Somehow, everything today reminds me of music! Here's another method of walking on the moon:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxAPmKLWIyA&feature=related On 11 Jul., 14:17, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > I thought the 30 degree angle was the moonwalk! Shows you what i know > about walking on the moon! Thanks. > > On Jul 10, 8:21 am, Michael Berkovits <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > As far as I know, the "special shoes fitted into slots in the stage > > floor which made the moves possible" has to do with the physically > > impossible leaning at a 30 degree angle that he did in the Smooth > > Criminal video. The Moonwalk is a move that anyone can do without > > special shoes. MJ just did it better than most, as he did most dance > > moves better than most. > > > On Jul 10, 7:20 am, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I think Diane Sawyer explained the moonwalk as special shoes fitted > > > into slots in the stage floor which made the moves possible. > > > > I agree with your assessment of Jackson and two teens at the time > > > never were interested. An older brother liked Prince for a time. > > > > Now, Scott Joplin, Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington are in an > > > entirely different class in my personal view. > > > > I simply tuned out the entire circus event that I was forced to view > > > till reporters got around to mentioning seven USA dead in Afghanistan. > > > > On Jul 8, 7:51 am, Ian Pollard <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Rather than derailing Molly's thread on beauty, here's a new one > > > > continuing > > > > my discussion with Slip on Michael Jackson and art. Of course, anyone > > > > else > > > > is welcome to contribute. > > > > > 2009/7/8 Slip Disc <[email protected]> > > > > > > Ian really, the Caravaggio comparison is pertinent but only in the > > > > > context of that era and Jackson in this era. Equally they crossed the > > > > > line, creating a frenzy of mind boggling spectacle. > > > > > Each to their own. If crotch-grabbing/thrusting is your bag, then more > > > > power > > > > to you! If you think that the moonwalk was art -- rather than a > > > > fun/cheesy > > > > gimmick -- then that's okay too. > > > > > I found nothing Jackson produced to be "mind-bloggling". He was > > > > labelled the > > > > "King of Pop", but pop -- by its very nature -- is asinine, disposable, > > > > and > > > > commercial... with due exception given to the genres of indie pop and > > > > C86. > > > > See: > > > > >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indie_pop > > > > > Of course > > > > > > if you can produce evidence of another artist that issued such > > > > > extraordinary talent preceding that of Jackson, I, as well as others, > > > > > would concede to your view. > > > > > I can only assume this is a joke -- often hard to tell if we're not > > > > face-to-face -- or you have had very limited exposure to music. I am > > > > happy > > > > to talk about music and could offer up examples for longer than you'd > > > > likely > > > > care to hear them. However, for the purposes of this discussion, I'll > > > > give > > > > you a single, and I think comparable example, of a male solo writer and > > > > performer: David Bowie. > > > > > > I personally have no interest, never had, > > > > > in the Jackson attraction. I am only motivated by your lack of > > > > > recognition of the innovation, > > > > > Innovation is a serious word to throw around in music; I suggest you > > > > proceed > > > > cautiously with the examples I am looking forward to you offering up. > > > > I'd be > > > > particularly cautious when referring to Michael Jackson's contributions, > > > > however, because, as I am sure you know, he did very little himself... > > > > thus > > > > any credit for innovation will be, at the very best, diluted. > > > > > > Art is something of a misnomer > > > > > in that people will and are paying thousands of dollars for > > > > > contemporary "Graffiti" art, which for me as an artist styled in > > > > > Renaissance period art view as pure "garbage". So in that sense, your > > > > > view of Micheal Jackson as less than an art form is reflective of your > > > > > lack of understanding what "art" is all about. > > > > > Mend your tone a little, Slip. > > > > > Ian- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
