The teacher told us that Lu Xun used his pen as a weapon to fight against the enemy.
So is Michael, but he fights against all kinds of evil forces in the world with songs he wrote with his heart. His songs span races, civilizations, times and languages. His songs should be listened to with heart, because they are written with heart. Only when two hearts touch each other can you feel the wonder of these songs and make you suddenly realize. ...
One: "Save the World" Chinese "Save the World"
Song: Michael Jackson Song: Michael Jackson Singing: Michael Jackson
"Save the World" is known as "the most beautiful song in the world" and an excellent song calling for world peace. Lyrics advocate people to protect and cherish our environment, stay away from war and make the world peaceful. There is a place in our hearts, and that is love. Let's create a world without war and wasteland, full of vitality, warmth and joy everywhere.
At that time, a children's fund was set up for children all over the world, and Michael wrote this beautiful song for these children.
In 2003, Michael was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, the second time after 1998, in order to reward his tireless charity and achievements in promoting world peace through music.
Two: "We are the world" Chinese "Four Seas"
Music: Composed by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie.
The album We Are the World, sung by 45 American singers and produced by Quincy Jones, was sold for charity to help the hungry people in Africa, which shocked the hearts of hundreds of millions of people and swept the world.
Main idea of lyrics:
When the time came, someone issued a call:
Let the people of the world unite!
Give a helping hand quickly. The dying need it most.
For life, this gift is the best.
Don't fantasize, fantasize day after day,
Say who will bring miracles.
In the world created by God, you and I are included.
You and I both know that love is the only thing we have.
We are the future.
We want to create a brilliant tomorrow, let's contribute.
This is our choice, we are saving ourselves,
Creating a new world depends on you and me.
Give your love and let them know that someone is watching. Make life more free and powerful.
Follow God's instructions and everything will change, even the stones.
We should all lend a helping hand.
We are the future.
We want to create a brilliant tomorrow, let's contribute.
This is our choice, we are saving ourselves,
Creating a new world depends on you and me.
When you are down and out, there seems to be little hope.
But as long as you keep your faith, you will never fall.
Well, we knew good times would come,
As long as the world is United.
We are the future.
We want to create a brilliant tomorrow, let's contribute.
This is our choice, we are saving ourselves,
Creating a new world depends on you and me.
Three: "earth song" Chinese "earth song"
Singing: Michael Jackson
Lyrics: Michael Jackson
Composed by Michael Jackson.
The film was shot in four countries-
Brazil's Amazon rainforest (we saw in the music video that the rainforest no longer exists and was completely cut down during the music video shooting week. The characters in the film are all local aborigines, not professional actors.
Croatia (war scene)
Tanzania (the indigenous people in the clip are Masai-nomadic hunters in Kenya and Tanzania-no wild animals were slaughtered during the music video shooting, and those cruel scenes were intercepted from audio-visual files).
The scene of new york (Michael Jackson) in the United States is set in a 6-acre cornfield outside Warwick, new york. During the filming week, thousands of acres of forests in Long Island and New Jersey were set on fire.
Comment: earth song is regarded by many people as the best music video ever made in Michael Jackson. Michael
Jackson plays the image of a lost savior in this film. He wept for the environment destroyed by human beings, the wild animals slaughtered by innocent people, and the world destroyed by war. The most shocking and dramatic scene in the film appears at the end: there are heartbroken people everywhere, and Michael.
Jackson called for divine power together in an ancient and strange ceremony on the scorched earth. Mother Earth finally responded. In the howling wind, in the thunder and lightning, in Michael
In Jackson's almost desperate scream, the dead were resurrected and everything was reborn ... The music video was shot in reverse, and a dream that could never be realized in reality was completed on the screen. This naive and sensational short film resonated with the world. However, the real salvation of this already dangerous world lies in human's own awakening, immediate action and unremitting efforts. This depends on the MV. You must watch the MV.
Four: "Go too early" Chinese "fleeting"
Michael Jackson writes lyrics and composes music.
This song is dedicated to Ruan 66; RYAN WHITE, a native of Indiana, USA, was infected with AIDS by hemophilia blood transfusion at the age of ten and died at the age of fourteen.
Ruan's story has attracted the attention of all walks of life. Michael once joined the music superstar Elton 66; Elton ELTON JOHN and others donated all his medical expenses before the child died, and arranged to take care of his family. The disaster of AIDS is coming to more and more innocent people. Michael wrote this poem mourning death, which conveyed his doubts and regrets about the absurdity of the essence of life.
Michael dedicated the song "Leaving Too Early" from the album "Danger" to his young friend Ruan White.
The child spent his last days in MJ's Neverland.
He is Ruan Bai.
Five: "black and white" Chinese "black and white"
Singer: Michael Jackson
Lyrics and composition: Michael Jackson
Black or White is about race, but it is not expressed in a serious and boring way. This song has a brisk pace. At least in the song itself, Michael didn't show extreme indignation at those inequalities-although he still mentioned these facts, he completely ignored them and claimed that "I said it doesn't matter if you think of my children/whether you are black or white" (I said it doesn't matter if you want to be my lover/whether you are black or white). Michael also tried to invite rappers to add color to his songs for the first time. L.T.B presented a rap in "Black or White", which inevitably criticized the darkness in society and expounded his attitude-"I don't intend to be a color all my life" (I don't live for a certain color in my life). In addition, this song has an unrelated opening overture. In the overture, the little sitcom of son and father brought joy to the public and added a relaxed tone (perhaps also disdain for racism). Of course, the overture is probably for Slash, and Slash has an improvisation in the form of a rolling stone. Generally speaking, Black and White is a rare masterpiece.
Six: "Childhood" Chinese "Childhood"
Singer: Michael Jackson
Lyrics and composition: Michael Jackson
Childhood is the king of pop, Michael Jackson's lyric slow song. The melody is melodious and gentle, as if he were pouring out his inner feelings. ..........................
Michael Jackson, known as the king of pop, has only been half a century, but he never really had his own childhood, so he never really grew up psychologically. He lives in his imaginary childhood and fairy tale world, and only children make him feel true friendship and joy. And this short-lived happiness has become his eternal wound. Michael once wrote a movie theme song "Childhood" for the movie "Whales Break Through the Sky 2". He sang, "Have you seen my childhood? Just like pirates dream of conquerors and kings sitting on thrones in adventurous dreams. " This is actually a song he wrote to himself when he was a child. He became famous when he debuted at the age of five, and lost the childhood fun of a normal child. However, he was determined to be a big singer since he was a child, and later he did realize his dream of becoming the "king" of pop music.
Lyrics: (Chinese and English)
Have you seen my childhood?
Have you seen my childhood?
I'm looking for the world I come from
I am looking for the source of my life.
Because I've been looking around.
Because I've looked everywhere.
In the lost and found office of my heart. ...
I have always been caught between the gains and losses in my heart.
No one understands me.
People who know me haven't appeared yet.
They think this is such a strange quirk. ...
People think I'm doing strange performances.
Because I've been joking
Just because I always show my innocence.
Like a child, but forgive me. ...
But please be tolerant of me.
People say I'm not good
Some people say I'm not normal
Because I like these basic things. ...
Because of my love for simplicity and nature.
I was destined to make amends,
Make up for the childhood I never had.
For childhood.
But it's destiny.
I never knew. ...
Put it in front of me
Have you seen my childhood?
Have you seen my childhood?
I am looking for the miracle when I was young.
I'm looking for a happy childhood.
Like pirates and adventure dreams,
Such as piracy and conquest adventures.
Conquest and the king on the throne ...
Did you dream that the king was sitting on the throne?
Please try to love me before you judge me.
Please try to like me before you judge me.
Look inside you and ask yourself,
Look at yourself and ask yourself some questions.
Have you seen my childhood?
Have you seen my childhood?
People say I'm strange in this respect
Some people say I'm acting strangely.
Because I like these basic things,
Because of my love for simplicity and nature.
I was destined to make amends,
Make up for the childhood I never had.
For childhood.
But it's destiny.
I never knew. ...
Put it in front of me
Have you seen my childhood?
Have you seen my childhood?
I am looking for the miracle when I was young.
I'm looking for a happy childhood.
Like to share absurd stories
Like to share fantasy stories and immortals.
I dare to dream, watch me fly. ...
My bold dream, watch me fly to the blue sky.
Please try to love me before you judge me.
Please try to like me before you judge me.
The painful youth I have experienced.
I can't get rid of my painful childhood memories.
Have you seen my childhood? ....
Have you seen my childhood?
Seven. Dirty Diana
Dirty Diana is the fifth number one single of Bad album. Dirty Diana is not the most popular among Michael Jackson's songs, but it is definitely a masterpiece of rock music. It is the best, purest and most in line with the essence and conscience of rock music, which brings the noise and violence of rock music to the extreme. This song also greatly conveys Michael's inner feelings and expresses his helplessness and disgust at women who try to use stars to gain fame and fortune. Michael kept shouting "Dirty Diana/Let me be" (Sao Diana/Leave me alone) in his songs, conveying scenes of temptation and struggle. The same beauty fake plot, this time Michael did not step into the darkness of "Billie Jane" again, he can face it calmly. In addition, the complicated arrangement of strings and the friendly guitar playing by Steve Stevens also make the melody of Dirty Diana gorgeous and dreamlike.
Eight. Billie Jean
This song is probably the most self-centered work Jackson has ever written. This drama about the fear and anxiety of parent-child relationship is inspired by the experiences of singers and paranoid female fans. Jackson spent months on this song, and he was sure that he had something unusual in his hand.
"Musicians know what is the best-selling material. Everything needs to be in place. It makes you feel complete and feels good. " Jackson recalled, "This is how I felt about billie jean. I knew it would be a blockbuster when I wrote it. "
Jackson was right: At least, billie jean is a best seller. It was released in 1983 and 1 month, and won the first place in the billboard list for seven weeks, and was in R& D; List B won the championship for nine weeks in a row and sold 65.438+0 million single records, which made Thriller, the most successful commercial masterpiece in the history of pop music, soar to the sky, with global sales exceeding 65.438+0.4 billion, surpassing any other album, both before and after.
But the position of this song in history is far more than just a few numbers. Billie Jean broke the racial boundaries of MTV and destroyed the racial segregation of commercial radio stations for generations. When the modern music video era came, this single led the trendy pop music in the post-soul music era, and it still has far-reaching influence today. First of all, "Billie Jane" marks his coming of age. A former child star became a new generation of Elvis Presley and the Beatles, and became a super pop idol in the second half of the 20th century.
Such a song, which is still the strangest, can be ranked in the top 40 of the singles list, which is absolutely remarkable. Jackson's previous personal works were all luxurious discos, but Billie Jane was creepy, jumping between keyboard sounds and chord music with a pulsating bass, whip-like remake and grotesque multi-channel singing. Over the years, the audience has become accustomed to Jackson's special singing style-falsetto screaming, "gnome male-female" and james brown-style growling and wording-but in 1982, no one heard a Song Like, which only upgraded its uneasy influence and felt that "billie jean" actually collapsed in five minutes, in terms of rhythm.
It was Jackson's dance and his singing that contributed to the phenomenon of "Billie Jane". 1On May 6th, 983, more than 50 million people watched Jackson perform his fascinating famous spacewalk for the first time at the 25th anniversary party of Motown. In addition, in the music video of this song, Jackson is still crossing and spinning in the dreamlike urban landscape, and the sidewalk is constantly shining everywhere, just like stepping in a disco. MTV almost never shows videos of black performers. When they refused to play Billy Jean, Walter Yeni Cove, president of Columbia Records, lost his temper. "I said to MTV,' I will remove all our works from the TV station. I won't give you any new videos to play. I will publicly tell them the truth that you don't play black music. Billie Jean was quickly repeated, and neither Jackson nor MTV talked about the past.
These images are recorded in cultural memory forever. But it is Jackson's personal creation that makes billie jean such a fascinating psychological drama-it is the real thriller in his landmark album. Few songs can convey so many Freudian psychological materials: paranoia, delusion, sexual fear, temptation and shame, which are mixed in the lyrics, hovering between direct denial ("That child is not my son" is not mine) and superficial confession ("It all happened so fast that she called me to her room"). Today, Billie Jane looks more like a fable about the distorted relationship between celebrities and admirers. The theme was adapted into a video in which Jackson was followed by a detective in a military coat. This is the most famous person in the world-he has been torn by the audience since he was 10-and he made the greatest artistic declaration about idolize.
Billie Jane is still a dance music, whether it has greater autobiographical significance or historical significance. Numerous radio stations or MTV broadcasts have not weakened the power of this song to shock the speakers.
"'Billie Jean' is very popular at all levels," said Greg Fuehlingen, a legendary studio musician in Los Angeles who plays the keyboard instrument in this song. "It has a cool rhythm, a cool sound effect, a cool melody, a cool lyrics and a cool interpretation. It will affect your body, emotions and even spirit. " Twenty-three years later, Michael Jackson can be sure that no one can make a better "smelly jelly".
Nine. go away
This song was written, composed and sung by Jackson himself. Later, at the suggestion of then-US President Ronald Reagan, it was used in a public service advertisement to persuade people to return to drunk driving. Jackson himself was invited to the White House by President Reagan and personally awarded the "World Outstanding Youth Award" and "Special Contribution Award". At the same time, Jackson also won the 26th Grammy Award for Best Rock Male Singer for his song Beat It. The design and shooting of the music video of this song is cross-century and well received.
Beat it is a musical work against social violence. Through Beat It, young people are warned to avoid unnecessary troubles. Violence can't solve all problems, it will only hurt yourself. Michael gave good advice to the younger generation in America by singing. At that time, President Reagan suggested using his songs in a public service advertisement to warn young people not to drink and drive. Michael agreed to President Reagan's request. Therefore, Michael was invited by President Reagan to the White House, personally awarded him the "World Outstanding Youth Award" and "Special Contribution Award", and won the 26th Grammy Award for Best Rock Male Singer for Beat It.
This 4/4 beat dance music with non-disco style and hard rock style will definitely refresh you. After the sudden thump like a horn at first, the flowing melody poured out, and Michael sang passionately and combatively in it. The real theme of this song is different from its singing style, which may be more impressive.
One of the highlights of this song is Eddie van halen's horizontal knife performance, which is the soul of the van halen band. His skillful guitar skills are evident in his songs. That thrilling guitar solo has become a compulsory course for many guitar lovers in later generations. It is because of the Excellence of Beat It and other songs in the album that Thriller reached the peak of music.