WilliamJean
Proud Member
After years and years of MJ fandom, I thought i'd show some love to the greatest and most diverse album of all... Dangerous.
In my opinion everything gelled so well for him in this album. The coverage was HUGE, the videoclips were massive events and the song choice on the album was top notch. He did the Superbowl, had a World Tour, released Black or White to a record audience and provided a song for Free Willy which was a massive blockbuster from that year.
His look was also great during this era... he had the long flowing curls, the fedora and the arm brace. He seemed more independant than ever, launching Heal The World foundation and despite the growing criticisms due to his personal changes, he appeared at events like the Grammy's, NCAA awards and even sang in front of President Bill Clinton.
Now take a look at the songs on the album. Bad was criticized for being too Thriller like in it's song selection, but was still a top class album in it's own right. However, Dangerous broke the mould of song choice that was used previously for OTW, Thriller and Bad. Remember The Time, with it's instant connotation to Ancient Egypt. Jam, with it's basketball imagery and unforgetabble video clip with the worlds other famous MJ. You had Heal The World, and Will You Be There which were brilliant songs filled with hopeful messages that actually reached out to the audience. Then you have the ever controversial Black or White... where if you listen to his voice, especially in the opening few lines you can hear an amount of joy or happiness I had not heard in his voice since The Way You Make Me Feel, as if the whole recording was done with Michael smiling.
Last but not least are Who Is It, In The Closet and Give In To Me... These songs IMO are some of the most timeless he's ever created, especially Who Is It. The videoclip for Who Is It was a more mature then we'd ever seen and told a somewhat confusing but hugely interesting story. Definately a song that could stand the test of time.
....Theres more which I'll talk about for now, but I just wanted to get this out.
In my opinion everything gelled so well for him in this album. The coverage was HUGE, the videoclips were massive events and the song choice on the album was top notch. He did the Superbowl, had a World Tour, released Black or White to a record audience and provided a song for Free Willy which was a massive blockbuster from that year.
His look was also great during this era... he had the long flowing curls, the fedora and the arm brace. He seemed more independant than ever, launching Heal The World foundation and despite the growing criticisms due to his personal changes, he appeared at events like the Grammy's, NCAA awards and even sang in front of President Bill Clinton.
Now take a look at the songs on the album. Bad was criticized for being too Thriller like in it's song selection, but was still a top class album in it's own right. However, Dangerous broke the mould of song choice that was used previously for OTW, Thriller and Bad. Remember The Time, with it's instant connotation to Ancient Egypt. Jam, with it's basketball imagery and unforgetabble video clip with the worlds other famous MJ. You had Heal The World, and Will You Be There which were brilliant songs filled with hopeful messages that actually reached out to the audience. Then you have the ever controversial Black or White... where if you listen to his voice, especially in the opening few lines you can hear an amount of joy or happiness I had not heard in his voice since The Way You Make Me Feel, as if the whole recording was done with Michael smiling.
Last but not least are Who Is It, In The Closet and Give In To Me... These songs IMO are some of the most timeless he's ever created, especially Who Is It. The videoclip for Who Is It was a more mature then we'd ever seen and told a somewhat confusing but hugely interesting story. Definately a song that could stand the test of time.
....Theres more which I'll talk about for now, but I just wanted to get this out.
