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The Greatest Night In Pop

2025-11-05 20:50:14.756808+01 by Dan Lyke 0 comments

Charlene read Truly by Lionel Richie, and said it was good, so I'm reading it, and quite enjoying it. From that, we got to talking about We Are The World, which led to last night watching The Greatest Night In Pop (official trailer), and...

I know I have been dismissive about Michael Jackson before, and I think my understanding of why people do what they do (and the pressures of performance and being a public figure) has evolved quite a bit, but I think it's been with the development of my own voice that I've started to really listen to vocal performers, and holy shit that cat could sing.

As could everyone else in that performance, each in their own distinct (and, with their voices arranged to showcase those distinctions) way.

I may have to watch the thing again just to catch those places where people were singing in isolation, and take careful notes about some of the things they were doing with pronunciation and emphasis, and...

Anyway, really enjoyed the documentary. Probably helps if you've seen Quincy, and some of the framing from reading Truly is also useful.

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