There are a lot of YouTube vidoes where the instruments of Michael Jackson’s songs have been taken out, so all you hear is his voice. I knew he had an amazing voice, but after listening to several of these really left me impressed. “I’ll Be There” is my favorite, and it just amazes me how talented he was as a kid.
Just for good measure, here’s one from his adult life.
On a related note, this part of an article about Gov Sanford left me scratching my head.
In the AP interviews, Sanford laid out his thoughts and feelings in sometimes lurid or odd detail. For example: He said close Christian friends advised him to end the affair immediately and used graphic, figurative terms on how to do so — “the first step is, you shoot her. You put a bullet through her head,” he said.
The words were not meant literally, but reveal how dramatically Sanford described the saga.
On second thought, I would say most of his Christian friends are part of the NRA, so that comment makes total sense.
And on a another related note: Family Values Groups Still Silent on Mark Sanford
This is impressive, and historic. I doubt anything like this, on this scale, ever happens again.
According to Nielsen SoundScan, Michael Jackson albums and Jackson-related compilations hold the top nine positions on Billboard’s Top Pop Catalog chart, all posting remarkable jumps in sales in the days following the singer’s death. (SoundScan tracks sales through the close of business on Sunday.)
Jackson himself holds a record eight of the top 10 spots, while a Jackson 5 compilation also landed in the upper tier of the chart. His Number Ones greatest hits package leads the pack at #1, selling more than 108,000 copies, a staggering 2,340 percent sales increase. The Essential Michael Jackson and Thriller follow at #2 and #3, selling more than 102,000 and 101,000 copies, respectively.
I bet his estate will gain more than Elvis’ in years to come.