It’s a strange feeling as I saw the news of MJ passing away of heart attack. Somehow it wasn’t like any other news of another celebrity passing away. Somehow it leaves vacuum somewhere.
Now why is that many of us feel so strongly about it, may be many of us will feel not that strongly but close to this if Madonna passes away. Since its part of our growing away, beat it and material girl were as much part of discussions as much as trigonometry, or solar systems. In small towns beyond bollywood music meant Jackson, Madonna or may be Boney M, though Boney M never grew beyond few songs. Another factor could be since Jackson had music and dance as part of his art. He was less about songs and more about music to many of us, his dance was, that left many of spell bound, and in awe. That suited Indian mind that revels on class and something out of ordinary. His beats were what we related with, the one’s who graduated from beats also found meaning in his songs.
From “Beat It” to “They don’t care about us”, is so true for a generation that’s dependent on government and process to support them, and find it difficult when same government and process turn on them and doesn’t support. So go back and see MJ was pouring himself out in his songs, and a generation who understood him, and resonated with him loved him. Though being an artist he consumed himself with his feelings, which many of us are able to suppress and live life. The sensitive soul of an Artist was always trying to mingle and being accepted in this world, without realizing that none of us at any level is anytime been accepted in this world completely. It’s only on occasions where this world passes us and other times it browbeats us. This innocence of an artist who made an attempt to be accepted by the world and then not being able to win this, consuming his own life out of it is so poignant and so much resonates with feelings many of us feel in our lonely hours. We a whole generation has lived life trying to get accepted in the world where we were free citizens now, in family where we were masters of our destiny and where ever we went. It was a generation burdened by load of freedom to prove themselves that MJ resonated with.
Today when he is gone, there is loss a sense of loss that part of my personal history is gone.
Now why is that many of us feel so strongly about it, may be many of us will feel not that strongly but close to this if Madonna passes away. Since its part of our growing away, beat it and material girl were as much part of discussions as much as trigonometry, or solar systems. In small towns beyond bollywood music meant Jackson, Madonna or may be Boney M, though Boney M never grew beyond few songs. Another factor could be since Jackson had music and dance as part of his art. He was less about songs and more about music to many of us, his dance was, that left many of spell bound, and in awe. That suited Indian mind that revels on class and something out of ordinary. His beats were what we related with, the one’s who graduated from beats also found meaning in his songs.
From “Beat It” to “They don’t care about us”, is so true for a generation that’s dependent on government and process to support them, and find it difficult when same government and process turn on them and doesn’t support. So go back and see MJ was pouring himself out in his songs, and a generation who understood him, and resonated with him loved him. Though being an artist he consumed himself with his feelings, which many of us are able to suppress and live life. The sensitive soul of an Artist was always trying to mingle and being accepted in this world, without realizing that none of us at any level is anytime been accepted in this world completely. It’s only on occasions where this world passes us and other times it browbeats us. This innocence of an artist who made an attempt to be accepted by the world and then not being able to win this, consuming his own life out of it is so poignant and so much resonates with feelings many of us feel in our lonely hours. We a whole generation has lived life trying to get accepted in the world where we were free citizens now, in family where we were masters of our destiny and where ever we went. It was a generation burdened by load of freedom to prove themselves that MJ resonated with.
Today when he is gone, there is loss a sense of loss that part of my personal history is gone.
