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SPECIAL EDITION
MICHAEL
JACKSON
132-PAGE
COL
LECTOR’S
ISSUE
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CLASSIC POP
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M. JACKSON
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THE KING OF POP
THROUGH THE DECADES...
AN ICON AND HIS MUSIC
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MICHAEL JACKSON
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WELCOME
ONE THING I’VE NOTICED, IS THAT WE’VE
ALL BEEN INFLUENCED BY MICHAEL
JACKSON… EVEN IF WE DON’T REALISE
IT. I HAVE A FEELING EVERYONE WHO
WILL READ THIS VERY SPECIAL EDITION OF
CLASSIC POP
WOULD HAVE, AT ONE TIME
08
OR ANOTHER, ATTEMPTED TO MOONWALK.
WE’LL ALL HAVE A VERY
s we set out to celebrate
FIRM OPINION ON THE
every facet of an
MERITS OR OTHERWISE
absorbing and prolific
life in pop, I wanted to
OF
THE GIRL IS MINE
take a step back and pay tribute
(FOR THE RECORD, I
to the artists that inspired an icon.
WILL FIGHT THE CORNER
“I always wanted to do music
that influences and inspires each
FOR THE MUSICALITY
generation,” Jackson once said,
OF ANY AND ALL
adding ominously, “Let’s face it,
who wants mortality?”
MICHAEL/MCCARTNEY
Of course, there was James
COLLABORATIONS.)
Brown: “When I saw him move I
WE’VE ALL BEEN
was mesmerised,” he explained.
“Right then and there I knew that
INFLUENCED, WHETHER
that was what I wanted to do for
WE MAKE POP
the rest of my life.” But Michael
VIDEOS OR WATCH
was about more than that. It was,
as we know now, all an act.
THEM, BY
THRILLER.
He created personas for every
BUT WHO WERE
song, album and video, and took
MICHAEL JACKSON’S
inspiration from acting legends as
much as musicians.
INFLUENCES?
MJ
A
“If you could work with anyone,
alive or dead, who would that
be?”
Gold
magazine asked him
in 2002. “Charlie Chaplin, who I
love so much,” he replied. “Also,
Laurence Olivier was a genius.
Those two… and also the king,
Brando.” There’s a great blog
by Annemarie Latour that looks
at how Jackson’s and Chaplin’s
life stories overlap. In
Tramping
With Chaplin
she points out how
childhood sorrow and pain was a
spark of inspiration for clowning,
acting and performing for both.
Michael touched on this in 2001,
telling
USA Today:
“We’d make
up songs as we worked… that’s
what makes greatness. You have to
have that tragedy, that pain to pull
from. That’s what makes a clown
great. You can see he’s hurting
behind the masquerade… Chaplin
did that so beautifully, better
than anyone. I can play off those
moments, too. I’ve been through
the fire many times.”
On a lighter note, Fred Astaire
inspired Michael’s sense of
cabaret and on-stage joie de
vivre. The pair’s love for each
other is well-documented; Michael
dedicated his
Moonwalk
biog to
Astaire. And before he departed
this plane in 1987, Astaire said
“I didn’t want to leave without
knowing who my descendant
was... Thank you, Michael.”
Ian Peel
Founder and Editor-at-Large
T H E
C O N T R I B U T O R S
Steve Harnell
is the Editor of
Classic Pop
and
Vintage Rock
magazines and
has been writing
about music for almost two
decades, covering all manner
of genres from soul, pop, indie
and R&B to rock, Americana
and hip-hop.
Mark Lindores
grew up during
the golden age
of pop mags,
devouring
Smash Hits
and
Number One.
Writing about
the artists he used to read about
for
Classic Pop, Total Film
and
Mixmag,
he is living the dream
of his 15-year-old self.
Paul Lester
has been both
Features Editor
of
Melody
Maker
and
Deputy Editor
of
Uncut.
Since 2007 he has
freelanced for
The Guardian,
The Sunday Times, The
Independent, MOJO, Classic
Rock
and
Classic Pop.
John Earls
edited Teletext’s
music pages
Planet Sound
throughout the
Noughties, he
has also done pop for
The
Sunday People, News Of The
World
and, currently,
NME
and the
Daily Star.
John also
lectures in journalism.
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d e c a d e s
1960s: five alive
8
Paul Lester chronicles The Jackson 5’s rise to
fame from neighbourhood entertainers via
the chitlin’ circuit to Motown Records and
breakthrough single
I Want You Back
1970s: easy as 1-2-3
24
Paul Lester investigates the decade when
Jackson evolved from a child prodigy to a
fully-fledged solo superstar with an epochal
debut album,
Off The Wall
early 1980s: wanna be
startin’ somethin’
42
Mark Lindores pays homage to Jackson’s
record-breaking masterpiece
Thriller,
the
album that broke down racial barriers – and
which had a seismic effect on its creator
late 1980s: who’s bad
62
Mark Lindores charts how Jackson rallied his
strength for the hotly-anticipated follow up,
the brilliant
Bad,
and discovers how the King
Of Pop kept his cool in a pop landscape where
others vied for the crown
1990s: i believe in miracles 82
Paul Lester reveals how Jackson managed to
up the ante in a decade that brought further
notoriety, even more ambitious videos and
yet another game-changing album
2000s: trouble in paradise 98
Steve Harnell looks at how the curtain closed
on a tumultuous decade that saw Jackson
hounded by a headline-hungry media,
damaging accusations and courtroom drama,
and the epic comeback that never happened
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MJ
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collaborations
quincy jones
22
When Michael Jackson met Quincy Jones on
the set of
The Wiz
he could never have known
it would lead to a trio of game-changing
records. Julie Burns explains how Jones
helped reinvent Jackson as a solo star
paul mccartney
40
John Earls tells the story of how Jackson
found a mentor, friend and hitmaking partner
in the former Beatle – until some business
advice caused the whole thing to turn sour
freddie mercury
60
Much was expected when these two towering
vocalists and songwriters put their heads
together, yet the result would not be released
until 30 years later
unreleased: lost songs
96
LaToya Jackson claims to have possession of
over 1000 unreleased MJ tracks uncovered
after his death. Here, John Earls examines
the singer’s joint ventures with rappers,
relatives, comedians… and even a sheikh
f e at u r e s
pop art
6
The iconic sleeves of 28 Jackson studio
albums, from 1969’s group debut
Diana
Ross Presents The Jackson 5
right through to
posthumous collection
Xscape
jackson on film
114
Jackson’s music and dancing was most
certainly revolutionary, but so too were his
incredible videos. Mark Lindores explains
how MJ took a brand new medium and
rapidly raised the bar
man in the mirror
122
John Earls opens Jackson’s wardrobe doors to
reveal a look that evolved from bell bottoms
and tank tops under the watchful eye of his
father to iconic garments and some truly
revolutionary stage-wear
in his own words
128
Michael Jackson gave very few interviews in
his life, particularly once he’d got the measure
of those journalists who put headlines over
facts. Here, we discover what he really
thought about the world and his place in it
classic pop moment
130
The King and Queen of Pop and a very
exclusive after party…
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