Nite Line;4231887 said:
Yes, MJ had a great childhood. I'm sure we all wanted to spend our childhood traveling the world, while performing, rehearsing, recording etc. I'm sure we all wanted a childhood where we got physically and verbally abused by our father. Who cares about going to school, having friends? You know things that every child gets to do and should be able to do. MJ had such a wonderful childhood, while everyone else had a tragic childhood.
Honestly what a joke of a comment.
Themidwestcowboy;4231893 said:
I am so disappointed to see this comment come from an MJ fan.
dam2040;4231908 said:
Glad to see I’m not the only one surprised by that ridiculous comment.
Michael in tears at the mere thought of his father shows a fantastic childhood, clearly.
1nn5;4231915 said:
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Yeah, but when MJ said he was sad when he saw children playing and him rehearsing, you could understand what he wanted from a childhood
You are all so predictable with your responses about that.
It was not a terrible childhood.
I am not going to repeat myself about that here because I have already digressed a lot in this thread.
But, in a word:
Contrary to popular (& mistaken belief), MJ did play when he was a kid.
You can check out what Joe Jackson already said about that (like, on TV One).
Joe Jackson was definitely in a position to know better than all of us.
MJ always played with all his brothers & sisters but also with other kids during his childhood.
Also, according to other accounts, MJ used to dance all the time around the house when he was a kid. He loved dancing more than anything else (studying, going to school, etc).
Ultimately, he did what he wanted to do most when he was a kid.
Back on topic.
analogue;4231913 said:
I've seen a few people bring up that the brief live vocals for Jam happened at Bucharest, but I heard it at the Oslo concert too. At first I thought it was a mistake at Bucharest, and MJ was singing with the mic off, but someone turned his mic on by mistake for a split second. But after also hearing it in Oslo, it seems it was intentional.
After posing & also without much dancing (but mostly walking on-stage), he should have sung the 'Jam’ song fully live, in my opinion.
Especially, considering that it was the very first song of those shows.
Things have changed since then. Now performers, in many cases, have to stipulate formally & in advance which songs they are going to lip-sync & which not (in their tours).