MidnightMoonwalk;4154924 said:
Anyone else here? I love when people share their memories of meeting or seeing Michael. Unfortunately, the closest I've ever been was being in the same country as him once xD. He performed here when I was still a child.
Yes! Here! I saw him! You have to excuse my bad english, but I gladly want to share my memories with you
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My very first time I saw Michael was in 1996 in Prague where he startet his HIStory-tour. We, some fans, maybe 100 people startet waiting for his arrival in front of his hotel. It was about noon. We waited patiently one hour, 2, 3, 4, 5 - in this time the crowd on the square grew up to many thousands of people, young and old, children, photographers, people looked out of the windows of the houses around. Through loudspeakers the HIStory-album was played up and down, some fans did a little dance contest in front of the others - all people were in a joyful, relaxed and, of course, expectant mood. But then!, finally the long awaited SUV-caravan arrived. The mood turned around, the crowd went absolutely wild
. (Before I saw this phenomen live I always had the thought something like this is anyhow staged or the pictures of the media made it up - but no, it was reality.) The crowd exloded in motion and sound, I felt strange elbows in my back, strange hands pulled my hair, ..., all over crying, screaming, hysteria. I had the luck to stand in the first row, where the policemen worked hard to hold up the cordon against the force of the crowd.
One person - in the center of security, staff, policemen, photographers - stayed really cool. Michael.:wub: He walked from his car to right and left and back, obviously enjoying this excited welcome. He smiled and waved and blew kisses, thanked us... Michael looked absolutely wonderful, in motion he is even more beautiful than on any picture, he is very graceful, very elegant... I felt myself also very calm, though he walked along in a rather small distance, maybe 4 meters?, I sent my lovethoughts to him, simply enjoying his presence!!!, I took very less pictures - but, of course, some, to can prove myself later, that I didn´t dream it
. Ok. After a few minutes Michael went to the entrance of the hotel - and some minutes later he showed up on the rooftop of the building
. We all know the photos from there. In the meantime of all, in the beginning of the sunset the very large HIStory-statue was erected on the other side of the river which flows directly behind the hotel.
From 96 to 97 I had the luck to see 3 HIStory-concerts.
The 2. time I saw Michael pretty close was in 2002 in Berlin at the Bambi-Awards. You all know the pictures of his Berlin-visit. We - the this-time fans - again waited very patiently along the cordon at the red carpet - and we were so happy to see, that he left his car very early, so he had to walk a few minutes along the row of us. He walked slowly - of course, again in the center of his security and staff and so on, he smiled, sometimes he stopped, talked one or two words... When he stood in front of me (maybe in a distance of 1 1/2 meters, imagine!), he saw a poster held up by a fan anywhere beside me, he went to her and I think, he signed it. And in this moment I could not resist - I had to touch him. Only a shy little touch, as if I would be a butterfly - but, yes, I did touch his velvet jacket:blush:. After that I didn´t wash my hand for days. This time I did not take one picture. It was impossible for me to disarrange the situation with a thing like a camera. I only loved to be so close him, to see him, to be there..........
Though I did not have the opportunity to talk to Michael I keep these meetings as treasures of my life. I love the man.
