Yes, hard to compare completely different songs, different moods and aestetics, but it is touching in a particular way, specially if you really know sadness, loneliness and feeling like an alien here.
I always find it interesting when I find out the origins of MJ’s songs. To be fair, I guessed the songs was made due to a literal situation he was in but it’s cool to know I was correct
First song I saw on TV after his death. And let's be frank here, he was on TV/radio and news for weeks and weeks announcing his death. I mean the entire world was mourning. No other celeb had that kind of continued tributes. The song brings a tear as MJ was associated with so many fans childhoods it's unreal. Over all generations of people. 😪
I remember locking myself in my room after a family member outing me at the dinner table. I wasn't aware of the exact meaning of the song back then...the punch line for me in the present is: happy days will drown the pain...no need to talk about my punchline back then. masterpiece
He couldn’t trust adults especially in Hollywood, so he felt more comfortable with children around and “Not” for the horrible reasons the media and money hungry wolves were portraying it to be at all. 😢
Turns out the children ( who are adults today) are still the most evil to him....I can't imagine his heart break and shatter spirit. Kids made fun of me all the time for being a MJ fan in school growing up thanks to media..... This world is a scary place. He will always be my patron Saint of humanitarianism and the definition of how to live Christ like " like a child" ✌️❤️🙏✌️❤️🙏
I have an issue with Brad's story. Every time he talks about his role in Stranger, his role gets bigger and bigger. The 1st time he talked about it in an interview not much after MJs dsath it was just 2 chords and from then on MJ directed him. Now it's like he wrote the whole song to the point Brad Sundberg has already said it's Buxer's song. A strange issue with MJs collabs...(Like Philinganes claiming he got no credit for the bridge in Don't stop -he did, just not co-writer, because it wasn't the whole bidge he added..ut was arrangement) Since MJs death many found out about themselves how it was them, who made MJs music as it is...
I must say... When smokey was being interviewed, he said Michael only kept people around him who were YES peeps. Anyone who told him no he didnt have time for. If that was really true, he pretty much signed his own death warrant in his last years....
I agree with you. I love Michael but let's be honest, he really did have bad apples in his camp. Only telling him what he wanted to hear. Poor Michael, this man had controlling people his entire life 💔
Jordon Chandler’s father accused Michael of molesting him. (Jordon was just a child with absolutely shitty parents, especially his father, and so was a victim, but not of Michael, but he greedy, dirtbag of a father). Jordon’s dad was “the dentist to the stars” & he is alleged to have brought Jordy to his dental office and put him under laughing gas, which can make you highly susceptible to suggestions, to get his son to say Michael molested him. I suggest everyone look up more detail about this. Also - get yourself a copy of Carrie Fisher’s book _Shockaholic_ - I recommend the audiobook, because she reads it and it adds to the stories she tells. Carrie was at one point a “patient” of Dr. Chandler, DDS. And at a time when Carrie was not sober (remember - addiction is a disease, and most if not all people relapse at least once, it’s even harder to avoid a relapse when you have other medical issues like bipolar disorder), he was her “supplier” and was clearly trying to turn Carrie into a future witness for him, as he was planning his revenge against Michael for not agreeing to invest in his screenplay. Though I’m not sure even as you hear her tell the story that she fully understood what the doc was doing. But from the beginning, even when she was still ok with getting meds from him, Dr. Chandler creeped her out. As time went own, it got worse and eventually, once he told her he was going after Michael, as she wrote, no matter how much she “needed” drugs, no drugs were worth associating with this guy. He may have set in motion a series of events that led to Michael’s death decades later, but he probably saved Carrie (though not how, as a doctor, he should have). Carrie also talks about her friend Michael, what a great dad he was, and how she spent his last Christmas Eve on Earth at his house with his children. You hear the sadness at his death in her voice, and I know at least one person who was never sure if the accusations against MJ were true or not, until she read _Shockaholic_ .
Mike was dealing with so much in his life at all times. Michael was beyond famous, he was in this Godlike pantheon. He could not go anywhere or do anything alone. The man would be swamped by thousands of fans once word got around. Being surrounded by thousands of people that would do anything for you but still feeling alone and depressed is a feeling 99.9% of us will never understand.
Music or should I say mainstream music is both a gift and a curse for a lot of these artists. It’s really sad because most of us consumers can’t see the story/source of these songs. While Stranger In Moscow is a great song and was/is recognized as such, people didn’t realize it was a cry for help. I myself have dealt with depression and instances of loneliness but man Michael really had it rough; being one of the most famous people on earth, not being able to do basic human activities like going to the grocery store and then on top of that, to go thru not just one but two trials that the media worldwide crucified him for…. Michael was a strong person fr because I couldn’t imagine how dealing with that felt and most people who go thru situations like that usually off themselves sadly but he stayed strong but unfortunately his addiction did worsen from that situation.
Brad Buxer should have gotten production credit for this song. He came up with the chord progression, did most of the arrangements, and put together the most iconic part of the song, the beatbox. He is uncredited. Sad. Even Toto guys got credited.
Eh, it sucks legally but all MJ fans know how much Brad meant to MJ and how key he was to so many of our favorite songs. He's immortalized in our hearts, even if his name isn't below a song's title.
Never heard that from Michael. From which interview is the fragment where Michael talks about the song at the beginning? Please write, it’s important for me to know, I just know all his interviews and can’t understand where this fragment of the conversation comes from.
Amo essa música, sim fala de solidão e medo. Estava enfrentando acusações ! Imagina lidar com turnê e desacreditar em " falsas" pessoas. Mike foi um dos artistas mais perseguidos da história. Não acredito em nenhuma daquelas mentiras.
MJ was touched by the hand of God Himself, I've never seen any human being loved like this by the whole earth 🌎 5000 spectators would faint in one concert,he overwhelmed them with his powerful energy❤🎉
It looks like he was a people person but when I just listened to changer in Moscow I knew what it meant loneliness and new to the world bit change is a part of life theb you grow I know cause I been though some. But hopefully you know you weren't fully alone you got your 😊 your people and fans mj 😊 loved cheater and other songs hope you have a great day adios Alejandra
Love this song... I can relate and alot of others probably can too.. I felt his loneliness and pain... Cold inside.. He looked sad in his eyes.. He makes us feel it and he will be missed.
Amor mio mi hon te amo y extraño mucho . No me abandones no me dejes ven por mi pronto para estar juntos y casarnos y vivir felices juntos y cumplir con nuestro sueños juntos nos amamos luchar por nuestro amor eterno. No necesito nada y puedo trabajar para ayudarte. Nos cansamos con bienes separados para que no haya problemas. Por favor amor comunicate conmigo por la via que sea. Nos amamos y merecemos ser felices juntos son 9 años juntos que no se pueden tirar por la borda asi no mas. Me duele tu ausencia me duele tu indiferencia yo no me voy a rendir no me voy a cansar de esperarte te espero hasta el final de los tiempos fiel y leal a nuestro amor por favor ven por mi pronto llévame contigo pronto amor. Dios te bendiga siempre amor mio
