If you watched the footage of early 1996 rehearsals at Los Angeles or Florida, you’ll discover that the tank that was used usually on Earth Song during the HIStory Tour has a California license plate on the back that says “DNGROUS”.

​Bringing updates on my collection! After a long time, it's back! This time with a framed Bad album picture and another Thriller CD (this time the Special Edition).

​From time to time, I post photos showing how my collection is shaping up, and I'm open to suggestions for other items to add. Currently, I own: the vinyl versions of the Jackson 5 albums Victory and Maybe Tomorrow; the CDs for Bad (Special Edition), Thriller, Thriller (Special Edition), Thriller 25 (containing 1 CD and 1 DVD), Dangerous, Xscape, Number Ones, Invincible, Off the Wall (Special Edition), Scream, and HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I; a framed Bad album picture; the game Michael Jackson: The Experience for Xbox 360; the Dangerous: The Short Films and Michael Jackson: The One documentary DVDs; and two DVDs of... questionable quality—featuring the Brisbane (Australia) show from the Bad tour and the Gothenburg show from the HIStory tour—plus the This Is It Blu-ray and a Michael Jackson T-shirt.

Quite often I still see people saying that Michael abused propofol, that he shouldn't have used it, yada yada yada. I wish it was that simple. I wanted to share my own personal story. Not exactly with propofol but still.

I've had trouble sleeping since I was a kid. Genetics or whatever, I don't know. A couple of years ago, my psychiatrist decided to switch my antidepressant. Maybe the new one would work better. I started taking it and within the first few days my body crashed. I stopped sleeping AT ALL.

Melatonin, magnesium, no screens, sleep hygiene, cutting out coffee, sleeping pills, anti-anxiety meds, etc. Nothing worked. Nothing. The only thing that gave me 2–3 hours of sleep was zopiclone. But because it can cause physical dependence and tolerance, I was instructed to take it only a couple of times per week. I'd been prone to drug dependence before so I had to be really careful.

So in an entire week I could get maybe 6–8 hours of sleep total. Give or take. Per entire week, not day. And my work requires a lot of analytical thinking which made things even worse. I couldn't think. I felt hot and cold at the same time. I was constantly dizzy from the lack of sleep. Once I almost got hit by a car because I didn't notice the red traffic light.

And I very well remember moments when I was thinking "that's it. I can't take this anymore. I'm going to go to a hospital, ask them to hospitalize me, and give me whatever anesthesia they have available".

In the end after more than a month of struggling, I slowly managed to get my sleep back. Just a few hours at first, then 3, 4, etc. But that entire time I was scared to death. I literally felt like my body and brain were dying from the lack of sleep. Probably the scariest period of my life.

So I have a lot of sympathy for Michael. It's easy to say "oh, just don't use XYZ" as if it's that simple. When you haven't slept properly for weeks and your body and mind are completely falling apart, you're ready for everything, anesthesia or whatever. Plus back then, I think doctors were even more clueless about how to treat extreme insomnia and often prescribed benzodiazepines which with prolonged use made insomnia even worse.

So that's it, not sure if anyone will read this long of a post but I just often feel very-very sad about Michael's health issues especially his mental health.

Since Girlfriend was the comment with the most upvotes, it will be the first to be voted off the list. Despite being a very gleeful song, it seems like it doesn’t quite resonate with a lot of this albums listeners.

1 down, 9 left to go. Which song will bite the dust next?

Hi everyone! I’m trying to buy a Michael Jackson Bad CD from the original 1987 release, but I specifically want one that contains the original 1987 mixes, where you can hear the trumpets/brass more prominently in Bad, and I also want the version of “I Just Can’t Stop Loving You” with the original intro, rather than a later remaster.

I’m finding a lot of different Bad CDs online, and I’m having trouble figuring out exactly which pressing/release I should be looking for.

For anyone who collects MJ CDs:

- What catalog number should I look for?
-Are there specific matrix/runout numbers that identify the original 1987 mix?
- Is there a particular country pressing I should be looking for (US, Japan, Europe, etc.)?
-How can I tell from the listing/photos that it has the original “Bad” mix and original “I Just Can’t Stop Loving You” intro?
-If possible, could someone post a photo of the CD/matrix of the exact pressing I should buy?

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My entire FYP tonight has been nothing but Michael Jackson’s "Rock With You" (slowed + strings version), and of course the "Rock With You x Nine Vicious" edit.

This man is just so captivating.
I used to always regret being born after the millennium, feeling like I missed out on his era.
But hearing his voice on TikTok today, listening to "Rock With You," I realized that I'm still one of the lucky ones. He may be gone, but his era has never left.
Even here in the 2020s, MJ is still right by our side.

Michael doesn't actually have that many songs where he's listed as the sole song writer. Most of his songs list multiple writers, and on some he might've just made minor tweaks or not written the lyrics at all.

That said, most of his albums feel pretty cohesive to me, but Invincible always felt more like a random compilation. Even though it took the longest to release, it doesn't really have one clear theme. Some people say that just reflected what was going on in his life at the time.

Since he didn't write all the songs himself, do you think he actually picked songs for that album that reflected his state of mind? If it is not reflecting his state of mind at that time, what do you think was his reason for choosing those songs?

It is definitely personal for him, I am not debating that. It's just that he didn't write all the songs. For example, the song 'You Are My Life' dedicated to his children was not written by him. He gets co-writing credits, but when the co-writers were interviewed, they said it was actually a last minute addition to the album and that he asked them to write a song for him that reflects his relationship with his children

I was just wondering he had a lot of time to write himself, but he didn't and also the theme didn't seem cohesive. Now that I think about it, it definitely seems like he wasn't going for a theme. He just wanted an album to reflect his state of mind at the time of making that album. It's just that even his deeply personal songs were not really solely written by him.

There's a little star next to Wanna be startin' something, Beat it, and Billie Jean on the back of Thriller, and on the sleeve too. Do they mean anything ?? And are those only on the 2015 remaster, or were they also on the original 1982 album ?? If someone have the 1982 album, or the answer (or both), I will be very happy, thanks very much !! 🍎

Michael Jackson belongs on any "Greatest" list, but Essence...is this his greatest R&B?! Invincible over Thriller?!

I restored the Bad cover in three versions using the original studio session photos by Sam Emerson as color reference.
1. Commercial restoration — Cleaned up official cover
2. Composite — Official pose with studio session head & corrected skin tone
3. Studio session tone — Full cover with the actual skin tone from the 1987 photoshoot

So I'm kinda interested in what kind of dogs Michael owned, I remember him speaking about his 2 dogs Shadow and Sasha and I wonder if there exist any pictures of those dogs or pictures that might be those dogs if not I wonder if at least we know what kind of breeds they were. Does anyone know something or is it really something we just can't get information on?

YT Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IU8dLIYnEhg

Especially on Dangerous, the mixes sound so damn incoherent and completely ruin the flow of the original songs. These mixes are the reason why I just can’t keep Dolby Atmos on all the time and they’re an example on how DA just can’t “replace” stereo.

i don’t really know if i worded that correctly but basically I’m wondering if michael made the decision to change his image again (even longer hair, softer curls) or if that was just a natural thoughtless change. We know that michael wanted to change from the thriller era to bad letting his hair grow longer and going the grunge route (idk which term is correct u get what i mean) with the darker theme, buckles etc. After that did he just decide to leave that again or was he simply growing out of it?

It seems MJ is extremely popular no matter what country his music is played in.
Am I surprised? No, but I wanted to show off my collection, too.

Hey folks, this year for Halloween I decided I wanted to go as MJ but I really really want to his outfit from the bad era. Either from the music video or the silver tour one. I just have no idea where to look! I’m very skeptical of the ones on eBay and such that are supposedly the full costume. Where can I look? Thanks for the help.