Post edited 2:10 pm – July 19, 2009 by Alfaomega
I watched the memorial again.
Song:We are going to see the King
1. Pastor Lucious Smith:
“Our hearts are heavy today because this man,this brother, this son, this father and this friend has gone far too soon.
But as long as we remember our time with him the truth is: he has never really gone at all.
Song: I´ll be there
….
Song:Steve Wonder: I´ll never dreamed you´ll leave in Summer
Magic Johnson:…tells the anecdote whenthe chef brought him the chicken and brought MJ a box of Kentucky fried chicken.
Magic Johnson ends with:
may God continue to bless you.
Song: Jennifer Hudson
Michael´s voive and text on screen:
In my darkest hour
In my deepest despair
Will you care?
Will you be there?
In my trials?
and my tribulations
Through my doubts
and frustrations
In my violence
In my turbulence
Through my fear
and my confessions
In my anguish
and my pains (the original recording says pain)
Through my joy
and my sorrow
In the promise
of another tomorrow
I´ll never let you part
For you´re always in my heart.
Rev. Sharpton appears on stage-
We read on the big screen:
There´s nothing that can´t be done
if we raise our voice as one.
—-
Song:Jermain Jackson: Smile
Smile, though your heart is aching
Smile, even though it's breaking
When there are clouds in the sky
You'll get by…
If you smile
With your fear and sorrow
Smile and maybe tomorrow
You'll find that life is still worthwhile
If you just…
Light up your face with sadness (original says gladness)
Hide every trace of gladness (original says sadness)
Although a tear may be ever so near
That's the time you must keep on trying
Smile, what's the use of crying
You'll find that life is still worthwhile
If you just…
Smile, though your heart is aching
Smile, even though it's breaking
When there are clouds in the sky
You'll get by…
That's the time you must keep on trying
Smile, what's the use of crying
You'll find that life is still worthwhile
If you just smile
Martin Luther King III & Berenice King appear on stage.
We read on the big screen:
They say the sky´s the limit,
and to me that is really true
(this is from the song Bad and the next lines are, :
But My Friend You Have
Seen Nothing
Just Wait 'Til I Get
Through . . .)
…
Kenny Ortega: We were here less than a week ago and Michael was with us.
(MJ “died” 25 June and Kenny states on July 7th they were there less than a week ago??? )
Kenny O: We were all here,we were family and this was his house.
So, when the Jackson family and Randy Philips
asked Ken to help put together this memorial
we knew we had to do it here,
we knew we had to invite to join us here…
We can see Mj´s last rehearsal photo with the This is it letters on the background.
We were immediately surrounded by countless family, artists and friends
and dear hearts, who inconditionally made this day possible.
As we came together as a team
we knew we had to celebrate Michael´s life through his music
and his passing (synonims for passing: decease, defunction, demise, dissolution, end, finish, loss, silence, sleep, termination)
Both Ken and I worked with Michael over the years
and Michael and I were here in the final stages of mounting
what we all knew and we all saw
I promise you,
was his triumphant return to the world
It was also,it was also,I think
his greatest personal work.
We did it all night,
all in this stage of Staples,
so before we conclude today´s memorial
we wanted to present a performance from the London This is It Concerts,
the fans have been asking for it.
This was one of Michael´s very, very favorites moments of the show always.
He created this and brought it to life.
It is a living testament of his ability of being timeless and timely
musical and magic.
This is for him his living legacy, his care, his heart, his concerns about our planet, about the human condition.
MJ will live in our hearts forever,
Heal the World,
make this a better place
for our children,
for our children´s children.
Michael (Ken looks up to the ceiling)
We love you more!
Join us!
Song: Heal the World
The cast joins on stage
Song:We are the World.
One of Michael´s impersonators appears on stage and starts to sing, and the the other singers and the whole group)
Jermain says thank you to everybody and then Marlon Jackson speaks and tells the audience about the day when he went to the record store and there was this man purchasing a lot of CDs and he would go and grab another pack of CDs. He was an older gentleman. He had short afro, but crooket teeth and his clothes were rampled. I walked right behind him and said: “Michael, what are you doing in this store?”
He turned to me and said:”Marlon,how did you know it was me?”
I told him:”You are my brother, I can spot you anywhere regardless of your make-up.
I know your walk, I know your body language and those shoes did not help.
Michael wore the same shoes, wherever he went.But I guess that was his way of trying to experience what we take for granted.
We will never understand what he endured:
Not being able to walk across a street without a crowd gathering around him.
Being judged, ridiculed. How much pain can one take.
Maybe now,Michael, they will leave you alone.
(Janet says yes with her head)
….Michael I love you.
You know the Lord has a purpose for everything.
and sometimes we just can´t see it or understand it.
But it will be clear to us
when we reach that ultimate,ultimate reward of being in his prescense.
And Michael you´re there,you´re there.
You have finished your work here on Earth
and the Lord has called you to go home with him.
So, I thank you Michael, I thank you for all the smiles,
That you placed in many people´s hearts and I thank you for everything you have done.
…
Please give a big hug to my twin brother Brandon.
Paris speaks:
“I just wanna say“
(Janet: “speak out,peak out”..)
Paris continues: “Ever since I was born,Daddy has been the best father you can ever imagine and I just want to say i love you so much.”
We see at the end the following written on the screen:
I´m alive and I´m here forever.
The memorial has been a clear way of showing to everybody, who
Michael Jackson was in reality, te one who was known by his kids,familiy, friends and people who worked with him.
Not that Michael Jackson that the media, like in the Inquisition, condemned, judged, critized, ridiculed and torture through the constant repetition of what was clear a Michael Jackson Conspiracy.
The Mahatma Gandhi steps:
“First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win.” Mahatma Gandhi
From 1971 to 1984 he was loved.
Then from 1984 to 1993 he was ridicued.
Back in January 27th,1984, that fire accident during the Pepsi comercial was a huge mistake.
Right from that moment and throug the next years untill 1993 rumors and gossips began to appear in magazines and nes about his “extravagancies”
From 1993 to 2005 he was fought. (Trials)
Although he was aquitted from those charges and prooved his innocense,the media continued to mentioned Not his innocense, but that he was charged for child abuse and pedophilia.
From 2009 to ? he will be loved.
When Tmz. first announced that MJ was “dead” and from there on the rest f the meia all around the world, they first announced his death, but in a matter of hours they proceed to remember to everybody that he was charged for charged abuse and pedophilia.
Two days after, after the media realized how much he was loved by his fans all around the world, they started to smooth down and started to talk about his music, the genius, his legacy, his Thriller. of course, mxed with all the “overdose” and “drug abuse” topic, which was sated frst by the familiy´s lawyer Mr. Oxman and then reinforced by Deepak Chopra and Uri Geller.
The official Michael Jackson LiveThis Is It promo begins with the scene from MJ HIstory video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v…..SXXBfaai7I