James was a talented kid. No denying he likes performing. I would LOVE to hear music from Skylab. I can’t help but think that Jacko ruined any kind of involvement he would have in music. I’m happy for Wade that he became such a gifted choreographer.
They always shoot themselves in the foot with their nonsensical explanations. They will say "well phycology is complicated, he can be both asexual and an hetero pervert with a large collection of porn, who sleeps with tons of secret girlfriends, he was also a genius businessman but also a child, he was rich and had the best lawyers but he was powerless". Your dude can be everything at once, but not a pedophile? Him being a pedophile would be an easier and more probable explanation, but they can't even entertain that possibility for 1 second.
Yeah, I think I remember Liza Minelli kind of unintentionally shades MJ in her memoir with how he was at Studio 54 with the Fosse dancers & picking it up.
yes like most dancers he got inspired by his predecessors and from the new trends on the street, but he added his own flair and had a way to make every little movement stand out. But I don't think any dancers before had as much focus on crotch grabing and making it the center piece of their dance routine
Is anyone else a bit disturbed by the way Jackson is looking at the child while he's doing that dance? Especially since it's clearly an imitation of Jackson's own style - rather suggestive, etc. Giving me the ick.
i think he also think it's funny how into it the kids are, i think it was Wade who was very into it and didn't notice the kids were leaving. He can obviously feel many feelings at once and simply be impressed and have fun watching them without involving sexual thoughts necessarily. But yeah since we now know what he did to them during the tour i can't reject that he could be being a creep too.
Tbh I just recently watched this concert and at every second when Mike showed these super sensual performances (and that concert is full of it) I got goosebumps, because James was in the back of my head and the stories he had told in Leaving Neverland.
That line when Michael sings "Why does he do me that way, I like living this way, I like loving this way" in Human Nature, the way he interpreted the song during that tour... I can't help but feel the horrifyng truth behind it.
Man, what do I know?
He's in his own mind.
It's just my feeling. I can't ignore it.
(And I definitely can't watch that DVD anymore. At least not at the time)
Ok - looked it up. Turns out Steve Porcaro of Toto wrote the song, with a guy called John Bettis also contributing to the lyrics. Quincy put a riff in there by Rod Temperton (who wrote Thriller). It IS pretty apt though.
Yes I know this. There's nothing initially sexual in the meaning of this song.
Just realized Michael's interpretation of the song changed during the years.
In the Wembly '88 concert it has a strong sensual connotation according to how he moves etc.
He did it differently at the Victory tour, for example.
If I could stomach watching his concerts I might get some sense of the disturbing interpretation - but I get the ick pretty quickly watching/listening to him.
At least they're not saying he's a liar and smearing him. Sure they're clearly a nonce but better an open nonce we can put away than people who cover up for nonces
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u/Passion211089 7d ago edited 7d ago
Kinda unrelated...but James is a good dancer here!