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Exist in my life please.
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I was just thinking to myself “I don’t want to think of Michael sexually today.” The moment that thought ends, I see this.
Well done.
Lol I’ve given up trying not to think of him sexually.
It can’t be done.
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☮ When was the last time you went to a concert ? Which one was it?
✈ Is there any kind of music that you can’t stand?
☠ Do you play a musical instrument? What instrument?
☯ How many CDs do you own? From which artist do you have the most CDs?
✌ Name 3 bands you would most like to meet. Why?
✖ What do your parents think about the music you listen to?
☢ Do you still buy CDs? Which was the last CD you bought?
☤ Do you most pay attention to the melody or the lyrics?
♫ Name your top 3 albums from your favorite band/artist.
★ Is there any music band you liked years ago that you would not like now?
✞ Can you concentrate on other things when you are listening to music?
♛ Name your top 5 music videos.
◔ Put your mp3/ipod on shuffle and name the first 5 songs you stumble upon.
☭ Punk or heavy metal?
ϟ Do you sing in the shower?
☫ How much time do you spend listening to music every day?
ø If you could play any musical instrument, what would it be?
‽ If you could take the place of a band member for one day, who would it be?
✒ If you were a song, what song would you be and why?
☺ What do you think the world would be like without music?
♠ Name one manufactured band (in your opinion).
✦ What musicians did you like 5 years ago? 10 years ago?
♜ If you could invent a new instrument, what would it sound like?
♟ If you could be any musician in the world, who would you be and why?
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With “Dirty Diana” Jackson is back in cinematic territory. From the opening sound effects, the mood is tense, coiled, dramatic. The music video (directed by Joe Pytka) perfectly captures the drama of the song as Jackson, singing to a live audience, looks anxiously off to the side of the stage where a woman is seen in silhoutte, stepping out of a limousine. It is a song about, guilt, fame, and seduction.
Jackson wanted a song on the album with a hard-edged rock feel, something that would take the sound a notch higher than “Beat It”. To this end, he enlisted the services of Billy Idol’s former guitarist, Steve Stevens, who performs a blistering guitar solo. He and Quincy Jones also decided to add crowd noise to give the track a live, raw feel, while John Barnes’s string arrangement provided atmosphere. It all set the stage perfectly for Jackson’s tense narrative, which Quincy Jones described as an updated version of “Killing Me Softly” (a song Jnes produced)
Like that classic and Jackson’s “Billie Jean,” “Dirty Diana” is a song about predatory “groupie”. Unlike in “Billie Jean,” Jackson’s character is no longer denying interest or culpability. Rather, in vivid detail, he paints a picture of a woman “who waits at the backstage doors for those who have prestige” and a man who is both intrigued and afraid. The song is structed as a dramatic dialogue of seduction and rationalization. Jackson’s character is married, which further heightens the situational tension. When Diana says, “I hate sleepin’ alone/ why don’t you come home with me,” Jackson sponds that his “baby’s at home/ she’s probably worried tonight/ i did’nt call on the phone to/ say that I’m alright. “
Jackson executes the internal conflict of temptation to perfection, capturing the frustration, guilt, excitement, anger, and pain of an affair. The song’s sexuality is by far his most explicit to date; yet like all of Jackson’s best songwriting about relationships, the story is subtle and suggestive enough to remain open to interpretation.
- Man in the music
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Remember that wherever your heart is, there you will find your treasure. You’ve got to find the treasure, so that everything you have learned along the way can make sense.