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Voice A:He's like famous.He dances good.And when he was a little boy,he was singing so cool. Voice B:I grew up with his music and I think he is extremely talented. Voice C:This kid does a bit of everything, just so different so unique in his style. Voice D:His thing is music.OK.He is just himself,you know. Voice E:People would die for him.You see all those pictures of people crying and trampling over each other just to get a glimpse of him. Voice F:I think he is the ultimate live performer. Voice G:I don't know how he can dance like that. Voice H:He is a great singer.I love him. Voice I:He is a genius. Voice J:He is the King of Pop. Voice K:The man is just tremendous.And I am in my seventies and I love him,so you can imagine what might teenagers do. Voice L:He's always been the greatest in my book. Voice M:I think he is, you know, a gift to people who love music. Voice N:I just wish that he would just kinda take down his walls and show the world who he really is.
Good evening.I am Oprah Winfrey,bringing you a world exclusive interview with the most illusive superstar in the history of music-Michael Jackson.I'm here in front of his California home.It's a ranch on the outskirts of Santa Barbara,where just inside is the man who has broken every possible music record,denied interviews and defied definition for years.For nearly a quarter of a century,he has been an innovator of music,of dance,of videos,even fashion,and nothing he does is anything short of spectacular.Tonight Michael Jackson will continue to surprise us with a rare personal tour of his astounding home,which includes a private movie theatre and a full-scale amusement park.You're also going to see a special performance by him and the world premiere of his latest music video.Tonight the silence is broken.
Michael Jackson's home is nothing like anyone would expect.I thought there were going to be a few llamas roaming around the living room and maybe some chimps jumping around.Don't get me wrong.I was dead wrong.There are plenty of mind boggling areas on this 2700 acre ranch which you will see during the next 90 minutes. But where Michael Jackson eats and where he sleeps and where he lives is quite simply a beautiful home.There is a library here filled with leather bound classics and artwork on the walls,not at all what we thought we'd find.Before we meet the man who does live here,it is important to know where he came from,for his history is nothing short of incredible.
Michael Jackson is the seventh of nine brothers and sisters born in
This video tape of the (Those youngsters are amazing and the little fella in front is incredible.)
For the Jacksons'family their life changed almost overningt.They went from obscurity to super stardom,filled with concert tours,limousines and TV appearances.But it was little Michael who was getting the most attention.As the number one hits continue to accumulate,Michael became a star in his own right,releasing song after song,each one turing to gold.As the years rolled by,the Jacksons' success continued while their music changed with the changing times.But as the boys grew older,who could have guessed what lay in store for Michael Jackson.
("What's going to happen when your voice changes?""Just change.""Are you going to be able to stay singing?""Yeah.")
-Ladies and gentlemen,Michael Jackson. Your own house.OK,well.How nervous are you right now? -How what? -How nervous are you right now? -I am not nervous at all,actually. -You really aren't? -No,I never get nervous. -You don't? -No. -Not even for your first interview and it is live around the world?I thought you'd be a little nervous.But that's great because if you are not nervous I won't be nervous.I just want to let the world know that when we agreed to do this interview you said you would be willing to talk to me about everything and we haven't discussed one single question that's going to be asked tonight.Just want to make that right. -That's very true. -Very true.When we were watching,I was watching you in the background there watching the videos of your early years.Did they bring back memories for you? -It made me giggle because I haven't seen that footage in a long time.Did it bring back memories?Yes.Me and my brothers who I love dearly and it is just a wonderful moment for me. -I saw you laugh when you saw yourself singing Baby,baby,baby... -Yeah.James Brown,I think James Brown is a genius,you know,when he is with the famous Flames,just unbelievable.And I used to watch him on television.I used to get angry at the camera man because whenever he would really start to dance there would be on a close-up that I couldn't see his feet.So I'd throw things.I would be angry.I'd say "Show him show him.",so I could watch and learn. -So he was a big mentor for you? -Yeah. And who else was? -Jackie Wilson,who I adore as an entertainer.And of course,music,Motown,the Bee Gees who are brilliant.I just love great music. -So when I looked at those tapes of you,and heaven knows,putting these together, I think I've seen every piece of video ever done of you.And watching those tapes when,especially in the younger years,you seem to really come alive on stage.There was something going on with you when you were a little boy on stage.Were you as happy off stage as you appeared to be on stage? -Well,on stage for me was home.I was most comfortable and still most comfortable on stage.But once I got off stage,I was like,very sad. -Really? -Yes. -And sad from the beginning? Sad since it first started? -Lonely,sad,having to face with popularity and all of that.There were times when I had great times with my brothers,pillow fights and things.But I was always,used to always cry for loneliness. -You did? -Yes. -Beginning at what age? -Oh,very little,eight,nine. -When you all first became famous? -Yes. -So it wasn't what it appeared to be to the rest of the world,all of us...I remember I was a little black child,wanted to marry Jackie Jackson,your brother,so I mean to all of us we thought this was the most wonderful thing in the world.Who wouldn't have wanted that life? -It is wonderful.There is a lot of wonderment in being famous.You travel the world,you see things, you meet people,you go places.It is great.But then there is the other side,which I am not complaining,as there is lots of rehearsal and you have to put in a lot of your time,give of yourself a lot. -Do you feel...I talked with Susan De Passe the other day,and Susan De Passe worked with you for a long time at Motown and really groomed you all and found the outfits for the Ed Sullivan shows. And Susan had some interesting theories about your childhood.We talked about whether or not it was really lost,was it? -Well,especially now I come to realize.And then I would do my schooling which was three hours with a tutor and right after that,you know, I'd go to the recording studio and record.And I'd record for hours and hours until It's time to go to sleep.And I remember going to the recording studio there was a park across the street and I'd see all the children playing,making noise. And I would cry.It made me sad that I would have to go and work instead. -I want to go to this to hear what Susan had said about your childhood.We are going to look at some pictures of you when you were a little boy. -OK. ("Describe your performance.Describe the performance you put on.""What I do?""Yeah.""Most of my songs are fast.""I mean what do you put into it.""Well,whatever I sing that is I really mean.") (Susan:I knew Michael Jackson when he was nine years old,going on ten.And he was a little boy in many ways.And then he got out on stage,be this dynamic superstar.He lost the ability to be a kid before his twelveth birthday.Michael Jackson really was never able to go anywhere without a bodyguard,without a limiting,without,you know, people to protect him from his success.Could not ever be able to just go out to the park and look up at the sky and could not be able to go to the movies.I just think he has paid a tremendous price.) -Susan said it was a heavy price.I want to know how big a price it was,losing your childhood or having this kind of life? -Well,you don't get to do things that other children get to do,you know,the simple things that they so much take for granted,having friends and slumber parties and buddies and just hanging out.There was none of that for me.I didn't have any friends when I was little.My brothers were my friends. -Was there ever a place where,because you know children,you know I remember having played games,talking to myself,playing with my dolls and all that.Was there,I think every child needs a place to escape into,a child's world,into child's imagination,was there ever a time you could do that? -No.And that's why I think now because I didn't have it then, I compensate for that.I mean,people wonder why I always have children around,because I find thing that I never had through them.You know,Disneyland,amusement parks and arcade games,I adore all that stuff because when I was little,it was always work,work,work, from one concert to the next.If it wasn't concert,it was the recording studio.If it wasn't that,it was TV shows or interviews or picture sessions.There was always something to do. -Did you feel,Smokey Robinson has said this about you,and so have many other prople,that you were like an old soul in the little body? -When I was,I remember hearing that all the time when I was little.They used to call me a 45-year old midget. Wherever I went I always hear that.I just hear it.I never thought about it. Just like when some people say 'when you were little and you started to sing did you know you were that good?'.And I said I never thought about it.I just did it and it came out.I never thought about it really.
-So here you were Michael Jackson with hits.You all had so many hits,four hits in a row.And you were crying because you couldn't be like other kids. -Well,I loved show business and I still love show business.But then there are times you want to play and have some fun and that part did make me sad.I remember one time we were ready to go to South America.Everybody was packed up in the car and it was ready even to go. I hid.I was crying when I was hiding because I really did not want to go.I wanted to play.I did not want to go. -Were your brothers jealous of you when you started getting all the attention? -Not that I know of,no. -You never felt a sense of jealousy? -Er,let me think.No. -No? -No.I think they were always happy for me that I could do certain things,you know.But I've never thought of jealousy among them.No. -Do you feel they're jealous of you now? -I wouldn't think so.I don't think so.No. -No.What's your relationship like with your family?Are you all close still? -I love my family very much.I wish I could see them a little more often than I do.But we understand because we're a show business family,we all work.We do have family day when we all get together.We pick up a person's house.It might be Jermaine's house,or Marlon's house or Tito's house.And everybody would come together in fellowship.We love each other and talk and catch up on who is doing what,you know. -You all weren't upset about LaToya and LaToya's book and the things that LaToya had said about the family? -Well,I haven't read Latoya's book.I just know I love my sister dearly.I love Latoya and I always will and I always see her as the happy,loving Latoya that I remember growing up with.So I couldn't completely answer on that. -Do you feel that some of the things she has been saying are true? -I couldn't answer,Oprah.Honestly,I haven't read the book.That is honest true. -So let's go back to when you were growing up and feeling all of this.Well, I guess there was a sense of anguish, I guess.So there was nobody for you to play with other than your brothers?You never had slumber parties,you never. -No. -Never. -No. -So I am wondering for you being this cute little boy that everybody adored,that everybody who comes up to you.They're,you know, pulling your cheeks,and how cute and this child prodigy really.How adolescence affected you because I call,you know, adolescence going through that duck stage.For everything is quack,quack,quack...you know.I am wondering if,when you started to go through adolescence having been,you know, this child superstar,did that have,was there a particularly difficult time for you? -Very,very, very difficult. -Really? -Yes,because I think every childstar suffers through this period,because you are not the cute and charming child that you were.You start to grow and they want to keep you young forever and little forever. -Who is they? -The public.And,you know,nature takes its course. And... -It does. -And I have pimples so badly.That made me so shy.I used not to look at myself.I washed my face in the dark. I wouldn't want to look at in the mirror. -Really? -And my father teased me.And I just hated it.I cried every day because of it. -Your father would tease you about your pimples? -Yes and he would tell me I'm ugly. -Your father would say that? -Yes,he would.Sorry,Joseph. -Yeah.What's your relationship like with him? -I love my father,but I don't know him. -Are you angry with him for doing that?I think that's pretty cruel actually. -Am I angry with him? -Because adolescence is just hard enough without a parent telling you that you're ugly. -Yes,very difficult.Am I angry with him?Sometime I do get angry.I don't know him though I'd like to know.My mother is wonderful.To me she is perfection.I just wish I could understand my father. -And so let's talk about these ten years.What.Is that when you started to go inside yourself because obviously you haven't spoken to any of,to the world for,you know,fourteen years,I think,since your last televised interview.So you went inside,you became a recluse and that was on purpose.Was it to protect yourself? -I felt that there wasn't anything important for me to say.Those were very sad,sad years for me.And… -Why so sad?Because on stage we see you performing,you getting your Grammies, why so sad? -Oh.Here's a lot of sadness about my past life.You know,adolescence and my father and all of those things just made me very very very sad. -So he would tease,make fun of you? -Yes. -Would he,did he ever beat you? -Yes. -He did? -Yes. -And that was difficult to take,getting a beat and going on stage and performing. -Yes. -Why would he beat you? -Because he saw me...He wanted me to...I guess maybe I don't know but if I was his golden child or whatever it was.And some because of the strict disciplinarian or whatever.But he was very strict,very hard and very stern.Just a look would scare you,you know. -Were you scared of him? -Very,frightened.There's been times when he'd come to see me,I would get sick. -Really? -I started regurtitate. -As a child or as an adult? -Both. -Both. -He has never heard me say this.I am sorry.Please don't be mad at me. -Well,I mean I suppose that everybody has to take responsibility for what they've done in life.And your father is one of those people who also have to take responsibility. -But I do love him. -Yes,I understand. -And I forgive him,you know,I don't.. -But can you really forgive?I say this on my short of time.Can you really forgive if you haven't gone angry?If you haven't dealt without you really feel?I don't know if you can go from having been abused to forgiveness. -I do forgive.There is so much garbage and so much trash that is written about me.It's so untrue.They are complete lies.And those are some of the things I want to talk about.The press has made so much God awful, horrifying stories.They are completely appalling,completely appalling! And so far from the truth,it has made me to realize the more often a person tells a lie,the more time you hear a lie.I mean you begin to believe it.If it's told often enough,you start to believe it.It's appalling the things that have been said about me.They are completely false. (To be continued)
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