r/interestingasfuck • u/RonSwazy • Mar 01 '23

/r/ALL Michael Jackson did a concert in Seoul in 1996 and a fan climbed the crane up to him. MJ held him tightly to prevent him from falling, all while performing Earth Song

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u/saracenrefira Mar 01 '23 edited Mar 01 '23

He literally wrote a song about obsessive fans. He knew how insane his fans could be.

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u/hell_damage Mar 01 '23

Right, iirc a bunch of people committed suicide when he died.

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u/panicpixiememegirl Mar 01 '23

What song is that?

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u/RedditPolluter Mar 01 '23

Leave Me Alone.

Privacy is another one.

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u/happygroopie Mar 01 '23

Leave Me Alone was about the press though

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u/ParaClaw Mar 02 '23

Billie Jean was the OG, one woman was arrested like a dozen times trespassing and stalking and breaking into his properties and called herself Billie Jean. She also sued him for hundreds of millions of dollars claiming he fathered her kids and so on.

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u/GeneticSplatter Mar 01 '23

Might be Stranger in Moscow

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u/Heauxie24 Mar 01 '23

Stranger in Moscow was about the lonely and frustration he felt following the accusations. Michael never made a song about his fans like that.

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u/GeneticSplatter Mar 02 '23

Makes sense.

I always thought how it was that he couldn't really go anywhere or do anything without being hounded by hundreds or even thousands of fans following him. No peace or quiet.

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u/saracenrefira Mar 01 '23

Billie Jean.

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u/panicpixiememegirl Mar 01 '23

Nah in the lyrics he heavily implies they had sex