Many people would pass up listening to the styles of the new/old Michael Jackson, but do you know why? Why do people absolutely refuse to claim they have ever heard his music? Why do parents ban their children’s CD selection from some of his greatest hits, like Bad, or Thriller? Why do people hate him? Many reasons of course, some lies, some true, some public.. and some private. As the story unfolds, Michael was very famous from the beginning of his life}. He started at such a young age, he doesn’t remember much. His memories are so vague, he can’t remember why a lot of people began hating him at THAT age.
Well, one hing was that his sister’s, LaToya, and Janet, weren’t included. In his book, “Moonwalk”, written a few years back, he stated that people would see them on the streets and shun them, saying they were “sexist siblings” and “they should let the girls be in the group. ” Michael, of course, had no choice in this whole ordeal, which was hard on him, because him and Janet got along well, at the early ages. Seeing and hearing this stuff made Michael very optimistic, and sensitive on the situation. When Michael was in the Jackon-5, he had absolutely no freedoms.
He would have late-night recordings, and would have troubles in school. Most of his attention from his parents was on the business, they never gave him the attention he lacked, he was pretty lonely. After Michael grew up, and he moved on in his career out of J-5, he was thought low of to everyone in the music/movie industry. Brooke Shields once quoted that he was a “lowly-person, who needed help”, plus some other things that cannot be said. Jackson did have some people of whom thought very high of him, Elizabeth Taylor was one of his best friends throughout the hard stages.
He looked up to her, and vise versa. With the help of her, he got through the depression of his family members LaToya mostly) disliking him, and disapproving of him. When Michael realized that his reputation was not the hottest on the press, he totally gave up on his self image, caring less on what he looked like, and began foolish rumors about himself. He use to tell reporters when they would ask him on his “transformation to being white” that “his dad beat him to white. ” They of course gulped in every bit of information ever said, sarcastic, or not.
They could turn his life into a big lie. Which was what Michael was wishing for, so that people wouldn’t think of the other rumors about him. Jackson was pretty harsh on himself, he had any rumors about him, some of which are true, and to this day he isn’t afraid/embarrassed to claim them. In his life, he has had 6 nose jobs. They all ruined his nose to the point where he had to use putty to transform the nose that he once had, but was corrupted by the irritability from the jobs. He had a undisclosed amount of Face lifts, and eye jobs.
They, of which were in a short period of time, killed many cells in his face, and made him look even more pale then usual. He also had bone grafted cheek bones, he had this done over and over many times, and he still wasn’t satisfied with his appearance, so he got a forehead lift. He was finally secured in feeling that it was a good personal image. Now, many people find it totally and completely disgusting and unnecessary. That is why he has a low image on people who believe that he didn’t need all of these plastic surgeries.
When Michael was going through his depression stages, he was lonely, and sad. So, he followed through what his ex-father-in-law did, and he bought a chimp to keep him company. His Chimps name was “Bubbles. ” Michael did everything with it, and it got famous too. But, as time went on, Michael got worse in his position, and the chimp was suddenly more famous then Michael himself. One day, Michael went crazy, and yelled at the chimp, claiming he was now the famous one, Michael later sent the chimp to a public zoo for the safety of his popularity.
As time drew on, Michael got lonlier, and lonlier, he started to get worse in his depression state too. Finally, he was watching TV, and saw where someone had collected manicans. The TV show claimed that the man was crazy, but Michael saw “through it,” as he was quoted in the same book. He started to collect them too, and would talk to them, and dress them up every night. After he was back on track, he immediatly disposed of them, and pretended like he ever had anything to do with them. Reporters found out he was lying. Out of all of his hobbies, he all-time favorite was watching brain surgery undergo.
He one watched a person get a transplant, and the doctor said he had “beady eyes, and smiled right on through it” (Sony Website, 2001). Michael enjoyed that, and once wanted to become a doctor, he let that dream go, so he could do what he does best, music. When Michael was younger, he was a Jehovah Witness. After his nervous break-down, he began to go door-to-door again, trying to tell people how he was “saved by God. ” Most of them slammed the door in his face, but, most people do anyway. One of the last hobbies noted was that he made a entire museum full of his hobbies.
Over 10,000 things were there, and he was so proud of it. He made no money out of this, because it was a private building. He would spend hours in it, giving himself credit for such a “wonderful making. ” Now that we have gone through his personal, and public life, we should probably turn to one of the most important milestone’s in his entire life. After Janet died down in popularity, and Michael came back, LaToya, his sister, thought very low of him. She started a rumor stating that Michael would take little boys home at night to sleep with.
Michael was so devastated that his sister said this, he had another nervous break-down. Most people believe that this was the down-turn in his career. No one will forget that, and this it one of the most popular rumors heard. Many people still believe them, and that is why they refuse to listen to him. So, after digging deep into his life, Michael Jackson can be stated as many things. The King of Pop, The Greatest Pop Star, Great Song Writer, and oh yeah, a Pervert. Believe what you believe, but, never let the dream of one boys future slip your mind. Michael Jackson, was, is, and will always be, “The King of Pop. “