsi commercial] and Wade Robson [Bad Tour, Australia; Black or White; Jam].

2.Wesley Snipes said that he once spent three hours speaking with Michael “about metaphysics, psychology, ‘how the black man is treated,’” saying, “people don’t know about Mike on the real, Mike had a consciousness that could blow your mind and he could recite things that could blow your mind as well.”

3.Michael went skinny dipping with Jane Fonda in 1981.

4.Michael has directly intervened in at least two attempted suicides, Janet’s husband James Debarge in the mid 80s who threatened to jump from their roof [Source], and a fan who was threatening to jump off the roof of a hotel across from him in 1992.

5.When Michael heard his friend and burn victim, Dave Dave, had attempted suicide because he felt his life wasn’t worth living, Michael hired him at Neverland to run odd jobs, to ensure he would feel as if his life had meaning.

6.A friend of Michael’s in the 90s suspected Michael was having an affair with his wife because Michael would spend so long on the phone talking to her, so he set about taping the phone conversations and his son ended up selling them in 2005.

7.Michael wanted to sign Lauryn Hill after seeing her in Sister Act 2, but she was already signed with the Fugees.

8.Michael had a library of 10,000 books and one of Michael’s favorites was Jonathan Livingstone Seagull. Michael recommended this book to people like Kobe Bryant, Anthony Jackson, Frank Cascio.

9.Michael’s family had a jokey nickname for him, “Doodoohead”, Lisa Marie had her own tongue in cheek take on that, “Turd,” which MJ would sign some of his notes to her as.

10.At an after party in 1974 Michael taught David Bowie the Robot.

11.One of the only happy memories Michael says he has of his father was of Joe buying the kids donuts to eat because he knew Michael liked them. In the Give In To Me demo Michael sings, “love is a donut.”

12.Michael was a notoriously bad driver, Janet said he drove like Ray Charles.

13.When Michael took off his sunglasses at the 1984 Grammys one fan yelled from the balcony, “Take it all off!”

14.Some of Michael’s disguises: a fat suit, beard and dark make up, prosthetics, a Sheikh outfit, and covered in bandages.

15.Michael would write all over things, like on the back of paintings, clocks, mirrors, jewelery boxes, tables, figurines and stick notes all over his walls.

16.Not realizing he was being taped, Michael can be seen flicking through a Playboy during an interview when he was 12.

17.Michael was always visiting the Playboy Mansion in the 80s, when LaToya asked him why he was there so much, he said it was “to see the animals.”

18.Director of Thriller John Landis didn’t think Michael knew what a Playboy even was, though Michael would go on to tell Ola Ray that he chose her because he’d seen her Playboy photos. Ola had also listed him as her favorite singer during the 1980 shoot.

19.Michael once had a giraffe at his home in Encino but the neighbors complained so they had to get rid of it.

20.Lisa has said she wouldn’t have married him if the sex hadn’t been good and that he was the one who made the moves with her.

21.Michael’s kiss with Lisa Marie at the 1994 MTV awards was not his first public kiss. He’d kissed a fan at a concert in 1981, been kissed by the costar of The Way You Make Me Feel onstage in 1988 and kissed Iman in Remember The Time in 1992.

22.Michael would wear the color red a lot because he felt it gave him energy.

23.He had a whole wardrobe full of red shirts/black pants which he would wear all the time, one of the reasons why was so that it would make photographs of him worth less as it would be hard for anyone buying a magazine to see the difference between photos from different weeks.

24.Michael would always dance in the studio while recording music, a lot of the percussive sounds he made while dancing were worked into the songs.

25.Michael was good friends with Sammy Davis Jnr, who considered Michael like a son to him. His daughter once walked in on Sammy, Jesse Jackson and Michael praying in his office to give thanks for putting Sammy’s cancer into remission.

26.Many people have said Michael had a photographic memory. He could remember names, stories, info relating to encounters with people many years before.

27.Michael had initially turned down doing the 1993 Superbowl performance, and only agreed to do it once they agreed to donate his $100,000 fee to charity. At this, other sponsors then chipped in until the donations reached $2,000,000.

28.Michael wasn’t often home at Neverland but would always keep it running so that sick children, children from inner city schools in LA and children from the Los Olivos area could visit it in his absence.

29.Billie Jean was reportedly inspired by a fan who claimed Michael was the father of one of her twins, when Michael ignored her she sent him a photograph of herself and a gun, that she told him to use on himself on a certain date. Michael was so scared of her he carried this woman’s photo everywhere, memorizing it in case he ever saw her.

30.After the song came out another mentally unstable fan would change her name to Billie Jean and spend her entire life stalking him, staging regular break ins to both Encino and Neverland, suing him for spousal support and even after his death, suing and demanding custody of his children.

31.When LaToya did Playboy Michael told a friend that at least people would finally stop saying that they were the same person.

32.Muhammad Ali had been a friend of the Jacksons and Michael since the 70s [Source], he and Michael bonded especially over their mutual love for magic tricks.

33.When Michael heard Magic Johnson had HIV he made sure to hire him for a role in his video, Remember The Time.

34.Michael’s Billie Jean video broke the racial barrier on MTV. Prior to that no black artist had ever been put on medium or heavy rotation. But this was no easy feat, despite Thriller being a huge success at the time in order to get the video on MTV CBS owner Walter Yetnikoff had to threaten to pull the entire CBS music catalog from their station if they wouldn’t play it.

35.In Michael’s bedroom they found an article on the G spot and another on the Second G Spot.

36.Some of his internet logins were: BigMike, Privacy696, Tut777, Dr Black.

37.Michael had a large photo of Diana Ross’ picture from the cover of When Fools Rush In on his bathroom wall at Hayvenhurst.

38.Michael knew how much his sister LaToya wanted to take their mother to Europe, so in the early 80s Michael got them both tickets and an envelope, inside was $10,000 spending money and a note with the lyrics from one of Katherine’s favorite songs, Moon River.

39.Michael was a secret biker; he owned a Harley and would ride it around late at night in parks. It had to be in secret or else it could jeopardize his insurance.

40.He also gave his second wife Debbie Rowe, another ardent biker, a bike after they married, and included her in a painting in 1991 with black biker wings.

41.Michael used to steal his mother’s jewelry and give them to his favorite female teachers as gifts in elementary school.

42.Michael said he would only buy jewelry for three people: his mother, Elizabeth Taylor, and for any girl he was interested in at the time. Michael gave Elizabeth Taylor a 17 carat gold diamond ring, Brooke ******* an 11 carat and Lisa Marie Presley a 10 carat ring.

43.One of Michael’s favorite gifts to people during the late 80s/early 90s was huge big screen TVs, two of the people gifted them were Jackie O and Elizabeth Taylor. When delivering Jackie O the TV they had to dismantle it first to get it inside the elevator.

44.Freddie Mercury would refer to Michael as “little brother.”

45.Michael was an opening act for strippers as a five year old.

46.While being driven to a show Michael once saw prostitutes standing on a street corner in 1984, he thought they looked good so he stuck out his white gloved hand and waved to them, then stuck his head out to confirm it had been him, leaving them shell shocked while he drove off laughing.

47.Michael is King of an African village in Gabon on the Ivory Coast. They claim he’s had his DNA tested and has been found to have descended from the area.

48.After Michael bought the Sony catalog in the mid 80s he gave Little Richard back the rights to his songs.

49.Michael helped pay for the funeral of Temptation’s lead singer David Ruffin.

50.In 1984, a U.S. library accused Jackson of owing it over $1 million in overdue book fines. Officials said they would scrap the fines if he returned the books autographed.

51.Michael enjoyed plays on words and used them in his songs, like Streetwalker which is slang for prostitutes, In The Closet which is slang for gay men who aren’t public about it (reversing it and making it about a secret relationship he had with a girl), and Eaten Alive, which seems to be a play on sex with a woman.

52.He wrote Eaten Alive and Muscles for Diana Ross. Muscles was the name of Michael’s large… python.

53.Michael had an albino python named after Madonna in the early 90s.

54.At the Oscars in 1991 Madonna and Michael’s entrance at an after party caused such a scene that even celebrities like movie legend Jimmy Stewart stood on a chair to get a good look at them.

55.Lisa Marie was so devastated by his death that she went to see a psychic to contact him on her birthday the first year after he passed.

56.Liza Minnelli and Flo Anthony have said Michael proposed to a non famous woman with an African name before Lisa Marie Presley, she turned him down and he was devastated.

57.To keep the women Michael was seeing a secret Michael would give them code names.

58.Michael had wanted to get the roles of Spiderman [Source], Edward Scissorhands and the Phantom of the Opera.

59.Stan Lee has said that Michael was a friend of his and described him as “one of the nicest guys ever.”

60.Michael was one of the few people who intimidated Freddie Mercury.

61.When Freddie Mercury and Michael did some demos at Michael’s place, he didn’t have a proper drum kit, so Freddie’s assistant took a mic into Michael’s toilet and used the toilet door there for percussion.

62.In August 1993 Michael was in Bangkok with his Dangerous World Tour sponsored by Pepsi. The second concert got cancelled because Michael was suffering from acute dehydration. Next day the rescheduled concert got cancelled again because Michael had not fully recovered. Pepsi’s rival run ads reading ‘Dehydrated? There’s Always Coke.’

63.The gold leotard Michael wears during his Dangerous World Tour is actually a fencing outfit and was designed by Versace.

64.Michael wore the white glove to disguise the beginnings of his vitiligo. [Source] Michael’s eldest son now also suffers from that same rare skin disorder, with it also beginning on his hand.

65.As well as vitiligo, Michael suffered from discoid lupus, another autoimmune disorder.

66.Michael once told a friend he wore the mask because he felt ugly sometimes.

67.Michael called scouting for hot women “fishing” so that people around him wouldn’t know what he was talking about.

68.At its peak Thriller was selling 1 million copies a week.

69.Eddie Van Halen performed his Beat It solo for Michael for free.

70.Some music you might not have expected Michael to be a fan of: Radiohead, Nine Inch Nails, Guns’n’Roses, Jimmi Hendrix, Yes. One of Michael’s favorite songs was Owner Of A Lonely Heart by Yes, he even samples it in D.S and had Trevor Rabin play some things on They Don’t Care About Us.

71.Michael had a lamb named after a character Sidney Poitier played, Mr Tibbs.

72.Michael loved playing phone pranks on people, and would often dial random numbers and prank them without their ever knowing it was him, as well as doing it to his friends.

73.Michael drank a lot of Red Bull and ate a lot of KFC.

74.Michael once showed up a party PDiddy was throwing just to meet the “girl with the derriere” aka Beyonce and dance with her.

75.The demo title for the song “Bad” was “Pee”, likely because it was due to be a collaboration with the musician Prince and “Pee” was code for his initial “P”.

76.There are two naming traditions in the Jackson family: naming a son after yourself and the name Prince. There is a Jackson son named after every male member of the Jackson family (Sigmund, Marlon, Toriano, Stevana/Randy, Jermaine), and Michael had a grandfather and great grandfather named Prince. This is why Michael named his sons as such.

77.Many of Michael’s most famous outfits are borrowed. His black sequin cardigan for Billie Jean was something he took from his mother, his white Thriller suit was something he asked to borrow from the photographer, and many others.

78.This seemed to rub off on Blanket, once when a fan asked Michael to autograph his hat, Michael said that Blanket liked it and asked if he could keep it, so in exchange Michael and Blanket signed Blanket’s tee shirt and gave it to him

79.Star of the first season of America’s Next Top Model, Giselle Samson, was featured in men’s magazine “Stuff” in early 2003 during the show and she said there that she idolized Michael; reading this, Michael then gave her a call and invited her to Neverland.

80.Michael believed dancing and music was a way the universe had of expressing itself.

81.Michael was a huge fan of art, especially the Renaissance artists and the Pre-Raphaelites.

82.Lionel Richie’s band the Commodores were a support act for the Jackson 5 when Michael was just 12.

83.As a kid on tour Michael would prank Lionel with itching powder in his hats, ice in his shoes, and buckets of water over his door. Lionel says the Commodores staged a pillow fight with the Jacksons in revenge for all their pranks.

84.Michael was fascinated by the Ancient Egyptians and Tutankhamen, one of his online email addresses was even KingTut777.

85.Michael once had the police called out in 1989 because he was wearing a disguise while shopping for a ring and they suspected he was a possible thief.

86.Michael was detained while driving his Rolls Royce in 1981 because they thought his car looked “stolen.” Michael later told his mother he was just excited to have been inside a police cell.

87.Michael loved the album What’s Going On by Marvin Gaye, and kept the sleeve framed on a shelf in Encino.[Source]

88.Michael believed Stevie Wonder was a “musical prophet” and was there throughout a lot of the taping of his album, Songs In The Key Of Life.

89.Sometimes Michael would go out in disguise during Halloween trick or treating with friends and his kids and it would be the one time of the year he could blend in.

90.In 2008 while at a Halloween party with his kids, people thought he was a Michael Jackson impersonator and played Thriller when he walked in.

91.Marlon Brando’s son was a bodyguard and close friend to Michael throughout his life. He can even be spotted in the cinema watching the movie with him during Thriller.

92.Michael loved the PBS documentary about Jack Johnson and the racism he endured, “Unforgivable Blackness”.

93.Michael has had fans break in and stalk him relentlessly throughout the years. Some would be found sleeping in his loft, his kitchen, his bushes, by his garbage, would park outside his house and sleep there, others would turn up at Neverland with suitcases announcing they were about to move in before the police would be called. When Michael found one fan who had been living in his kitchen, Michael let her have something to eat with him before his bodyguards took her away.

94.Michael’s mother was the same way and when fans would come to their home in the early 70s she would let them sit and eat with them, sometimes they’d be there till the middle of the night at the kitchen table because Katherine would be too polite to tell them to leave.

95.Michael would get in trouble for feeding the rats and mice who lived in his home as a kid.

96.Michael wrote the lyrics to Black or White 20 minutes before he had to sing it.

97.Michael composed some of the music for the SEGA video game, Sonic 3, but at the time game consoles had poor sound quality so Michael didn’t like the result and therefore wasn’t credited. Brad Buxer has confirmed that one of the pieces would later inspire the song Stranger In Moscow.

98.There’s lots of footage of Michael in the studio that has never been released, footage of him singing with Paul McCartney, singing some of the Bad and Dangerous albums, and all of the Invincible studio sessions.

99.MJ told his bodyguards that one of the things he would have loved to have been able to do was just walk into a bar and say, “Bartender, give me a beer.”

100.Blanket keeps his hair long to remind himself of his father; Paris sleeps with a jacket of Michael’s under her pillow; Prince likes listening to Arabic prayer because it reminds him of being in Bahrain with his father.

101.After Michael’s passing fans got together and raised money to create a children’s home named “Everland” in Liberia, to house 50 orphaned children.

http://rhythmofthetide.com/101-facts-michael-jackson/
 
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Entry #1 Urban Dictionary:

Michaeling

When a Michael Jackson fan surfs the web for Michael Jackson, usually videos. It can be a hobby and the word is usually used on youtube.

Sarah - "Hey, what are you doing?"

Luara - "Oh you know, just michaeling."


Entry #2 Urban Dictionary:

Michaeling

to keep on being a fan of and supporting Michael Jackson.

Alright, guys; I gotta go. Keep Michaeling!!!


Entry #3 Urban Dictionary:

Michaeling

To do anything (positive) relating to Michael Jackson!

Listening to MJ, looking at photos or videos of MJ, speaking to MJ fans, dancing to MJ, reading about MJ, dancing in the style of MJ, thinking about MJ, researching about MJ, talking about MJ, writing about MJ, spreading the truth and love about MJ, anything!

The verb 'To Michael' shall continue to relate to Michael Jackson forever, as a result of his huge impact across the world.

Michaeling is generally done by Michael Jackson Fans: the best fans in the world, keeping the MJ Legacy alive For All Time!

Keep on Michaeling!






 
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