14 amazing things about Michael Jackson
The King of Pop was born in Indiana on August 29, 1958 and was the eighth child of a family of ten brothers, most soon after birth. He sang and danced from a very young age and at only six years of age his father included him to play the congas in the group of his brothers the "Jackson Brothers", who after a few years became famous under the name of The Jackson 5 and Of course, Michael was one of his great stars.
12.- Michael and his robot
Despite being world famous Michael was always very vain and according to the testimony of people close to him, this talented man who wanted to build a 15 meter high robot that was in the Nevada desert and could be seen from the airport Las Vegas, however, could never make this dream come true.
- His hunger for greatness
During his tours with the Jackson 5, after the shows Michael used to stay awake on the bus so he could watch again and again in a small video of James Brown and Jackie Wilson, because his biggest dream was to reach that level of success, without However, he can not sleep because of the noise, his brothers threw it away and hid the VHS so that Michael could stop seeing them.
10.- Michael and Marvel comics
Incredibly, Michael Jackson was at a point of buying the Marvel comics company to become Spider-Man in the movie, since he was his favorite hero since he was very young.
9.- Beginnings as a soloist
His solo career began in 1972, when the king of pop was only 13 years old. His first album album was titled "He came to be there", but "with nothing" to fame occurred in 1979 with "Off the Wall", which allowed him to interact with the producer of Quincy Jones. Jackson and Jones met in a movie studio, when Michael played the role of scarecrow in the musical The Wiz, a movie where Jones worked on the soundtrack.
8.- Suspense
"Thriller" was one of his most successful songs and videos, however, it was close to not exist, since Walter Yetnikoff, then director of CBS Records, doubted his potential, said: "Who wants a song about monsters? "
To the surprise of Yetnikoff the video of this theme became something unique and even qualified as the short film for the Oscar Awards of 1983. The famous clip was screened for a week in films before the classic Disney Fantasy in 1940 and has definitely been become more than a classic, a legend of music
- His mysterious personality
His life was surrounded by eccentricity, polemics and some myths. Legend has it that the singer bought the bones of Joseph Carey Merrick, better known as the "elephant man" because of the deformation he suffered in the bones, however, other versions claim that in reality, Michael never had it, although he did offer a million dollars to the Hospital of London to acquire the remains. It was also said that Michael slept in an oxygen chamber to prolong his life but in an interview with Oprah, the singer denied it and said that someone had started the rumor of a photo he gave him while testing that equipment that one bought with the money that he donated for it.
6.- Your video game
He had his own videogame called Moonwalker, created by the SEGA company and which consisted in that the "smooth criminal" will face the gangsters with pure dance steps and shouts to rescue kidnapped children.
5.- Buyer of successes
4.- The record man
3.- Interior of the child
2.- The secret of your skin
After the autopsy performed on his body it was revealed that his lips were tattooed pink and his eyebrows a dark hue. For several years the artist suffered from vitiligo, so he spent a lot of makeup on the spots on his skin.
There is no doubt that Michael Jackson not only revolutionized the music industry, but it was also before and after the history of mankind.