I didn't watch the live version. Knowing me, I would cry.. no! I would wail like pempuan mati laki at 1 in the morning and when I wake up the next day, I would be Kermit the Frog's twin.
So yesterday, I watched it after work. 7pm show at 711. True enough, I cried when Mariah Carey sang her version of I'll Be There and that was what? Barely 10 mins of the show? It got worst, my crying that is, when Stevie Wonder performed. He said something like he wished he didn't live to be in this moment and that really broke my heart.
Like most people, especially those who were born in the 70s, I grew up hooked on to MJ. Thriller never failed to make me scream in horror when that eerie man's voice 'laughing' at the end of the song. I stopped screaming at the age of 10 I think when Abah suddenly 'screamed' louder than I was.
"HOOIII!! HAMENDE JERIT2 NIH?!!!"
Bisu terus mak.
I remember when the Dangerous album was released. I saved up my school allowances so I could buy the cassette. And when I finally got it, I would play and replay and rewind the same cassette day in day out. There was one time, Abah was driving me to school and as usual, I quickly took out the cassette from my Walkman and slot it in the car cassette player. The first track was Dangerous and there was the sound of glass breaking in it. Abah immediately stopped the car and frantically screamed, "HAH!! APA PECAH APA PECAAHHHH?!!!" Nyeh nyeh. Nasib Abah takde heart attack kan.
My normal alarm to wake me up every morning is the radio. On 26th June 2009, at 730am, when the radio was blaring, the first thing I heard was the death of Farah Fawcett and I thought to myself, oh well. And then, the dj continued to say in grief about MJ's death and I thought to myself, that's funny lah!! MJ can NEVER die. He's immortal. And when I switched on the tv and watched CNN, it finally sunk in. He was truly gone.
Al-Fatihah and RIP MJ (mana2 yang sampai lah).
You will be sorely missed.
*meraung*
So yesterday, I watched it after work. 7pm show at 711. True enough, I cried when Mariah Carey sang her version of I'll Be There and that was what? Barely 10 mins of the show? It got worst, my crying that is, when Stevie Wonder performed. He said something like he wished he didn't live to be in this moment and that really broke my heart.
Like most people, especially those who were born in the 70s, I grew up hooked on to MJ. Thriller never failed to make me scream in horror when that eerie man's voice 'laughing' at the end of the song. I stopped screaming at the age of 10 I think when Abah suddenly 'screamed' louder than I was.
"HOOIII!! HAMENDE JERIT2 NIH?!!!"
Bisu terus mak.
I remember when the Dangerous album was released. I saved up my school allowances so I could buy the cassette. And when I finally got it, I would play and replay and rewind the same cassette day in day out. There was one time, Abah was driving me to school and as usual, I quickly took out the cassette from my Walkman and slot it in the car cassette player. The first track was Dangerous and there was the sound of glass breaking in it. Abah immediately stopped the car and frantically screamed, "HAH!! APA PECAH APA PECAAHHHH?!!!" Nyeh nyeh. Nasib Abah takde heart attack kan.
My normal alarm to wake me up every morning is the radio. On 26th June 2009, at 730am, when the radio was blaring, the first thing I heard was the death of Farah Fawcett and I thought to myself, oh well. And then, the dj continued to say in grief about MJ's death and I thought to myself, that's funny lah!! MJ can NEVER die. He's immortal. And when I switched on the tv and watched CNN, it finally sunk in. He was truly gone.
Al-Fatihah and RIP MJ (mana2 yang sampai lah).
You will be sorely missed.
*meraung*
4 orang buang masa di GayahLand:
well, it is justified to cry. Its a funeral anyway!
what I dun understand is, ppl who cry ast weddings!
err... maybe they were thinking, "halamakkk.. there goes another setan.." or "the groom was supposed to be miiiiinnnneeeeeee you blardy biiitttccchhhhhh" or simply "tengok!! setan gondol tu pun kawen dulu dari akuuuuuuu"
hence, the cry.
hik.
people cry at weddings because they are happy at funerals because they are sad but when you cry because your fellow contestant in AF got voted out and your are nearer to being the juara, happy ke sad tu?
that, my friend, is pathetic.
sorry. anything to do with AF to me is pathetic. hehe.
oh. loved your writings. i just managed to read your latest entry on the boy last picked or something and it moved me. kudos mate!
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