Well, Michael is definitely talking to you, imo.
I am obsessed with the lyrics. I've only listened to the song once but I'm wedded to the lyrics like my life depends on them. Or something! But I can't step away.
I think there is so much going on in these lyrics. So many layers.
Lol! I’ve had it on continuous play in my head for almost a month now!
Is that by choice? I mean, I don't exactly 'choose' which songs I'm gonna listen to, they sort of suggest themselves, if that makes sense. How does it work for you?Lol! I’ve had it on continuous play in my head for almost a month now!
It really is.
This all makes sense to me. I think I have my own versions of this. But mostly it's just songs presenting themselves to me or just popping up in my head. I've never tried to analyse it, I'm only just thinking about it now.@zinniabooklover
I’ve found that a song often gets stuck in my head because some of its lyrics are relevant for my current situation. Like if I would throw a ball at a wall all day, I would eventually sing Accept’s Balls to the Wall.
Other times it’s just a really infectious musical idea. Which is what it ought to be in the case of Price of Fame and me, since I haven’t really dealt with fame lately.
Do you mean coming up with your own interpretations of lyrics? Bc I do that all the time. No, hang on, you said, 'to suit my reality'. I think I do that sometimes. Mm, I'd have to think hard to come up with an example, though.
It’s first and foremost musical to me. The lyrical attention is secondary. And yes, these songs will just pop up from out of nowhere. It’s interesting when it’s something you may only have heard once and ages ago! But well, they do come back. And neither me have before really tried to understand how this phenomenon works, but it sure is interesting.
Is there a difference between your first and second reading? Because I believe my “to suit my reality” was superfluous; whose reality but your own can possibly be your basis? I’m still trying to come up with an example, by the way.
I think I would agree with this. I say 'think' bc of course there are often exceptions to that. But mostly, yeah, the music is most important.
Same. Although I do love lyrics and always used to think they were the most important part of a song. That said, I often tune them out and hear the voice as an instrument or as something creating a soundscape. I love voices. If I don't like someone's voice, I don't care how good they are, they'll never hold my attention. But I don't always need a voice and lyrics. Or maybe I do bc I am lazy about listening to stuff that's not in English. Hm. OK, I need English bc I'm lazy but I still don't need to focus on the actual lyrics that much. They are great - indispensible, really - but not always necessary in the moment of listening.
Oh dear, I think it's time I toddled off to bed, lol. You've confused me! Not hard to do, lol.
When I interpret lyrics I don't mean I link them to my own experience. Sometimes I do, obvs, but mostly that is not what is happening. Mostly my imagination goes wild and free. Actually, I can't explain it! I've just realised. I'll have to leave it.
It's tricky stuff, this! It's there in your head until you try to capture it and then it's gone.
Oh, yes! That’s absolutely true. Must not forget about imagination. Bed-time for me, too, it would seem!
Yep I thought that the first time I heard it on that French radio stream. That and the "father always told me" lyric jumped out at me on first listen
I always hear people say that 'Leave Me Alone' was about the media but although the video uses bizarre media stories, the song itself is about a girl, right..?LMA was about the press. though some fans feel he kind of did that to himself. i love that song but it's not one of my favorites MJ songs.
Thriller the song was also about a girl, technically.
I'm not sure what you mean but the song 'Thriller' also has a horror theme while the song 'Leave Me Alone' doesn't have a tabloid theme
I'm not sure if TDCAU is actually about him or a fictional character, since it has the line 'I have a wife and two children who love me' while he had no children at the time. Scream and 2Bad are also not necessarily about the media, more an general anthem about injustice.
Yes that's what I mean, even though he had all the right to call out the media it wasn't that much; even on History!
Yes 'Privacy' mainly. 'Xscape' would be so much better if the lyrics were more general imo
I agree. He didn't. But he did more than you think.
The last verse is all about cuddling up with a girl, how he can scare her more than any "ghoul dare try". It's supposed to have the same theme, of a girl being shown a crazy time by being frightened,just like the video.
Man in the Mirror is his biggest anthem, not written by him. Maybe We Are The World but ehh. Being written by him isn't relevant tbh. It's literally asking, Stop writing about me, talking about me, talk about the problems going on. That's simple.
TDCAU is a song about racial injustice. Nothing to do with the media. I wasn't comparing it to the media songs. 2 Bad is just a general tough guy song, a sequel to Bad really.
That's how I see it. I don't get the anti-press thing at all from the lyrics. And I think it's a really strong song, lyrically, so it doesn't really need to be re-worked into something else. The video is a good piece of work, it just doesn't represent the lyrical content of the song, imo.
The bad press started way before Michael bought the catalogue, though. The press was writing crap about him from at least the early 80's - if not earlier. It might have intensified with the ATV thing but it didn't start there.
He was still with Lisa Marie when HIStory came out. So he did have two stepchildren. The lyrics do make sense. Him and LMP might have split by the time the single was released, though.
See, I'm the complete opposite on this. I think to see LMA as an anti-press song is to dilute it. Lyrically it's really strong and I wish more attention was paid to what Michael actually wrote. It's interesting that the video has been so influential but also really frustrating, imo.
and Sven Nelson's upload of it is probably the best master of it beside iTunes
This is what I've always thought.
Huh? They’re nothing alike.
Interesting. I’d say it’s an even race between Price of Fame and Throwing Your Life Away.
Does he really complain? If at all, he complains that he chose a life that didn't allow any complaints.
And I think it's more of a lament. Or weary resignation to the downsides of his chosen life. Although, if he was complaining, I don't know why that would be so awful. Being famous, successful, rich and talented doesn't insulate you from the frustrations and disappointments of life. You're still a human being, you're allowed to sometimes be fed-up with the negative aspects of your life.Does he really complain? If at all, he complains that he chose a life that didn't allow any complaints.
