Michael Jackson Tribute: “Heal the World” by The Good Doctor Zeus
June 30th, 2009
Since 2007, The Good Doctor Zeus has operated Not A Blogger. the Internet’s premier site for Cavaliers, Wu-Tang, and Cantankerousness appreciation.
There will never be a moment in my life when I won’t have the lyrics to Michael Jackson’s “Heal The World” permanently etched into the back of my eyelids. If I’m fortunate enough to reach old age and when the inevitable slow decay of senility has robbed me of everything but my burning, uncompromising desire to hate on the world, I have a feeling that I’ll still be able to sing the bridge of the song.
And I don’t even like “Heal The World.” I generally consider the song to be the cheesiest of Jackson’s “Why Can’t We Get Along” phase of his career that accompanied the release of 1991’s Dangerous, and the
attempted personal reconciliation with his rapidly mutating appearance. The song features everything I hate about these type of songs. Its grossly over-produced, it drips with saccharine sentimentality and bears an overly optimistic viewpoint of the world which contrasts deeply with my deep-seated funcrushing pessimism. I still know the words to this song by heart.
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