MTV was once my electronic cool older brother, exposing me to sweet new bands, showing me cool videos, and telling me that weird comedy like "The State" is hilarious. It gets confusing though when I remember that my brother is really a carefully-crafted entertainment conglomerate that trades in the commodity of coolness and that, at the end of the day, has to answer to advertisers and a board of directors. This means that over the past 30 years - MTV went on the air on August 1, 1981 - the network has provided both moments of visionary, genuine, groundbreaking art, as well as woefully ill-conceived bits of sloppy, regrettable nonsense. Here are the best and the worst moments:
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Oh, I thought it was just supposed to be a birthday present, right MTV? That silly Jacko and his weirdness, thinking he was getting an Artist of the Millennium Award, how hilarious. But you would never do that, trick him, just so that people would have something to gossip about the next day. Right? You should be ashamed of yourselves, but obviously, YOU HAVE NO SHAME.
Lastly, contrary to popular belief Mr. Jackson didn't coin or self invent the phrase "The King of Pop." In fact, that descriptive term was first used by Elizabeth Taylor when she introduced Mr.Jackson at the heritage awards. Here is the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBvBOAm8JVg The title was subsequently picked up by fans and routinely applied to Mr.Jackson's awesome and unparalleled stage persona.
Please study the facts before printing articles on this man who has been so unfairly and unjustly maligned. Please support the truth.
"I was in the room when [Michael Jackson's ] manger and MTV assoc discussed him getting his Millennium award. He was 100% set up. It was the only way MTV could get Michael to appear for their awards show. These shows used him for their own ratings."
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Mr.Nordahl's comments are consistent with innumerable other anecdotes pertaining to Mr.Jackson:
Attorney Tom Mesereau has stated, ".Michael Jackson was one of the nicest, kindest people I’ve ever met. He really wanted to do more than just be a musical genius. He wanted to heal and change the world through love, through kindness, through art and through music."
Miko Brando, [son of Marlon Brando] has stated, " I'm angry (about the negative publicity) esepcially now because he's not here to defend himself. He is such a good person, a loving person. Every time....anyone who knew him or had any kind of relationship,...he always ended every conversation with "I love you, see you." It was always love."
And, Howard Bloom has stated, "unlike other generous humans–Bill and Melinda Gates, for example–with Michael giving to others was not just a part-time thing. The need to give to others was alive in every breath he took every single day." ...
We therefore must assume that The Jackson camp didnt know why it was attending, but Michael still turned up. (didnt have anything on?) Then someone at MTV must have experienced a moment of lessened lucidity because they had placed a spare trophy on the birthday cake table which Michael just happened to find. Then MTVs website reported that an award had been given, so they were confused too. Its all getting a bit far fetched isn’t it?
Another story goes that Michael was duped into thinking he was collecting an award but MTV planned to 'teach him a lesson'. MTV gave him the award and created the story that Michael had such an inflated ego that he awarded himself the trophy. In other words,they were going to bring him down to size. That’s nasty.
Whatever the story, poor, poor Michael -he must have been so hurt. Wouldnt it be nice if the inflated egos at MTV apologised and officially awarded Michael Jackson the Artist of the Millenium. It wouldnt make it right but it would make it a lot better.
As it turned out, Jackson was indeed the artist of the millennium - MTV award or not. It was Michael Jackson who broke the color barrier on their caucasion dominanted video scheduling, opening up a whole new world for artists and viewers alike. Music videos and hence MTV itself, wouldn’t be where they are now if it wasn’t for him. Perhaps a little more respect is in order, Mr. Boone!
(Incidentally, the title “King of Pop” was bestowed on him by the late Elizabeth Taylor and was not Jackson’s invention.)
Question for the media: How does it feel to destroy a man’s life, spirit, career, and reputattion in order to feed your family? And how does it feel that despite all your efforts to destroy him the man remains one of the most beloved human beings of the millennium?
Michael Jackson tried to help children, his whole life, all over the world. He gave ALL of his profits from two of his tours to children's charities. He visited the orphanages in every city in which he performed, and brought toys for the children and gave money to improve their living conditions. This is a man who cherished children. He once said, "I would slit my wrists before I would ever hurt a child." Read the book, "Honoring the Child Spirit" by Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, and you will come to understand Michael Jackson and why he lived his life the way he did. Jackson is gone, but there are his three children who will see, hear and read this kind of venom about their beloved father.
I beg to differ with this title. What is strange and terrible is that MTV got the wires crossed between MTV's producers and MTV's website, not Michael Jackson's confusion about receiving the 'Artist of the Millennium' award. To boost ratings, MTV's website stated that they were presenting Jackson with a 'new special award'. Britney Spears clearly states in her introduction speech for Mr. Jackson that he is 'artist of the millennium' coupled with the fact that there is a trophy next to the birthday cake that was also presented to Jackson since this awards show was on his birthday, 8/29/02. So, there is no confusion on Jackson's part at all. MTV later back-stepped and is now changing their version of events and is showing this occurrence as one of Jackson's greatest MTV moments. This situation reminds me of the speech that Rev. Al Sharpton gave at Jackson's memorial service. In addressing Jackson's children, Sharpton said, "I want his children to know: wasn't anything strange about your Daddy, it was strange what your daddy had to deal with". This MTV stunt is just one of many that he had to deal with.
You, my friend, obviously have not done any real research on the life of Michael Jackson. You repeat the same nonsense that medialoid, defined as mainstream media infected with tabloid journalism, has feed you through the years. Have you ever listened to the words/meaning in many of Jackson's songs...his messages to the world? How about getting off your lazy butt and do some reading...you can start by reading this:
http://www.amazon.com/Earth-Song-Michael-Jacksons-ebook/product-reviews/B0057HM6EY/ref=dp_top_cm_cr_acr_txt?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1
When you are finish, come back and tell me what you think of Michael Jackson.