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Twenty-five years ago today Michael Jackson released perhaps his most important album… Dangerous. Sonically groundbreaking, spiritually profound, sexually provocative and socially conscious, Dangerous exploded onto the music market on November 26th, 1991, taking Michael to new global audiences and cementing his position not only as the King of Pop, but an artist willing to illuminate and challenge some of the world’s most important issues. In many ways, the album is relevant now more than ever. To celebrate twenty-five years of this masterpiece, The MJCast has brought together a roundtable panel of authors, academics and researchers – all mega fans.
Q, Elizabeth, Mike, James, Andy & Samar begin the show by giving brief introductions as to who they are and their early experiences with the Dangerous album, followed by an exploration into the album’s groundbreaking sound. Next, the panel delves into the album’s masterpiece cover art by Mark Ryden, an analysis of the song and video Black Or White and the lyrical messages within Dangerous. The show finishes up with a discussion around the short films for the album. Stay tuned for Part 2 of this Roundtable as we continue our celebrations of Dangerous 25!
Participants
• Q, Co-Host of The MJCast.
• Elizabeth Amisu, author of The Dangerous Philosophies of Michael Jackson: His Music, His Persona, and His Artistic Afterlife.
• Mike Smallcombe, author of Making Michael: Inside the Career of Michael Jackson.
• James Alay
• Andy Healy, author of the MJ 101 series.
• Samar Habib, creator of The Michael Jackson Academia Project.
Topics
• The sound of Dangerous
• The Dangerous album cover
• Black Or White
• The lyrical messages of Dangerous
• Dangerous’ short films
Music Breaks & Ads
• Michael Jackson – Remember The Time (New Jack Main Mix)
• Michael Jackson – In The Closet (The Newark Mix)
• Michael Jackson – Black Or White (Immortal Version)
• Michael Jackson – Dangerous (Live From A Night at the Apollo, 2002)
• Jackson Source
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Late time in coming for this really but my favorite Michael Jackson song, for now is’ Will you be there?” He’s included Aundre Crouch’s choir.Aundre helping to bring about contemporary Christian music into the church. , Aundre bridged the gap between black and white Christian music and revolutionizing the sound of urban Gospel music. Though sometimes criticized for diluting the Christian message by using contemporary music styles, his songs have become staples in churches and hymnals around the world Michael wanted something new that was never done in mainstream artistry. He was friends with Aundre and his twin sister.
Crouch and his sister Sandra had a friendship and music relationship with Michael Jackson.[17] In 1987, the Andraé Crouch Choir sang background vocals along with Siedah Garrett and The Winans (brother and sister Cece and Bebe) on Jackson’s hit single “Man in the Mirror” from the Bad album. The Andraé Crouch Singers were also featured on the songs “Keep the Faith” and “Will You Be There” from Jackson’s 1991 Dangerous album. On Jackson’s HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I project in 1995, the Andraé Crouch Choir is heard on “Earth Song.” They are also heard on “Morphine” from HIStory’s remix album Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix, and one last time on “Speechless” from the Invincible album. Crouch’s composition, “Soon and Very Soon” was performed by the Andraé Crouch Choir at the public memorial service for Jackson held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on July 7, 2009.
Michael included a young boy who translated for the deaf community. This was a beautiful touch. It made me cry because he cared enough to include the deaf community.