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Anyone else here become a fan in the last few years?

Chopin-Lover said:
I became a fan in early 2004 and joined MJJF in March 2004. (I am glad that MJJC still keeps my join date.)

Growing up outside of the United States, I don't usually listen to English songs. I certainly recognize the name "Michael Jackson", but I don't no much about this person. I wasn't born yet when Billie Jean came out, even though I remember vaguely watching Earth Song music video on TV when I was very young.

It wasn't until January 2004 when I watched a documentary about Michael on TV from a Chinese television. The documentary was shown an hour a day for 5 days, I believe. They show various clips ranging from his performances, interviews, and clips from Living with Michael Jackson. They also show clips of We Are The World and Heal The World, songs that I recognize but I had no idea who sing them. While watching the documentary, I was totally amazed not by Michael the performer, but Michael the person. I was touched by this caring, loving, generous, chidlike person and humanitarian.

I did a lot of research about Michael and started listen to his songs. It seems like the more I know Michael, the more I love this person. Reading Oxford Union Speech brings me to tears. Michael inspires me in so many ways, and prompt me to be dedicated to give back.

I might be late in terms of being a fan, but it's never too late. Now that he's gone, I feel so lucky to have known this great man as I live, be inspired by him, and have learned from him. Thanks Michael for everything you taught me.
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Yeah i feel the exact same way, he has taught me so much, im definately a better person because of him, and im gonna try to make the world a better place with love and positivety

:)Jackie x
 
liquidak said:
I feel the same way, for my generation Michael has been presented as some sort of freak show, which is so far wrong I can't put it into words. He's one of the most genuine human beings I've ever seen, and I wish more people could see that. None of my friends would understand if I explained to them how kind, and generous he is because all they see is the persona the media has created and tarred him with, it's the only Michael they've ever known.

The positive side, for me at least, is that it took watching just 1 interview with him to spark my interest and change my mind. In the space of about 3 weeks he's gone from "that weird singer", to being someone that I look up to massively, as someone that is so kind and loving, that I feel if we were all more like him then the world would be a better place. I can only hope that those of my generation take the time to see the guy behind the tabloid rubbish.
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Yeah with me 2, he has been greatly mis represented for a few years now, he was a great person, who had to put up with a lot of BS, and so glad i know the truth. Im trying to be more like him, especially now hes not here anymore

Jackie x
 
helena22 said:
Well, I didn't become a fan during the trial, but I think I can understand. Even though the media was attacking him, they probably happend to become interested in his music and started listening during the period. Not only that, I think some of them probably saw through the evil schemes of those money-hungry people and the racist system which tried to kill this powerful black man. It's a proof that the media cannot totally control people's minds. Of course, these people were likely to be old enough to think this way. Like, at least, in their mid- or late-teens.
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Yeah i got into him when i was 15, 5 years ago, yeah they will never control my mind! haha!

Jackie xxx
 
I'm older than Michael was and have been a fan since he first started with the Jackson 5 - over 40 years ago.I have never wavered.
 
To me was the contrary

I was kinda fan when I was a child...growing up I didn't like Michael that much anymore that much for 2 main reasons:

I was into other kind of music..like rock, metal ( I'm still in :D)...
Michael seemed to me to change sooo much, so I couldn't recognize him anymore...I mean the MJ I loved sooo much

in the past few years I knew some of his die-hard fans..I grew up..so I understood things ( also on him) and I " investigated" on some things on him being in contact with these fans every day...
so I kinda be closer to him, but not like a fan

I felt he was not the same Michael I loved as a child but I guess I was wrong ;)
I'm realizing that now, unfortunately :(
 
i became what i call a 'proper fan' i.e belonging to fan sites, being more dedicated if you know what i mean in january, which is a shame it was so late, but then again i only turned 16 this month so, i think when i became a 'proper fan' was an alright age, just a pity i wasnt born earlier really :p

i missed most of MJ's career as i was born in 1993 :(

but from a young age my parents played me his music, and the first video i can remember watching online was the motown performance of billie jean, and i was mesmorized and really fascinated how he did the moonwalk, but before then my parents had shown me videos on the music channels like billie jean, thriller, the way you make me feel, black or white etc etc, all the famous ones music channels would play, and then i was a fan of the music and his work and him etc and i never ever thought badly of him, i didnt even know about the trials at the time, but never believed all that crap anyway, the guy moonwalking on my computer screen seemed more of a genius and hero to me !

then i really got into his music and loaded all his cds and in january became more interested in MJs humanitarian side too etc and more of a 'dedicated fan', so the rest is history.

but wish i could of been alive to see him on bad tour in the 80s as a teen, if only time machines were around :(
 
The earliest memories I have of being a fan of Michael Jackson was late 80's. Been on various online communities since middle of 2006.
 
i became a fan in 2004 i grew up in a jewish orthodox hoe and we never listened to mj of course i heard of him,and all i heard was michael jackson the weirdo,because all i heard about him was what i read or saw in the news,anyway i watched mj's 1995 mtv performance,and i was awestruck,i went straight to the library to take out some cds and since then ive been a Die hard fan,ive listened to almost all his music,watched all his videos and his interviews,and read countless articles about him,and fast foward 2009 i anticipating his "this is it" tour,and then.....
 
RockMj said:
To me was the contrary

I was kinda fan when I was a child...growing up I didn't like Michael that much anymore that much for 2 main reasons:

I was into other kind of music..like rock, metal ( I'm still in :D)...
Michael seemed to me to change sooo much, so I couldn't recognize him anymore...I mean the MJ I loved sooo much

in the past few years I knew some of his die-hard fans..I grew up..so I understood things ( also on him) and I " investigated" on some things on him being in contact with these fans every day...
so I kinda be closer to him, but not like a fan

I felt he was not the same Michael I loved as a child but I guess I was wrong ;)
I'm realizing that now, unfortunately :(
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Well its good that u realised :)
 
anotherpartofme said:
i became what i call a 'proper fan' i.e belonging to fan sites, being more dedicated if you know what i mean in january, which is a shame it was so late, but then again i only turned 16 this month so, i think when i became a 'proper fan' was an alright age, just a pity i wasnt born earlier really :p

i missed most of MJ's career as i was born in 1993 :(

but from a young age my parents played me his music, and the first video i can remember watching online was the motown performance of billie jean, and i was mesmorized and really fascinated how he did the moonwalk, but before then my parents had shown me videos on the music channels like billie jean, thriller, the way you make me feel, black or white etc etc, all the famous ones music channels would play, and then i was a fan of the music and his work and him etc and i never ever thought badly of him, i didnt even know about the trials at the time, but never believed all that crap anyway, the guy moonwalking on my computer screen seemed more of a genius and hero to me !

then i really got into his music and loaded all his cds and in january became more interested in MJs humanitarian side too etc and more of a 'dedicated fan', so the rest is history.

but wish i could of been alive to see him on bad tour in the 80s as a teen, if only time machines were around :(
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Yeah me too, i was born in 1988, n i didnt really know anything about him until 2004.

yeah on his humanitarian side, ive only realised these last few weeks, what he actually did for the world, and all i can say is WOW, he done sooooooo much!!

Jackie xxx
 
gematria12 said:
i became a fan in 2004 i grew up in a jewish orthodox hoe and we never listened to mj of course i heard of him,and all i heard was michael jackson the weirdo,because all i heard about him was what i read or saw in the news,anyway i watched mj's 1995 mtv performance,and i was awestruck,i went straight to the library to take out some cds and since then ive been a Die hard fan,ive listened to almost all his music,watched all his videos and his interviews,and read countless articles about him,and fast foward 2009 i anticipating his "this is it" tour,and then.....
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yeah i feel ya, I dont really remember the first performance i saw of him, but that 1995 mtv one was one of the first, i have that on dvd, and yeah its amazing!!

Jackie x
 
around 2004 :)

I can't even remember how or why I started, it was just meant to be I spose lol

I must say any fan that became a fan during the trial in 2003 has my up most respect, all that negativity flying about yet you saw through it all and saw the postivity of Michael.
 
SIDEWALK said:
around 2004 :)

I can't even remember how or why I started, it was just meant to be I spose lol

I must say any fan that became a fan during the trial in 2003 has my up most respect, all that negativity flying about yet you saw through it all and saw the postivity of Michael.
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Wow same time as me, the trail was in 2005

Jackie xx:)
 
I think i started to like him in 2001, after the invincible album. I always remember Michael Jackson with curls down in his head, i use to draw that pictures of his face like that. Not even a fan, then i decided too look up more about Michael Jackson.

If i knew he was going to die, i would not have been a fan. But im glad I learned to know the real Michael Jackson through this forum. I will always remember him, and I feel that I have been influenced by him.

What I cant get over is that I was finally going to see the master doing what he did best. Perform.
I could not believe this tour was going to happen, it never felt real. It got closer and closer but I could not believe I was going to see him perform again. This summer was going to be so good, and I don't like the sudden ending. Still can't get over it, he was 2 weeks from performing again! After so many years of pain and not much new music, it was finally time for the greatest moments in my life. This was it!
 
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I was a fan since around 1984, probably later not exactly sure. But 15 years ago I was encouraged to believe in the lies and bad-mouthing against him, I tore down my posters believing in the lies, stopped supporting him, I stopped listening to his music and I even started to joke about him but then I'd feel hurt and guilty afterwards. I only opened up to him once more the night he died. It was a wakeup call to years of doubt and emotional agony since I still loved him but wasn't sure about the rumours I had been brought up to believe in.
 
geekgirl101 said:
I was a fan since around 1984, probably later not exactly sure. But 15 years ago I was encouraged to believe in the lies and bad-mouthing against him, I tore down my posters believing in the lies, stopped supporting him, I stopped listening to his music and I even started to joke about him but then I'd feel hurt and guilty afterwards. I only opened up to him once more the night he died. It was a wakeup call to years of doubt and emotional agony since I still loved him but wasn't sure about the rumours I had been brought up to believe in.
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OMG, thats so sad :(
 
Conspiracy said:
I think i started to like him in 2001, after the invincible album. I always remember Michael Jackson with curls down in his head, i use to draw that pictures of his face like that. Not even a fan, then i decided too look up more about Michael Jackson.

If i knew he was going to die, i would not have been a fan. But im glad I learned to know the real Michael Jackson through this forum. I will always remember him, and I feel that I have been influenced by him.

What I cant get over is that I was finally going to see the master doing what he did best. Perform.
I could not believe this tour was going to happen, it never felt real. It got closer and closer but I could not believe I was going to see him perform again. This summer was going to be so good, and I don't like the sudden ending. Still can't get over it, he was 2 weeks from performing again! After so many years of pain and not much new music, it was finally time for the greatest moments in my life. This was it!
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Yeah me 2, i was gonna see him perform this month, i dont think mj fans choose to be fans, we are just drawn in somehow lol

Jackie xx
 
geekgirl101 said:
I was a fan since around 1984, probably later not exactly sure. But 15 years ago I was encouraged to believe in the lies and bad-mouthing against him, I tore down my posters believing in the lies, stopped supporting him, I stopped listening to his music and I even started to joke about him but then I'd feel hurt and guilty afterwards. I only opened up to him once more the night he died. It was a wakeup call to years of doubt and emotional agony since I still loved him but wasn't sure about the rumours I had been brought up to believe in.
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aww this is sad, i can admit that in these past couple of weeks i have only just come to completely understand the man, but i always almost knew he was a good guy, now a know he was a great man who done well to put up with all that BS

at least now we know they were just rumours

Jackie xx:)
 
Great hearing all of your stories. Keep them coming. The core in some of your stories is that you were smart enough to figure out the media was full of it.

Been a hard core fan since 1990 and have been going strong since. Never wavered, never doubted.
 
geekgirl101 said:
I was a fan since around 1984, probably later not exactly sure. But 15 years ago I was encouraged to believe in the lies and bad-mouthing against him, I tore down my posters believing in the lies, stopped supporting him, I stopped listening to his music and I even started to joke about him but then I'd feel hurt and guilty afterwards. I only opened up to him once more the night he died. It was a wakeup call to years of doubt and emotional agony since I still loved him but wasn't sure about the rumours I had been brought up to believe in.
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That's so sad. I think it happened to many fans. You missed out great things then. But be happy that you've rediscovered him. Never too late for that.
 
Okay I dont know how many people are interested in reading my story, but it's fun typing it hehe:D

Hmm... I really don't know the exact year of when I became a fan..
But as I was born 1992, my only sources to know how great MJ IS, was through my brother and parents.

When being a kid, I remember my brother always talking about him to my sister and me.. He sometimes made up pranks that my father and MJ were best friends(being a child I believed that, hehe):p But he also told just how amazing MJ was.. My brother was born 1986, so he really also didn't live through the Thriller-era but he still knew how amazing MJ was.
I remember when we as a family were gonna watch "Moonwalker" on VHS at home.. It was the first time for us as a family to watch this movie. I think I was round 3 years old or something like that, so I really don't have so many memories from that moment, except some little flashbacks.. I remember how amazed I was by that lean on smooth criminal, how cool I thought it was to see MJ become a car!! haha! But it was just overall a wonderful experience!

I also remember how "Black or White" was my favourite MJ track back then, and how I used to loop it all the time on our old stereo(Today I really don't know which one to pick as one favorite.. its probably between Smooth Criminal, Beat It, You Rock My World, Thriller and Black and White:p)

Basically during my really young childhood MJ was one of the greatest people on earth for me... He was a huge thing in my family, even though my siblings and I mostly missed great parts of when MJ revolutionised(if that is a word) the music industry.. I guess it was really through my parents(especially my father) that MJ really reached out to us. Also I guess my brother, born in 1986, did get to be around some parts of MJs great career.

As I started getting older for some strange reason I started to forget about MJ.. With "older" I now mean like when I was around 8 years old I almost had forgotten totally about MJ.. I don't even remember myself having memories of when the Invincible album was released, except when I watched the amazing "You Rock my World" video..
Even though I'm saying that I started to forget about MJ, I must have still inside of me loved him..

Cause this I remember in detail. I was around 11-12 years old when my art teacher, in school, decided to talk about how great she though MJ was. Suddenly I started remembering those childhood memories again.. So one day, when I was bored I took out the HIStory Volume I and Volume II that we had on the shelf.. I looked through ALL videos and performances on there.. and WHOAAAA!!! I suddenly realised once again how great MJ was! I understood what had made him such a huge part of my childhood memories!

I was once again a true fan! I remember how glad I was when the trials were over! Every year I hoped that this was the year that new album, that Will.I.Am kept talking about was gonna come out! Then to see him live also with his new album.. THAT WAS THE ULTIMATE DREAM!

So came that day when my friend posted a link from billboard.com on MSN. I read it and EUPHORIA!! It was in London, so I didn't actually know if I was gonna be allowed to go or not.. But when my father heard the news he was just positive! We were gonna see the show as a family! It was gonna be the same as when we watched Moonwalker!

I woke up an hour before the general sale of the tickets.. But i missed out! some problem with the site and I had to start over again. But by then most tickets were sold out except the feb 2010 tickets.. I was going down to ask my parents if that was an okay date, but at the time we came to a decision the tickets were sold out!
I was bummed! My friends in school saw how sad I was..some of them were MJ fans too, but didn't have the opportunity to go.. Heck even when I talked with a friend via cell that day he could understand how bummed I was..!!

But then,, A MIRACLE OCCURED! I remember the day exactly! It was a Wednesday and usually I do have Italian until 05.00 PM(Swedish time) which meant I was gonna be home around 06.00 PM. But JUST THAT DAY Italian was cancelled and we were allowed to go home.. I came home around 04.50 PM when I went into the "mail.app" on my Iphone. I saw that I got a mail from a MJ forum I was registered at(not this one), and the mail came just a minute ago! What did it say? IT SAID THAT TICKETS WERE ONCE AGAIN AVAILABLE AS SOME PEOPLE HAD GOTTEN THEIRS CANCELLED! I was having that "OMG OMG WHAT AM I GONNA DO" moment then..! I rushed up to my brother talked to him, he called my father and told the news.. We decided to order immediately! I tried the date August 10(it is the day before my birthday so I thought that would be nice:p) and WHOPAAA I GOT TICKETS! Now it were upper tier tickets BUT STILL!! Euphoria Euphoria!!

What happened next is just too hard to explain.. :'(
 
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jackie11 said:
Yeah me too, i was born in 1988, n i didnt really know anything about him until 2004.

yeah on his humanitarian side, ive only realised these last few weeks, what he actually did for the world, and all i can say is WOW, he done sooooooo much!!

Jackie xxx
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I was also born in 1988, in Ethiopia. I first saw Michael in 1994 on a Cultural Music channel. They showed his "BAD" short film and I was mezmerized by his dance, singing, and his wardrobe. all his belt buckels, and "black gloves". I wanted a black glove like his but had to settle for a cut out black plasic bag...lolz:D

I didnt follow up on him until 2001 when I came to this country(the US). because I couldnt find things he made back home. When I came to the US, I went to almost all electronic places (Best Buy, Circute City, Borders...)

I've been throuh thick and thin? lol I loved him when I was 4 and again when I rediscoverd him again in 2001:yes: But It pissed me off cuz I wasnt of age when he did at least one of his tours.

God Bless you all for sharing, I bet Michael's wathing us :wild:and being happy on how we are comming together.:yes::D:clapping:


Love,
Romi
 
I bacame a fan whe I was 8. I was in my friend's house and her dad had bought HIStory on tape. I listened to it over and over and got the lend of it and kept listening when I got home. Loved it! I always loved him since then.
 
I'm only 22 but i have been listening to Michael since i was 3 :eek:

My mums mate had to leave her MJ records at our house as they stopped me crying :)
 
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