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= = Michael Jackson The earth song 1995

-Introduction -Why did I choose this song? -Lyrics -Video -What did I specially like about the lyrics and its meaning? -The message of the vidio -Conclusion = = =Introduction= ‍‍‍‍‍ Michael Jackson is one of the most famous artists in the world and his music __is very influential to other pop stars__. All his songs were very __succesful__ and he is also well known as a dancer. The earth song is __his fourth single most sold__, it became one of the best-selling singles of all time, and millions of dollars were donated to famine relief. It was also the first time Jackson was seen as a humanitarian and its video was nominated in the Grammy awards as the best videoclip in 1996. __Jackson had a long-standing history of writing charitable or socially conscious material.__ **Too obviously taken from wikipedia or similar !!**
 * __ Summary: __**

‍‍‍‍‍ = = = = = = = Why did I choose this song? = = = The powerful rhythm and melody of this song, caught my attention immediately, at first, I didn’t even pay attention about what the lyrics said. Then I searched this song and I looked into it and when I captured the message of the lyrics, I liked the song even more. __It made a great impact on me,__ everything it says is so true __i j__ust loved it. I don’t normally care much about song lyrics, I’m more interested in the melody and the sound that it has, but with the earth song it was different, the feeling that Michael Jackson has about preserving the world got to me and I share it with him, I think the same. That’s why this is one of my favourite songs, __it’s a marvelous.__

= = Lyrics

What about sunrise What about rain What about all the things That you said we were to gain...   What about killing fields Is there a time What about all the things That you said were yours and mine Did you ever stop to notice All the blood we've shed before Did you ever stop to notice This crying Earth, these weeping shores? Chorus: Aaaaaaaaaah Oooooooooh Aaaaaaaaaah Oooooooooh What have we done to the world Look what we've done What about about all the peace That you pledge your only son...   What about flowering fields Is there a time What about all the dreams That you said was yours and mine Did you ever stop to notice All the children dead from war Did you ever stop to notice This crying earth, these weeping shores? Chorus I used to dream I used to glance beyond the stars Now I don't know where we are Although I know we've drifted far Chorus Hey, what about yesterday (What about us) What about the seas (What about us) The heavens are falling down (What about us) I can't even breathe (What about us) What about the bleeding Earth (What about us) Can't we feel it's wounds (What about us) What about nature's worth (Oooh, oooh) It's our planet's womb (What about us) What about animals (What about it) We've turned kingdoms to dust (What about us) What about elephants (What about us) Have we lost thier trust (What about us) What about crying whales (What about us) We're ravaging the seas (What about us) What about forest trails (Oooh, oooh) Burnt despite our pleas (What about us) What about the holy land (What about it) Torn apart by creed (What about us) What about the common man (What about us) Can't we set him free (What about us) What about children dying (What about us) Can't you hear them cry (What about us) Where did we go wrong (Oooh, oooh) Someone tell me why (What about us) What about babies (What about it) What about the days (What about us) What about all their joy (What about us) What about the man (What about us) What about the crying man (What about us) What about Abraham (What about us) What about death again (Oooh, oooh) Do we give a damn

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What did I specially like about the lyrics? Normally, songs are about __peoples feelings__ ** POSSESSIVE! ** and about love, but __the earth song completely breaks this topic__. I liked the fact that it has an original theme and talks about nature __beign__ __distroyed__. He wants us, the human race, to realise what we are doing to our planet.The power of the song perfectly reflects the meaning and feelings of Michael towards nature. In each line, __michael__ mentions __a nature factor__ (sunrise, rain) and he asks himself where are they? what happened to them? It seems like he is lost in his own world which he can’t reco__gnise.He's a__ddressing society in general. Us, as humanity. He's saying "what have we done to the world, look what we've done, etc..." And "Did you stop to notice, etc..." He wants us to think about all of the suffering that is going on in the world, we are just ignoring it.

=__ The meaning of the video __=

The production has an environmental theme, showing images of animal cruelty, deforestation, pollution and war. In the video we see the contrast between the beautiful world that we could have and the devastated planet that it is becoming. Michael is trying to fight against this disaster (what we all should do), he is trying to survive in this apocalyptic world. Not only humans are harmed by this disaster, but also animals are strongly affected, they are the ones that suffer the most. But we are humans and we don’t care about other creatures, we don’t think about them, some of us even don’t realise what’s happening to them, and we are letting them die. The message of the vidio is for everyone to realise and think about saving our world. It makes a great impact on the audience. At the beginning we see a beautiful and bright green forest and the birds are singing and the monkeys are happily jumping through the trees. Then Michael Jackson walks around the same place that has changed completely, it’s just the opposite. Amazing forests are being destroyed and our relationships with animals aren’t the same as they used to be. As we all know, Michael believed strongly in keeping our world safe and living on forever.

At the end of the video, we can see a sort of hurricane and an earthquake that shakes the world and makes the earth go back in time, when we all lived in harmony. This image expresses that it is possible to make this world a better place just how it used to be. We are still in time to act, to save the world.

= = =__ Conclusion __=

The overall message of this song: the lyrics, the video... makes __us open your eyes__ to the cruel reality and see what we are doing. It makes us think: is that how we want your future to be? But Michael also is trying to tell us that we can change this, together we can prevent this disaster and make the world beautiful and in harmony like it always used to be.