I got this book as a gift to myself, as I had been borrowing the library copy far too many times.
The price for this was attractive too, I got it on a sale at perhaps half price?
Anyhow, it is worth the original price, for the pictures and quality of the pictures. They all show Michael as we remember him - cute, happy, sunny, relaxed, and having a ball of his time.
The book is filled with his pictures, and is well-balanced with words. As a Michael Jackson fan, I would say to get this book, you get priceless pictures of Michael in his Neverland home. Playing the Pied Piper of Neverland with kids...showing the kids his commissioned poster of himself etc.
Get this! It is a small price to pay for high-quality prints, and to be honest, any Michael Jackson fan worth his salt would already know his history, or enough of his history to NOT be paying more money for wordy biographies that vilify Michael.
We get to see Michael as a human, in his child-like fun-loving happy times.
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LIFE Michael 1958-2009 ハードカバー – 2009/8/18
英語版
Editors of Life
(著)
From this book's first chapter: "To be able to float free, with gravity exerting no impact. To live in Neverland. To be idolized-to be loved-by millions around the world.
"These seem completely unreasonable dreams. But from a boy from Gary, Indiana, who was special from the first, they became more than dreams. They became fundamental needs. And they were achieved during a lifetime that was stunning in its highs and lows, and that was, ultimately, far, far too short.
"Far too short and, more sadly still, perhaps poised for a triumphant next chapter. We will never know."
While that is true-we will never know-we can revisit and celebrate that extraordinary life, and we do so in words and pictures in this special commemorative book. Although Michael Jackson lived just 50 years, he spent the great majority of that time in the public eye. We loved his as a boy, radiating joy and dancing up a storm in the Jackson 5, his falsetto tenor pouring forth from car radios coast to coast. We were subsequently thrilled by his reinvention as the biggest pop star on the planet, with "Billie Jean" and "Beat It" blasting from boom boxes around the world.
The best pictures from each era are here. As you would expect, LIFE magazine, then the country's preeminent photo journal, was onto the Jackson 5 story early-in fact, we put the family on our cover when Michael was still a lad. He made the cover several more times, and he allowed LIFE exclusive access to his private California sanctum called Neverland. We have combed through our archives and found all the famous shots as well as several surprises, including never-before-seen pictures that show the boy and then the man in an unguarded, personal way. Also, we have taken the best from the portfolios of the world's top rock 'n' roll photographers and created, we think, a complete picture of this endlessly compelling entertainer.
Michael Jackson was, like Sinatra, Elvis, the Beatles and few others, a celebrity who not only made us smile but changed the culture-who altered the way that we looked and behaved. In this book, we relive his thrilling life and times, which were our time too.
"These seem completely unreasonable dreams. But from a boy from Gary, Indiana, who was special from the first, they became more than dreams. They became fundamental needs. And they were achieved during a lifetime that was stunning in its highs and lows, and that was, ultimately, far, far too short.
"Far too short and, more sadly still, perhaps poised for a triumphant next chapter. We will never know."
While that is true-we will never know-we can revisit and celebrate that extraordinary life, and we do so in words and pictures in this special commemorative book. Although Michael Jackson lived just 50 years, he spent the great majority of that time in the public eye. We loved his as a boy, radiating joy and dancing up a storm in the Jackson 5, his falsetto tenor pouring forth from car radios coast to coast. We were subsequently thrilled by his reinvention as the biggest pop star on the planet, with "Billie Jean" and "Beat It" blasting from boom boxes around the world.
The best pictures from each era are here. As you would expect, LIFE magazine, then the country's preeminent photo journal, was onto the Jackson 5 story early-in fact, we put the family on our cover when Michael was still a lad. He made the cover several more times, and he allowed LIFE exclusive access to his private California sanctum called Neverland. We have combed through our archives and found all the famous shots as well as several surprises, including never-before-seen pictures that show the boy and then the man in an unguarded, personal way. Also, we have taken the best from the portfolios of the world's top rock 'n' roll photographers and created, we think, a complete picture of this endlessly compelling entertainer.
Michael Jackson was, like Sinatra, Elvis, the Beatles and few others, a celebrity who not only made us smile but changed the culture-who altered the way that we looked and behaved. In this book, we relive his thrilling life and times, which were our time too.
- 本の長さ80ページ
- 言語英語
- 出版社Time Home Entertainment, Inc
- 発売日2009/8/18
- 寸法22.54 x 1.27 x 28.26 cm
- ISBN-101603201300
- ISBN-13978-1603201308
登録情報
- 出版社 : Time Home Entertainment, Inc (2009/8/18)
- 発売日 : 2009/8/18
- 言語 : 英語
- ハードカバー : 80ページ
- ISBN-10 : 1603201300
- ISBN-13 : 978-1603201308
- 寸法 : 22.54 x 1.27 x 28.26 cm
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angelchild
5つ星のうち5.0
Great picture biography of Michael Jackson
2013年5月19日にアメリカ合衆国でレビュー済みAmazonで購入
Hocquet Michel
5つ星のうち5.0
cadeau
2009年9月24日にフランスでレビュー済みAmazonで購入
acquis pour en faire cadeau à une amie fan de M J...
une explosion de bonheur!
une explosion de bonheur!
SuperReader
5つ星のうち5.0
Lots of info on Michael's life and some great pictures!
2011年12月2日にアメリカ合衆国でレビュー済みAmazonで購入
This book came in the mail yesterday. My son is a huge MJ fan, as I am myself, so when I saw this Life book, I had to have it. I have an extensive collection of the LIFE books. I love them.
This book gives a lot of biographical information on Michael. I did think it would have more pictures but it shows some great ones, particularly those taken when Michael was a child. I would have liked to have seen more pictures of him as an adult. His ever changing appearance really adds to the sadness of his life and since it was such a major part of his life, I feel more pictures should have been included.
That said, I highly recommend this book to all Michael Jackson fans. May he rest in peace.
This book gives a lot of biographical information on Michael. I did think it would have more pictures but it shows some great ones, particularly those taken when Michael was a child. I would have liked to have seen more pictures of him as an adult. His ever changing appearance really adds to the sadness of his life and since it was such a major part of his life, I feel more pictures should have been included.
That said, I highly recommend this book to all Michael Jackson fans. May he rest in peace.
tkay
5つ星のうち5.0
Nice Tribute to MJ...
2009年8月9日にアメリカ合衆国でレビュー済みAmazonで購入
This is a must have for any MJ fan. It is hard-cover, unlike many of the other tributes, which is worth the price, period. It has some very nice photos in it and it follows his life from beginning to end. I have two favorite photos: the first one is when he was young, obviously when he was the front "man" of the J5, with the global afro, those big gorgeous eyes and that beautiful skin and the other is one where he is still sporting the afro, (a teenager by this time, young but older than he was on the first photo) walking across a pond, striking a pose, giving us a hint of what was to come.
If you are truly a MJ fan, you won't be disappointed with this one. LIFE did a great job, ENJOY!
If you are truly a MJ fan, you won't be disappointed with this one. LIFE did a great job, ENJOY!
HOWARD SMITH
5つ星のうち5.0
yep LOVED IT!!
2013年6月6日にアメリカ合衆国でレビュー済みAmazonで購入
Ive read that someone said they did'nt like it because it dealt with more of the young
Michael rather than the later years,I dissagree ,Ilike it because of that reason
,I've search high & low for a book chronicling& highlighting the J5,THIS IS
THE CLOSEST THING TO IT...the pictures are great,brings back old memories & good times through the years
I grew up watching Michael& his brothers, & just wanted some kind of memeoribilia with them all...
again its personal preferance,Im a huge J5 fan....& w/o the J5 who kno's may not have been a Michael...
.....Ijs..
Michael rather than the later years,I dissagree ,Ilike it because of that reason
,I've search high & low for a book chronicling& highlighting the J5,THIS IS
THE CLOSEST THING TO IT...the pictures are great,brings back old memories & good times through the years
I grew up watching Michael& his brothers, & just wanted some kind of memeoribilia with them all...
again its personal preferance,Im a huge J5 fan....& w/o the J5 who kno's may not have been a Michael...
.....Ijs..