'Leaving Neverland' doccie made every Michael Jackson song sound different IOL_Lifestyle
If you make it through all four hours of "Leaving Neverland," you'll see the credits rolling next to images of a bonfire consuming a sequined glove, a red leather jacket and the cover of an album that sold more than 66 million copies. The flames give a quiet command. Go gather up whatever you have and throw it in. You certainly have something. He's Michael Jackson. Now let's be done with him.
And whether or not you want to listen to another Michael Jackson song in your life, it's not really up to you. There will still be house parties, and wedding receptions, and karaoke contests, and barbecues, and Friday nights on dance floors where "Billie Jean" makes the room spin. Maybe we won't hear these songs as frequently now, but there will always be fans fluent in the finest details of Jackson's music who refuse to hear the big, horrible truth about who he really was.
But a song's meaning doesn't reside exclusively in its lyrics, which means Jackson's voice radiates a new aura as well. The softness and the levity in his falsetto used to make his songs feel resistant to gravity. Now, it sounds like he was using a child's voice as some kind of insidious disguise. The precision and control in his phrasing used to feel like a generous craftsman's gift to humanity.
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