Day 01| First song you can ever remember hearing of Michael’s
The first song I remember of MJ’s is “Ben”. When I was very young… little around five or six I wouldn’t go to sleep at night like most children. So, I used to wait up for my uncle to get home from high school wrestling practice, which was around midnight. He would sing Ben to me or play it so that I would fall to sleep. It usually did the trick. That was the first song that really stuck in memory. I remember all of the early ones of course like “ABC” and others but “Ben” brings a special memory.
Day 02| First album you ever owned
“Off The Wall” of course it was the first album of his solo career as an adult artist and I had to have just like most that I knew at the time.
Day 03| Favorite song from each solo album
Oh geez… Holy Cow… ok..
Off The Wall: She’s Out of My Life
Thriller: Human Nature (and happens to be my favorite all time song of his) and then Thriller
Bad: Man In The Mirror and a Close 2nd is The Way You Make Me Feel
Dangerous: Gone Too Soon and another close 2nd Keep The Faith
HIStory: I have four favs off this one and I love them all the same. They are Money, Smile, You Are Not Alone and Earth Song.
Blood On The Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix: Morphine and Superfly Sister
Invincible: Butterflies and Speechless
This Is It: Planet Earth
Day 04| Least favorite song from each solo album
Off The Wall: Burn This Disco Out
Thriller: NONE
Bad: Liberian Girl
Dangerous: NONE
HIStory: NONE
Blood On The Dance Floor: NONE
Invincible: NONE
This Is It: NONE
Day 05| Your current favorite songs: Human Nature was and always will be; Butterflies, Speechless, Superfly Sister, You Are Not Alone, Smile, Man In The Mirror, Thriller, Keep The Faith and I could keep going on and on. When you sit down and do one of these things you begin to realize that Michael really had no bad music… I really do love them all. I enjoy every bit of his music and realize just how thankful I am to have shared that large part of his life with him. I feel lucky to have been alive for all of it! Will forever be gratful to him for all that he gave us.
Day 06| Your favorite Jacksons album: I like Victory and Triumph about the same.
Day 07| Favorite memory… I have several favorite memories and of course the most popular ones always stick out in one’s mind… like Michael dancing the moonwalk for the very first time. That was one of the most magical moments. He had the world in the palm of his hand. I can remember the eve before “Thriller” and the hype about it was soooo huge. My family didn’t have cable, I grew up in the country. So, I had to find a friend’s house to go to that had cable so I could be there for the first showing of “Thriller” and it was so worth it. It was amazing. I remember wanting to watch it over and over again. But… I can also remember feeling that way about all of Michael’s short film / videos. He was a genius. He had such an incredible way of drawing us in… He was a master in his craft! What a remarkable human being… and it just was so disgusting what the medialoid did to him. How they tortured and pursued him endlessly.
So… this was my first challenge everyone! I am not sure if I did it right… you can fill me in if I didn’t. I enjoyed doing it. I brought back a wonderful childhood memory. ThankS!
