GREAT BLOG WITH SOME INTERESTING STORIES ON IT

heres the blog link.

http://www.michaeljacksonmoon.com/

Some great youtubes including Michael shopping in Japan is on that link too.

Just read the following passage from Michael’s Moonwalk , he talks
about his Billie jean performance on Motown 25:
Michael Jackson:
“‘The Motown 25 show had actually been taped a month earlier, in
April. The whole title was Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, and Forever ,
and I’m forced to admit I had to be talked into doing it. I’m glad I did
because the show eventually produced some of the happiest and proudest
moments of my life.
As I mentioned earlier, I said no to the idea at first. I had
been asked to appear as a member of the Jacksons and then do a dance
number on my own. But none of us were Motown artists any longer. There
were lengthy debates between me and my managers, Weisner and DeMann. I
thought about how much Berry Gordy had done for me and the group, but I
told my managers and Motown that I didn’t want to go on TV. My whole
attitude toward TV is fairly negative. Eventually Berry came to see me
to discuss it. I was editing “Beat It” at the Motown studio, and someone
must have told him I was in the building. He came down to the studio
and talked to me about it at length. I said, “Okay, but if I do it, I
want to do ‘Billie Jean.’” It would have been the only non-Motown song
in the whole show. He told me that’s what he wanted me to do anyway. So
we agreed to do a Jacksons’ medley, which would include Jermaine. We
were all thrilled.
So I gathered my brothers and rehearsed them for this show. I
really worked them, and it felt nice, a bit like the old days of the
Jackson 5. I choreographed them and rehearsed them for days at our house
in Encino, videotaping every rehearsal so we could watch it later.
Jermaine and Marlon also made their contributions.
Next we went to
Motown in Pasadena for rehearsals. We did our act and, even though we
reserved our energy and never went all out at rehearsal, all the people
there were clapping and coming around and watching us. Then I did my
“Billie Jean” rehearsal. I just walked through it because as yet I had
nothing planned. I hadn’t had time because I was so busy rehearsing the
group.
The next day I called my management office and said, “Please
order me a spy’s hat, like a cool fedora – something that a secret agent
would wear.” I wanted something sinister and special, a real slouchy
kind of hat. I still didn’t have a very good idea of what I was going to
do with “Billie Jean.”
During the Thriller sessions, I had found a black jacket, and I
said, “You know, someday I’m going to wear this to perform. It was so
perfect and so show business that I wore it on Motown 25 .
But the night before the taping, I still had no idea what I was
going to do with my solo number. So I went down to the kitchen of our
house and played “Billie Jean.” Loud. I was in there by myself, the
night before the show, and I pretty much stood there and let the song
tell me what to do. I kind of let the dance create itself. I really let
it talk to me; I heard the beat come in, and I took this spy’s hat and
started to pose and step, letting the “Billie Jean” rhythm create the
movements. I felt almost compelled to let it create itself. I couldn’t
help it. And that – being able to “step back” and let the dance come
through – was a lot of fun.
I had also been practicing certain steps and movements, although
most of the performance was actually spontaneous. I had been practicing
the Moonwalk for some time, and it dawned on me in our kitchen that I
would finally do the Moonwalk in public on Motown 25.
Now the Moonwalk was already out on the street by this time, but I
enhanced it a little when I did it. It was born as a break-dance step, a
“popping” type of thing that blacks kids had created dancing on the
street corners in the ghetto. Black people are truly innovative dancers;
they create many of the new dances, pure and simple. So I said, “This
is my chance to do it,” and I did it. These three kids taught it to me.
They gave me the basics – and I had been doing it a lot in private. I
had practiced it together with certain other steps. All I was really
sure of was that on the bridge to “Billie Jean” I was going to walk
backward and forward at the same time, like walking on the moon.
One the day of the taping, Motown was running behind schedule.
Late. So I went off and rehearsed by myself. By then I had my spy hat.
My brothers wanted to know what the hat was for, but I told them they’d
have to wait and see. But I did ask Nelson Hayes for a favor. “Nelson –
after I do the set with my brothers and the lights go down, sneak the
hat out to me in the dark. I’ll be in the corner, next to the wings,
talking to the audience, but you sneak that hat back there and put it in
my hand in the dark.”
So after my brothers and I finished performing, I walked over to
the side of the stage and said, “You’re beautiful! I’d like to say those
were the good old days; those were magic moments with all my brothers,
including Jermaine. But what I really like” – and Nelson is sneaking the
hat into my hand – “are the newer songs.” I turned around and grabbed
the hat and went into “Billie Jean,” into that heavy rhythm; I could
tell that people in the audience were really enjoying my performance. My
brothers told me they were crowding the wings watching me with their
mouths open, and my parents and sisters were out there in the audience.
But I just remember opening my eyes at the end of the thing and seeing
this sea of people standing up, applauding. And I felt so many
conflicting emotions. I knew I had done my best and felt good, so good.
But at the same time I felt disappointed in myself. I had planned to do
one really long spin and to stop on my toes, suspended for a moment, but
I didn’t stay on my toes as long as I wanted. I did the spin and I
landed on one toe. I wanted to just stay there, just freeze there, but
it didn’t work quite as I’d planned.
When I got backstage, the people back there were congratulating
me. I was still disappointed about the spin. I had been concentrating so
hard and I’m such a perfectionist. At the same time I knew this was one
of the happiest moments of my life. I knew that for the first time my
brothers had really gotten a chance to watch me and see what I was
doing, how I was evolving. After the performance, each of them hugged
and kissed me backstage. They had never done that before, and I felt
happy for all of us. It was so wonderful when they kissed me like that. I
loved it! I mean, we hug all the time. My whole family embraces a lot,
except for my father. He’s the only one who doesn’t. Whenever the rest
of us see each other, we embrace, but when they all kissed me that
night, I felt as if I had been blessed by them.
The performance was still gnawing at me, and I wasn’t satisfied
until a little boy came up to me backstage. He was about ten years old
and was wearing a tuxedo. He looked up at me with stars in his eyes,
frozen where he stood, and said, “Man, who ever taught you to dance like
that?” I kind of laughed and said, “Practice, I guess.” And this boy
was looking at me, awestruck. I walked away, and for the first time that
evening I felt really good about what I had accomplished that night. I
said to myself, I must have done really well because children are
honest.
When that kid said what he did, I really felt that I had done a
good job. I was so moved by the whole experience that I went right home
and wrote down everything which had happened that night. My entry ended
with my encounter with the child.
The day after the Motown 25 show, Fred Astaire called me on the
telephone. He said – these are his exact words – “You’re a hell of a
mover. Man, you really put them on their asses last night.” That’s what
Fred Astaire said to me. I thanked him. Then he said, “You’re an angry
dancer. I’m the same way. I used to do the same thing with my cane.”
I had met him once or twice in the past, but this was the first
time he had ever called me. He went on to say, “I watched the special
last night; I taped it and I watched it again this morning. You’re a
hell of a mover.”
It was the greatest compliment I had ever received in my life,
and the only one I had ever wanted to believe. For Fred Astaire to tell
me that meant more to me than anything. Later my performance was
nominated for an Emmy Award in a musical category, but I lost to
Leontyne Price. It didn’t matter. Fred Astaire had told me things I
would never forget – that was my reward.
Later he invited me to his
house, and there were more compliments from him until I really blushed.
He went over my “Billie Jean” performance, step by step. The great
choreographer Hermes Pan, who had choreographed Fred’s dances in the
movies, came over, and I showed them how to Moonwalk and demonstrated
some other steps that really interested them.
Not long after that Gene Kelly came by my house to visit and also
said he liked my dancing. It was a fantastic experience, that show,
because I felt I had been inducted into an informal fraternity of
dancers, and I felt so honored because these were the people I most
admired in the world.
Right after Motown 25 my family read a lot of stuff in the press
about my being “the new Sinatra” and as “exciting as Elvis” – that kind
of thing. It was very nice to hear, but I knew the press could be so
fickle. One week they love you, and the next week they act like you’re
rubbish. Later I gave the glittery black jacket I wore on Motown 25 to
Sammy Davis as a present. He said he was going to do a takeoff of me on
stage, and I said, “Here, you want to wear this when you do it?” He was
so happy. I love Sammy. He’s such a fine man and a real showman. One of
the best. I had been wearing a single glove for years before Thriller . I
felt that one glove was cool. Wearing two gloves seemed so ordinary,
but a single glove was different and was definitely a look. But I’ve
long believed that thinking too much about your look is one of the
biggest mistakes you can make, because an artist should let his style
evolve naturally, spontaneously. You can’t think about these things; you
have to feel your way into them.”

A lot is said about chimpansee Bubbles , former favourite pet of
Michael Jackson. But the latest claim is that MJ left Bubbles, who is
now 26 , 2 million dollars. This clearly shows how much Michael loves
bubbles. MJ adopted the chimp in 1985 and saved the chimp from
experiments in a cancer clinic in texas.
Bubbles escorted Michael everywhere, on the bad tour , at the bad
rehearsals, recording ; Bubbles stayed with Michael in Japan in an 2
bedroomed suite. First Bubbles stayed at the Encino home, then in 1988
he moved with MJ to neverland, where Bubbles had a crib in MJ’s bedroom ;
rumour has it that he even used Michael’s private toilet.
Unfortunately Bubbles became very agressive in the later years and MJ
couldn’t handle him anymore, when Prince I was born MJ made the
difficult decision to let Bubbles move to another place. So Bubbles
moved to a animal sanctuary , now Bubbles lives in a center for great
apes in florida. Here he lives alongside other chimps.
Elizabeth Taylor’s eight wedding was held at Neverland and it has
been reported that Bubbles was the ring bearer.
Of course MJ wouldnt be MJ and so he often visited Bubbles with his
kids.
Bubbles loves to paint and listens to flute music nowadays, isn’t it
strange he loves music so much , no , after all he grow up with MJ at
his side. Bubbles also loves to sit in trees , so did MJ, and he does
this with his best friend Sam, also a chimp.
The last time MJ visited bubbles the chimp recognized Mike and Bubbles
missed Michael from the day he had to split from him. Chimpansees are
very intelligent , says the pet trainer of Bubbles. Bubbles knows that
MJ had passed away. The pet trainer said, that MJ felt like Bubbles was
his first child and he hopes that his 3 kids will visit their
“stephbrother”.
Our love goes to Bubbles.

On the 9th of october 2007 Michael wrote a letter to his fans and
released this via the press so that everybody could see what was
written and signed with his precious autograph..









Michael’s answer to the media attacks


There is no doubt that Michael finds the constant barrage of attacks
on him by the media. This is to such an extent that it really hurts him
deeply.
When Michael went on the BAD TOUR he broke his vow of silence and
agreed to answer one question from PEOPLE magazine journalist Todd Gold.
Todd asked Michael what misconceptions the public had of him.
Michael Jackson gave this written reply:


“Like the old Indian proverb says, do not judge a man until you
have walked two moons in his moccasins. Most people don’t know me , that
is why they write such things in which most is not true. I cry
very,very often because it hurts and I worry about the children. All my
children all over the world. i live for them. If a man could say nothing
against a character what he can prove, his story could not be written.
Animals strike not from malice, but because they want to live, it is the
same with those who want to criticise, they desire our blood, not our
pain. But still i must achieve . I must seek Truth in all things. I must
endure for the power I was sent forth , for the world, for the
children. But have mercy , for I’ve been bleeding a long time now. M.J.
“










Michael’s favourite things




Everybody has
favourite things, Michael jackson had his share of favourite things as
well. Curious ? Here is a list
Best Friend: Elizabeth Taylor
Idols: Charlie Chaplin, Fred Astaire, Gene Kelley, Berry Gordy,
Quincy Jones, Three Stooges, Walt Disney,James Brown, Jackie Wilson
Favorite Accessory: Black Fedora
Favorite Actor/Actress: Shirley Temple, Elizabeth Taylor, Katherine
Hepburn, Morgan Freeman, Marlon Brando
Favorite Artists: Michaelangelo, Leonardo Da Vinci
Favourite Board Game: Monopoly
Favorite Books: ‘Peter Pan’ by James Matthew Barrie, ‘Jonathan
Livingstone Seagull’ by Richard Bach, ‘The Old Man And The Sea’ by
Ernest Hemingway
Favorite Classical Composers: Claude Debussy (’Afternoon of the
Fawn’), Pjotr Iljitsch Tschaikowsky, Sergei Sergejewitsch Prokofjew
Favorite Colors: Red, black
Favorite Disney Characters: Mickey Mouse, Peter Pan, Pinocchio
Favorite Drink: mineral water (e.g. Evian, Perrier), fruit juice
(orange), vegetable juice (carrot), Gatorade (during concerts)
Favorite Food: Mexican, exotic, spicy & vegetarian food, Sushi,
pizza, chicken, fish, fresh fruits, popcorn, vanilla ice with cookie
pieces, sunflower seeds, glazed doughnuts, frosted flakes with milk,
M&Ms
Favorite Movies: ‘Peter Pan’, ‘E.T.’, ‘Star Wars’
Favorite Singers: James Brown, Jackie Wilson, Smokey Robinson, Sammy
Davis Jr., The Temptations, Diana Ross
Favorite Songs When He Was A Child: ‘Tobacco Road’, ‘You Are My
Sunshine’, ‘Cloud Nine’ by The Temptations
Favorite TV Shows: Flip Wilson Show, Brady Bunch, Road Runner Show,
The Simpsons

Michael jackson didnt like touring, he loved being on stage though





Michael didnt like to tour. The record company’s always wanted Mike to
tour after he made a new album. This was merely for promoting the new
album and make it to sell more. But Mike didnt liked it. He spoke in his
own words that he couldnt sleep after an show, the adrenaline would
flow through his body like speed lightning. He would have jet legs as
well because he flew from one country after the other and he actually
could never rest between concerts. The crowd would just flock to see
Michael at his hotel or if he visits stores. But he did mentioned that
once he was on stage he loved it so much he would forget his tireness
and everything, once he was on stage he lived and was enchanted by the
audience and the audience by Michael jackson .

Michael sought peace towards Islam



Jermaine Jackson , Michael’s eldery brother has claimed that Michael
Jackson had taken interest in Islam.Jermaine himself converted to Islam
in 1989 and when to pelgrimage to Mecca. In 2005 when Michael was
accused once again of child molestation and he was acquitted by that ,
Michael considered to follow the steps of his brother Jermaine.
Jermaine said, “When I came back from Mecca I got him a lot of books
and he asked me lots of things about my religion and I told him that
it’s peaceful and beautiful.See Also
Michael
Jackson is building a mosque



“He read everything and he was proud of me that I found something
that would give me inner strength and peace.
“I think it is most probable that Michael will convert to Islam.
“He could do so much, just like I am trying to do. Michael and I and
the word of God, we could do so much.”

It was no secret that after Michael was accused of the child
molestations he was fed up with the states and moved to Bahrein , where
he lived in peace the last years of his life. It was only for the
rehearsals of the THIS IS IT concert that Michael decided to move back
to LA just for rehearsing. He also donated a lot o money to built a
state of the art Mosque in Bahrein as token of his love towards Islam.
ccording to an article in a British newspaper, the Telegraph, Michael
Jackson followed the example of his brother, Germaine, and embraced
Islam last year.

Here is an excerpt from the Telegraph’s article by Graham Tibbetts,
dated November 21, 2008:
[...] According to The Sun, the ceremony took place while Jackson,
50, was recording an album at the home of Steve Porcaro, a keyboard
player who composed music on his Thriller album.
The former Jackson 5 star was counselled by David Wharnsby, a
Canadian songwriter, and Phillip Bubal, a producer, who have both
converted.
A source said Jackson had appeared a “bit down” and added: “They
began talking to him about their beliefs, and how they thought they had
become better people after they converted. Michael soon began warming to
the idea.
“An imam was summoned from the mosque and Michael went through the
shahada, which is the Muslim declaration of belief.” [...]
He wanted to do something back for the Muslim community that has
welcomed him with so much love and let him stay with them as if he is
family. Michael who got fed up by the western media , who even
ridiculled him more after he was acquitted , run away from the US and
lived in peace in Bahrein , where he would return back to withh his
children . Also Michael had a special bond wit Europe , especially
England, as why he decided to do his last tour there…

Michael Jackson favourite movie?



Michael’s Favorite
movie ever was the movie E.T. , he wrote this himself in his book
Moonwalk. He liked the movie E.T. so much he decided to work together
with Steven Spielberg on the E.T. children story book.

Michael related to odd looking creature E.T. , who came from space.
E.T. was weird looking but the strange creature from space would melt
your heart when he looked to the camera with his big eyes ad spoke the
word’s “ET phone home” . Steven Spielberg said ” If ET would exist he
would come to Michael “. Michael was very happy when he “met ” the
little alien and there’s where the famous shot with his favourite star
came from…

If Michael had converted to Islam then why did he still celebrate Christmas with his children?

Nobody knows if its a rumour or not do they Butterfly. It has been stated about being a muslim and at the same time it has been denied. I do remember seeing a religious 'problem' in the tarot at one point. Not sure if it has any significance though.