As soon as people hear Michael Jackson’s voice sing “This is It”, they will never forget it. Michael Jackson was the self-proclaimed King of Pop and always gave out inspirational messages in his lyrics. Many of Michael Jackson's lyrics have positive messages, and through his music he was able to touch, move and inspire people worldwide. Michael Jackson influenced generations through his music and was able to reach a wide audience—both young and old. In the song “Black or White,” Michael Jackson’s lyrics talk about equality for everyone, and it did not matter if they were black or white. Other songs remind his audience about the importance of nature and talk about preserving the forest and being kind to nature. Not only that, the song “Man …show more content…
in the Mirror” encourages people to look at themselves in the mirror; to change their ways for the better; and to make sure that everyone is doing right individually. In this way, Michael Jackson conveyed inspirational messages to his audience through popular music. Even at a young age, Michael Jackson was well-known in the music business by joining his brothers in a band called the Jackson 5.
As the youngest brother in the group, Michael Jackson taking center stage as the lead singer was a remarkable feat because he gained his world-wide popularity from his strong voice and lyrics as a young kid. Not to mention, at such an early age, he had already started invoking powerful messages to his audience. One of his hit songs was “ABC” influencing young kids to go to school. As the message in his song points out, school is as easy “as ABC and 123” which is positively telling fans and listeners that school is the place to go. On the other hand, he made school relatable to his audience: he related love and school together and associated them to be easy ideas that people can understand. Thus, even as a young star in the making, Michael Jackson had already connected to people by embedding such influential lyrics to dance music and catchy …show more content…
tunes. Throughout his lifetime, Michael Jackson did not only just connect to people through his lyrics: he also was an influential dancer.
He was truly one of the best dancers that had ever lived and was a talented performer. He was also known for his famous moonwalk dance. In fact, he popularized it. From the laser-sharp spins, snaps and pivots, to the mesmerizing group choreography spotlighted in his videos and to his legendary moonwalk dance; his rhythmic moves launched Jackson’s career further and made him more popular. Michael Jackson did the moonwalk while he performed “Billie Jean” on Motown 25, Yesterday, Today, Forever on March 25, 1983. This widely popular dance move made Jackson move backward while smoothly appearing to move forward on the dance floor. When his performance of the move was broadcasted on May 16, 1983; people had recognized the moonwalk as his signature move. His fans saw how skilled he was when it came to dancing as well as singing; he even changed the dance style for his generation during the 80’s. He changed the world with his dancing because no one moved like Michael Jackson— but everyone wanted
to. People not only recognized the Michael Jackson brand through his meaningful songs and his slick dance moves, but they also knew his image. He was so popular and unique that people recognized him through his single white, sequined glove, his red leather jacket adorned with so many zippers, and his pegged pants. Not only that, everyone wanted to wear the fedora with the bedazzled military coats, an accessory that he wore in his music video for “Thriller”. He had made sure to create his own look and style while he was performing out there on stage. Celebrating his uniqueness and just being himself, he gained fans of all ages that supported this pop star with his career. He was not just being an artist, but he was also trying to change the world for the better; he proved this through his empowering messages in music. This inspired the idea that people can do better in this world as a human being. Out of the many songs the pop star had, he had one that was relevant to the social problems people were facing— racism. He pointed out that “it doesn't matter if you're black or white,” telling his audience that everyone was equal. He was saying that people are more than a color, so people should stop discriminating each other and make assumptions about who others are based on the color of their skin. He also was talking about discrimination based on religion and sexual orientation. In fact, his message was to unite together as one community; it didn't matter what religion, sexual orientation, or color (race or ethnicity) that you identify with. People are humans and based on that standard alone, they are all equal! Additionally, what made Jackson so powerful in preaching his messages about racism was not just his catchy tunes: as a popular African American performer, he was also suffering through a skin condition that made his skin color white. In this way, he presented a unique case where he stayed true to himself and his music, regardless of whether he was black or white—and people still love him! Furthermore, in his songs, he also emphasized that change starts with one’s self, indicating that people don't have to wait until the world magically changes, it starts with themselves. The process of having a better world starts with their own lives and with the small choices they make daily: choices of how to treat others and how to view others that are different from themselves. In this way, Michael Jackson asserted that small choices eventually are the important choices that makes for a better world. People should treat everyone equally and treat others the way they want to be treated. Thus, he sent a powerful message through his lyrics to his audience about what is going on with society, racism, and its effect on others. His message encouraged people to come together as a nation no matter what color they are—black or white. He didn’t just focus on people’s relationship with each other; rather, he also focused on people’s relationship with nature. Another powerful song that he sang to the people was “Earth Song”. This song is about the killing of the forests, which was a prominent problem going on at that time. He expressed that he was sick of seeing tractors plowing through the fields of the forest more and more every minute. He reminded people that nature is beautiful and that, as human beings, people have the choice and ability to prevent cutting down too many trees. Otherwise, forest dwellers would not have a place to live anymore, consequently messing up the wildlife and an entire ecosystem. To add emphasis and to persuade people to take a stand against cutting down trees, in his music video Michael Jackson featured how beautiful nature looks if people take care of it. To prove his point, he also made a sharp contrast by showing viewers what happens when the construction workers came and plowed down the trees. As if the imagery was not terrifying enough, Jackson showed his audience what the end of the world would look like and how survivors would only live to struggle. Moreover, he showed through the lyrics of his beautiful melodic song how people have different ways of making a positive difference on the world. Additionally, he created the imagery of people getting together to cry about their broken world. Thus, Michael Jackson truly established emotion and meaning to every word he said in that song. As a result, people were influenced to come together as one, to protest for the tree-cutting to stop, and to plant seeds in the forest to grow their forests back. In another effort to convince people to change the world for the better, Michael Jackson released a song called “Man in the Mirror” in 1987. When “Man in the Mirror” came out, it was the inspired work of a huge star in his prime. This song is an exploration of personal identity and demonstrates that the relationship of an individual to society must first begin with the individual’s attitude and relationship with one’s self. This song reflects MJ’s growing contributions to social change, and parallels his impressive life as a breakthrough black artist, living through huge transformations of the Civil Rights Movement to become a global star. His lyrics aimed to motivate people to do better in life as a person. In this song, he showed people that they can change for the better in the world even if life feels like a burden. He advises his audience to just look in the mirror and to know that they can do anything. Figuratively, when people are looking in the mirrors at their reflection, they are also looking at their character—who they were, who they are and who they aspire to be. Through this song, Michael Jackson pointed out if people do not like what they see in the mirror, they are still able to make a difference and change themselves for the better: people just have to see the problem—and also the potential—in themselves first. However, Michael Jackson did not just sing empty words asking for change: his role as an artist used music as the medium through which he exposes the problems of the world. In this way, he also showed just how powerful music can be for the world especially coming from an artist who delivers inspiring lyrics to the people that are listening to them. Not only that, Michael Jackson expressed his music in a relatable way, making the people feel like they are going through the same struggle as the artist is. How michael jackson influenced the world for the better and reshaped pop culture at the same time is truly an enormous feat.. Where his legacy truly lies is almost impossible to pin down because of all of the achievements he has achieved. Message is anything is possible that the fans put their mind to from any age they are the man in the mirror and can help change the world. That music is such a powerful delivery message that the people almost listen to it everyday and lyrics motivate and make the fans believe in their dreams through the lyrics of MJ’
Lebron James is a well known professional basketball player for the Cleveland Cavaliers. Lebron is often referred to as one of the greatest to ever pick up a basketball. Lebron makes money from playing basketball but a substantial amount of his income comes from sponsorships and endorsement deals with outside brands. This is where his social media plays a huge part of his life.
In 102 Minutes, Chapter 7, authors Dwyer and Flynn use ethos, logos, and pathos to appeal to the readers’ consciences, minds and hearts regarding what happened to the people inside the Twin Towers on 9/11. Of particular interest are the following uses of the three appeals.
This analysis paper will analyze one advertisement picture that was produced by the mega food chain known as McDonalds. The ad is exuberantly promoting three cheeseburgers that the fast food chain is attempting to sell. The three cheeseburgers on the advertisement are the more popular attractions of the fast food chain including the “Angus Deluxe Third pounder”, the “Double Quarter Pounder with Cheese”, and the most famous one of all, “The Big Mac”. These three cheeseburgers have been the baseline for the McDonalds fast food chain ever since the restaurant opened. The burgers are also known world wide, making this advertisement is just a way to get the public to come and buy there food.
Advertisements are constructed to be compelling; nonetheless, not all of them reach their objective and are efficient. It is not always easy to sway your audience unless your ad has a reliable appeal. Ads often use rhetoric to form an appeal, but the appeals can be either strong or weak. When you say an ad has a strong rhetorical appeal, it consists of ethos, pathos, logos, and Kairos. Advertisers use these appeals to cohere with their audience. Nike is known to be one of the leading brands of the sports shoes and apparel. It holds a very wide sector of followers around the world. In the Nike ad, Nike uses a little boy watching other basketball players play, and as the kid keeps growing, his love for basketball keeps growing. Eventually, he
“People who had incurred the displeasure of the party simply disappeared and were never heard of again.
The night of May 16, 1983, almost 50 million people watched one of the most spectacular performance on television (Scott 1). Jackson won 40 Billboard music awards (Scott 1). His lyrics are powerful he also talks about social causes, human race, and relationships. He inspired millions of people with the music he wrote. Since I was a little girl I listened to his music couple of my favorite songs are “Bad”, “Dirty Diana”, Make that Change”, “You are not alone”, “Billie Jean” “Smooth Criminal”. These songs where inspiring to me growing up to this day I listen to him. My siblings and me loved his movie called “The Moonwalker,” It’s about his music career when he was five years old till he went solo as an artist at the age of thirteen. I would watch his movie repeatedly. My sisters and me would try to follow his dance moves but we were always unsuccessful it was a great memory growing up. I loved the part when he turns himself into a bunny as a little girl I thought that was awesome. I would think I had magic And, I remember telling my mom “I wanted to be like Michael Jackson because he has powers” my mother would just laugh. One of his quotes from his lyrics that is powerful to me is “If you want to make the world a better place, take a look at yourself, then make that change,” this
In the book Into the Wild, Jon Krakauer wrote about Christopher McCandless, a nature lover in search for independence, in a mysterious and hopeful experience. Even though Krakauer tells us McCandless was going to die from the beginning, he still gave him a chance for survival. As a reader I wanted McCandless to survive. In Into the Wild, Krakauer gave McCandless a unique perspective. He was a smart and unique person that wanted to be completely free from society. Krakauer included comments from people that said McCandless was crazy, and his death was his own mistake. However, Krakauer is able to make him seem like a brave person. The connections between other hikers and himself helped in the explanation of McCandless’s rational actions. Krakauer is able to make McCandless look like a normal person, but unique from this generation. In order for Krakauer to make Christopher McCandless not look like a crazy person, but a special person, I will analyze the persuading style that Krakauer used in Into the Wild that made us believe McCandless was a regular young adult.
Michael Jackson is one of the most widely beloved entertainers and profoundly influential artists of all time; he leaves an indelible imprint on popular music and culture. Commonly referred to as the “King of Pop”, Michael Jackson continues to earn millions of dollars beyond the grave- earning over $700 million in the years since he passed away in 2009. As the pop genre derives from an abbreviation of “popular”, the King of Pop maintained record breaking popularity for extended periods of time. Pop music, is typically short and simple commercially recorded songs oriented towards a youth market; the King of Pop challenged stereotypes and the viewpoints of his audience with songs like “We are the World”, “Man in the Mirror” and many more.
Imagine the world we are living in today, now imagine a world where we are told who to marry, where to work, who to hate and not to love. It is hard to imagine right, some people even today are living in the world actually have governments that are controlling their everyday life. In literature many writers have given us a view of how life may be like if our rights as citizen and our rights simply as human beings. One day the government may actually find a way to control and brainwash people into beings with no emotions like they have in the book 1984 where they express only hate, because that’s what they have been taught by the party.
“The Godfather of Soul”, better known as James Brown grew to be one of the most influential artists in Michael Jackson’s life. As a child Michael Jackson was intrigued by Brown’s flamboyant performances on stage and would soon begin to implement them into his own stage acts. By the age of five Michael Jackson was already sealed into a world of show business by his father, Joseph Jackson. Deprived of a childhood at a very young age, Michael and his siblings began a family-musical group called “The Jackson 5.” They began playing the soul hits they listened to on the radio all across the country. The band toured the Midwest extensively from 1966 to 1968, frequently performing at clubs and bars. In 1966, they won a major local talent show with renditions of Motown hits and a cover of “I Feel Good (I Got You)” by James Brown. It wasn’t until July 23, 1968 where they received major recognition by Motown owner, Berry Gordy. Gordy was reluctant to sign the “Jackson 5” but after their audition performance of the song “I Got the Feelin”, by James Brown, he changed his mind. In March 1969, “The Jackson 5”, were officially signed into Motown records. This marked a historical point in Michael Jackson’s life where his musical influences from James Brown would be noticed. Song’s from Michael Jackson that s...
Motown paved the way for future artists to explore themselves. It helped created the grounds of a great music and cultural integration in the 1970’s to now and hopefully forever. Hip Hop’s arrival was credit to Motown triumphs in the musical world. Through the mixing of percussion and the rhythm of the drumbeats of funk and disco, hip hop revealed the opposition to social inequality and discrimination
Michael Jackson was a very charismatic, influential individual. He took the world by surprise as his long, successful career blossomed at such a young age. Throughout his many years of hard work, and unparalleled performances, he changed the world with his music. He became one of the most popular recording artists, delivering his sweet, funky tones, smooth dance moves, and versatile music capabilities across the world. He was a legend that continues to influence other musicians, as well as his large, loyal fan-base, and is well-deserving of the title of “The King of Pop”
Introduction: Perhaps no one has received this title in history “the king of pop”, now a days many artist’s have arisen and have performed but not as the king of pop known worldwide and in history, has dominated the world of pop as Michael Jackson.
Throughout his song “Black or White,” he brings up the issue of racial discrimination. In the song he repeats in the refrain, “It don't matter if you're black or white” (Jackson). He wanted to create a song that would leave an impact and this line definitely met that goal. Not only did he meet a goal, but he brought to realization that it didn’t matter who you were, whether you were crippled, gay, atheist, anything, it was all in the eyes of the beholder.
You know him as the singer, the dancer, and the song writer. As the famous Artist whose words were often binary. As a man that was regarded with much adulation and scrutiny for singing and acting with audacity. The one and only, Michael Joseph Jackson, well known performer and the producer of many great songs, as well as the inventor of the moonwalk. Jackson often released songs that had powerful messages behind them e.g. 'We Are the World' and “Black and White”. Michael Jackson’s “They Don’t Care About Us” released as part of the “HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I” album in 1996, was addressed to “the people” in an effort to promote equality, justice, and peace. However, it led to unexpected controversy