A tribute to a legend

When I was in first year high school, the British Invasion made its mark in the Philippine music scenes as the airwaves were filled with music from UK. I remember those years, British Bands were a hit namely ABC, Depeche Mode, the Human League, Orchestral Maneuvres in the Dark and Spandau Ballet just to name a few. The ruins of punk and the chic regions of synthesizer pop needed a new makeover and a multi-talented Pop icon who grew up in Indiana changed all that. But all their combined efforts were not a match to the vocal versatility and dancing prowess of Michael Jackson.

If you look at all the best selling albums of all time, Michael has five of them the list namely Off the wall (20 million copies) History: Past Present and Future (20 million Copies), Bad (30 million copies) Dangerous (32 million copies) and the best selling album of all time which we believe won't be surpassed in two lifetimes, Thriller which sold a whopping 109 million copies sold. Imagine the influence Michael had and I believe that with him passing away his work will be selling like hotcakes again. Memorabilia.

For me, Michael Jackson is the greatest performer of all time. His Billie Jean act in the Grammy's was the best single song and dance act performed. Everyone was left in awe when he danced the moonwalk and his other signature moves which is now copies by millions of dancers all over the globe. His dance moves in his MTV is so precise that you will always see his back up dancers perform well also. In the concerts and MTVs I have seen him perform, you can just imagine the level of perfection he demands from people who perform with him. My only regret is that I wasnt able to see him perform live. To MJ, thanks for the inspiration and for all the songs and dance numbers you performed, you will always be in our hearts and never forgotten.