However late I am in posting this, I still am earlier than most newspapers. If you were ever too scared to watch the Thriller video, you can watch an easier Lego version:Īnd let’s see how many artistes can you spot and name! Interestingly, I’m not sure why, but this music video makes it obvious that either Janet Jackson learnt some dance moves from Michael, or Michael learnt some dance moves from Janet Jackson. There was such great chemistry in their call-and-response (listen to Say Say Say, Paul gets the R&B groove, Michael’s verses bring on the funk, and in between there’s a blues harp.) Michael then bought The Beatles’ music catalogue so whoever it is willed to, is going to make a fair bit out of Rock Band: The Beatles! (Ironically, Paul introduced the idea to Michael, then Michael bought his band’s music LOL.)Įddie Murphy & Michael Jackson – Whatzupwitu Of his collaborations, I’d say I most love the ones he did with Paul McCartney. * the only other song I could get to me emotionally is probably Stevie Wonder – Lately. Explains why Michael sometimes appears to have a brighter mouth area. Michael meanwhile, brought vitiligo to public knowledge! As it turns out vitiligo is relatively common, and you’ve probably seen it before on some people. Karen died of anorexia nervosa, bringing the disorder to public knowledge. Tom Bahler wrote this when Karen Carpenter (of The Carpenters) broke up with him (and wanted Michael to sing it). Interestingly though, he didn’t write the song. Heck I think I’d cry trying to sing this song! * I thought it must’ve been an intensely personal song, the mark of a powerful ballad. I remember the TV show which identified Ben as a rat.ĩ8 Degrees and Josh Groban both covered She’s Out Of My Life, but neither could touch the intensity that Michael sang it with – apparently, he could not sing it without crying at the end. I was listening to what MIX fm was playing all day – some curious mixes of Michael Jackson covers, as well as his older stuff and Jackson 5 stuff. Though, that was one heck of a catchy beat! That’s how great his voice was, it overrode the relative repetitiveness of the beat. Even if Thriller just has a simple repeated programmed beat, it didn’t bother me at all. Maybe I liked his brand of New Jack Swing because it was far more rocky, varied and filled with progression.

I would not say I am a big fan of R&B and I thought I didn’t like New Jack Swing but Michael’s R&B and disco-funk stuff from the Off The Wall album, remind me of a time when my dad would bring us to Cheras Leisure Mall, for some reason. One of the more recent songs that got stuck in my head was the hard-rocking They Don’t Care About Us. I also remember one of my mom’s greatest hits cassettes being played on repeat. Was I a fan? If you consider somebody who taped the full version of Ghost (as well as the making of) and played it repeatedly many times, as a fan, yeah I guess so. This entry was posted in Pictures on Jby 2konbla. (I swear, she’d look alright, but the moment I press the shutter she’d have an unflattering expression.)Īnd yes, the picture on the right is from the 27th of June 2009 – Urbanscapes 2009! So yes, that is how backdated I am. Right: “ Why do you STILL have this tendency of taking unflattering candid pictures of me, Albert?” Left: pinkpau asks, “ Why do you have this tendency of taking unflattering candid pictures of me, Albert?”

Sarah meets my Carl Zeiss Jena Flektogon DDR 35mm F2.4 M42 lens. Muid Latif meets my Vivitar 24mm F2.0 DIY tilt-shift lens. Top to bottom: Yin, Emily, Zain HD of RandomActs, and his flash mob looking for Adrian. Yes, I was trying to be consistent in pictures once, with the Kermit pose. Yes they were exactly a year ago, so here we go!Ĭamwhoring time, clockwise from top-left, with Shazeea, Liyana, Khai-Lee and friend, Ayu!ĭiane, Ling, Kristyn, CP in clockwise order from the top-left. On the 28th of June 2008, I was at Urbanscapes 2008. Jamiroquai might’ve been inspired by this some. I picked the best color channel to make a black-and-white. …with the additional 2x teleconverter for longer reach on my (then) A700. In case you’re wondering what’s with the colors, my Cosina 70-210mm F2.8-4 1:2.5x Macro was used for today’s set of telephoto pictures. “ Psst I think that guy over there is checking us out.” I wonder if this swimsuit inspired the Borat swimsuit. “ Oh you want to interview me?” “ Look, a plane!” “ What would be your ideal vacation?” “ HMMM…” I am really not sure what is the purpose of a white top if, once wet, you can see the bikini underneath anyway. If not for the girl in bikini you wouldn’t know this was a waterpark. January 26th 2008: Quiksilver Revolution 2.0 at Sunway Lagoon!

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