The life of Michael Jackson, the outstanding American musical prodigy, is very legendary. In the starry world pop music scene, he shines like a dazzling superstar.
Born in August 1958 in Indiana, USA. His father was a crane driver and his mother was a female singer. The couple had a total of 9 children, with MJ fifth among boys. His parents loved music, and often organized the family together to entertain themselves during the week, starting a small band called the "Jackson Five Brothers." Michael appeared on stage at the age of 5. This family choir, 10 years later, has swept the United States and even the west.
After becoming famous, Michael Jackson lived with his parents and siblings on a large estate in California, and as his fame grew, his lifestyle became increasingly peculiar. These grotesque behaviors and hobbies puzzled most Jacksons.
Today, take stock of what strange hobbies and quirks he had in his short life.
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Michael Jackson's voice is like a boy, and the songs he sings tend to have crazy rhythms, like a "strong tornado.".
Here's what the music masters have to say about him.
Singers all over the world pronounce the "a" together, and only Michael Jackson's can be heard.
MJ's vocal coach, Seth Riggs, once said in an interview that Michael has a wide range and a strong treble. He can sing several high notes in a song, which is more high notes than the average opera singer uses in the whole opera
"I've worked with Michael for 32 years and I know he has a gentle heart. Whether it's the control of body movements or the control of sound, it is a true genius in both aspects. His vocal range spans three and a half octaves and can be used with ease. Whether he uses false voices or not, he is extremely talented. ”
Patrick Stump, lead singer of the popular group Fall Out Boy, wrote in a special article for The Rolling Stone:
"Michael Jackson is the perfect storm of innate genius and acquired training combined. When he was a kid, singing was amazing: he thoroughly interpreted "I Want You Back" — there was probably only one scrap note in the song, which was crazy to me because he was only 11 years old at the time!
"One of the most crucial elements of his style is how he uses his voice as an instrument. His signature grunts — including "uh" and "oh" and all of that — are all things that guitarists and drumsters often use for rhythm. He is one of the most rhythmic singers of all time,—— Prince is more of a model of James Brown, but Michael Jackson is more of a close-to-nature.
"And he also has a maddening vocal range." I could sing very high, but when I sang Beat It, I had to give up halfway. He sang incredibly high, and on Beat It, Billie Jean, Thriller, I think he sang High C or even a High C-sharp, which no one can do. What people don't realize is that he can also sing bass. You can hear it in the "Burn This Disco Out" song from the Off The Wall album — he got into the bass range here and stunned me.
"Whoever it is, as long as they become as huge as he is, you will ignore how avant-garde and revolutionary they are, but Michael Jackson pushes the boundaries of pop and R&B music. Think about it: On Beat It, you hear an R&B singer singing an energetic rock song with Eddie Van Halen. Or at the beginning of Man in the Mirror, he gets an electronic echo into his voice, and every time he utters the "Uh! The sound was audible from miles away. To me, it's pretty much the same stuff that atmospheric music guru Brian Eno has come up with. His music goes that far.
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On stage, Michael is gorgeously dressed, loves to wear a single glove embellished with imitation jewelry, and the background behind him is strange and varied, often with special effects of instruments, lamps, electric monsters, robots, etc., full of horror.
Michael Jackson is also unambiguous about his own costumes, and in addition to showing Michael Jackson's personality, the costumes also fit the music they perform, so each costume has poured a lot of effort into the designer.
Michael's classic "Billie Jane", "Avoid" and "Shudder" shapes are unique, and it is they that send Michael into the territory of fashion. Michael's love of military-style clothing, along with his sparkling crystal gloves, confers on a huge amount of trade secrets. The fencing suits designed by Michael and Tompkins create a magical stage charm.
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His dance moves are skillful and unique, and he is often refurbished in a dazzling way. The popular "Space Step" is his original creation, derived from his singing of "Moonwalk". Some people believe that Michael Jackson's performances are mostly based on relative things, reflecting the combination of various opposites, such as black and white, male and female, crazy and tender, weird and coordinated, adult and child, sexy and religious, and the contradiction and contrast of things are mixed together, so that the hearts of thousands of young people can be shaken.
The most classic is, of course, the self-created space step, in which the tiptoe action becomes its standard. And use this action to make the logo of the company.
In addition, mechanical dance has reached the point where it can be easily retracted at will.
There's also tap dancing, a dance that benefits from his longtime idol, James Brown, from small to large, not to mention how skilled he is.
There are also some modern dance steps and the like, which are influenced by another idol, Fred Astaire
He broke his nose the first time he danced and had to undergo surgery, which was corrected once in 2001, and the gap in MJ's chin was surgically added, which westerners call "Douglas sewing". But since then, it has begun for him to have a facelift.
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He was not addicted to alcohol and tobacco, not close to women, in order to prevent germ infection, he often covered his face with a mask when he went out, and even when he was received by President Reagan and his wife, he still shook hands with gloves. In order to make his skin rosy, he drank several kilograms of carrot juice every day, and the most peculiar thing was that he often rested and slept in a box filled with pure oxygen.
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The average person has only a cat, dog or a beautiful canary, and he has 32 rare animals at home alone.
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In the early 1970s, he entered the music scene as a young man with dark skin, a flat nose, thick lips and curly African hair, and after many plastic surgeries, he has become a pointed nose, light skin tone, thin lips, and even his hairstyle has lost its African characteristics.
MJ suffers from severe vitiligo, has lost almost all of his pigment in recent years, and is unable to receive direct sunlight. He went out to get an umbrella and wear a mask.
After Michael Jackson's death in 2009, his autopsy exposed his tragic history of plastic surgery and hidden health problems. The pop king died of an overdose of isopremophenol in a mansion in Los Angeles at the age of 50.
His autopsy report was later published in full, confirming that the thriller star's body was covered with scars, of course, due to the large number of plastic surgeries that had been carried out for many years, and there were also visible various plastic surgery marks on his body. There were two visible cosmetic surgery wounds behind his ears, with scars on both sides of his nose. The neck, arms, and wrists are also covered with scars. Doctors have identified these scars as originating from various plastic surgeries. Michael Jackson's cosmetic surgery was a "big project": since he first underwent rhinoplasty in 1981, he has been constantly repairing his body from head to toe. Today, he can be described as "unrecognizable".
He has undergone more than 10 facial cosmetic surgeries, including 6 nose, 3 jaw, 2 lips and 1 cheek
In 2006, at the age of 47, Michael Jackson was named America's Stupidest Entertainer for four consecutive years.
It is really unimaginable why such an excellent genius should let himself suffer such pain. But his performance on stage brought crazy joy and cheers to the audience. Maybe that's the power of music, the love and kindness that strikes the heart.