MJJC Legacy Team Project: Learning Lessons from Michael Jackson - Fact File

[souldreamer7]

Learning Lessons from Michael Jackson - Follow in MJ's steps!

In this thread you can see a full list of what Michael loved. It is meant as a guiding reference for those who want to learn more about him and follow his steps, just like was meant with the original thread on this board that’s been started a while ago here. The information comes from this thread and sources such as MJ's official books & his own words in interviews through-out the years.

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 or in the original thread. We worked many hours a day digging up the information listed below. It was fun as well as interesting to find out what MJ admired. Special Thank You to all those who contributed to the orginal thread!

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! Keep Michaeling!

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

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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)
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)
Your Creative Power – Alex F. Osborn----------------------------------------(Self Help)
The Greatest Salesman In The Worked - Og Mandino---------------------(Self Help)

Writers:
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ernest Hemingway
Charles Dickens
Shakespeare
Edgar Allen Poe
Roald Dahl
Somerset Maughan
Walt Whitman
Mark Twain
Stephen Edwin King
Rabindranath Tagore
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)
Rhythm Nation 1814 - Janet Jackson-------------------------------------------(Pop)
Billy The Kid - Aaron Copland----------------------------------------------------(Folk)
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)
Smile - Charlie Chaplin------------------------------------------------------------(Pop)
Feel Up - Grace Jones-------------------------------------------------------------(Pop)
The Knowledge - Janet Jackson-------------------------------------------------(Pop)
Living For The City - Stevie Wonder---------------------------------------------------(R&B)
Under The Boardwalk - The Drifters-------------------------------------------------(Pop/Doo-Woop)
It Wasn't Me - Shaggy-------------------------------------------------------------(Reggae/Pop)

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
The Four Tops
The Bee Gees
The Temptations
Mahalia Jackson
Sly & The Family Stone
The Mama’s & The Papa’s
The Drifters
Jackie Wilson
The Delfonics
Barry Manilow
Little Richard
The O'Jays
Jay-Z
Carlos Santana
Whitney Houston
Barbra Streisand
Slash
Sarah Vaughan
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



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)
Lord of the Dance (Riverdance)--------------------------------(Irish Dance/Musical)
An American Werewolf in London (1981) ---------------------------(Horror/Romance)
Stand By Me (1986) ------------------------------------------------------(Drama/Adventure)
Star Wars (1977) --------------------------------------------------------(Science Fiction)



Cartoons/Comics:
Batman-------------------------------------------------------------(Film/Comic)
Spiderman---------------------------------------------------------(Film/Comic)
X-men-------------------------------------------------------------------------------(Film/Comic)
Marvel Comics---------------------------------------------------------------------(Fim/Comic)


Television/other:
Sesame Street----------------------------------------------------(Childrens Television)
The Simpsons-----------------------------------------------------(Sitcom)
Malcolm In The Middle------------------------------------------(Comedy Series)
The Three Stooges-----------------------------------------------(Slapstick/Comedy)



Stores:
Hamley's Toy Store @ St. Regent Street----------------------(London, UK)
Harrods @ Brompton Road--------------------------------------(London, UK)
Ed Hardy--------------------------------------------(California,USA)

Food & Snacks:
Big Red (Chewing Gum)
Bazooka (Bubble Gum)
Sweets & Candy
KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken)
Idian food
Mexican food
Banana Cream Pie
Carrot Cake
Fruit
Juices
Beans
Rice
Watermelon
Pancakes
Sushi
Subway
Starbuck Cappuccinos
Hot Sauce
Organic Cheese Enchiladas
Baked Macoroni and Cheese
Scrambled Eggs
Mashed Potatos
Gravy
Coca Cola
Corn
Porridge


Sports:
Boxing
Dancing
Basketball
Swimming
Martial Arts

Other Activities/Likes:
Watergun fights
Waterballoon fights
Sculpture
Drawing/Sketching
Shopping
The Arts
Spirituality
Monkeys
Westerns
Toys
Bible
Reading
Arcades
Gadgets
Craftmanship
Comics
Nature
Architecture
Colors: Black,Red & White
Slapstick/Comedy
Cinema,Theatre and Plays
Science
Animals
Ballet
Chanel Cosmetics
Poetry
Psychology
English Tudor Style Homes
Magical Castle Style Homes
Medicine
Show Tunes
Human Anatomy
Film
Photography
Sci Fi (Science Fiction)
Cameras



Scents/Parfume:
Bal a Versailles
Black Orchid by Tom Ford


People:
Charlie Chaplin-----------------------------------------(Actor/Comedian/Director/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 )
Howard Hughes------------------------------------------------(Aviator/Film Producer/Philanthropist)

[kateclay]

"[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."

[kateclay]

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.

[souldreamer7]

"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.

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.

[MJ TinkerBell]

[MJ TinkerBell]

kateclay

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

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 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 So whatever information you have please feel free to Post it here and do your part for Michael's Legacy

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

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.

[mlg2804]

Amazing list, thanks for all your hard work. This is great for reference.

[souldreamer7]

Amazing list, thanks for all your hard work. This is great for reference.

We Welcome you. Galld 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

[souldreamer7]

Recommended Books by: Michael Jackson

"MoonWalk"


"Dancing The Dream Poems and Reflections"



souldreamer7

[MJ TinkerBell]

"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 !

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"

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."

"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



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."



"I love to read.
I wish I could advise more people to read.
There’s a whole other world in books.
If you can’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/201...d-to-read.html

[MJ TinkerBell]

Found this little GEM, during my research and had to share it here

Michael Jackson reading at Disney Land in 1974

[Daryll748]

WOW

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...




Keep the excellent legacy work you do, lovelies

[MJ TinkerBell]

Daz-Delightful

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

WOW

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...




Keep the excellent legacy work you do, lovelies

[Daryll748]

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

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

THANKS

Keep Michaeling

[MJ TinkerBell]

I had to share this

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