UNOPENED ORGINAL MICHAEL JACKSON BAD ALBUM SERIES
Pepsi has a more-than-$50-million investment in Jackson, which includes his appearance in an as-yet-unreleased series of “episodic” commercials. 12, is underwritten by Pepsi-Cola and Nippon Telegraph & Telephone. His solo tour in that country, which began Sept.
SO FAR, THE JACKSON HARD SELL has been strongest in Japan, where the press has dubbed him “Typhoon” Jackson. Meanwhile, whatever their doubts, Jackson’s corporate backers are committed to the use of his image to encourage the consumption of more soft drinks, the dialing of more phones, the watching of more television, the cuddling of more toys, the wearing of more buckles, the eating of more ice cream and the acquisition of such fan-club trinkets as buttons, calendars and key chains. 1 on the Billboard magazine pop chart, it has received generally lukewarm reviews.) What he’s heard has strengthened his sense that stories of Jackson’s oddball actions-the extensive plastic surgery, the habit of sleeping in a hyperbaric chamber, the attempt to buy the bones of the “Elephant Man,” the constant presence at his side of a chimpanzee named Bubbles-would dampen enthusiasm for an album he believes has too few stellar cuts to begin with.
“ ‘What’s that guy done to his face!’ That’s the overriding comment I’m hearing,” says one longtime music industry executive in describing the feedback he’s received from others in the business. Now, with the hoopla surrounding the release of “Bad” and the recent media emphasis on the eccentric aspects of the 29-year-old star’s behavior and appearance, those who hope to make money off Jackson are facing the pressure of marketing someone who is perceived as a little bizarre. And he has been of intense interest not only to his fans and the media, but to his record company and the sponsors who stand to benefit from his success. Since he first came to public attention as the cute little lead singer of the Jackson Five in the late ‘60s, any change Jackson has made in the way he looks, the way he sings, the way he thinks, has taken place under the spotlight. 11), Hobson’s Fine Blended Ice Cream of Santa Barbara was misidentified. In “Michael Jackson,” by Bridget Byrne (Oct. Los Angeles Times Sunday NovemHome Edition Los Angeles Times Magazine Times Magazine Desk 1 inches 20 words Type of Material: Correction A line from the song is printed among the many acknowledgments on the album’s liner notes: “If you want to make the world a better place, take a look at yourself and make a change.” “Man in the Mirror” is also the album cut most music critics have selected to praise. “Man in the Mirror,” in fact, is the name of one of the songs on “Bad,” which was released by Epic Records on Aug. In a recent issue of Rolling Stone magazine, Jackson is said to see not just the latest incarnation of his face when he looks in the bathroom mirror but also, written on a piece of paper taped to the mirror, the words “100 Million.” Apparently Jackson’s hope is that with his new album, “Bad,” he will best not only the competition but also himself-his last album “Thriller,” released five years ago, sold 38.5 million copies to become the best-selling album of all time. It’s as if he wants to make himself into one of those idealized pieces of graphic art on the side of every corporate high-rise that beam out a message of power and profits. In the past few years, Jackson has been chiseling, cleaving and remolding his face, forming a visage that has become both the symbol and the reality of his career as a music superstar. In the meantime, they neglected to tend the real waterlilies that fed the fish that fed their economy. The legend goes that they became so self-satisfied that they lapsed into staring in admiration at the symbol of the waterlily, which they had painted on the walls of their buildings. THERE IS A THEORY ABOUT THE extinction of the Mayan Indians that should be of interest to Michael Jackson.
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