Is Pop Music The Grim Reaper?

Did It All Start With A Hound Dog?

Did Michael Jackson ever sing a song that was meaningful to his life? Later in his career, I believe he did, but in establishing himself as a singer from youth to manhood he was mostly directed to just sing the words. Someone else created the music. Those songwriters could have been equally successful crafting commercial jingles for a new shampoo.

The lyrics are not the best part of many of Michael’s hit songs, such as “ABC”, “Thriller”, and “Off The Wall”. These songs represent words written to sound better with specific music and most importantly for Michael’s talent. If you read the words aloud without music they are underwhelming.

‘Cause this is thriller, thriller night
And no one’s gonna save you from the beast about to strike
You know it’s thriller, thriller night
You’re fighting for your life inside a killer thriller tonight, yeah
Thriller (1984)

When the world is on your shoulder
Gotta straighten up your act and boogie down
If you can't hang with the feelin'
Then there ain't no room fo…