tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689654975245458947.post6048982478569669622..comments2023-07-16T03:58:42.088-07:00Comments on Acts of Faith In Love and Life: My Observations On Quincy Jones Questioning Michael Jackson's Blackness: Pot Meet KettleFaith at Acts of Faith Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02150553143062604249noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689654975245458947.post-17113618568158652772009-07-07T18:24:44.537-07:002009-07-07T18:24:44.537-07:00Jenny: You bring up some interesting points. Stevi...Jenny: You bring up some interesting points. Stevie hit his artistic peak in the 70's and early 80'. MJ was made for the video era plus they have different styles, etc. With all the controversy surrounding him and the insistence by whites to remind everyone he's a _____ insert negative word there Obama would be careful to not raise their ire. We have to remember we don't personally know any of these people only their crafted images. I think the Memorial was an effective tool at rehabilitating MJ's image.Faith at Acts of Faith Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02150553143062604249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689654975245458947.post-79956080199036941272009-07-07T12:42:37.241-07:002009-07-07T12:42:37.241-07:00I listened to a recording of Stevie Wonder giving ...I listened to a recording of Stevie Wonder giving an acceptance speech for the Spirit Award at the Montreal Jazz Festival, which turned into an MJ memorial speech, naturally. And I got thinking -- Stevie and Michael had similar beginnings, as prodigious children. Whether Stevie ever achieved the extreme levels of global fame and adoration as Michael I don't know, but I think they began similarly in a lot of ways. <br /><br />And then I got thinking about an alternate reality Obama Inauguration. Stevie Wonder was in many ways the star performer of that event, being the guy Obama names as his favourite musician. But for some reason I can't help thinking of an alternate universe where Michael would've been the big name at that show instead of Stevie. If, say, starting in the mid-'80s, things had gone differently. He hadn't had the surgeries. And then of course he hadn't had young boys in his bedroom (which remains the only verifiable fact we can know about the situation; anything more was not proven in court). <br /><br />But even if Michael hadn't been embroiled in the molestation trials, even if he hadn't had babies with his dermatologist's assistant, if none of that scandal followed him he still wouldn't have been at the inauguration if his skin colour was still so radically changed. I don't think, anyway.<br /><br />Anyhow, in the end, I echo a sentiment I read last week -- wherever he is, I hope it's somewhere where he doesn't have to hate himself.Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15510898402863376936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689654975245458947.post-53739580965648071792009-07-03T14:55:02.636-07:002009-07-03T14:55:02.636-07:00As much as I want to hold MJ to certain standards ...As much as I want to hold MJ to certain standards and wag my finger at things he did I see so many of his fair-weather friends revealing themselves one by one and have tremendous empathy. Then I remembered they actually hadn't worked together in two decades and who knows if they were friends anymore.Faith at Acts of Faith Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02150553143062604249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689654975245458947.post-33534484628539423132009-07-03T14:08:44.093-07:002009-07-03T14:08:44.093-07:00Hmmm...foul.
In its own peverse way, this remind...Hmmm...foul. <br /><br />In its own peverse way, this reminds me of how several of my adulterous, middle-aged, BM coworkers behave. They loooove to talk about how they "don't know <em>why</em> some folks become baby-daddies...blah, blah, blah.." All said with a tone of voice as if the cheating-on-his wife speaker was Cliff Huxtable. [And yes, I did call one of these clowns on this. He then got very quiet. And learned not to make these <em>"shocked, shocked, I say!"</em> comments in my presence.]<br /><br />I think a lot of guys compartmentalize the negative things they do. They like to believe that they can DO "x,y,z" without BEING the sort of person who does "x,y,z."<br /><br />Quincy Jones has a LOT of nerve and a major lack of self-awareness about his own actions.<br /><br />Peace, blessings and solidarity.Khadijahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07732325133964607276noreply@blogger.com