I danced to so many Michael Jackson songs growing up, I can't list them all. I'm pretty sure Blood on the Dance Floor was my favorite dance we ever did to MJ. He was such an inspiration. I'm grateful to my dance teacher for cultivating an understanding of how superior his music and movement was. His music fills a dancer to the soul. I am so glad that I lived at a time when I remember so many of the groundbreaking things he did with his life, and what he gave to us as a performer, innovator, and master of many things.
I wasn't sure what I wanted to write about this day (or yesterday, for that matter), but I had to write something. If my kids read this blog some day, they need to know that this icon was a huge part of my life...and they've been listening to his music since they were born. Hailey has watched his dancing on YouTube (since the MTV of my generation, which he helped create, no longer exists). I cried real tears last night, and again today. Ones that are shared with so many people around the world. It seems he might have had more to give, given the chance, and that's sad. Then again, maybe we took too much.
Either way, the world could have used some more MJ. More dancing. More music. More lights and glitter. More inspiration.
Man in the Mirror...My very favorite.
Friday, June 26, 2009
Blood on the Dance Floor
Posted by Mama Cass at 9:52 PM
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We grew up dancing to MJ too. Mom and Dad would play his music on our living room stereo, and we'd all dance away. Beat it, Thriller, and Billie Jean were our favorites, though I liked Man in the Mirror too. He was one talented artist.
I'm so glad you posted something on Michael Jackson. Like Tara said we really did perform infront of our parents every night to his music... I was really sad to hear he's no longer with us too
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