I had one poster of Michael Jackson on my bedroom wall when I was growing up, and it was this one. I was around eight years old, and I remember that the poster, pasted to my flower-papered wall with Scotch tape, had a much more purple-y-lilac background and MJ's yellow bow tie and sweater vest was a more vibrant yellow. He was at the top of his game, and the poster seemed to signify a sense of sunny possibility. Unlike some of my friends in the early '80s, I wasn't necessarily in love with Michael (some girls were prone to making out with their Michael Jackson posters), but I was still obsessed with him and his mind-blowing music. With the poster on my wall, I felt like I knew him somehow, that he was always in my presence, hanging out with me. And it's this image of him, in the heyday of Thriller (my first-ever pop record album), that I'll always remember. The coolest guy in the world.
What's your favorite image/memory of MJ? Let me know in the comments.
3 comments:
Who DIDN'T have this picture/poster in their room? The pic is a classic!
My favorite Michael Jackson memory is when the "Thriller" video first came out. I remember MTV showing the vidoe every hour on the hour. Now matter what you were doing or where you were, you dropped everything to see that video. That whole era was pure magic.
Michael Jackson will be missed forever.
"Thriller" made me want to become a makeup artist.
Park Avenue and Vivian - I couldn't get enough Thriller either when it first came out back in the day. Although I have to admit, I'm still kind of creeped out by it and afraid of getting nightmares from seeing Michael's turning point scene where he becomes the zombie!
But agreed, Vivian - the makeup was INsane!
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