The Journal of Michael Jackson Academic Studies | ISSN: 2452-0497
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Sources for Songs and Videos: Songs: Jackson, Michael. Bad. Epic Records, 1987. CD. All songs used. Jackson, Michael and John Barnes. “We Are Here to Change the World.” Michael Jackson: The Ultimate Collection. MJJ Productions, 2004. CD. Videos: “Bad,” dir. Martin Scorsese. Part 1: Gentili, Read More …
“I love to create magic—to put something together that’s so unusual, so unexpected that it blows people’s heads off. Something ahead of the times.” (Michael Jackson to Interview Magazine, October 1982). As you walk down the aisle at a record store, you spot a copy Read More …
Adorno, Theodor. “On Popular Music.” Storey Reader 73-84. Albrecht, Michael Mario. “Dead Man in the Mirror: The Performative Aspects of Michael Jackson’s Posthumous Body.” Journal of Popular Culture. 46.4 (2013): 705-724. Web. Althusser, Louis. “Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses.” Storey Reader 336-346. “Bad, adj., n.2, Read More …
Michael Jackson doesn’t fit neatly into the role of producer, since we consume not only the music he makes but also him and his performances. This signals that a more comprehensive model than the two presented in the introduction must be constructed to better understand Read More …