Tributes
The world was shocked with the news of the passing of two pop culture icons: Michael Jackson and Farah Fawcett. Having been born in the ’80s, we grew up seeing both of them on TV. We sang and danced along MJ’s hits and enjoyed his MTVs. We followed their sometimes controversial lives too.
Recently (before their deaths), they were on the public eye once more. Farrah’s Story premiered back in May. It’s a documentary of her battle with anal cancer. At the time of the premier, there was some buzz about it. I was hoping to watch the whole documentary on YouTube but only found part 5. Even with just that part though, one can already be moved by her story. I hope they show the full docu in the Philippines.
Here are two video montage of Farrah’s, both prepared before her death. There are many tributes posted by fans but I chose to showcase these two because the music wasn’t heavy, and the photos of Farrah show her just the way I see her in my mind.
Oops. The embed feature is not enabled for the other video, so here’s the link to it instead: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJSDU3eyIaA
The Jacko was also in the news recently as there’s a scheduled World Tour signaling his comeback. His life was riddled with controversies and I must admit, it was the issues involving kids that had me turning away from him. But no matter how he led his personal life, it cannot be denied that he made great music that has influenced many many others.
There are so many video tributes for MJ, but this is probably my favorite acoustic rendition of Thriller:
I didn’t know Emily Elbert, but I like her and will try to find more of her music.
Here in the Philippines, the YouTube famous Dancing Inmates also prepared a tribute for MJ whose Thriller music video was their inspiration for their most popular performance: