مایکل جکسون طبق گفتهی خودش رابطهی خوبی با پدرش نداشت. جو جکسون در کودکی او را تحقیر میکرد و مورد خشونت قرار میداد. اما مایکل با این حال در مصاحبههایش عشق خود را نسبت به پدرش ابراز کرده بود.
جو جکسون موسس گروه موسیقی جکسون فایو در دهه ۶۰ میلادی است. این گروه که متشکل از مایکل و برادراناش بود از اعماق فقر در شهر گری برخاست و بدل به یکی از شناخته شدهترین و موفقترین گروههای موسیقی در آمریکا شد. مایکل، تکخوان این گروه، پلههای ترقی را پشت سر هم پیمود و در اوج جوانی بدل به پادشاه پاپ و مشهورترین ستارهی تاریخ شد.
جو جکسون که به تازگی ۸۶ ساله شده است، در توییترش به صحبت در مورد خانواده، حمایت از فعالیتهایشان و ابراز عشق به آنها میپردازد.
Michael: "Michael was like this. He was the type of kid who loved kids. I remember, .. a long time ago, when I used to give him his allowance after the shows. He would use it all up to buy a lot of candy. He would get the children in the neighbourhood to sit down with him in a circle, and he would keep feeding them candy, laughing and having the time of his life. I would look at him and it was beyond me, how in the world he got the most pleasure watching other kids eat candy.
Another thing, he was so fast. That boy was quick. Once we had a very mean dog in the yard, a black doberman. This dog was so mean and fierce, we called him by a dictator's name (I can't mention the name). Now every Sunday, Michael would practise his dancing for about ۲ to ۳ hours. He had just got done doing his routine and was out walking with Randy his little brother. They did not notice that the dog had got out of the yard and it came chasing after them. Michael was so fast, dashing out of the dog's way in the split of a second and jumping on top of the car. The dog did however get Randy, biting Randy on his back leg. I rushed after the dog and was able to set Randy free. It was very dangerous because Randy might never have been able to walk again, had the dog continued its bite. Years have gone by and I can still see it all happening like a movie. How Michael was able to outrun the dog that fast, and still have the presence of mind to Jump is beyond me.
What else ... Let me see, He was also a master at imitation. He could see something once, and would be able to imitate it. The songs he did, he did at home, so when he went into the studio, he knew exactly what he wanted. Somehow he knew how to think ahead.
He did save my life once. During the early days, there was this gang who would come to shows without paying and take our instruments which we had paid dearly for with the little money we had. My boys and I were getting ready to do a show, when this group showed up. I was not having it anymore this time and I stood up to fight them by myself. I was putting up a fight, when one of them knocked me in the back of my head with a microphone, knocking me out cold. As I lay unconscious, bleeding, little did I know, but Michael had run into the street to pay phone. He called out to people walking by if they could carry him, as he was unable to reach the phone because of his height. They did lift him up, and he called ۹-۱-۱.
After the ambulance got to the show and worked on me, I was barely able to get up. I remember Michael and the boys looking at me with their youthful eyes, full of confusion as if asking "What do we do know?". I looked straight at them and without any hesitation said "You go on stage and do the show, like nothing has happened. The show must always go on!" Michael internalized that lesson and over the years, even in pain, stress, sadness, he would never let the public see it. He was a professional till the end. In my eyes "The Greatest Entertainer that ever lived".
http://www.jwjackson.com/?p=۱۵۷۲
denying Michael, Janet, and the rest of the famed-singing Jackson family have talent, but each has admitted that the driving force behind their success is their controversial patriarch, Joseph Jackson. People have speculated whether it was strict parenting or abuse which propelled his children to stardom, and, admittedly Joe has called himself a harsh disciplinarian. But all in all, he loves his adult children and estranged wife Katherine, and it's evident in recent blog posts posted to his website.
Papa Joe celebrated his ۸۶th birthday on July ۲۶ in Spain, and during the ten days prior, he reflected on each of his family members (one each day, in order of birth), sharing memories and fun moments about each member. Beginning with Katherine, he writes, "What I can say about Katherine, is she has the most gentle soul of any one I have ever met. And she loved her children. Many don't know this but she helped me a lot rehearsing the kids. Although she does not celebrate birthdays she knows all their birthday's by heart....There is so much of Michael in her."
And when it comes to his kids, he has nothing but good things to say. About Jermaine, he says he sings ballads better than anyone he knows. "I have always felt that no one can sing a ballad song better than Jermaine. He has a God given talent to sing ballads better than anyone in this world. I am not saying this simply because he is my son. I have been around the block and know quality when I hear it. I only wish he sang them more often than he does," he writes. About LaToya, "She has invited me on her show multiple times and makes certain to attend any of my events. I have grown very close to her over the years. She has surprised me in a very positive way. Never in my dreams did I imagine her showing me this much appreciation and love."
Read more: http://singersroom.com/content/۲۰۱۴-۰۷-۲۷/Joe-Jackson-Lovingly-Talks-About-Famous-Family-via-Blog/#ixzz۳۸mnI۰FPg
Source: singersroom / Elle Breezy / MJ-U
Joseph Jackson @Joe۵Jackson · Jun ۲۶
A special I LOVE YOU to Prince, Paris and Blanket. You are very brave children and have gone through so much. I admire your courange. Love U
"I would like to thank the Estate of Michael Jackson for taking care of my wife Katherine and my grandchildren Prince, Paris and blanket." ...
۸۶ years old. To my grandchildren.By Angel Howansky on July ۳۰, ۲۰۱۴ ۶
I would like to thank everyone for the heartfelt messages of best wishes on my Birthday. ۸۶ years old and still going strong. I spent the full week of my birthday between Tokyo, Barcelona and I am on my way right now to New York via London. I want to thank the fans who continue to be loyal and kind to me. Everywhere I have gone, I have been shown much love. A few words on my ۸۶th Birthday to all my grand kids. You are so many
society
The three pictures are all of me. I never listened to society when it told me, that my life was destined for the steel mill. That my offspring to a life of hardship. I never listened when it judged us by our race. I never listened when it said our music could not transcend race, culture, boarders or religion. I never listened when I was laughed at for dreaming I would make my family (Your uncles) into a music group. I did not care when I heard the laughter of the neighbors and the mockery and sinister comments. I never listen when it called my late son names, ridiculed and joked about him. Society would not have cared had we been on welfare in Gary Indiana, nor would it have come with a helping hand. It had no chicken in that fight. Why would I care what it thinks, writes or says about me, now ! Why ? Why would I ?? Why in the world would I ???
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All it takes is to believe in yourself. But you cannot be able to believe in yourself if at the same time you listen to all the negative comments of others. The two do not go together. Let others spend their time writing and talking negatively about you. Let them talk, you go and do it!. Belief comes with experience. So do not be afraid to feel scared. It is o.k. Your uncles were scared too. Society may predict, but only you will determine your destiny.
J۵
I remember at the Apollo theater, they had heard that if you can perform there and they accept you, you can perform anywhere in the world. But they also heard that if they did not accept you, they would throw things at you on stage.That scared them like crazy. I remember watching them touch a little stump on the stage for good luck.After they got through that show, I could see the belief in their eyes and I knew nothing could stop us.
Joseph Jackson and His Grand Daughter Stevana Jackson
Graduation of Stevana Jackson, Harvard University
Stevana: I would travel all over for you. I remember flying back to Boston for your graduation. I would not miss it for anything in the world. It was a great day to watch you graduate. I look forward always to your calls and visits. The little notes and touching birthday wishes. You never fail to send me. Stay focused, the world is yours.
brandi
Brandi: You have grown up so quickly. Seems only yesterday you were a baby. Your actions are true. Coming to the hospital when I suffered ۴ strokes and staying by my bedside.
princePrince: I know your father Michael raised you right and you will never forget him. I know you loved him dearly. You are only finding out now how big he was. I enjoy your calls all the time. "Hi Grandpa, I am just checking on you": I can hear that sentence even as I dictate this.
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