Michael Jackson Memorial and ‘Man In The Mirror’
I know…I might sound like a broken record if I still blog about Michael Jackson here — considering the 2 previous posts about him – but let me blog about him anyway.
Besides, wala naman kayong magagawa dahil writer ako sa barrio siete na ito! He he he.
Anyways…katulad ng marami sa buong mundo, bumaha ng luha sa harapan ko habang pinapanood ko sya kaninang umaga. Separate videos of the various numbers/acts in the said memorial service are the only ones I found.
But it was fine. It was a school night last night anyway and so I was not able to watch the live coverage of the 2 big TV Networks here in the Philippines.
Sa napakaraming memorial photos na nakita ko, ito ang aking favorite:
Yan ang kanyang favorite pose pag malapit na matapos ang kanta nya. Nakadipa na parang si JC.
And then, gusto ko ding sabihin na meron akong last-song-syndrome recently. The song is Michael Jackson’s Man in the Mirror.
Kagabi mga 6-7 pm…wala akong ginawa kundi i-replay ng i-replay ang YouTube video na ito ng Man in the Mirror:
Hmmm….move over Adam Lambert! (Checkout MJ’s eye-shadow. Ganda di ba? Bagay sa kulay nya dyan sa video. )
Napansin nyo na ba na habang kinakanta ni MJ ang song na yan, eh pinapakita ang mga karahasang nangyari sa mundo at yung mga tao na nag-po-promote ng peace tulad ni Gandhi, Mother Theresa and the Dalai Lama. Pinakita ang tungkol sa assasination ng Kennedy brothers na sina John and Robert. Gayundin ang kay John Lennon.
Actually, eto ang original music video ng Man in the Mirror:
Then I realized…even long before President Barack Obama was campaigning CHANGE in America…Michael Jackson was shouting change to the heavens above.
In the said song it said specifically that change should start in the man in the mirror (yourself) — which is very true in this world. Kung gusto nating maging environmentally at globally consicous ang bawat tao, at kung anu-anong pang mabubuting bagay…kelangang mag-simula sa bawat tao.
Pag nagbago para sa kabutihan ang bawat taong nabubuhay sa earth…eh talagang magkakaron na ng world peace and this will be a better place to live in.
Still, I will always stand in awe over the life and death of Michael Jackson. He will never be equalled nor surpassed. Nag-iisa lang syang binigyan ni God ng ganung klaseng talent.
Syempre one can never have it all in life. Sabihin siguro ng Diyos, ano ka sinisuwerte? So si MJ… he suffered an unhappy childhood and an unhappy personal life despite his fame and fortune.
Most of all, sino lang ba ang gumagawa ng mga hiccups na yan…tulad ng andito sa Man in the Mirror. Nakakatuwa din na kahit pumuti na si MJ eh lumalabas pa rin ang konting African-American accent na likas sa kanya.
Halimbawa, imbes na you know…sabi ni MJ eh ya knuuuu. 
Wala lang, natutuwa lang talaga ako sa kanya.
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Glo is 100% bicolana. Born in a small barrio in Sorsogon,Gloria graduated with a degree in Chemistry from UPLB, where she spent 18 years of her life, studying and later working with a 10-year rigorous experience in working in various chemical-analytical laboratories. She skipped lab work for various reasons: napagod na sya, napuno na sya at ayaw na niyang tuluyang mabaog, seriously she just wanted a 'normal' family setting for her son (whatever normal means!) and a chance to re-invent herself career-wise and personal-wise.
I was able to watch the replay yesterday and I must admit I got teary-eyed when his daughter – whom he hid from the world – had spoken up for the first time in front of so many people and told the world on how much she loves her Dad. It just showed that MJ is a human being just like the rest of us.
My heart was dreadfully melt when the kid told that she love her Dad so much in front of these huge numbers of people during the Memorial service,…I really felt what his daughter said, coz im also A Dad of 3 children.
“Daddy has been the best father you could ever imagine. And I just wanted to say I love him so much”, after that she cries.
si Micheal Jackson ba naman ang tatay mo NA ANG BAET-BAET may sariling DISNEY WORLD SA BAKURAN, SARILING JEPLANES… hindi ka makapagsalita ng ganyan? ewan ko nalang.
Ako nga na hindi anak ni Michael, PULUBI PA ANG TATAY KO, umiiyak nga at na touch… ANAK PA KAYA?
buti pa kayo maka-afford ng tatlo o isang dosenang anak. ako kahit isa parang napakahirap na. walang personalan ang totoo nagseselos lang ako sa mga mentalidad ng mga taong maraming anak. kami dose at buntis na naman daw ang nanay. pang ika 13th na.
darbs, inggit din ako sa maraming anak.
diko makita vid youtube malamang.
@Reezkie, minaskarahan ang mga bata para hindi paparatsihin
in addition… tinago ang mga bata sa Mediang “lecheng” Madla din pala.
Dahil nga ang rason ni MJ, kaya nakamaskara ang mga bata dahil sa lecheng media nagka loko loko ang buhay nya na hindi nya kagagawan na mis-interpret lang daw ang buhay nya dahil artist sya at celebrity kagaya ni Oprah o ni Michael Jordan kaya.
@N!ph, I missed to say TRUE! TRUE! NA, “Rather we should thank God that such men lived”
“Let there be peace on earth and let it begin with me”
Very profitable kung mag manufacture ka ng baril, bala, kanyon, bazooka, at marunong kang tumimpla ng NUKLEYAR.
Saan ba? Peace on earth or Manufactured ng gyera dahil profitable.
Man in the mirror is one of my favorite MJ songs. Ang ganda ng aral ng kantang yan.
If you want to change the world, start changing yourself first.
RIP Michael.
RIP MICHAEL!
“We are the World!” – My favs MJ’s collaboration with all my FAVORITE ARTISTS!
“Man in the Mirror!”
Imagine a BROKEN MIRROR!
See yourself in that broken Mirror.
Dance in that broken mirror!
Watch yourself in the broken mirror.
PAMAHIIN!
Ayaw maniwala sa katulong na pinoys about broken mirror.
Beat it!
Beat it!
One of my FAVS MJs single…
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peborit ko yung “Ben” saka yung “Earth Song”, naalala ko my old post ako nung araw pa sa yahoo360 blog tungkol sa karahasan sa tao at sa animals na yang earth song ang ginamit kong background music incl the lyrics.