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Michael Jackson's Thriller: The Icon
Michael Jackson Michael Jackson produced an album called Thriller in 1982, where the genre was pop rock & R&B. Michael Jacksons music underlies his emotions and Thriller was ground breaking and electrifying. “He is a song writer who sets the beat for a decade and a dancer who is the fanciest on the street.” (Borsman, Jos. Michael Jackson: The Icon. Lulu Press, 2011.) Michael Jacksons album Thriller is breathtaking by the lyrics and tempo mixed with emotion and the different types of genre put into each song. Michael Jackson was instrumental in bringing concepts of love and sadness to the lyrics of popular music songs from his Thriller album such as, “Baby be Mine” and “The girl is mine.” When Michael sings the lyrics of his songs, he puts so much emotion into each one. Michael expressed his emotion in the songs labeled above by expressing how he felt about the girl he loved. He expresses his feelings by certain moods in the songs and certain words are used. The key words in the songs above are “let me hold you” and “you are the future I desire.” These keywords deal with his love and expresses how much he loves her. Another set of words from another song is “but we both cannot have her” and “so it’s one or the other.” These keywords deal with sadness, because he expresses how much he can’t have her and she must choose one. …show more content…
When the tempo is slow, then he tends to express his sadness for a girl. If the tempo is upbeat, then he expresses how happy he tends to be with the girl or how happy he is in general. An example of some songs is “Billie Jean” and “The Lady in My Life.” Billie Jean has an upbeat tempo in which he expresses that “Billie Jean” was groupies he and his brothers got involved with during Jackson 5. It represents a lot of girls. The song “The Lady in My Life” is about a lady who he feels emotions towards. Michael Jackson’s songs tend to by upbeat and have funky fusions of rock, disco, and
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