Michael Jackson My Earliest Remembrance 0001

[ljonesluv]

Hi! I apologize for just seeing this, but as you can see, I am still looking for MJ momentum. My first memory of him was with his brothers at the Apollo Theater, early 1968, during amateur night! It was my first time going to one of their talent shows, and I was 9 at the time. When they came out on stage, I remember thinking these young men are amazing, especially the youngest one, who performed like a seasoned adult! I told my friends right then, watch, they are going places! WOW! :)

[papaj48]

Hello:)

[elje84]

Welcome back, Spokenlife! I haven't posted much, but have been watching your vids for over a year now. Congratulations on your life taking some great turns. I have to say, I have never been one to follow celebs much, but I started reading about Jackson after he died, and have come to similar conclusions. I think, though, that America needs to take some responsibility, and think long and hard about how we treat child celebrities. This forced adulthood has destroyed a lot of people's lives.

[geigy]

Well, my first memory is of him as a tiny kid, singing on TV - I believe it was American Grandstand. We have lost his future performances and contributions. I agree with you that he never had much of a chance to rest from his work. In the process of being who he was, he wound up losing his chance to have a life filled with the ordinary rewards that most of us take for granted.

[NiteBlogger]

What wonderful memories of MJ - sadly, I never got to see him in concert...

I've wondered if the burden of being so talented in so many ways just became too much & as you say - he needed to rest. RIP MJ

My heart goes out to his little ones...I grew up without my dad, I know how empty that feels..

[rob3gd]

i wish i culd of seen michael in person, im 18 yrs old and a fan. i miss him soo much, he was such a good person. thanx for sharing

[NotTooObvious]

the world is devestated. michael is a legend. i grew up watching the jackson 5 cartoon. so sad how those drs killed him. they took advantage of him and i hope they all go to prison. i would rather they be killed like they did to him. too bad he got in that accident with pepsi. he would be alive today, had he not. the world is less joyful without michael jackson. it will never be the same.

[rexlv2000]

No more work for Michael Jackson. Time to rest. He was a very unique person!

[FireXXXHeart]

Hey spokenlife! Glad to see you!

RIP Michael Jackson.

[2TheLeftOfNoWhere]

I remember in the 4th grade before school started the teacher would let us play records in the class. It was almost always the Jackson 5. When I heard them on the radio I would always get them confused with the Osmonds. Then I was reintroduce by a friend who played Off the Wall for me and I was just amazed. It may be naive of me but I don't think he had a perverted bone in his body, just misunderstood. His memory truly is immortal.

[spokenlife]

I am 100% with you on that and anyone who has been paying any attention to him at all over the last several decades knows that. He's more of a confused child than anything else and just totally operating on pain.

[sweetesttaboo2k]

It really does feel like we lost a family member, because Michael Jackson has been in our lives for so long! R.I.P Michael!

[Katalyzt]

And when this voice starting singing, a childs voice like ours, something changed in the world! The sound/song was "I Want You Back" by The Jackson Five, then a year later "ABC" hit the radio. From that point on the world was not so gray anymore; all I saw was colors when I heard their music.

P.S.

Michael will seriously be missed. ★★★★★

Katalyzt

[Katalyzt]

Indeed My earliest memory of Michael Jackson was sitting at the table as a child(nearly a baby). The world was interesting then, but still seemed gray to me. Every morning my mother always had a small radio playing in the kitchen, while my brothers and I eat our cereal And this amazing sound came through the air. There was this baseline, guitar, and an occasional tambourine! Nothing like I have ever heard before.

Katalyzt

[Scurvous]

Robin, your screen name is so appropriate. You always manage to bring clarity by putting words to the sentiments we struggle to express.

[spokenlife]

Thank you so much for that.

[Darkest797]

It's amazing. You never really think when growing up, "Perhaps my favorite music hero will be dead by the time I get to their age," or even ""My friend could die at any moment."

[Darkest797]

Hello, again, spokenlife! :D

Welcome back...

It is so sad. I'm really young, and it's not like my generation really listened to his music, but everyone knew about him, and his extraordinary talent is indisputable, despite his flaws (which were sort of media-distoreted). Who could forget his crazy high voice, or his ligthining fast moves?

P.S. I love Smooth Criminal!

[XlaviathanX]

Much Love ...Travis

[moulinrye]

Loved hearing your thoughts very moving!

[MegGriffinX]

I one of those people that didn't feel anything when he died. To be honest he was a music legend but like Ike Turner. Music Legends have skeletons. He has nude paintings of boys(i'm told they were "legal") and gave alcohol to minors. That i can't turn a blind eye on.

Still it is sad when someone dieds...

[spokenlife]

No one can say that's not true. But you know, when you are raised with abnormal circumstances, it is not really a surprise when you end up being abnormal yourself. And everyone is aware that the way he was brought up was extraordinary in the normalcy that it lacked. So yes, there is that truth. But none of it discounts his extraordinary, industry-changing accomplishments; the body of his whole life's work in general. That is a real loss that all of us suffer, regardless of the rest.

[spokenlife]

Not to drag on and on - and I'm REALLY not making excuses for him or anyone, for that matter - but unless you are extremely young and have not yet lived a life, we ALL have skeletons - we just don't have them in the public eye. So I can't look at A THING that a person did and disregard or "not feel anything" when they suffer tragic circumstances; especially when the same person has accomplished so many charitable things. We don't actually KNOW anything so our judgments are only guesses.

[spokenlife]

But please know that I DO appreciate and respect your viewpoint and your comment. I just had to voice the other side. Thank you and peace.

[mtamorphis]

Well said...I am just so shocked by all of this I don't even know if I can speak about it.

[spokenlife]

Hey, Lisa. I know. And I don't usually do this kind of thing - get so moved by the things that happen to them. But this one is so different. Extraordinary reaction from an extraordinary life.

[spokenlife]

By "them" meaning celebrities in general.

[happyfluke1]

So good to see and hear you. Your commentary as usual is thoughtful, wise, sincere and profoundly emotionally connected. I didn't have the same connection to Michael Jackson that many did but hearing your commentary helps me to understand the bigger picture and gives me a better sense of his place in it all. Great concert description too.

[Xone7]

I was born the same year that Off The Wall was released. I am heartbroken by his death. Nothing is the same anymore.

[aznsam8]

very well put. I can't believe he's dead! MJ is going to be forever immortal.

[jilliancnow23]

He was troubled but its sad that hes gone. I loved his music.

[zellcurrie]

I am 29 soon to be 30 Michael was always part of my life. Michael Jackson was phenomenal. I am so sad behind this.

[Laffington]

Michael was family. I never met him. But I didn't have to. He was always in our lives. Always there entertaining us and bringing the inevitable smile to our faces. Whatever his faults, he was family -- and our love for him transcended everything!

[ashlee1969]

You are so right! MJ was awesome. The soundtrack of my life pretty much consists of all Michael Jackson and Jackson 5 songs. There has never been one greater and there never will be. I am deeply heartbroken and devastated....

[gogocartoon11]

I miss MJ RIP sweete

[GladILeft]

You're right. Michael Jackson sang the theme songs to so many memories throughout our lives. You can't even reference him without saying his whole name.

[spokenlife]

That's true! Isn't that interesting?

[smileyousee]

He is so missed ..What a great experience.. Thank you so much for sharing...

[woosteria]

"maybe he needed to rest"....that's what I've been thinking too. Also, your comment about everyone needing to have a real childhood...so true.

I've been watching all the MJ vids this morning, just remembering...

[ohveryyoung]

omg you are so lucky you got to experience that!!!!! rip mj :(

[EssenceOfTruth]

Its good to see you again..I am still grieving...I miss him so much.

[spokenlife]

Hi Whitney. Yes, it's good to see you, too; though maybe under better circumstances. I saw your video. Hang in there. Listen to the music; it will uplift you.