Agreed. but if MJ didnt have to worry so much about the commercial success of his album each time, he might have probably experimented with more genre / incorporated more global influences in his music.
On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 10:57 PM, Chord <[email protected]> wrote: > > > With the news of MJ's death, I have taken a re-interest in MJ and his > music. It's interesting the psychology of why someone's work of art becomes > popular again when that person dies, supported by recent stats showing that > MJ's music is topping charts worldwide again. > > As I downloaded some of his most famous and influential songs from Itunes > recently and listened carefully, I could not help draw up some comparisons > between his music and ARR's. Here are some parallels that I thought of: > > 1) MJ and ARR are both perfectionists. There is a quality to both their > bodies of work that define high achievement and perfectionism, a certain > drive and ambition and motivation to be the best they can possibly be, often > working ridiculous hours to achieve this. > > 2) Tightness and crispness of arrangements. Both MJ and ARR boast of > extremely high quality arrangements in their music and a very tight and > planned set of arrangements that are line with their perfectionistic work > ethics. > > 3) Both masters of rhythm: ARR and MJ both boast of extremely high quality > rhythmic concepts and super-intelligent rhythmic patterns in their songs. > Again, consistent with tightness. > > 4) Both are trend setters: MJ and ARR were both trend setters in their own > ways. Both revolutionized music in their own respective spheres and had a > huge following among artists of their kind. > > 5) Both are passionate about unity, diversity, and charity: MJ and ARR > share a very similar type of compassion towards the world, towards the less > fortunate, and both believe in transcending artificial boundaries to help > unify cultures and races and highlight bonds that tie us all together, > irrespective race, culture, etc. Through their music, they were able to > transcend and go beyond hard set boundaries that were not able to be > transcended before (ARR with regional and international reaches and MJ with > racial and ethnic reaches). > > > -- Cheers, Pradeepan. "All you need to do is, decide what to do with the time that is given to you !"
