1958MJJmoonwalker7
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why did the tablolids mock him? also i was thinking of this; if you were a dedicated mj fan, wouldnt you want to see him in any way, shape, or form? (the victory tour) even if it was a flop, they still got to see mj!I believe that Michael should have never listened to his parents to work with his brothers in 1984. He was at his absolute peak at that time. He just created Thriller, which became the biggest selling album, his music videos and the Motown 25 special were huge and he was extremely popular. Tabloids started to mock him, but not nearly as much as they did after 1985. He won all those grammy awards, he was good-looking, mysterious and cool at the same time and had a very creative time.
We don't know for sure what he would have done in 84 if he had refused his mother's request, but I am sure the outcome would have been better. Imagine a Thriller World Tour with all the energy he had. Michael could have become even bigger that he was and continue from there on.
I think the album Victory was a huge disappointment to his fans and to critics. Nobody cared for any of the songs, except maybe for State of Shock (which he could have released as a single while touring Thriller). His gigantic success of Thriller was slowed down by the Victory album and the tour. He wasn't giving his all, he didn't like the tour. He let down Europe and too much time passed until the release of Bad. His flame was still big in 87 of course, but not as big as it was in 83. He became freakier in the public eye and obviously had a hard time building on the success of the previous album. I think he missed the perfect time and suffered from that for the rest of his life (artistically). He always wanted to get back to who he was in 1983 and that never worked out. And of course he wouldn't have burned his head if he didn't work with his brothers.
I don't really want this to be a what if thread, I just want to point out that in my eyes he did his biggest mistake in his career here and never recovered from that. I think this was worse than some other artistic choices he made (e.g. Invincible, MGM concerts, lypsync etc.)
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