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  vrijdag 24 juni 2011 @ 19:50:50 #226
279726 Robijn48
Music was my first love
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0s.gif Op vrijdag 24 juni 2011 15:17 schreef Janena het volgende:
Klopt, de NY concerten waren op 9en 10 september...zijn hele familie was er zo'n beetje.

Voor zover ik het begrijp gaat het vliegtuigje gewoon vliegen.

Wij zijn vanaf de ochtend in Best (maar gaan eerst naar de dierentuin daar, tot een uur of 2...daarna naar het beeld.

Er is ook nog het e.e.a. georganiseerd in Waddinxveen en s'avonds in Dynamo, Eindhoven maar daar heb ik geen zin in (zeker niet met 3 kinderen).

Ik ben nu wat liedjes aan het jatten van youtube, dan heb ik de goede muziek opstaan in de auto morgen.
Ben benieuwd naar je verhalen. Hoop dat je toch een leuke dag hebt :)
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Vandaag al weer 2 jaar...... tijd vliegt.
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Ik ben vroeg wakker, erg slecht geslapen en ik weet wel waarom.. Zucht, twee jaar alweer. Het doet mij eerlijk gezegd toch best veel.

Michael, als er Fok! in de hemel is en je dit leest, ik hou van je en ik mis je. ;(
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Ah, mooi. #wemissmj is wereldwijd trending topic op Twitter.

Edit; buh, oké, Gone too soon was niet een goed idee om de dag mee te beginnen. :{

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  Redactie Sport / Supervogel zaterdag 25 juni 2011 @ 07:28:34 #230
270182 crew  Pino112
Pino van Luna O+
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0s.gif Op zaterdag 25 juni 2011 02:34 schreef SteelDogg het volgende:
Vandaag al weer 2 jaar...... tijd vliegt.
Ik weet nog als de dag van gisteren dat ik die nacht opeens wakker werd, de radio aanzette om een uur of 4 a 5, en alleen maar MJ hoorde. Niet weer verder geslapen toen.
Damn die tijd gaat snel. :{.
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0s.gif Op donderdag 25 juni 2009 23:28 schreef Sideshowbobbie het volgende:
wtf :o
Twee jaar geleden, en het lijkt nog zo kort geleden


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0s.gif Op vrijdag 26 juni 2009 01:34 schreef Sideshowbobbie het volgende:
Zo'n mooi nummer, en helaas nu werkelijkheid
;(
Op woensdag 21 maart 2012 19:42 schreef Drassss het volgende:
Ben ik de enige die steeds Sideboobie leest ipv van Sideshowbobbie
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Is dit trouwens niet wat materiaal voor een OP, heb deze eigenlijk gemaakt voor een ander forum dus de code is wat anders maar als iemand zin heeft om er mee aan de slag te gaan etc dan mag dat natuurlijk:

SPOILER
Om spoilers te kunnen lezen moet je zijn ingelogd. Je moet je daarvoor eerst gratis Registreren. Ook kun je spoilers niet lezen als je een ban hebt.
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We hebben in de loop van de jaren al meerdere OP's gehad, maar het blijft nooit zo standvastig zeg maar :P
Op woensdag 21 maart 2012 19:42 schreef Drassss het volgende:
Ben ik de enige die steeds Sideboobie leest ipv van Sideshowbobbie
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Ah, ok. :P
  zaterdag 25 juni 2011 @ 09:23:00 #235
279726 Robijn48
Music was my first love
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Why do the good die young?

Michael Joseph Jackson, you are sorely missed.
Hope you are at peace now.

O+
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0s.gif Op zaterdag 25 juni 2011 09:20 schreef MetBas het volgende:
Ah, ok. :P
Maar wel een leuke OP van je hoor ;)
Op woensdag 21 maart 2012 19:42 schreef Drassss het volgende:
Ben ik de enige die steeds Sideboobie leest ipv van Sideshowbobbie
  zaterdag 25 juni 2011 @ 09:30:18 #237
279726 Robijn48
Music was my first love
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Ja. Mooie OP.
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It's all for the love. O+ :+
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2 jaar geleden alweer. MJ King of Pop RIP _O_ O+ _O_
Op vrijdag 18 maart 2011 01:26 [b]schreef Ezio het volgende:[/b]Ik ga nu wel. Kijk uit waar je je staart steekt!
Groetjes, Ezio.
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Is het anders niet leuk om een soort terugbliktopic te maken of zo? En daarin dan besproken; verwachtingen van vlak na zijn dood vergelijken met hoe het is gegaan (verkoop, nieuw materiaal, publieke opinie, etc.) en dat soort onderwerpen?
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0s.gif Op zaterdag 25 juni 2011 10:16 schreef MetBas het volgende:
Is het anders niet leuk om een soort terugbliktopic te maken of zo? En daarin dan besproken; verwachtingen van vlak na zijn dood vergelijken met hoe het is gegaan (verkoop, nieuw materiaal, publieke opinie, etc.) en dat soort onderwerpen?
Kan ook gewoon hier toch? Twee topics naast elkaar (net als toen met een topic in SHO) werkt niet echt is mijn ervaring.
Op woensdag 21 maart 2012 19:42 schreef Drassss het volgende:
Ben ik de enige die steeds Sideboobie leest ipv van Sideshowbobbie
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1s.gif Op zaterdag 25 juni 2011 10:21 schreef Sideshowbobbie het volgende:

[..]

Kan ook gewoon hier toch? Twee topics naast elkaar (net als toen met een topic in SHO) werkt niet echt is mijn ervaring.
Nee klopt, maar als een niet die-hard MJ fan een titel voorbij ziet komen als 'Twee jaar na dood Michael Jackson - de nabeschouwing' dan klikt die denk ik eerder dan een algemeen MJ topic. En dan krijg je ook meer leuke bijdragen etc. Maar het was ook maar een ideetje. :P
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Wat blijft Who is it toch een verdomd goed nummer. Die bassline O+
Op woensdag 21 maart 2012 19:42 schreef Drassss het volgende:
Ben ik de enige die steeds Sideboobie leest ipv van Sideshowbobbie
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1s.gif Op zaterdag 25 juni 2011 10:23 schreef Sideshowbobbie het volgende:
Wat blijft Who is it toch een verdomd goed nummer. Die bassline O+
Het valt mij bij dat nummer altijd op dat hij zo recent en modern klinkt. Alsof 'ie dit jaar uit had kunnen komen.
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Michael Jackson _O_

Who Is It _O_

Wat ik 'mis', voorzover je zo iemand echt mist, is z'n magie. The unthinkable made possible. Gelukkig hebben we nog wel wat nieuwe muziek gekregen: the legacy lives on.




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A man said to the universe: 'Sir, I exist.'
'However', replied the universe. 'This fact has not created in me a sense of obligation.'
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0s.gif Op vrijdag 26 juni 2009 16:47 schreef DrDentz het volgende:
I don'tt konw how the last huor has gone by.. I sit hree with the sleepingpills and haevy pain killers in front of me and a bottle of whiksey. It's like I'm just dreaming.. I keep teling myeslf not to do it but I don't wannt to stay here anyommre. I want to go to Michael. Whie listneng to his mussic i want to go.......... i put on staranger in moscow. tHis is too much for me.
Ik 2 jaar geleden.
Kijk eens dom, ja ho maar
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lees net een stukje over Earth song, zucht mooi

Before Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth, before Avatar and Wall-E, before "going green" became a catchphrase, came Michael Jackson's "Earth Song," one of the most unusual, audacious protest songs in popular music history. A massive hit globally (reaching #1 in over fifteen countries), it wasn't even released as a single in the United States.

Yet nearly sixteen years later, its admirers continue to grow. The song's desperate plea on behalf of the planet and its inhabitants (particularly the most vulnerable) remains as relevant and important as ever.

"Earth Song" mattered deeply to Jackson, who rightfully considered it one of his greatest artistic achievements. He planned for it to be the climax of his ill-fated This Is It concert series in London. It was the last song he rehearsed before he died.

The following excerpt is from a 50-page piece entitled "Earth Song: Inside Michael Jackson's Magnum Opus," which details the song's evolution from its inception in Vienna to Jackson's final live performance in Munich:

"Michael Jackson was alone in his hotel room, pacing.

He was in the midst of the second leg of his Bad World Tour, an exhausting, 123-concert spectacular that stretched over nearly two years. The tour would become the largest-grossing and most-attended concert series in history.

Just days earlier, Jackson had performed in Rome at Flaminio Stadium to an ecstatic sold-out crowd of over 30,000. In his downtime, he visited the Sistine Chapel and St. Peter's Cathedral at the Vatican with Quincy Jones and legendary composer, Leonard Bernstein. Later, they drove to Florence where Jackson stood beneath Michelangelo's masterful sculpture, David, gazing up in awe.

Now he was in Vienna, Austria, music capital of the Western world. It was here where Mozart's brilliant Symphony No. 25 and haunting Requiem were composed; where Beethoven studied under Haydn and played his first symphony. And it was here, at the Vienna Marriott, on June 1, 1988, that Michael Jackson's magnum opus, "Earth Song," was born.

The six-and-a-half-minute piece that materialized over the next seven years was unlike anything heard before in popular music. Social anthems and protest songs had long been part of the heritage of rock. But not like this. "Earth Song" was something more epic, dramatic, and primal. Its roots were deeper; its vision more panoramic. It was a lamentation torn from the pages of Job and Jeremiah, an apocalyptic prophecy that recalled the works of Blake, Yeats, and Eliot.

It conveyed musically what Picasso's masterful aesthetic protest, Guernica, conveyed in art. Inside its swirling scenes of destruction and suffering were voices -- crying, pleading, shouting to be heard ("What about us?").

"Earth Song" would become the most successful environmental anthem ever recorded, topping the charts in over fifteen countries and selling over five million copies. Yet critics never quite knew what to make of it. Its unusual fusion of opera, rock, gospel, and blues sounded like nothing on the radio. It defied almost every expectation of a traditional anthem. In place of nationalism, it envisioned a world without division or hierarchy. In place of religious dogma or humanism, it yearned for a broader vision of ecological balance and harmony. In place of simplistic propaganda for a cause, it was a genuine artistic expression. In place of a jingly chorus that could be plastered on a T-shirt or billboard, it offered a wordless, universal cry.

Jackson remembered the exact moment the melody came.

It was his second night in Vienna. Outside his hotel, beyond Ring Strasse Boulevard and the sprawling Stadtpark, he could see the majestically lit museums, cathedrals, and opera houses. It was a world of culture and privilege far removed from his boyhood home in Gary, Indiana. Jackson was staying in spacious conjoining suites lined with large windows and a breathtaking view. Yet for all the surrounding opulence, mentally and emotionally he was somewhere else.

It wasn't mere loneliness (though he definitely felt that). It was something deeper -- an overwhelming despair about the condition of the world.

Perhaps the most common trait associated with celebrity is narcissism. In 1988, Jackson certainly would have had reason to be self-absorbed. He was the most famous person on the planet. Everywhere he traveled, he created mass hysteria. The day after his sold-out concert at personer Stadium in Vienna, an AP article ran, "130 Fans Faint at Jackson Concert." If the Beatles were more popular than Jesus, as John Lennon once claimed, Jackson had the entire Holy Trinity beat.

While Jackson enjoyed the attention in certain ways, he also felt a profound responsibility to use his celebrity for more than fame and fortune (in 2000, The Guinness Book of World Records cited him as the most philanthropic pop star in history). "When you have seen the things I have seen and traveled all over the world, you would not be honest to yourself and the world to [look away]," Jackson explained.

At nearly every stop on his Bad World Tour, he would visit orphanages and hospitals. Just days earlier, while in Rome, he stopped by the Bambin Gesu Children's Hospital, handing out gifts, taking pictures, and signing autographs. Before leaving, he pledged a donation of over $100,000 dollars.

While performing or helping children, he felt strong and happy, but when he returned to his hotel room, a combination of anxiety, sadness, and desperation sometimes seized him.

Jackson had always been sensitive to suffering and injustice. But in recent years, his feeling of moral responsibility grew. The stereotype of his naiveté ignored his natural curiosity and sponge-like mind. While he wasn't a policy wonk (Jackson unquestionably preferred the realm of art to politics), he also wasn't oblivious to the world around him. He read widely, watched films, talked to experts, and studied issues passionately. He was deeply invested in trying to understand and change the world.

In 1988, he certainly had reason for concern. The news read like chapters from ancient scripture: there were heat waves and droughts, massive wildfires and earthquakes, genocide and famine. Violence escalated in the Holy Land as forests were ravaged in the Amazon and garbage, oil and sewage swept up on shores. In place of Time's Person of the Year, 1988's cover story was dedicated to the "endangered earth." It suddenly occurred to many that we were literally destroying our own home.

Most people read or watch the news casually, passively. They become numb to the horrifying images and stories projected on the screen. Yet such stories frequently moved Jackson to tears. He internalized them and felt physical pain. When people told him to simply enjoy his own good fortune, he got angry. He believed completely in John Donne's philosophy that "no man is an island." For Jackson, the idea extended to all life. The whole planet was connected and intrinsically valuable.

"[For the average person]," he explained, "he sees problems 'out there' to be solved... But I don't feel that way -- those problems aren't 'out there,' really. I feel them inside me. A child crying in Ethiopia, a seagull struggling pathetically in an oil spill... a teenage soldier trembling with terror when he hears the planes fly over: Aren't these happening in me when I see and hear about them?"

Once, during a dance rehearsal, he had to stop because an image of a dolphin trapped in a net made him so emotionally distraught. "From the way its body was tangled in the lines," he explained, "you could read so much agony. Its eyes were vacant, yet there was still that smile, the ones dolphins never lose... So there I was, in the middle of rehearsal, and I thought, 'They're killing a dance.'"

When Jackson performed, he could feel these turbulent emotions surging through him. With his dancing and singing, he tried to transfuse the suffering, give it expression, meaning, and strength. It was liberating. For a brief moment, he could take his audience to an alternative world of harmony and ecstasy. But inevitably, he was thrown back into the "real world" of fear and alienation.

So much of this pain and despair circulated inside Jackson as he stood in his hotel room, brooding.

Then suddenly it "dropped in [his] lap": Earth's song. A song from her perspective, her voice. A lamentation and a plea.

The chorus came to him first -- a wordless cry. He grabbed his tape player and pressed record. Aaaaaaaaah Oooooooooh.

The chords were simple, but powerful: A-flat minor to C-sharp triad; A-flat minor seventh to C-sharp triad; then modulating up, B-flat minor to E-flat triad. That's it! Jackson thought. He then worked out the introduction and some of the verses. He imagined its scope in his head. This, he determined, would be the greatest song he'd ever composed..."

Copyright © 2011 Joseph Vogel

The full version of "Earth Song: Inside Michael Jackson's Magnum Opus" can be downloaded at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and the iBookstore.

For more information, visit www.joevogel.net/earthsong
  zaterdag 25 juni 2011 @ 15:33:59 #250
279726 Robijn48
Music was my first love
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Prachtig stuk idd Tisikke.

En daar is ie dan: de hele song. Goed lied hoor, mooi. Alleen te veel Barry en te weinig Michael, das wel jammer. Maar ja.
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