Ah wowsers 1988 , not seen this one Zin -Thank you for posting, oh dear me thats a beauty Yeah. That's why these earlier magazine pieces are valuable vessels
@zinniabooklover because they do write about his body of work , Blues and Soul in particular great example -Plus i probably
can post it here.
Yeah, Blues & Soul was pretty good. I didn't buy it every month, didn't even buy it every time Michael was in it. I was deep into my rock albums and was pretty good at ignoring Michael some of the time. So I'm sure I missed some of them. Ngl, I do envy sw23 just a little bit bc she has access to all sorts of resources that us mere plebs don't have. Don't get me wrong, I'm not sobbing in a corner about this, lol. I'm not going to do anything about it. It's really not a big deal. But it must be nice to be able to access the archives of so many newspapers, journals etc and really dive into all of this stuff.
I often come across magazine covers when I'm online looking for photos and I always wanna post all of them but feel like I need to hold off in case no-one else is really that bothered, lol. I'm sure I'm alone in my madness!
i remember sky magazine with the big huge , hadnt seen such glossy front covers before ,Nor the man that was gracing them. Satellite and Sky tv guides were a stand out point in newsagents and shops and he was all over them.
they wanted him.
They sure did want him. I already said this in another thread when I posted a bigger version of that Hello cover shot. I didn't buy it but I remember when it was out. Dunno if you remember this, wend, but you know the little newspaper kiosks you get (used to get? are they even still around?) - anyway, they would always pin up copies of Hello all around the edge of the kiosk and all across the front. So it was like a sort of art installation or mini art exhibition, iyswim. So this 1988 Hello cover, you'd just see it everywhere. In the newsagents, obvs, but also the kiosks, all over the tube stations etc etc. You could be on a bus stopped at the lights and you'd glance out and there'd be one of the kiosks and there was the Michael photo just all over. I mean, only for that one week, obvs. But that was enough. Everywhere you went, these little art exhibitions of Michael and you didn't have to make an effort or anything. He was just there. It was cooler than cool.
The shift of attitudes changed yes it did but slowly,
ooh, I dunno, wend. Didn't seem all that slow to me. Could be wrong. I'm not gonna claim my memory is rock solid. But it def didn't seem slow. The backlash was already there in the Thriller era. But let's not dwell on that. Not today. Just for today, let's be happy and silly and lighthearted and glad for Michael. Glad for him for achieving (some of) his ambitions.
it was little pokes first and less focus on his work but there was a time where it was all about his music. i came in on 1991 , so i had to catch up whilst experiencing Dangerous right, so i dont actually truly remember that lovely melody maker one myself .
I think what happened is, I was so deep into the punk and post-punk thing that the MM cover didn't register hard with me. I would have seen it, for sure, but clearly didn't buy it and that's OK. My attention on Michael did always wax and wane. And OTW era was not for me. J5 and early Jacksons was me. Then Thriller onwards. Totally me! That middle bit, though? OTW? I was a bit absent at that time, lol.
Adam!
it's freakin' gorgeous!
i remember nov 16 1991 is the hello i remember
ooh, I'm intrigued now
then liz wedding then onwards -,im like a stuck record i know lol
edit - found iconic hello 88 , very expensive and sold out completely
I am not surprised.