Everybody's talking about Michael Jackson today. I've always been a fan. Not a die hard, know all the lyrics to every song, own every album, tears at a concert fan--but definitely a fan. I don't own a single MJ album. I have a few songs on my iPod though. Last weekend, I was the singer in a game of Rock Band (the PlayStation Guitar Hero game thingy?) and the "band" picked "ABC" by Jackson 5. I was cool, 'cause I just knew that I knew the words to "ABC", because who doesn't know that song. Came to find out that I only know the chorus. I was like, "Where did all those lyrics come from?!" It was a very educational moment for me. I digress. You get the picture. That's the kind of Michael fan I am.
I never really thought twice about his actual singing voice. If you asked me a few months ago to name the top 5 male vocalists, Michael Jackson is not one of the names that would appear on that list. I ran across this version of Butterflies a few months ago on Youtube. I was actually going through a few live performance videos of Floetry. I like to browse Youtube for neo-soul performance videos every once in a while. I didn't even realize this was Michael Jackson's song until I saw all the videos that day. Anyway, I listened to it a few times and noticed for the first time that Michael Jackson actually had a really nice singing voice. I even picked up the phone and called a friend to share my new discovery. She is a huge fan and was like, "Um, yeah? Where you been?" I was very late to the game, but I get it now. I truly hope he is at peace now.
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