Michael Jackson singing "Ben", (hardly any accompaniment + what a voice)

That song is one that comes to mind every time I reminisce my childhood.
Such a pure voice.
I feel the song to the core of my heart.
With all the drama surrounding Michael Jackson, songs such as this one have been forgotten.
I will remember Michael Jackson from his early years with love and affection.
 
You realize this is a song about a rat, Ben was a rat in the movie by the same name. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_(film)
Given his later history with kids I have a hard time listening to Michael.
I thought his mother was really impressive, and although it could not take away other stuff obviously, it did show me he was from a good family.
 
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Michael Jackson was both highly gifted and deeply troubled; the combination of these factors ultimately led to his self-destruction. I expect that we will continue to analyze him and his life for some time to come, as he was extraordinary…

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Not me, I will continue trying to forget and not think of him. Like what I would do with any other deceased or permanently incarcerated podophile. I know the charges were never proven, but I believe them. Just not someone worthy of future thought.


I couldn't agree more !!
 
I guess innocent til proven guilty doesn't live in your world.
I know it is always going to be a contoversial topic, but as others maybe suggested, (or I've dreamt up?), the extreme focus placed by us all on this one then very young man, with all the fame etc., (well above the rest of his talented family, and recognised from a very early age), was perhaps his undoing later in life.
 
Michael Jackson was both highly gifted and deeply troubled; the combination of these factors ultimately led to his self-destruction. I expect that we will continue to analyze him and his life for some time to come, as he was extraordinary…

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He was certainly troubled, but his ultimate destruction was caused by a doctor named Conrad Murray - who served less than 2 years in prison, as well as a team of "dedicated" doctors who kept a drug addict supplied with drugs - for $$$$$$.
 
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I thought this was perhaps an admission, “I’m bad, I’m bad, whoo hoo…….*grabs himself*
 
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I guess innocent til proven guilty doesn't live in your world.
I had doubts about his guilt - until he paid his victim's parents over $20,000,000.00. No more proof needed.
No one does that unless they're guilty. And I'm a fan; I have every CD & video he did. I'm a fan - not a fool.
And, as far as being "proven guilty," O.J. was also not proven guilty. Neither was Robert Blake.
 


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